Hi, Sarah and Grace.

You were wondering about this:

"sýnisk honum nakkvat eptir,
sem ármaðrinn mælti fyrir honum"

We seem to have a phrasal verb: 'sýnask eptir'.
This was actually something I didn't recognize
so I went to the dictionaries. Zoëga's dictionary
didn't have it but my Icelandic dictionary,
Íslensk orðabók [Menningarsjóðs], second edition,
does have it. The greatly expanded third edition
does not have it (I never trusted that thing).

It does mean what you think it means, something like:

"it seems to him that the steward had a point"

Kveðja,
Haukur

> Hi Grace,
>
> It was interesting to read your translation as well, because you have
> interpreted
>
> sýnisk honum nakkvat eptir, sem ármaðrinn mælti fyrir honum,
>
> in the same way that we did in college - it seems to him (there was)
> something in what the steward said to him - so it will be interesting to
> see Haukur's view, whether both this and Alan's translation are equally
> acceptable. Watch this space!
>
> You queried "meta alt saman". Yes, basically you were right - he will
> judge or value everything together, i.e. he will weigh it all up.
>
> Kveðja,
> Sarah.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Fred and Grace Hatton
> To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 5:39 AM
> Subject: [norse_course] Auðun 8
>
>
> Subject: Auðun part 8
>
> Auðun goes along with Aki´s plan
>
> Ok er hann lítr á þetta, sýnisk honum nakkvat eptir, sem ármaðrinn
> And when he takes this into consideration, it seems to him something
> behind?, that the steward
>
> mælti fyrir honum, ok sættask þeir á þetta, at hann selr Áka hálft
> spoke before him, and they agreed on that, that he (Auðun) sells Aki
> half
>
> dýrit ok skal konungr síðan meta alt saman. Skulu þeir fara báðir nú á
> the beast and the king afterwards will estimate the whole ?. They will
> go together now to
>
> fund konungs, og svá gøra þeir; fara nú báðir á fund konungs ok stóðu
> the meeting with the king and so they do; both now go to the meeting
> with the king (lit. king's meeting) and stand
>
> fyrir borðinu.
> before the table.
>
> Thanks Sarah! Happy New Year!
> Grace
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