Ok nú of aptaninn, er konungr gekk til kveldsöngs,
And now because it was Evening the King went
to Evensong
And now as it was Evening the King went to
Vespers (prefer - Vespers)
ætlaði Auðun at hitta hann,
Thought Auðun to meet him
Auðun wished to meet
him ( at
Vespers)
ok svá mikit sem honum þótti fyrr fyrir, jók nú miklu
á,
so much as he seemed before, he was more
hesitant
as much as he hung back before, he was even
more reluctant
er þeir váru drukknir hirðmenninir.
Since they were drunken, King's
(courtiers)
Since the Kings House-Carles were all
drunk (prefer house-carles - they're a rough
lot)
Ok er þeir gengu inn aptr, þá þekði konungr
mann
and then they went back (inside) then saw King
the man
when they went back in, the King noticed a
man
ok þóttisk finna at eigi hafði frama til at ganga fram at
hitta hann.
and seemed to find that not possessed courage
to go forward to meet (?) him
who seemed to lack the courage to step forward
to approach him
Ok nú er hirðin gekk inn, þá veik konungr út ok
mælti:
when the retainers went inside the
King ( veik) and said
and when the King's men went in the King
(spoke up ? ) and said
"Gangi sá nú fram, er mik vill finna. Mik grunar
at sá muni vera maðrinn
Step that now forward he who would meet me, I
suspect that thou art the man
"come
forward now , he who would meet me - I suspect that you are the
man"
I am beginning to like this King Sweinn,
because he knows what rascals his house-carles are, moreover they are drunk as
Aldermen, and he fears that Auðun will be made game of, by the men, I believe
the name house-carles to be Amglo-Saxon, but it seems to fit - retainers
does sound a trifle George the Third
I am unsure of this, several words eluded me,
but it is so enjoyable.
Ok nú of aptaninn, er konungr gekk til
kveldsöngs, ætlaði Auðun at hitta hann, ok svá mikit sem honum þótti fyrr
fyrir, jók nú miklu á, er þeir váru drukknir hirðmenninir. Ok er þeir
gengu inn aptr, þá þekði konungr mann ok þóttisk finna at eigi hafði frama
til at ganga fram at hitta hann. Ok nú er hirðin gekk inn, þá veik
konungr út ok mælti: "Gangi sá nú fram, er mik vill finna. Mik
grunar at sá muni vera maðrinn."