Auðun Part Eleven
"En þér, Auðun, kann ek slíka þökk sem þú gefir
mér alt dýrit;
But thou, Auðun can I thank as you
have brought the whole bear
But you Auðun I can thank as if you brought
the the whole Bear (? in the first
place?)
ok ver hér með mér!" Þat þekkisk
hann, ok er með Sveini konungi um hrið.
and be here with me* this
accepted him and he with King Swein a while
Will you stay here with me" this he accepted
and he remained with King Swein a while
Ok er liðu nakkvarar stundir, þá mælti
Auðun við konung: "Braut fýsir mik nú, herra"
and he remained a time, then
Auðun spoke with the King "I wish to leave now Lord*
He stayed for some time and then Auðun spoke
to King Swein "I wish to leave now Lord"
Konungr svarar heldr seint: "Hvar villtu
þá," segir hann, "ef þú vill eigi með oss vera?"
King answered rather slowly.
"Where wilt thou go" said he "if thou wilt not with us stay
The king answered rather slowly
"Where will you go" he said "If you won't stay with me"
Swein is going all "Thou and Us here it is
noticeable
Hann segir, "Suðr vil ek
ganga."
he said "South will I go on Pilgrimage to
Rome
he said "I shall go south in Pilgrimage (the
name Rome is not spoken - is this like a kenning
Is Going South a metaphor for this "Holy
Journey")
"Ef þú vildir eigi svá gott ráð taka",
segir konungr
"If thou wouldst not such a noble plan
taken" said the King
"If you had not had such a noble
plan
"þá myndi mér fyrir þykkja í, er þú fýsisk í
braut."
then must to me be much distress that thou
wouldst travel away.
Then I should have been "Hurt/displeased"
that you wanted to leave.
His words here (Swein) seem to imply to me
that he could be hurt, he was not merely a King but a man as well, and had
taken a liking to Auðun
Something tells me they will be glad to see
each other again, King Swein sounds very noble, as indeed does King Harald
(who is a good judge of Character) I read much in between the lines, cant
help it - it is there to be seen
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005
7:46 PM
Subject: [norse_course] Auðun -
section 11
Auðun gets some recognition and it´s time
to move on
"En þér, Auðun, kann ek slíka þökk sem þú
gefir mér alt dýrit; ok ver hér með mér!" Þat þekkisk hann, ok er
með Sveini konungi um hrið. Ok er liðu nakkvarar stundir, þá mælti
Auðun við konung: "Braut fýsir mik nú, herra" Konungr svarar
heldr seint: "Hvar villtu þá," segir hann, "ef þú vill eigi með
oss vera?" Hann segir, "Suðr vil ek ganga." "Ef þú vildir eigi
svá gott ráð taka", segir konungr, "þá myndi mér fyrir þykkja í, er þú
fýsisk í braut."
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