1. kafli
Ketill flatnefur hét einn ágætur hersir í Noregi. Hann var sonur Bjarnar
bunu Grímssonar hersis
A famous lord in Norway was named Ketill flat-nose. He was a son of Bjorn
bunu, son of Grim, a lord of Sogn.
úr Sogni. Ketill var kvongaður. Hann átti Yngveldi, dóttur Ketils veðurs
hersis af Raumaríki.
Ketill was married. He married Yngveld, daughter of Ketil wether, lord of
Romerike.
Björn og Helgi hétu synir þeirra en dætur þeirra voru þær Auður hin
djúpúðga, Þórunn hyrna og Jórunn mannvitsbrekka.
Their sons were named Bjorn and Helgi and their daughters were those, Aud
the deepminded, Thorunn axe point and Jorunn wisdom-slope??
Björn sonur Ketils var fóstraður austur á Jamtalandi með jarli þeim er
Kjallakur hét, vitur maður
Bjorn, Ketil’s son, was fostered east to Jamtaland with that earl who is
named Kjallak, a wise man
og ágætur. Jarlinn átti son er Björn hét en Gjaflaug hét dóttir hans.
and famous. The earl had a son who was named Bjorn and his daughter was
named Gjaflaug.
Þetta var í þann tíma er Haraldur konungur hinn hárfagri gekk til ríkis í
Noregi. Fyrir þeim ófriði
This was in that time when King Harald the fair-haired ascended to power in
Norway. Before those hostilities
flýðu margir göfgir menn óðul sín af Noregi, sumir austur um Kjölu, sumir um
haf vestur. Þeir
many honourable men fled his rashness?? (wild guess, couldn’t find it
anywhere) from Norway, some east over Kjolens, some west over the sea.
voru sumir er héldu sig á vetrum í Suðureyjum eða Orkneyjum en um sumrum
herjuðu þeir í
Some, they were, who held themselves in winter in the Hebrides or Orkneys
but during the summer they harried in
Noreg og gerðu mikinn skaða í ríki Haralds konungs. Bændur kærðu þetta fyrir
konungi og báðu
Norway and did much harm in King Harald’s kingdom. Farmers brought this
before (the) king and bade
hann frelsa sig af þessum ófriði.
him free them from these hostilities.
Þá gerði Haraldur konungur það ráð að hann lét búa her vestur um haf og kvað
Ketil flatnef
Then King Harald made that plan that he had troops made ready (to go)
overseas and told Ketill flat-nose
skyldu höfðingja vera yfir þeim her. Ketill taldist undan en konungur kvað
hann fara skyldu. Og
(he) should be chieftain over those troops. Ketill refused, but (the) king
said he should go. And
er Ketill sá að konungur vill ráða réðst hann til ferðarinnar og hafði með
sér konu sína og börn, þau sem þar voru.
when Ketill saw that (the) king would insist, he made himself ready for the
journey and had with him his wife and children, those who were there.
En er Ketill kom vestur um haf átti hann þar nokkurar orustur og hafði
jafnan sigur. Hann lagði
And when Ketill came west over the sea he had some battles there and had
always (been) victor. He conquered
undir sig Suðureyjar og gerðist höfðingi yfir. Sættist hann þá við hina
stærstu höfðingja fyrir
the Hebrides and became chieftain over (them). He set himself (up) then as
the strongest chieftain over
vestan haf og batt við þá tengdir en sendi austur aftur herinn.
the western sea and made alliances with (others?) then by affinity, but sent
the troops back east.
Og er þeir komu á fund Haralds konungs sögðu þeir að Ketill flatnefur var
höfðingi í
And when they came to a meeting with King Harald they said that Ketill
flat-nose was chieftain in
Suðureyjum en eigi sögðust þeir vita að hann drægi Haraldi konungi ríki
fyrir vestan haf. En er
the Hebrides, but they did not say they knew that he had appropriated to
himself King Harald’s kingdom over the western sea. And when
konungur spyr þetta þá tekur hann undir sig eignir þær er Ketill átti í
Noregi.
(the) king learns this then he seizes those possessions which Ketill had in
Norway.
Ketill flatnefur gifti Auði dóttur sína Ólafi hvíta er þá var mestur
herkonungur fyrir vestan haf.
Ketill flat-nose married his daughter, Aud, to Olaf the white who then was
the greatest warrior-king of the western sea.
Hann var sonur Ingjalds Helgasonar en móðir Ingjalds var Þóra, dóttir
Sigurðar orms í auga, Ragnarssonar loðbrókar.
He was a son of Ingjald, Helgi’s son, and Ingjald’s mother was Thora,
daughter of Sigurd snake in eye, son of Ragnar shaggy britches.