Þá taka þeir Hrafnkel ok hans menn ok bundu hendr þeira
á bak aptr.

Then they rake Hrafnkell and his men and bind their hands behind their backs

Eptir þat brutu þeir upp útibúrit ok tóku reip ofan
ór krókum, taka síðan knífa sína ok stinga raufar á hásinum
þeira ok draga þar í reipin ok kasta þeim svá upp yfir ásinn ok
575 binda þá svá átta saman.

After that they proke open the store and took down some fropes from the hools.they then took their knives and thrust into the tendons amd dragged the rope through (?the slits they made?) amd they throw the rope up over the beam and sgtrung them up eight together

Þá mælti Þorgeirr: 'Svá er komit nú kosti yðrum, Hrafnkell,
sem makligt er, ok mundi þér þykkja þetta ólíkligt, at þú
mundir slíka skömm fá af nökkurum manni, sem nú er orðit.

Then said Thorgeirr "so this is (to) your cost/charge Hrafnkell and it seems to be fair, you might have thought it unlikely, that you could get so much  (or such) shame from any man as now it has become

(In the next peice I saw the two eða's and an either/or - a choice)

Eða hvárt viltu, Þorkell, nú gera: at sitja hér hjá Hrafnkeli ok
580 gæta þeira, eða viltu fara með Sámi ór garði á brott í örskotshelgi
við bœinn ok heyja féránsdóm á grjóthól nökkurum, þar sem
hvárki er akr né eng?'

What do you want Thorkell (want to do) sit here with Hrafnkell and watch over them or will you go with Sam away from the Farmstead, to a safe place, a (full) arrowshot from the farm and hold the confiscation court as some rocky mound (or place) where there is neither field (arable land) nor a meadow (pasture)  (a local custom perhaps or spiritual rule)

Þetta skyldi í þann tíma gera, er sól væri í fullu suðri.

This should be done when the Sun is full due South

Þorkell sagði: 'Ek vil hér sitja hjá Hrafnkeli. Sýnisk mér
585 þetta starfaminna.'

Thorkell says "I will sit here with Hrafmkell is seems to be the lesser task

Þeir Þorgeirr ok Sámr fóru þá ok háðu féránsdóm, ganga
heim eptir þat ok tóku Hrafnkel ofan ok hans menn ok settu
þá niðr í túninu, ok var sigit blóð fyrir augu þeim.

Then Thorgeirr and Sam went and held the confiscation court they walked home (?) after that and took Grafnkell down and his men and set them (lying) down on the Meadow, and it had run - the blood - down into their eyes (force of gravity no doubt - they were upside-down)

Þá mælti Þorgeirr til Sáms, at hann skyldi gera við Hrafnkel
590 slíkt, sem hann vildi, -- 'því at mér sýnisk nú óvandleikit við
hann.'

Then said Thorgeirr to Sam (that) he could do as he with Hrankell as he would wish - for it seems to me you will have no trouble with him

Anyone who views this with horror, (as indeed did I) could remember the people of the Sagas were a less civilised race than are we (???????) never the less the shock soon wore off and it all seems so logical, but you cannot keep a good guy down and even less - A Bad One.

Kveðja Allir

Patricia