Góðan daginn

 

Happy new year to everyone and thanks Sarah for the new post – I was beginning to suffer Auðun withdrawal symptoms.

 

The only question that occurs to me on translating this passage is why ‘selr’ (selja) and ‘skal’ (skulu) are indicative and not subjunctive, because the selling of the bear and its valuing by the king are not strictly factual statements but a desired way ahead.

 

Kveðja

Alan

 

Translation -  Auðun 8

 

Ok er hann lítr á þetta, sýnisk honum nakkvat eptir,

And when he looks on (considers) this, (it) seems to him somewhat later

 

sem ármaðrinn mælti fyrir honum,

(just) as the steward said to him,

 

ok sættask þeir á þetta, at hann selr Áka hálft dýrit,

and they agreed on this, that he sells Áki half the animal,

 

ok skal konungr síðan meta alt saman.

and (the) king shall afterwards, value everything together.

 

Skulu þeir fara báðir nú á fund konungs, ok svá gøra þeir;

They shall now both go to a meeting with (the) king), and they do so;

 

fara nú báðir á fund konungs ok stóðu fyrir borðinu.

both now go to a meeting with (the) king) and stood before the table.

 

 

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