Here’s my translation. Only one or two questions of grammar that need sorting out for me.

 

Kveðja

Alan

 

Sá konungr hefir ráðit fyrir Danmörku, er Hringr hét.

That king has the authority for [over?] Denmark, who was called Hring.

Hann var Skjaldarson, Dagssonar.

He was [the] son of Skjöld, [the] son of Dag.

Þessi Skjöldr barðist við Hermann, sem segir í sögu þeira.

This Skjöld fought with Herman, as [it] says in their saga.

Hringr konungr var vitr maðr ok vinsæll ok mildr af fé

King Hring was a wise man and popular and liberal of property

ok inn mesti bardagamaðr.

And the greatest warrior.

Hann átti drottningu, er Sigríðr hét.

He had a queen, who was called Sigríð.

Hún var dóttir Vilhjálms konungs ór Vallandi.

She was a daughter of King William, out of Valland [Wales?].

Við henni átti hann þann son, er Sigurðr hét.

By her he had that son, who was called Sigurð.

Hann var allra manna fríðastr ok at íþróttum bezt búinn.

He was, of all men, the most handsome and in accomplishments the best endowed.

Hann var blíðr við vini sína, örr af fé,

He was agreeable towards his friends [acc pl?], liberal of property

en grimmr sínum óvinum.

but stern towards his enemies.

Sviði hefir karl nefndr verit.

Sviði has a man been named.

Hann átti eitt garðshorn, harðla skammt frá konungshöllunni.

He had a certain nook in the stronghold,  a very short distance from the king´s hall.

Hann átti kerlingu, er hét Hildr.

He had a wife, who was called Hild.

Við henni átti hann einn son, er Illugi hét.

By her he had one son, who was called Illugi.

Hann var mikill vexti ok sterkr at afli, fimr var hann á alla leika.

He was large in stature and strong in might, agile was he in all sports [acc pl?].

Faðir hans var kallaðr Sviði inn sókndjarfi.

His father was called Sviði the valiant.

Sigurðr konungsson ok Illugi lögðu leika með sér.

Sigurð the king´s son and Illugi held sporting contests with each other.

Átti Sigurðr marga leiksveina, ok bar hann langt af þeim,

Sigurð had many playmates, and he surpassed them by a long way,

hvat sem þeir skyldu reyna, en Illugi vann hann í öllu.

whatsoever they should try, but Illugi overcame him in everything.

Ok svá kom, at þeir sórust í stallbræðralag,

And so [it] came [about], that they swore fellowship to each other,

ok skyldi hvárr annars hefna,

and [that] each of the two should avenge [the] other,

ef þeir væri með vápnum vegnir.

if they were with weapons attacked.

 

-----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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