Here’s the next instalment of Hrafnkel’s Saga.

 

Thanks again for comments on last section. I have no disagreement with any of them. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a chance to see them until today do to ISP connection problems (:  Also,  Iceland lost the football to cap off a bad week.

 

Kveðja

Alan

 

Hrafnkell fœrði nú bú sitt austr yfir Fljótsdalsheiði ok um
þveran Fljótsdal fyrir austan Lagarfljót. Við vatnsbotninn
stóð einn lítill bœr, sem hét at Lokhillu. Þetta land keyptí 615
Hrafnkell í skuld, því at eigi var kostrinn meiri en þurfti til
búshluta at hafa. Á þetta lögðu menn mikla umrœðu, hversu
hans ofsi hafði niðr fallit, ok minnisk nú margr á fornan
orðskvið, at skömm er óhófs ævi. Þetta var skógland mikit ok
mikit merkjum, vánt at húsum, ok fyrir þat efni keypti hann 620
landit litlu verði. En Hrafnkell sá ekki mjök í kostnað ok
felldi mörkina, því at hon var stór, ok reisti þar reisiligan bœ,
þann er síðan hét á Hrafnkelsstöðum. Hefir þat síðan verit
kallaðr jafnan góðr bor. Bjó Hrafnkell þar við mikil óhœgindi
in fyrstu misseri. Hann hafði mikinn atdrátt af fiskinum. 635

Hrafnkell gekk mjök at verknaði, meðan bœr var í smíði.
Hrafnkell dró á vetr kálf ok kið in fyrstu misseri, ok hann helt
vel, svá at nær lifði hvatvetna þat, er til ábyrgðar var. Mátti
svá at kveða, at náliga væri tvau höfuð á hverju kvikindi. Á
630 því sama sumri lagðisk veiðr mikil í Lagarfljót. Af slíku
gerðisk mönnum búshœgindi í heraðinu, ok þat helzk vel
hvert sumar.



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