Saell Alan,
I was entirely stumped on the Verse, and looked up everything, it only dawned on me it was a sort of boast, that everyone liked him (Ingolf) and he was glad to know it, I hope I have that correctly
Þorsteinn Ingimundarson var þá höfðingi í Vatnsdal.
Thorstein Ingimundarson was then Chieftain in Vatnsdal
Hann bjó at Hofi, ok þótti mestr maðr þar í sveitum.
he dwelt (had a living) at Hofi
and was thought the best man of the Band/Group (Dat.M.Pl was used)
Ingólfr ok Guðbrandr váru synir hans. Ingólfr var vænstr maðr norðanlands; um hann var þetta kveðit:
Ingolfr and Guðbrandr were his sons
Ingolf was the handsomest man in all Norway and he recited this (verse)
Here I went to pieces and looked up every word - it made not a bit of sense, but I am not familiar with Norse Verse
Then I fell to thinking that it is simply a case of them being all willful to accompany Ingolf where so ever he went
but the prose seemed simpler
Allar vildu meyjar með Ingólfi ganga
All willing young people go with Ingolf
All the maidens wanted to go with Ingolf
þær's vaxnar váru -- vesl emk æ til lítil!
those who growing were weak am I (emk - em ek) alas and small
Those who were grown I am weak and small alas (said a little one)
Ek skal ok, kvað kerling, með Ingólfi ganga
I shall recites the old woman with Ingolfi to go
I (also) shall recites?declares an old woman go with Ingolf
meðan mér tvær of tolla tennr í efra gómi.
in the meantime with me two teeth in upper gums
For so long as I have two teeth in (my) upper gums
I want to see more of this Alan I think I could grow to like it, I think I've read it in the right order anyway, did they prefer short lines to their verse - always perhaps that is what threw me
Patricia
----- Original Message -----From: AThompsonSent: Friday, June 10, 2005 11:01 AMSubject: RE: [norse_course] Miscellanea Section BSælir
Let´s begin with Section B from Gordon´s Miscellanea. The text is from Hallfreðar saga, chapter 2; the verse is also in Vatnsdæla saga, chapter 37.
Kveðja
Alan
Þorsteinn Ingimundarson var þá höfðingi í Vatnsdal. Hann bjó at Hofi, ok þótti mestr maðr þar í sveitum. Ingólfr ok Guðbrandr váru synir hans. Ingólfr var vænstr maðr norðanlands; um hann var þetta kveðit:
Allar vildu meyjar með Ingólfi ganga
þær's vaxnar váru -- vesl emk æ til lítil!
Ek skal ok, kvað kerling, með Ingólfi ganga
meðan mér tvær of tolla tennr í efra gómi.
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