Auðun ventures off once again.
Ok nú gaf konungr honum silfr mjök
mikit,
and now gave the King to him silver
much great
And now the King gave him a large amount of
silver
ok fór hann suðr síðan með
Rúmferlum,
and travelled he south with Rome Pilgrims
and he went south to Rome with some
Pilgrims
ok skipaði konungr til um ferð hans, bað hann
koma til sín, er kvæmi aptr.
and he arranged The King to his journey and bid him
come to see him after.
and the King arranged all his travelling and
asked him to come back to him afterwards
Nú fór hann ferðar sinnar, unz hann kømr suðr í
Rómaborg.
now travelled he journey his, until he came South in
RomeCity (I think Borg is City-compound name)
Now he travelled his way until he came South to the
city of Rome
Ok er hann hefir þar dvalizk, sem hann tíðir, þá
ferr hann aptr; tekr þá sótt mikla;
And when he had there stayed, as much
as he desired then travelled he back
when he had stayed as long as he wished, he
returned (well there's a lot in
Rome)
tekr þá sótt mikla; gørir hann þá ákafliga
magran.
taken there an illness great became
he exceedingly lean looking
He was taken exceedingly ill and lost a lot of weight
(became thin) I blame the drains (lack
of)
Gengr þá upp alt féit þat er konungr hafði gefit
honum til ferðarinnar;
gone then up quite all (féit) that the King had given
to him to the journey
He had used up all his wealth ( ?) that the King
had given him for his journey
tekr síðan upp stafkarls stíg, ok biðr sér
matar.
Taken up after the way of a beggar and pleading
for food
He took on the habit (clothing?) of a beggar and
begged for his food
Hann er þá kollóttr ok heldr
ósælligr.
He became then bald and rather wretched
He went bald then and was very miserable
Poor Auðun he was well off at home, best go back to
King Sweinn
but apart from that I enjoyed the
play.