Well thank you Uoden - I an grateful for your
comment - if a girl were a loved Child could her name be Unna because of
that
I understand particular not being at all fitting
thank you
and I understand pure and courteous - yes she was
doubtless shy - someone looking too intently at her eyes.
Thanks very much
Patricia
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 4:45
PM
Subject: [norse_course] Re: First Chapter
of Njal's Saga
Hi ther Patricia
Unn'ur
we call [in mind] dat. Unn'i: The one that "unn'ir" he loves
and the
past He loved "unn'i".
If she gets married people we say he (her
husband) loved "unni" her.
The birth wish becomes real.
"Ein hverju
sinn" There was an occasion, regardless of time, one of
many.
Particular is not at all fitting.
Hrút'ur is Ram: See Hár'útúr. And
útúrdúr. And Harris
Pure courteous maiden would not bend her head. She
would look him
stright in the eye. Why was she shy? He demands
something?
Thanks Uoden.
--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com,
"Patricia"
<originalpatricia@...> wrote:
>
> Mörður hét
maður er kallaður var gígja. Hann var sonur Sighvats
hins rauða.
>
Hann bjó á Velli á Rangárvöllum.
> Was a man named Morð, he was called
"fiddle" he was son of Sighvat
the Red, he lived at "Meadow" on "Crooked
River Plains"
>
> Hann var ríkur höfðingi og
málafylgjumaður
> mikill og svo mikill lögmaður að engir þóttu löglegir
dómar dæmdir
nema hann
> væri við.
> He was a powerful
chieftain and great follower of lawsuits, and so
great a lawman that none
thought lawful judgements unless he was
agreeing
>
> Hann
átti dóttur eina er Unnur hét. Hún var væn kona og kurteis og
> vel að
sér og þótti sá bestur kostur á Rangárvöllum.
> he had but one (an only)
daughter called Unna (could mean love -
Gordon)she was beaitiful, and
well-born and accomplished and
considered the best "catch" on the "Crooked
River Plains"
>
> Nú víkur sögunni vestur til Breiðafjarðardala.
Maður er nefndur
Höskuldur.
> Hann var Dala-Kollsson. Móðir hans hét
Þorgerður og var dóttir
Þorsteins
> hins rauða, Ólafssonar hins
hvíta, Ingjaldssonar, Helgasonar
> Now moves the stord westwards too
Broad-fjord-dale.
> a man was called Hoskuld he was the son of
Dale-Koll his mother
was called Thorgerð and was the daughter of
Thorstein Red son of
White Olaf son of Ingjald son of Helgi
>
> Móðir Ingjalds
> var Þóra, dóttir Sigurðar orms í auga,
Ragnarssonar loðbrókar.
Unnur hin
> djúpúðga var móðir Þorsteins
rauðs, dóttir Ketils flatnefs,
Bjarnarsonar
> bunu. Höskuldur bjó á
Höskuldsstöðum í Laxárdal.
> Mother of Ingjald was Thora daughter of
Sigurd Snake eyes (who
was) son of Ragnar Hairy-Breeks.
> Unn the
deep-minded was mother of Thorstein Red (she was) daughter
of Ketil
Flatnose - son of Bjorn the Stream (CV).
> Hoskuld lived at SalmonRiver
Dale
>
> Hrútur hét bróðir hans. Hann bjó á Hrútsstöðum. Hann var
sammæður
við
> Höskuld. Faðir hans var Herjólfur. Hrútur var vænn
maður, mikill
og sterkur,
> vígur vel og hógvær í skapi, manna
vitrastur, hagráður við vini
sína en
> tillagagóður hinna stærri
mála.
> His brother was called Hrut and lived at Hrutsteads he was of
the
same mother as Hroskuld, his father was Herolf. Hrut was a handsome
man - big and strong able to fight and skilled, calm of mind amd
most
wise, wise in council with his friends but fit to deal with
greater
things
>
> Það var einu hverju sinni að Höskuldur hafði vinaboð
og þar var
Hrútur
> bróðir hans og sat hið næsta honum.
>
That was at a particular time that Hoskuld made a feast for his
friends
and Hrut was there - his brother and sat nearest to him
>
>
Höskuldur átti sér dóttur er Hallgerður
> hét. Hún lék sér á gólfi við
aðrar meyjar. Hún var fríð sýnum og
mikil vexti
> og hárið svo
fagurt sem silki og svo mikið að það tók ofan á belti.
> Hoskuld had
with him a daughter called Hallgerð. She was playing
on the floor with the
other young girls, she was beautiful and grown
tall and her hair so fine
as silk and so long it reached down to
(the) belt.
>
>
Höskuldur kallar á hana: "Far þú hingað til mín," sagði hann.
> Hún gekk
þegar til hans. Hann tók undir hökuna og kyssti hana.
Síðan gekk
>
hún í braut.
> Hoskuld called to her "come here to me " and she went
over at once
and he touched her under the chin and kissed her, and she
then went
away (back to her playmates?)
>
> Þá ræddi
Höskuldur til Hrúts: "Hversu líst þér á mey þessa, þykir
þér eigi
>
fögur vera?"
> Hrútur þagði við. Höskuldur talaði til annað
sinn.
> Then said Hiskuld to Hrut "How does this girl seem to you (how
does she strike you) is she not fair
> Hrut was quiet with that
(and) Hoskuld spoke a second time
>
> Hrútur svaraði þá. "Ærið
fögur er mær sjá og munu margir þess
gjalda. En
> hitt veit eg eigi
hvaðan þjófsaugu eru komin í ættir vorar."
> Hrut answered then "Fair
enough is this maiden and many will pay
for this, but I do not know
(understand) whence comes the eyes of a
thief to our family
>
> Þá reiddist Höskuldur og var fátt um með þeim bræðrum nokkura
hríð.
> Then angry became Hoskuld and it was cold between the brothers
for
a while
>
> Bræður Hallgerðar voru þeir Þorleikur, faðir
Bolla, og Ólafur,
faðir
> Kjartans, og Bárður
> The brothers
of Hallgerð were Thorleik father of Bolli and Olaf
father of Kjartan and
Bard
>
> I am amazed at the lack of tact shown by Hrut - it has
been said
that a thief is born with very bright and "narrowing" eyes - no
doubt they believed in that in those times, unless of course her
eyes held a bold direct stare - and were not downcast
and
"maidenly" but what a stupid thing to say.
> To touch the child
under her chin may have just been to get a look
at her eyes which in
itself seems a suspicious thing to want to do
> This has been a good
thing to start, I found myself reading
through and just checking in
the Dictionary, this is enough anyway
to gain confidence in this - I may
do better in the future
> Patricia
> Kveðja
Allir
>