Saell Alan,
I can see that you have gone to a great deal of trouble for me, I appreciate it enormously, I have always had a trifle of trouble with my past and present tenses  and it seems to be re-surfacing now, so I shall copy up your comments and file them accordingly with my work, when I revise tomorrow it will be interesting to have the comments, very skilfully incorporated into my work, I must say, NEAT !!
optar þøkk minn
Kveðja
Patricia
----- Original Message -----
From: AThompson
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 8:44 AM
Subject: RE: [norse_course] Auðun - section 12

Sæl Patricia

 

I hope you don´t mind if I offer a few minor points regarding your translation.

 

I have inserted my ‘corrections’ within your translation,  but please remember that I am no expert so there is certainly no guarantee that my reading is rightJ If I’m wrong I’m sure I’ll find out about it from the true experts.

 

Kveðja

Alan

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Patricia [mailto:originalpatricia@...]
Sent: Wednesday, 16 February 2005 5:52 AM
To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [norse_course] Auðun - section 12

 

Auðun ventures off once again.

 

ok fór hann suðr síðan með Rúmferlum,

and travelled he south [afterwards] 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 [bade] him come to see him after. [when (he) came back]

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 [comes] 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 [has] there stayed, as much as he desired then travelled [travels] 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 [takes] there [then] an illness great became he [(it) makes him (acc)] 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 [goes] then up quite all (féit) [the money] 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 [takes] up  after the way of a beggar and pleading [begs] for [himself] food

He took on the habit (clothing?) of  a beggar and begged for his food

 

 Hann er þá kollóttr ok heldr ósælligr.

He became [is] then bald and rather wretched

He went bald then and was very miserable

 




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