Thanks LN - that's some good points raised - because of some later "English"  that I have studied Garth always suggests to  me an enclosure - where-in the house could be found - a precursor of our Garden - the Yorkshire village of Aysgarth gets it's name from the  Garden kept there by one of their Bishops AFAIK but I cannot find the Bishops name - and one source tells us that the name is derived from Old Norse - meaning - the Area with Oak Trees.
As for the Bed boards - I see my mistake I studied several sources and picked the wrong one - back to CV now.
Jervaulx Abbey was there - Aysgarth and in 1537 - it was destroyed - and it's last Abbot Hanged for going on a "Pilgrimage of Grace" - well Henry 8th went in for hanging people who disagreed with him
I digress I shall have a copy of your words and keep them with my notes - I did not do so badly as I had thought
THank you
Kveðja
Patricia 
 
-------Original Message-------
 
From: llama_nom
Date: 16/06/2007 10:47:06
Subject: [norse_course] Re: Eirik's Saga end ch.1 begin ch.2 Patricia
 


> fyrir vestan haf
> in the West (CSOI - Britain)

Literally "west of the sea", i.e. Britain. As with a lot of direction
terminology, a Norwegian point of view is implied (cf. 'út' "in
Iceland", 'útan' "abroad"; and the eighth points of the compass:
"landnorðr' "northeast", etc.).

> kvað hann þar göfgan mundu þykja sem hann væri
> declared that he would be thought [of] as noble as he was (with or
without land)

Yes. 'þar...sem' literally "where" he was, but here more abstract.
Gwyn Jones: "as he was".

> efnilegir
> worthy

"promising"

> Hornströndum

Nominative 'Hornstrandir' (plural).

> setstokka
> Bedboards (CSOI -I can find no really satisfactory word for these)

That must be because we don't live in 10th century Norse halls... If
I've got this right, the 'set' was the raised platform or dais that
runs along the sides of the hall. The '(set)stokkar' were beams that
ran along the edge of the 'set' separating it from the unfloored
central aisle where the hearth was. Some sources describe a ritual in
which someone would place their foot on this beam to swear a solemn oath.

http://lexicon. ff.cuni.cz/ png/oi_cleasbyvi gfusson/b0524. png

http://www.viking. ucla.edu/ hrolf/media/ Hallins.gif
http://www.viking. ucla.edu/ hrolf/media/ Hallsect. gif

> skammt frá garði
> before the Courtyard(Z3)

I would have thought Zoega 4 "house, dwelling". GJ has "a short way
from the house".

LN