----- Original Message -----From: AThompsonSent: Friday, March 24, 2006 7:08 AMSubject: RE: [norse_course] Hrafnkell 670-693Here’s the next instalment of Hrafnkel’s Saga.
Kveðja
Alan
Hrafnkell spurði austr í Fljótsdal, at Þjóstarssynir höfðu 670
týnt Freyfaxa ok brennt hofitHrafnkell asked (about) east in Fljotsdal that those Tjorstarssons had (tynt ?past part) destroyed Freyfax and burned (the) Temple (suff.def art = that very Temple)
Þá svarar Hrafnkell: 'Ek hygg þat hégóma at trúa á goð', -- ok
sagðisk hann þaðan af aldri skyldu á goð trúa, ok þat efndi hann
síðan, at hann blótaði aldri.Then speaks/replies Hrafnkell "I think/believe that (it is) folly to God (to be) true and declared he thereafter would not / (or should not) true to god (they used troth - I thought) and that fulfilled he there after he bloted/sacrificed never again (note #1) ( he kept his word)
Hrafnkell sat á Hrafnkelsstöðum ok rakaði fé saman.
Hrafnkell sat/was sitting (sitja-past) at Hrafmkell's Place (his dwelling) and gathered wealth together (Honestly he was raking it in)
Hann 675
fekk brátt miklar virðingar í heraðinu. Vildi svá hverr sitja ok
standa sem hann vildi.He took/got great respect in the district (dat & suff def art) everyone/whomsoever chose to sit or stand as he (Hrafnkell) wanted
Í þenna tíma kómu sem mest skip af Noregi til Íslands.
At that time (therr) came most ship(s) from Norway to Iceland
Námu menn þá sem mest land í heraðinu um Hramkels daga.
Settled men/people there in most land of the district (dat&suff def art) in Hrafnkell's day
Engi náði með frjálsu at sitja, nema Hrafnkel bæði orlofs.
No one could freely there sit/stay unless Hrafnkell gave permission
Þá 680
urðu ok allir honum at heita sínu liðsinni. Hann hét ok sínu
trausti.There it became/happened so all to him promised their support, he promised to them his protection (in return)
Lagði hann land undir sik allt fyrir austan
Lagarfljót.Placed he land under him (took control of it) east of Lagarfljot
Þessi þinghá varð brátt miklu meiri ok fjölmennari
en sú, er hann hafði áðr haft.This Assembly district (Gordon) was bigger amd more populated (lit.full-of-people) than ( sú ?) that which he had before
Hon gekk upp um Skriðudal ok
upp allt með Lagarfljóti.It (land - neut) went up to Skriðudal and all as far as Lagarfljot (note#2)
Var nú skipan á komin á lund hans.
there was a change come (taking place) in his manner
685 Maðrinn var miklu vinsælli en áðr.
The Man (Hrafnkell - specifically - def art) was more popular/respected than before
Hafði hann ina sömu
skapsmuni um gagnsemð ok risnu, en miklu var maðrinn nú
vinsælli ok gæfari ok hœgri en fýrr at öllu.H he the same disposition of helpfullness and hospitality but more was the man now popular and mild/reasonable and gentle in his ways
Opt fundusk þeir Sámr ok Hrafnkell á mannamótum, ok
690 minntusk þeir aldri á sín viðskipti.Often (they) would meet Sam and Hrafnkell at meetings and discussed (use of reflex) they never of their dealings
Leið svá fram sex vetr.
Sámr var vinsæll af sínum þingmönnum, því at hann var
hœgr ok kyrr ok góðr órlausna ok minntisk á þat, er þeir
brœðr höfðu ráðit honum. Sámr var skartsmaðr mikill.Passed thus/so for six Winters / years Sam was popular with his Thingmen because he was gentle and quiet and good help in diffiuclty (note #3) and recalled what the brothers had advised him
Sam was a lover of fine things (finery) (note #4)
Note 1 It says God singular, the Norse men did believe in a Pantheon, but perhaps since the Scribe was probably a Christian he wrote God so that H. was to be considered blasphemous
Note 2 I have seen a map and it does look quite an extensive area and he must have been raking in the gold and silver with trading
Note 3 This seems to be establishing Sam as a problem solver - one of the Good guys
Note 4 A lover of finery - something of a Dandy - I have been reading up on the history of these times the Vikings/Norsemen were not the fur-clad scruffy lot they seem in moves (Hollywood has a lot to answer for)
Using this more Methody form of study is getting more appealing and I have thoroughly enjoyed the thought that Hrafnkell will shortly make a come-back
Kveðja
Patricia
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