Thank you Sarah I shall get stuck right in, a member of my
mother's family had an aptitidue for Languages, my Grandfather's Brother, Mom
used to say he spoke eight or nine, and I'm well on the way there, I used to
get a load of flak from my siblings for my skills, it took some getting used
to but all things pass and I'm loving the communication skills I'm
learning.
Welcome on board! A group of us are translating a
short story about Audun and his bear. You'd be very welcome to have a
go at that and just do what bits you can. I'll gladly give you
feedback, based on my uni notes if you'd find that useful.
The first few lines which we have started on
are:
Maðr hét Auðun, vestfirzkr at kyni ok félítill.
Hann fór útan vestr þar í fjörðum með umráði Þorsteins bónda góðs, ok Þóris
stýrimanns, er þar hafði þegit vist of vetrinn með Þorsteini. Auðun
var ok þar, ok starfaði fyrir honum Þóri, ok þá þessi laun af honum,
útanferðina ok hans umsjá. Hann Auðun lagði mestan hluta fjár, þess er
var, fyrir móður sína, áðr hann stigi á skip, ok var kveðit á þriggja vetra
björg.
Don't worry if you can't make head nor tail of it
all. Just do the bits you can do! Look forward to hearing from
you.
May I please join in and do some work, to learn Old
Norse, a translation to do would be nice, but do not expect perfect work
from me I am a beginner who learns fairly fast.