Kali verse ii

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

meginkátliga látum
very merry manner, allowed

branda elg á bylgjur
roast ?? an elk a-roaring

Björgynjar til dynja.'
resounding to Bergen.

Grace

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Fred & Grace Hatton
Hawley, Pa.