smíðið og hafa það uppi af er verst er og berja í brestina (G, P, Zoega seems unintelligable here – ’cry off the bargain’? I suspect is wrong). Bóndi (G, the farmer who owns the farmstead) mun að

the craft-works and have (raise, hold, offer) up that (one) which is worst from (among them) and beat (out) (conceal?) the defects. (The) farmer will

Thank you for that Alan - particularly - I did not trust it myself but it was all I could

make of it - and was reticent to query my dictionary

In CV hnykkja - appears as to pull a person by the hair specifically and I thought it odd but - well it did seem to be in the character that had been given to Gunnar

óvanur (P, unaccustomed)

ok - cool   and - restrain was my second thought - I should have put that down first

Thank you for your comments Alan they are always useful

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Patricia