From: keth@...
Message: 1247
Date: 2001-06-07
>Kona er nefnd Heiðr, hon var volva ok seiðkona ok vissiHail Anthanarik!
>fyrir úorðna hluti af fróðleik sínum.
>Hon fór á veizlur víða um landit, er bndr buðu henni til;
>sagði hon monnum forlog sín ok vetrarfar eða aðra hluti.
>Hon hafði með sér XXX manna, XV sveina ok XV meyjar.
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>
>
>ek segi:
>A woman was called a heathen, she was a seeress and a witch (lit.
>magic/woman) known partly from her beautiful shape.
>She is known ? on the land, she bond him to it;
>she says that it is man's fate and is part of the old ways.
>She has with her 30 men, 15 women and 15 children.
>
>
>Besta,
>Anthanarik
>
>Translated w/o a dictionary.
>~your fonts aren't transfering well~
>I think Heiðr (f.) is the woman's name. It probably means
>ek segi:
>A woman was called a heathen, she was a seeress and a witch (lit.
>magic/woman) known partly from her beautiful shape.
>She is known ? on the land, she bond him to it;
>she says that it is man's fate and is part of the old ways.
>She has with her 30 men, 15 women and 15 children.