OK.  Here comes part 4!  [Hopefully without typos!]

 

Konungr mælti: "Villtu selja oss dýrit við slíku verði sem þú keyptir?"  Hann svarar: 

The king spoke: "Will you  sell us the animal (bear) for the same price which you paid?"

He answers:

 

"Eigi vil ek þat, herra."  "Villtu þá," segir konungr, "at ek gefa þér tvau verð slík? ok

"I won't do that, Lord."  "Then do you want", says the king, "that I should give you twice

that amount?  And

 

mun þat réttara, ef þú hefir þar við gefit alla þína eigu."  "Eigi vil ek þat, herra", segir

that would be more correct, if you have paid all you owned."  "I won't do that, Lord," says

 

hann.  Konungr mælti: "Villtu gefa mér þá?"  Hann svarar, "Eigi, herra."  Konungr

he.  The king spoke: "Will you give it to me?"  He answers, "No, Lord."  The king

 

mælti: "Hvat villtu þá af gøra?"  Hann svarar:  "Fara," segir hann, "til Denmerkr ok

spoke: "What will you do with it?"  He answers: "Travel", says he, "to Danmark and

 

gefa Sveini konungi."  Haraldr konungr segir, "Hvárt er, at þú ert maðr svá óvitr at

give (it to) King Svein."  King Haraldr says, "What is this, that you are a man so ignorant

that

 

þú hefir eigi heyrt ófrið þann er í milli er landa þessa, eða ætlar þú giptu þína svá

you have not heard (of the) hostility between these nations, or do you intend ......

mikla, at þú munir þar komask með gørsimar, er aðrir fá eigi komizk klakklaust, þó at nauðsyn eigi til?"

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