> In my translation I am including my favorite comment
> The distinction between hét (named) and kalladr (called)
> Specifically Ek em Patricia hét but ek em Pat kallaðr - by step

cousins who do it to annoy - it is a Patricia thing

A distinction made here, although not always in Old Norse:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/norse_course/message/7893

> gerðist konungur yfir

'to gørast konungr' "become king (Zoega).

> hann réðst til lags með Sigurði jarli hinum ríka
> He (hmm ) took counsel and friendship with the Earl Sigurð the

powerful. [...] The "took counsel" is given in the CSOI as throwing in
his lot with Sigurð

Gwyn Jones "allied himself with". Skólavefurinn glosses it 'samvinna'
"co-operation, collaboration". Parallel from Ólafs saga helga: 'Þegar
er Hákon jarl hafði tekið við ríki í Noregi þá réðst til lags við hann
Einar þambarskelfir mágur hans.' From Grettis saga:

Grettir svarar: "Eigi ætla eg hér til launa fyrir að svo gervu en ef
vér erum þvílíkir vinir þá er þér farið á burt sem nú horfist þá mun
eg ráðast til lags með yður. En þó að eg megi minna en einnhver yðvar
þá mun eg eigi letja stórræðanna."

Þeir urðu mjög glaðir við og vildu þegar binda félag sitt með fastmælum.

They entered into partnership. I don't think there's any explicit
reference to "taking counsel" here, compare Zoega's examples where it
means (figuratively) to enter (an agreement, a relationship) or to
undertake: 'hann réðst í flokk með þeim' "he joined their company";
'r. til ferðast með e-m' "to undertake a journey with s-one", etc.

> knörr

A kind of ship with a broad hull, favoured for longer journeys and for
mercantile use; as opposed to 'langskip', the sleeker vessels used as
warships.

http://www.skolavefurinn.is/_opid/islenska/bokmenntir/isl_sogur/tegund/sagas/sogur/eirikssaga_rauda/kaflar/01/index.htm

Gwyn Jones "merchant ship". Where does this interpretation as 'tomb'
come from?

> Auður kom til Íslands og var hinn fyrsta vetur í Bjarnarhöfn með

Birni bróður sínum.

> Auð reached Iceland and spent the first Winter at BearsHome (CV

Gives many definitions - all may have some meaning in this case) with
Bjorn her Brother

I would have thought the name just means Björn's Harbour, named after
Auðr's brother, unless it was named after some other Björn and this is
just the saga's attempt to explain it.

> voru kallaðir ánauðgir

You could translate: "were considered slaves", "regarded as slaves".

LN