Verses by Earl Rögnvald Kali
(ii) Rögnvald at Grimsby
Þá var Kali fimtán vetra er hann fór með kaupmönnum vestr til
Then Kali was fifteen winters (old) when he sailed with traders west to
Englands, ok hafði góðan kaupeyri. Þeir heldu til þess kaupstaðar er
England, and had good cargo. They steered to that (Gordon) market town that
Grímsboer heitir. Kom þar mikit fjöl- menni bæði af Nóregi ok
is called Grimsby. Great crowds come there both from Norway and
Orkneyjum, af Skotlandi ok Suðreyjum. Eptir þat fór Kali vestan á hinu
(the) Orkneys, from Scotland and Suderoy (Faroes?). After that Kali
sailed west in the
sama skipi ok kómu útan at Ögðum ok heldu þaðan til Björgynjar. Þá
same ship and (they) came out at Agdir (Southern Norway?) and held
(course?) thence to Bergen. Then
kvað hann vísu:
he spoke (this) verse: (a verse which is completely beyond me!)
'Vér höfum vaðnar leirur
We have (something to do with wading?) muddy
vikur fimm megingrimmar;
five weeks mighty fierce
saurs vara vant, er várum,
(mud, again?) were lacking, when (we)were
viðr, í Grímsboe miðjum.
with, in (the) middle of Grimsby.
Nú'r þat's más of mýrar
Now when it ? ?? of (the) moor