Re: Jed - Hrafnkell, lines 19-46

From: Haukur Thorgeirsson
Message: 3698
Date: 2003-09-30

> Við þetta var lengt nafn hans ok kallaðr Freysgoði,

I'd say:

"By this his name was lengthened and
[he was] called Freyr's priest."

Or less literally:

"Because of this event he got a byname
and was called Freyr's priest."

lengja - lengdi - lengt = to lengthen, extend

Kveðja,
Haukur

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