Re: Hrafnkel 1-18 / Laurel

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From: Laurel Bradshaw

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Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 10:35 PM

Subject: Re: [norse_course] Hrafnkel 1-18 / Laurel

Sarah wrote:

Þat er fyrir neðan Fljótsdalsherað.

which is southeast of the Fljótsdal district.

 

How did you get "southeast" from "fyrir neðan"?  Did you get a map out?!!!

 

Well, fyrir is "in front of", which if you are thinking of it as a ship approaching Iceland from Scandinavia, would be "east".  And neðan, meaning below, would be south.  So fyrir neðan must be southeast.  I then went searching for a map, and Breiðdalur is indeed directly southeast of the Fljótsdal district.  I don't know if the translation is technically correct or not, but that is what made sense to me.

 

Here is the map I found, if anyone is interested:

http://www.travelnet.is/isl/Journey/sv_al/index.html

 

Laurel

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