Heill Haukur!
Week three's translation:
Þorlákr beiddi Þránd eftir skiptit at hann mundi hafa heimabólit, en hann
lausafé meira, en Þrándr vildi þat eigi. Fór Þorlákr þá í burt ok fekk sér
annan bústað þar í eyjunum.
Þrándr selda á leigu landit í Götu mörgum mönnum ok tók leigu sem mesta, en
hann réðsk til skips um sumarit ok hafði lítinn kaupeyri ok fór til Noregs ok
hafði boejarsetu um vetrinn ok þótti jafnan myrkr í skapi. Þá réð fyrir
Noregi Haraldr gráfeldr.
Um sumarit eftir fór Þrándr með byrðingsmönnum suðr til Danmerkr ok kom á
Haleyri um sumarit. Þar var þá fjölmenni sem mest, ok svá er sagt, at þar
kømr mest fjölmenni hingat á Norðurlönd meðan stendr markaðrinn. Þá réð fyrir
Danmörk Haraldr konungr Gormsson er kallaðr var blátönn. Haraldr konungr var
á Haleyri um sumarit ok fjölmenni mikit með honum.
Þorlákr requested of (proposed to) Þrándr after the division that he
(Þorlákr) would have the homestead, and he (Þrándr) a greater amount (value)
of chattels, but Þrándr didnt want that. Then Þorlákr fared away and got
(secured) himself another farmstead there in the islands.
Þrándr put out at interest (leased?) the land at Gata to many men and took as
much rent as possible, and he sailed in the summer and had a little bit of
cargo and fared to Norway and had a dwelling in town in the winter and seemed
to always be in a dark mood. Haraldr Greycloak ruled over Norway then
[960-970].
In the summer after, Þrándr fared south to Denmark with merchant-seamen and
came to Haleyrr [Tail-bank?] in the (that) summer. There was then a (very)
large number of men, and so it is said, that there the greatest number of men
came hither to the Northern lands while the market stood. King Haraldr
Gormsson, who was called Bluetooth, ruled over Denmark then [950-985]. King
Haraldr was in Haleyrr in the summer and a great many men (came) with him.
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Daniel Bray
dbray@...
School of Studies in Religion A20
University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia
"Nobody believes the official spokesman... but everybody trusts an
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