Grace

 

Comments inserted as usual.

 

Re: ‘sem mest’, your explanation seems reasonable to me, but then if you took ‘sem’ out of the sentence would you translate it any differently? In other wo rds , to me, ‘mest’ on its own provides all the comparative meaning that is required. Perhaps, ‘sem’ is providing some form of addition emphasis.

 

Kveðja

Alan

 

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H 694

 

Þess (note: this is genitive, ie about that)er getit, at skip kom af hafi í Reyðarfjörð, ok var

It is said, that a ship came from abroad (Gordon) into R. and (the)

 

 

 

695 stýrimaðr Eyvindr Bjarnason. Hann hafði útan verit sjau vetr.

captain of the ship was E. B.  He had been out seven winters.

 

 

 

Eyvindr hafði míkit (much, greatly) við gengizk um menntir ok var orðinn inn

E. had improved (in) accomplishments and was become the most

 

 

 

vaskasti maðr. Eru honum sögð brátt þau tíðendi (those events), er görzk

gallant man.  They were soon said to him (the) news, which had happened

 

 

 

höfðu, ok lét hann sér um þat fátt finnask (literally: he caused himself to concerm himself little about that). Hann var fáskiptinn

and he paid little heed of it (Zoega).  He was a quiet man.

 

 

 

maðr.

 

 

 

700 Ok þegar Sámr spyrr þetta, þá ríðr hann til skips. Verðr

And once Sam finds out (about) this, he rides then to the ship.  Now

 

 

 

nú mikill fagnafundr með þeim broðrum. Sámr býðr (invites, I think is better)

happens a great joyful meeting with those brothers. ? (Sám and Eyvind are brothers, see line 49)  Sam offers

 

 

 

honum vestr þangat. En Eyvindr tekr því vel ok biðr Sám

him west to that place.  But E. takes it well and asks Sam

 

 

 

ríða heim fyrir, en senda hesta á móti varningi hans. Hann setr

to ride home ahead, but to send horses to meet his cargo.  He draws

 

 

 

upp skip sitt ok býr um (prepares (the ship) for the winter – see Gordon´s glossary). Sámr gerir svá, ferr heim ok lætr reka

up his ship (on shore) and fences round.  Sam does so, goes home and has

 

 

 

705 hesta á móti Eyvindi. Ok er hann hefir búit um varnað sinn,

horses driven to a meeting with E. and when he has secured  his goods,

 

 

 

býr hann ferð sína til Hrafnkelsdals, ferr upp eptir Reyðarfirði.

he prepares his journey to H., goes up along R.

 

 

 

Þeir váru fimm saman. Inn sétti var skósveinn Eyvindar. Sá

They were five altogether.  The sixth was Eyvindar's servant.  That (one)

 

 

 

var íslenzkr (Icelandic, adjective) at kyni, skyldr honum. Þenna svein hafði Eyvindr

was an Icelander by blood, bound to him.  E. had taken this servant

 

tekit af válaði ok flutt útan með sér ok haldit sem sjálfan sik (I thought, treated (him) like himself).

from destitution and carried (him) abroad with him and cared for (him) as

his own?

 

 

 

710 Þetta bragð (see ###)Eyvindar var uppi haft (much discussed – see Gordon) under ‘hafa upp’), ok var þat alþýðu rómr (opinion of all people, ie the common view), at

(I couldn't make any sense of this) This sudden move??? of E. was in

bonds??? and it was approved by all the people that

 

### I initially took this ‘sudden move’ to be the sudden change in his fortunes, his great advances in accomplishments, his newfound boldness...albeit that it really was seven winters in the making. But I see other published translations consider it to be specifically his kind act or deed towa rds his destitute kinsman now servant. In terms of the placement of the sentence in the text this may be more appropriate, but neither my ON dictionary or MnI dictionary give this particular meaning.

 

færi væri hans líkar.

his resembling were ???

 

 

 

Þeir ríða upp Þórisdalsheiði ok ráku fyrir sér sextán klyfjaða

They ride up Þorisvalley heath and drove before them sixteen horses loaded

with packs.

 

 

 

hesta. Váru þar húskarlar Sáms tveir, en þrír farmenn. Váru

Two of Sam's manservants were there, but three seafaring merchants.

 

 

 

þeir ok (also) allir í litklæðum ok riðu við fagra skjöldu. Þeír riðu um

They were and all in dyed clothing and rode with fine shields.  They rode

 

 

 

715 þveran Skriðudal ok yfir háls yfir til Fljótsdals, þar sem heita (note: 3p plural because Bulungarvellir is plural)

across Landslide valley and over (the) ridge over to River valley, there as

is called

 

 

 

Bulungarvellir, ok ofan (down!) á Gilsáreyri. Hon gengr austr at

Firewood vale and over to G.  It goes east to

 

 

 

fljótinu milli Hallormsstaða ok Hrafnkelsstaða. Ríða (present) þeir upp

the river between Hallorm's place and H.  They rode up

 

 

 

með Lagarfljóti fyrir neðan völl á Hrafnkelsstöðum ok svá

along L. below (the) field at H. and so

 

 

 

fyrir (around) vatnsbotninn ok yfir Jökulsá at Skálavaði. Þá var jafnnær

before the upper end of the lake and over Glacier river at S.  It was

(about)

 

 

 

720 rismálum ok dagmálum.

 

7:30 AM . (very good!)

 

Grace

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