Re: A 10/feedback Grace

Hello Grace, and well done yet again! You seem to have found this quite
straightforward. Only one little thing...

Ok sá þat Haraldr konungr at
And such (a man?) that king Harald

Here sá is a past tense verb (saw/thought)
at ráði means "advisable"

Word for word this little section goes -
And thought it Harald king advisable to let him travel in peace, and he is
our enemy.
Poor old Aki is now lower in king Svein´s estimation than his enemy - oops!

Kveðja,
Sarah.

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From: "Fred and Grace Hatton" <hatton@...>
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Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 5:04 PM
Subject: [norse_course] A 10


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> Aki gets his come-uppance.
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> Konungr mælti: "Er þat satt, Áki, er hann segir?" "Satt er þat",
> The king said, “Is that right, Áki, what he says?” “It is right,”
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> segir hann. Konungr mælti: "Ok þótti þér þat til liggja, þar sem ik
> he says. The king said, “And did you think it proper whereas I
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> settak þik mikinn mann, at hepta þat eða tálma, er maðr gørðisk til at
> appointed you (as a ) prominent man, to impede or hinder, when a man
> prepared to
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> foera mér gørsimi ok gaf fyrir alla eign? Ok sá þat Haraldr konungr at
> bring me great treasure, and gave for it all possessions? And such (a
> man?) that king Harald
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> ráði at láta hann fara í friði, ok er hann várr óvinr. Hygg þú at þá,
> decided to let him go in peace, and he (Harald) was no friend. Do you
> think then
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> hvé sannligt þat var þinnar handar! Ok þat væri makligt, at þú værir
> how? just it was in your hands! And it would be proper that you were
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> drepinn; en ek mun nú eigi þat gøra, en braut skaltu fara þegar ór
> struck down, but I will not do that, but you shall go away at once out
from
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> landinu, ok koma aldri aptr síðan mér í augsýn."
> (this) country and never come back after that to my sight.” - -
> literally to me in sight.
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> Grace
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