Auðun sagði, 'Gaf hann mér leðrhosu fulla af silfri
Auðun said "gave he to me leatherpouch full of silver
Auðun said "he gave me a leather bag full of Silver" (pouch or bag seems good)
ok kvað mik þá eigi félausan, ef ek helda því,
and told/declared to me that not penniless if I held (to) this
and he told me I would not be penniless if I held on to this (bag)
þó at skip mitt bryti við Ísland.' Konungr sagði: 'Þat var ágætliga gört,
even that ship (while - mitt - in the middle of) be wrecked reaching Iceland King said "that was excellently paid"
Even though the ship might be wrecked whilst reaching Iceland The King Said "that was very well paid" (rewarded)- better ?
ok þat mynda ek ekki gört hafa: lauss mynda ek þykkjask, ef ek gæfa þér skipit.
and that would I not paid have, free would I have seemed(sk) if I gave to you the ship + def art (?)
and I would not have given you that, I would have felt free of obligation if I had given you the ship
Hvárt launaði hann fleira?' 'Svá var víst, herra', segir Auðun,
Can it be ( Hvart -introducing a diect question) Rewarded he (even) more "In this way certainly Lord" says Auðun
Well did he give you anything else. "Yes lord he certainly did with this" says Auðun (showing the Arm-ring)
'at hann launaði: hann gaf mér hring þenna, er ek hefi á hendi,
that he rewarded - he gave to me this ( acc.m.sing) (very) ring that I (wear)/have on my hand
he did reward, he gave me this very ring that I am wearing (now) upon my hand / arm (well it is an Arm ring)
ok kvað svá mega at berask, at ek týnda fénu öllu, ok sagði mik þá eigi félausan,
and told me thus I can (even) happen to lose wealth (all/total) and still not penniless
and he told me even if it happened that I lost all the wealth in total I would still not be entirely penniless
ef ek ætta hringinn, ok bað mik eigi lóga,
if I owned Ring (+ def Art - inn) the, and bade me not part with it
if I kept the ring, and he bade me not to part with it
nema ek ætta nökkurum tignum manni svá gott at launa, at ek vilda gefa.
unless I knew of a certain noble man thus good to reward so that I am willing to give. ætta seems 2 meanings to have or to know i.e. you cannot own a person, (is have a better word in any case.?)
Unless I knew of a certain Noble Man to whom I was obliged (he deserved the ring) and I was willing to give it to him
I have tried to "get inside" the text Alan and I had trouble with these "at's" and with ætta but Gordon seemed to give two meanings .
And I have gone through your corrections that I'd queried, given that I already had the Idea I'd got my wires crossed I soon made sense of it, thanks for your patience
Kveðja
----- Original Message -----From: AThompsonSent: Friday, May 27, 2005 10:24 AMSubject: RE: [norse_course] Auðun section 22Sælir
Here is the next installment of Auðun. Again, a good opportunity for revision..
Kveðja
Alan
Auðun sagði, 'Gaf hann mér leðrhosu fulla af silfri ok kvað mik þá eigi félausan, ef ek helda því, þó at skip mitt bryti við Ísland.' Konungr sagði: 'Þat var ágætliga gört, ok þat mynda ek ekki gört hafa: lauss mynda ek þykkjask, ef ek gæfa þér skipit. Hvárt launaði hann fleira?' 'Svá var víst, herra', segir Auðun, 'at hann launaði: hann gaf mér hring þenna, er ek hefi á hendi, ok kvað svá mega at berask, at ek týnda fénu öllu, ok sagði mik þá eigi félausan, ef ek ætta hringinn, ok bað mik eigi lóga, nema ek ætta nökkurum tignum manni svá gott at launa, at ek vilda gefa.
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