Grace

 

Comments as usual. Sorry about the strange characters, this is how your post came throught to me. I tried to do a quick clean-up but far from perfect.

 

Kveðja

Alan

 

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From: norse_course@yahoogroups.com [mailto:norse_course@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Fred and Grace Hatton
Sent: Saturday, 18 March 2006 12:35 PM
To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [norse_course] H 655

 

Normally the strange characters are only on the yahoo groups site, but this

time they came thru on the email (digest).  I am going to be busy on the

weekend so I had gone ahead and worked on the translation from Gordon.

 

Grace

 

 

 

655 Þeir leiÐa nÁ hestinn ofan eptir vellinum (singular). Einn hamarr

They lead the horse now down along the plains.  A precipice

 

 

 

stendr niÐr viÐ Ána (note: def article atached), en fyrir framan hylr djÁpr (note: nom sg, ie subject). Þar leiÐa Þeir

stands down on (or towa rds ) (the) river, but in front of (Zoega) a deep

pool.

 

There they lead

 

 

 

nÁ hestinn fram Á hamarinn. ÞjÓstarssynir drÓgu fat (bag) eitt Á

now the stallion forward to the precipice. Þjostar's sons drew a cloth on

 

 

 

höfuÐ hestinum, taka síÐan hÁvar (tall, acc pl. of hár) stengr (acc pl of stöng) ok hrinda hestinum

(the) head (of) the stallion, (they)take after that ??? a pole to push the

stallion

 

 

 

af fram, binda stein.viÐ hÁlsinn ok týndu honum svÁ. Heitir

off with, fasten stone against the neck and so put him to death.

 

 

 

Þar sÍÐan Freyfaxahamarr. Þar ofan frÁ standa goÐahÁs Þau (plural, those temple buildings, I think), 660

(Ever) since there is called Freyfax's cliff.  There below it stands (the)

chieftain's house,

 

 

 

er Hrafnkell hafÐi Átt. Þorkell vildi koma Þar. Lét hann fletta

which H. had owned.  Þorkell wished to come there.  He had plundered

 

 

 

goÐin (goð, not góðr, ie gods or, at least their images, presumably Mahommet was not among them) Ö¶ll. Eptir Þat lÆtr hann leggja eld Í goÐahÁsit (temple) ok brenna (note: infinitive)

all valuables.  After that he has fire set to (the) chieftain's house and

burns

 

 

 

allt saman.

everything together.

 

 

 

SÍÐan bÁask boÐsmenn Í brottu. Velr (velkja - selects, chooses) SÁmr Þeim ÁgÆta gripi (excellent animals)

Afterwa rds (the) guests at the feast prepare themselves (to go) away.  Sam

singles them out to praise (them) great value ????  (Is velr from velja? Yes.)

 

 

 

bÁÐum brÅ"Ðrum, ok mÆla (note 3^rd pers plural, ie they speak) til fullkominnar vinÁttu meÐ sér ok 665

both brothers, and speaks of perfect friendship with them and (they)

 

 

 

skiljask allgÓÐir vinir. RÍÐa nÁ rétta leiÐ (direct route) vestr Í fjörÐu (plural)ok koma

part  very good friends.  Now (they) ride straight west into the fjord and

come

 

 

 

heim Í ÞorskafjörÐ meÐ virÐingu. En SÁmr setti Þorbjörn niÐr

home to þorskafjord with honour.  But Sam placed þorbjorn down

 

 

 

 

at LeikskÁlum. Skyldi hann Þar búa. (just live, dwell, reside, I think) En kona SÁms fÓr til

at L.  He should build (a farm) there.  But Sam'swife went to

 

 

 

bús meÐ honum Á AÐalbÓl ok býr SÁmr (Sám lives)Þar um hrÍÐ.

 the house with him at A. and (they) live (there) for a while.

 

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