Heill Haukur!

fjornir wrote:

> Heill Danr!
>
> > And in the morning, Sigurðr went away from the booth,
> > and Hárekr was after (him).
>
> Finally you made an error :-)
> The phrase 'vera eptir' means "stay behind".
>

Still have trouble with phrases like that - I should have known - it seemed
too straightforward... ;)

>
> > Hand over the purse to me quickly, that in which is the silver,
> > that which we two intend to buy the ring with, because now (it)
> > is fitting to buy (it),
>
> And another one!
>
> Nú er samit kaupit.
> "Now the deal is struck."
>

Fooled again by vowel mutation! The verb "sama" looked right, and even made
sense in the context. I'll have to be more careful with them in future...

--
Daniel Bray
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School of Studies in Religion A20
University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia

"Nobody believes the official spokesman... but everybody trusts an
unidentified source." Ron Nesen