Góðan daginn

 

I think there were only two tricky bits in this section, but we have had examples of both constructions previously in the story:

 

’ok svá mikit sem honum þótti fyrr fyrir, jók nú miklu á’ with ’mikit’ have the sense of being difficult, and

ok þóttisk finna at eigi hafði frama til, which is the construction: þykkjask (refl) + infinitive

 

Kveðja

Alan

 

Translation: Auðun - 14

 

Ok nú of aptaninn, er konungr gekk til kveldsǫngs,

And now during the evening, when (the) king went to Evensong,

 

ætlaði Auðun at hitta hann,

Auðun intended to meet him,

 

ok svá mikit sem honum þótti fyrr fyrir,

and as great (difficult) as (it) ) (had) seemed to him before,

 

jók nú miklu á, er þeir váru drukknir hirðmenninir.

(it) increased now greatly [on] (seemed so much more difficult now), when they were were drink-flushed courtiers,

 

Ok er þeir gengu inn aptr, þá þekði konungr mann

And when they went back inside, then (the) king recognised a person

 

ok þóttisk finna at eigi hafði frama til at ganga fram at hitta hann.

and thought himself to notice that (he) had not (the) courage to walk forward to meet him.

 

Ok nú er hirðin gekk inn, þá veik konungr út ok mælti:

And now when the court went inside, then (the) king turned (ab)out and spoke:

 

'Gangi sá nú fram, er mik vill finna.

’Walk that one now forward, who wants to meet me.

 

Mik grunar at sá muni vera maðrinn.'

(It) is suspected by me (I guess, methinks) that that one will be the person.’

 

 

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