Sá konungr hefir ráðit fyrir Danmörku, er Hringr hét. Hann var
Skjaldarson, Dagssonar.
 
That king who had ruled (over) Denmark was called Hringr he was Skjaldar's son who was Dag's son
 
Þessi Skjöldr barðist við Hermann, sem segir
í sögu þeira.
This Skjoldrr did battle with Hermann as is told in those Sagas
 
Hringr konungr var vitr maðr ok vinsæll ok mildr af fé
ok inn mesti bardagamaðr.
King  Hringr was a wise and popular man and the Greatest Warrior
 
Hann átti drottningu, er Sigríðr hét. Hún
var dóttir Vilhjálms konungs ór Vallandi.
 
He had a queen called Sigrið she was the daughter of King William of Holland (or maybe Belgium but I doubt Wales)
 
Við henni átti hann þann
son, er Sigurðr hét. Hann var allra manna fríðastr ok at íþróttum bezt búinn.
With her he had a son who was called Sigurð. He was of all men the most handsome and skilled at Sports (or best at all sports)
 
Hann var blíðr við vini sína, örr af fé, en grimmr sínum óvinum.
He was (Kind/good) to his friends generous with his wealth and Grim (I like Grim) to his enemies

Sviði hefir karl nefndr verit. Hann átti eitt garðshorn, harðla skammt frá konungshöllunni.
 
Sviði was a man with a place in the Stronghold (or the Keep) hardly far from the Kings (own) Hall
 
Hann átti kerlingu, er hét Hildr. Við
henni átti hann einn son, er Illugi hét.
 
He had a woman who was called Hilda, with her he had a son who was called Illugi 
 
Hann var mikill vexti ok
sterkr at afli, fimr var hann á alla leika.
 
He was big in person, mighty, strong and althletic & agiile
 
Faðir hans var kallaðr Sviði inn sókndjarfi.
His Father was called Sviði the Valliant
 
Sigurðr konungsson ok Illugi lögðu leika með sér.
Sigurð the King's son amd Illugi held contests together
 
Átti Sigurðr marga leiksveina, ok bar hann langt af þeim, hvat sem þeir skyldu reyna,
Sigurð had many playmates (but clearly surpassed them all) what ever they tried 
 
en Illugi vann hann í öllu.
but Illugi was better in all things
 
Ok svá kom, at þeir sórust í stallbræðralag, ok skyldi hvárr annars hefna, ef þeir væri með vápnum vegnir.
And it happened (?came about) that they swore a bond to each other that the (must/should) avenge each other
 
Var nú allkært þeira á milli.
If they were attacked with Weapons
 
It will be seen that I have continued my habit of bracketting what I am unsure of, and I wonder if weapons were visualised as the only Manly means of Fighting, was a fist-fight considered low class, and poison or strangling considered  unmanly
I am sorry I took so long, and I can only say I vow I did not peek at other peoples work, for that would not be the way to learn
WHEW!!!
Patricia



----- Original Message -----
From: llama_nom
To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 7:50 PM
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.