Sæl Grace

 

Some suggestions on your translation.

 

Kveðja

Alan

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Fred and Grace Hatton [mailto:hatton@...]
Sent: Tuesday, 22 March 2005 2:29 AM
To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [norse_course] Auðun 14

 

 

I had a lot of difficulty with this one in the second and fouth lines.

Had to resort to the English translation to figure out what was going on

and then hopefully found the right words after that.

Grace

 

Ok nú of aptaninn, er konungr gekk til kveldsöngs, ætlaði Auðun at

And now in the evening, when the king went to evensong, Auðun intended to

 

hitta hann, ok svá mikit sem honum þótti fyrr fyrir, jók nú miklu á, er

meet him, and as much [difficult] as (it was [seemed]) for him unpleasant before, (the

difficulty?) piled on now much, when

 

þeir váru drukknir hirðmenninir.  Ok er þeir gengu inn aptr, þá þekði

they, the king’s men were (a bit) drunk.  And when they went back in,  then

 

konungr mann ok þóttisk finna at eigi hafði frama til at ganga fram at

the king noticed a man and [thought himself to notice] (the man who?) wanted to meet (with him)then

did not have courage to step forward to

 

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

meet him.  And now when the king’s men went in, then the king moved out

and spoke,

 

"Gangi sá nú fram, er mik vill finna.  Mik grunar at sá muni vera maðrinn."

“Step forward now, such  (a one) [that one], who wants to meet with me.  I suspect

that such a man must be (here)[that one will be the man].” [pointing at Auðun]

 

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Hawley , Pa.

 

 

 

 

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