Þorbjörn hét maðr; hann var kallaðr Götuskeggr.
A man was called Þorbjörn; he was known as Götuskeggr.
Hann bjó í Austrey í Færeyjum. Guðrún hét kona hans.
He lived in Eastern Island in the Faroes Islands. His wife was called Guðrún.
Þau áttu tvá sonu; hét Þorlákr inn ellri, en Þrándr inn yngri.
They had 2 sons; the older was called Þorlákr and the younger Þrándr.
Þeir váru efniligir menn. Þorlákr var bæði mikill ok sterkr; Þrándr var ok með því móti þá er hann þroskaðisk, en miseldri þeira broeðra var mikit.
They were promising men; Þorlákr was both big and strong; Þrándr was born when the other was grown up, and the disparity in the age of the brothers was great.
Þrándr var rauðr á hár ok freknóttr í andliti, fríðr sýnum.
Þrándr had red hair and a freckled face, and was handsome in people's sight.
Þorbjörn var auðigr maðr ok var þá gamall, er þetta var tíðenda.
Þorbjörn was a wise man and was old when this was happening.
Þorlákr kvændisk þar í eyjunum ok var þó heima með föður sínum í Götu.
Þorlákr married there in the islands, but nevertheless lived at home with his father in Gata.
Ok bráðliga er Þorlákr var kvæntr andaðisk Þorbjörn Götuskeggr, ok var hann heygðr ok út borinn at fornum sið, því at þá váru heiðnar allar Færeyjar.
Soon after Þorlákr was married, Þorbjörn Götuskeggr died, and he was buried in a how and carried out in the old way, as all Faroese were heathens then.
Synir hans skiptu arfi með sér, ok vildi hvártveggi hafa heimabólit í Götu, því at þat var in mesta gørsimi. Þeir lögðu hluti á, ok hlaut Þrándr.
His sons divided the inheritance amongst themselves, and both wanted to have the dwelling in Gata, as it was worth the most. They cast lots for it, and Þrándr got it.