most people found this tricky... Þess
is the genitive singular of þat meaning "of that"
er means is
við is a preposition which can have many meanings
according to the context. Here it is "about" or "concerning"
getit is the past participle from geta which can also
have a number of meanings, one of which is "to relate" or "tell of".
So, put altogether, this gives us
"It is said of this..." or "About this it is
related..."
at Auðun kaupir þar bjarndýri
eitt, gørsimi mikla, ok gaf fyrir alla
to A. to buy there a bear ?, a great
treasure, and gave for (it) all his
possessions.
Yes, you've really got this right -
kaupir is the present subjunctive of kaupa to buy,
because this piece of information is related.
eitt is a numeral "one" - here in the neuter to agree
with bjarndýri.
Hope you enjoyed doing this! I'll post up the
next section later thisevening.
Cheers,
Sarah.