I'm playing catch-up and feeling very rusty, so please be kind!
Laurel
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Sonu þína ok dœtr skulum vit í brott leysa með minni forsjá
sons - your - and - daughters - shall - we (dual) -
away - send (find places for) - with - my - patronage
We will find places elsewhere for your sons and
daughters (and set them up) under my patronage
ok efla þau svá, at þau mætti fá góða kosti af því.
and - support - them - so - that - they - may be able
to - get - good - opportunities (marriage) - from - this
and support them, so that they might make good matches
because of this.
Ok allt, er þú veizt í mínum hirzlum vera
and - everything - which - you - know - among - my -
possessions - to be
And anything that you know to be in my
possession
ok þú þarft at hafa heðan af,
and - you - need - to - have -
henceforward
and you need to have from now on
[And from now on, anything that you know to be in my
possession, and need to have,]
þá skaltu mér til segja ok eigi fyrir skart sitja heðan af um þá hluti,
then - shall you - of me - to obtain - give
information of - and - not - ahead - diminished - remain - henceforward -
about - these - things
then you must tell me about it and never do without
these things again,
sem þú þarft at hafa.
which - you - need - to - have
which you need to have.
[then you must tell me about these things you need to
have, and never do without them again.]
Skaltu búa, meðan þér þykkir gaman at,
shall you - have a household - in the
meantime - to you - seems - a pleasure - from
You will live on your farm as long as you wish
to,
en fara þá hingat, er þér leiðisk.
but - travel - then - hither - when - to you - become
tired of
and then come here when you become tired of
that.
Mun ek þá annask þik til dauðadags.
must - I - then - take care of / provide for - you -
until - dying-day
I will then take care of you until your dying
day.
Skulum vit þá vera sáttir. Vil ek þess vænta,
shall - we two - then - be - reconciled - will - I - of
this - expect
Let us then settle on this. About this, I
expect
at þat mæli fleiri, at sjá maðr sé vel dýrr.'
about - that - would speak - comparatively more -
this - man - would be - well - dear / expensive
that most (people) would say that this man was very
expensive."
'Ek vil eigi þennan kost', segir Þorbjõrn.
I - want - not - those - terms - says - Þorbjõrn
"I don't want those terms", said
Thorbjorn.
'Hvern viltu þá?' segir Hrafnkell.
what - want you - then - says Hrafnkell
"What do you want then?" said Hrafnkel.
Þá segir Þorbjõrn: 'Ek vil, at vit
takim menn til gørðar með okkr.'
then - says - Þorbjõrn
- I - want - that - we two - choose - men - to obtain - arbitration - with -
each other
Then Thorbjorn said, "I want us to choose men to
arbitrate between us."
Hrafnkell svarar: 'Þá þykkisk þú jafnmenntr mér,
Hrafnkell - answers - then - you think - you - of equal
rank - to me
Hrafnkel answered: " Then you consider yourself as my
equal,
ok munum vit ekki at því sættask.'
and - shall - we two - never - on such a condition - be
reconciled
and on that basis we will never come to an
agreement."
Þá reið Þorbjõrn í brott ok ofan eptir
Hrafnkelsdal.
then - rode - Þorbjõrn
- away - and - down - along - Hrafnkelsdalr
Then Thorbjorn rode away, down through
Hrafnkelsdale.
Hann kom til Laugarhúsa ok hittir Bjarna, bróður sinn,
he - came - to - Laugarhús - and - met - Bjarni -
brother - his
He came to Laugarhus and met Bjarni his
brother,
ok segir honum þessi tíðendi, biðr,
and - says - to him - these - tidings -
asking
and told him this news, asking
at hann muni nõkkurn hlut í eiga um þessi
mál.
that - he - must - a certain - share - to - have a
claim - about - this - cause
him to take a share in the claim regarding this
matter.
Bjarni kvað eigi sitt jafnmenni við at eiga, þar er Hrafnkell er.
Bjarni - declared - not - his - equal in rank -
concerning - having to deal with - where - Hrafnkell - is
Bjarni declared that he would not be dealing with an
equal, in the case of Hrafnkel.
'En þó at vér stýrim penningum miklum,
but -even - though - we - possess - coin -
great
"Even though we possess a great sum of
money,
þá megum vér ekki deila af kappi við Hrafnkel,
receive - can - we - nothing - contending with - a
competition - with - Hrafnkell
we can achieve nothing by getting involved in a dispute
with Hrafnkel.
ok er þat satt, at sá er svinnr, er sik kann.
and - is - that - true - that - he
- is - a wise man - who - himself - knows
It is true that "It is a wise man who knows
himself."
Hefir hann þá marga málaferlum vafit,
has - he - then - many - of lawsuits -
entangled
He has entangled many in lawsuits
er meira bein hafa í hendi haft en vér.
who - more - bone - have (pl.) - in - hand -
have - than - we
who are more powerful than we are.
Sýnisk mér þú vitlítill við hafa orðit,
seems - to me - you - having little sense - concerning
- taking - the word
I think you were foolish concerning the
offer,
er þú hefir svá góðum kostum neitat.
when - you - have - such - good - terms -
refused
when you refused such good terms.
Vil ek mér hér engu af skipta.'
want - I - to me - from this - none - of -
place
I don't want any part in this."