3. Frá Hrafni ok íþróttum hans.
Of Hrafn and his skills

Hrafn var á unga aldri snemmendis mikill atgervismaðr.
Hrafn was at a young age early a very energetic man.

Hann var völundr at hagleik, bæði at tré ok at járni, ok skáld, þó hefir hann fátt kveðit, svá at vér vitim, ok inn mesti læknir ok vel lærðr ok eigi meir vígðr en krúnuvígslu, lögspakr maðr ok vel máli farinn ok at öllu fróðr.
He was a master craftsman of fine craftsmanship both in wood and in iron, and a poet, although he has composed? little as far as we know? and the greatest healer and very learned and not more devoted than a priest?? a law speaker and well spoken? and in all well informed.

Hrafn var mikill maðr ok réttleitr í andliti, svartr á hárslit, syndr vel ok við allt fimr, þat er hann hafðist at, bogmaðr mikill ok skaut manna bezt handskoti.
Hrafn was a tall man and had regular facial features, black of hair-color, swam well and was nimble in everything that he did, a great bowman and shot (a spear)best of men.

Hrafn fór ungr brott af landi, ok fekk góða virðing í öðrum löndum af höfðingjum, sem vitni bar um þær gersimar, er Bjarni byskup sendi honum, sonr Kolbeins hrúgu ór Orkneyjum, út hingat, þat fingrgull, er stóð eyri, ok var merktr á hrafn ok nafn hans, svá at innsigla má með.
Hrafn went as a young man away from the country and gained a good reputation in other lands of rulers, which those treasures bore witness to, when Bishop Bjarni, son of Kolbein heap, sent him from the Orkneys, out hither, that gold ring which was one ounce and was incised with a raven and his name so that it could be used as a seal.

Annan hlut sendi byskup honum, söðul góðan ok inn þriðja hlut steinklæði.
Another thing the Bishop sent him, a good saddle, and the third thing colored clothing.

Hrafn var utan einn vetr ok var á hendi tignum mönnum ok þótti mikils verðr, hvar sem hann kom, fyrir íþrótta sakir.
Hrafn was abroad one winter and was under the protection of high-born men and seemed of great worth, where ever he came, for the sake of his skills.

Þá réð Sverrir konungr fyrir Nóregi.
King Sverrir ruled over Norway.

Annat sumar sigldi hann út hingat ok fór til bús með föður sínum á Eyri.
The second summer he sailed out hither and went to the household with his father at Eyri.

4. Utanför Hrafns ok frá lækningum hans.
Hrafn’s trip abroad and of his healing.


Atburðr sá gerðist í Dýrafirði á várþingi, þá er Hrafn var þar, at rosmhvalr kom upp á land, ok fóru menn til at særa hann, en hvalrinn hljóp á sjó ok sökk, því at hann var særðr á hol.
That event happened in Beast firth at the spring Thing, then when Hrafn was there, that a walrus came up ashore and men went to wound it, but the walrus ran to the sea and sank because he was wounded in the chest cavity.

Síðan fóru menn til á skipum ok gerðu til sóknir ok vildu draga hvalinn at landi ok unnu engar lyktir á.
Afterwards men went to ships and prepared to attack and wanted to drag the walrus ashore and worked no result.


Þá hét Hrafn á inn helga Tómas byskup til þess, at nást skyldi hvalrinn, hausfastar tennar ór hvalnum, ef þeir gæti nát hvalinn at landi fluttan.
Then Hrafn promised the holy Bishop Thomas this, that should the walrus be caught, the walrus teeth seated in the skull, if they were able to get the walrus carried to land.


Ok síðan, er hann hafði heitit, þá varð þeim ekki fyrir at flytja at landi hvalinn.
And then, when he had promised, then happened to them not before that the walrus was brought ashore.

Þessu næst fór Hrafn í brott, ok kómu þeir skipi sínu við Nóreg.
Next Hrafn went away and they brought his ship to Norway.

Þetta sannar Guðmundr Svertingsson í drápu þeiri, er hann orti um Hrafn:
This truth Gudmundr Svertingsson in those poems when he made verses about Hrafn.