Good work LN.

 

I will get to work with my translation straight away.

 

And for those who want to continue with Hrafnkel, I will post the next instalment this coming Friday, and then every Friday thereafter. For those who need a refresher of where we were up to in the story, I include the following short summary.

 

Kveðja

Alan

 

Hrafnkel, aged 15, arrives in Iceland with his parents, and settled in Fljotsdale District, East Iceland.

 

Hrafnkel leaves home and settles at Aðalbol farm in Hrafnkel´s Dale,  marries Oddborg, has two sons Þorir and Asbjorn, and becomes priest and a harsh chieftain over all the other inhabitants of the valley. He treasured his stallion Freyfaxi, named in honour of the god Frey, who Hrafnkel worshipped above all others, and swore to kill anyone who rode him without his permission.

 

Bjarni, a settler in Hrafnkel´s Dale has two sons Sam and Eyvind, and a brother Þorbjorn, also settled in Hrafnkel´s Dale, who had a son, Einar.

 

Einar gains employment as Hrafnkel’s shepherd, and Hrafnkel warns him never to ride Freyfaxi, but allows him to ride other horses.

 

On one particlar morning while working at Grjotteig’s Shieling, in the upper reaches of the dale, Einar decides to ride Freyfaxi to look for missing sheep, when he can’t manage to catch any of the other horses which he usually rode, thinking that Hrafnkel would never find out.

 

At the end of the day’s riding, Freyfaxi is exhausted, covered in sweat, and dirty, but, in the evening, after Einar dismounts, Freyfaxi suddenly gallops off down the valley until he reaches Aðalbol and Hrafnkel sees his condition.

 

Next morning, Hrafnkel rides to the Shieling and asks Einar if he had ridden Freyfaxi. Einar admits it, and Hrankel kills him.

 

Einar´s father asks Hrafnkel for compenation for his son´s slaying. Hrafnkel, who never pays anyone compensation, admits that this act was one of his worst, and so offers to provide for Þorbjorn and his family as long as they remain in the dale.

 

Þorbjorn declines the offer and intends to seek court action over the matter, first seeking the help of his brother Bjarni., who declined saying Þorbjorn was foolish not to accept Hrafnkel´s offer. Þorbjorn then seeks the help of his nephew, Bjarni´s son, Sam. Sam also thinks Þorbjorn foolish not to have accepted Hrafnkel´s offer, but reluctantly agrees, on the grounds of kinship, to help him bring the court action against Hrafnkel.

 

Sam gives formal notice of the charge against Hrafnkel, and the following Spring, both parties gathered their supporters to them and ride off to the Althing, and set up their booths.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: norse_course@yahoogroups.com [mailto:norse_course@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of llama_nom
Sent: Monday, 17 October 2005 4:50 AM
To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [norse_course] Illuga saga Gríðarfóstra (1)

 

 

> Anyway, if the person in charge of the group agrees on two

parallel translations (I am not sure who it is anymore) then I will

post the first ten or so lines of Illuga saga Gridarfostra ASAP, so

we can say good bye to a long summer.

 

 

Hi Fernando and anyone else who's chafing at the bit,

 

Okay, I'm going to jump the gun here and post Chapter 1 of Illuga

saga Gríðarfóstra (a bit more than 10 lines, but it's a fairly short

chapter so it might as well go together).  Anyone who's not

interested can ignore it and wait for Hrafnkell.  Or if anyone wants

to dabble, they can do a bit of this and then go back to Hrafnkell

when that gets sorted out.  And of course if people just want to

concentrate on one task, they can always read the posts on the other

project if they have time.  And if no one does it, we'll find out

soon enough.  "Ekki dugir ófreistat!"  Right, if everyone's sitting

comfortably...

 

 

 Sá konungr hefir ráðit fyrir Danmörku, er Hringr hét. Hann var

Skjaldarson, Dagssonar. Þessi Skjöldr barðist við Hermann, sem segir

í sögu þeira. Hringr konungr var vitr maðr ok vinsæll ok mildr af fé

ok inn mesti bardagamaðr. Hann átti drottningu, er Sigríðr hét. Hún

var dóttir Vilhjálms konungs ór Vallandi. Við henni átti hann þann

son, er Sigurðr hét. Hann var allra manna fríðastr ok at íþróttum

bezt búinn. Hann var blíðr við vini sína, örr af fé, en grimmr sínum

óvinum.

 

 Sviði hefir karl nefndr verit. Hann átti eitt garðshorn, harðla

skammt frá konungshöllunni. Hann átti kerlingu, er hét Hildr. Við

henni átti hann einn son, er Illugi hét. Hann var mikill vexti ok

sterkr at afli, fimr var hann á alla leika. Faðir hans var kallaðr

Sviði inn sókndjarfi. Sigurðr konungsson ok Illugi lögðu leika með

sér. Átti Sigurðr marga leiksveina, ok bar hann langt af þeim, hvat

sem þeir skyldu reyna, en Illugi vann hann í öllu. Ok svá kom, at

þeir sórust í stallbræðralag, ok skyldi hvárr annars hefna, ef þeir

væri með vápnum vegnir. Var nú allkært þeira á milli.

 

 

 

 

 

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