I did not expect all that, you see the credit is also due to
some parts of the work I did proving to be a lucky guess, unless I can
accept that I've developed an affinity for the language, well that would not
surprise me.
Now I have all three of the Books by Michael Barnes and
Anthony Faulkes I hope to forge ahead, one of the reasons I make such effort
to "get in first" it is tempting to peek at other people's work.
I am glad I have a working knowledge of German and some
little of Old English, they really help.
I had trouble with ihugadi but thought
to look for huga/hugad and put it together from that also with,
ættlaðak, and Keyptak, I thought kaupir might help from Kaufen as in
German, that was a good guess !!!
So here we go with more enthusiasm than
skill.
Patricia
Konungr ihugadi, hver þessi maðr myndi vera. er hann
kendi eigi.
King i(thought)i who this man shaped to
be he him knew not
The King considered who this man seemed
to be he did not know him
ok mælti siðan til Auðunar "Hverr ertu"? segir
hann
and spoke after to Auðan "who art thou"?
said he
and he spoke later to Auðan "Who are
you"? he said
Hann swarrar "Ek em Isledskr maðr Herra"
He answered "I am an Iceladish man
Lord"
He replied I am a an Icelandic man my
Lord"
"ok kominn nú utan af Groenlandi ok nú af
Nóregi, ok ætlaðak at fra yðr bjarndýrit þetta
and arrived now out of Greenland and
also Norway and (to think - mean) to bring to you bear this
"and came now from Greenland via Norway
intending to bring you this bear
Keyptak þat með allri eigu minni ok nú er þo á ordðit
mikil
from kauptir) it with all value
mine and now a great error
I gave all my wealth for it and now
because of a great mistake
fýrir mér; ek á nú halft eitt dýrit
before me I have now half of this
bear
here I have half a bear (or only half of
this bear)
ok segir Konungi, siðan hversu farit með þeim Aka
ármanni hans
and said to King later/afterward how it
fared with Aki steward his
and said to the King how it had
fared with Aki the King's Steward
so Sarah when seeing ihugadi I was
minded ! of how in Old English you have something like methinks
and he ythought that extra y seems to mean that the
subject gave it thought, or considered. On Old Emglish it
sometimes has he bethought him to mean he remembered, this does
help and German helps too with Keyptir - kauptir - kaufen/kauft -
well yes and a bit of guess work too
Patricia (I do not think King Sveinn
will be best pleased with Aki - just a hunch)
Konungr íhugaði, hverr þessi maðr myndi
vera, er hann kendi eigi, ok mælti síðan til Auðunar: "Hverr ertu?"
segir hann. Hann svarar: "Ek em Íslenzkr maðr, herra",
segir hann, "ok kominn nú útan af Groenlandi, ok nú af Nóregi, ok
ætlaðak at foera yðr bjarndýr þetta. Keyptak þat með allri eigu
minni, ok nú er þó á ordðit mikit fyrir mér; ek á nú hálft eitt
dýrit", ok segir konungi síðan hversu farit hafði með þeim Áka ármanni
hans.