Hi there Partrice,

Some Glossary [Si tu veut]:
hraustur: is physically strong, connected to strong health; so we
could say robust?

óþveginn (not "brain"washed: less ethical tactics ). According to
adages: he is vulgar, brutal, coarse.
Is this meaning also included in "unwashed": the English term ?

Atli is also named Atlas elsewhere.

Leginum < Lögur-inn: is water in Sweden [:the Vanern?]. hann lá af
liggja: he (his ship) laid.

"því að ekki dugir ófreistað": "nothing venture nothing gain" or
rephrase " utilise tout les moyen possibles" "nota öll tiltæk
meðul".

Nú sjá þeir er í sundinu eru að skip fara að þeim og segja Atla til.
Now they see which in the sound are, that ships are approaching them
and they informe Atli of it.
Segja til: delate also.
Thanks Uoden.

--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "Patricia"
<originalpatricia@...> wrote:

>
> 4. kafli chapter four
>
> Um vorið spurði hann til Sóta að hann var farinn suður til

Danmerkur með

> erfðina. Þá
>
> gekk Hrútur á fund Gunnhildar og segir henni frá ferðum Sóta.
>
> In Spring he (Hrut ) Learned of Soti that he had gone South to

Denmark with the inheritance. Then Hrut went to meet /see Gunnhild
and tells her of Soti's movements

>
> Gunnhildur mælti: "Eg mun fá þér tvö langskip skipuð mönnum og þar

með hinn

>
> hraustasta mann, Úlf óþveginn, gestahöfðingja vorn. En þó gakk þú

að finna

> konung áður þú farir."
>
> Gunnhild said " I will give you two longships with crews and with

them a powerful man - Ulf the unwashed (o+þveginn) the Chief of our
guests (most likely the Chief Hit-Man). But you must go to see the
King before you travel/depart

>
> Hrútur gerði svo. Og er hann kom fyrir konung þá segir hann

konungi um ferð

> Sóta og það með að hann ætlar eftir honum að halda.
>
> Hrut did (just) so, and when he came before the King - he spoke to

the King of Soti's movements and that he decided to go after (?)
him - go in pursuit

>
> Konungur mælti: "Hvern styrk hefir móðir mín til lagið með þér?"
> Hrútur svarar: "Langskip tvö og fyrir liðinu Úlf óþveginn."
>
> The King said "what strength / assistance had my mother given

you. Hrut replied "Two Longships and Ulf the un-washed ot take
charge" - or to lead

>
> Konungur mælti: "Vel er þar til fengið. Nú vil eg fá þér önnur tvö

langskip

> og munt þú þó þurfa þessa liðs alls."
>
> The King said "well are you provided for - Now I will give to you

another two longships and you will have need of all strength

>
> Síðan fylgdi hann Hrúti til skips og mælti: "Farist þér nú vel."
> Síðan sigldi Hrútur liði sínu suður.
>
> Then he accompanied Hrut to his ship and said "May you fare well"

Hrut sailed south with his men

>
> 5. kafli chapter five
>
> Atli hét maður. Hann var sonur Arnviðar jarls úr Gautlandi hinu

eystra. Hann

> var hermaður mikill og lá úti austur í Leginum. Hann hafði átta

skip.

>
> A man called Atli. He was the son of Earl Arnvid of Gotland - to

the/in the - East He was a great warrior and lived out East in
Leginum (?) he had eight ships

>
> Faðir hans hafði haldið sköttum fyrir Hákoni Aðalsteinsfóstra og

stukku þeir feðgar til Gautlands úr

> Jamtalandi.
>
> His father had withheld tribute from Haakon (King) Athelstan's

Fosterson and (they) fled - father and son to Gotland from Jamtaland
(was part of Sweden)

>
> Atli hélt liðinu úr Leginum út um Stokkssund og svo suður til

Danmerkur og

> liggur úti í Eyrasundi.
>
> Atli sailed his fleet out from Leginum amd through Stokks Sound

and so South to Denmark, and lay in EyraSound

>
> Hann var og útlagi bæði Danakonungs og Svíakonungs af ránum og
> manndrápum er hann hafði gert í hvorutveggja ríkinu.
>
> He was outlawed by both Kings of Denmark and of Sweden for his

plunderings and killings (manslaughtering) (perhaps murders would be
better) that he had committed in Both their kingdoms

>
>
> Hrútur hélt suður til Eyrasunds. Og er hann kom í sundið sér hann

fjölda

> skipa í sundinu.
>
> Hrut held south to Eyrasound and when he came (into) the sound he

saw a great number of ships there

>
> Þá mælti Úlfur: "Hvað skal nú til ráða taka Íslendingur?"
> "Halda fram ferðinni," Segir Hrútur, "því að ekki dugir ófreistað.
>
> Then said Ulf "What shall (be) now your advice to take Icelander -

(what is to be done now) Hold a forward course said Hrut (because
no help from no trying ????? i.e. nothing venture nothing gain)

>
>
> Skal skip
> okkar Össurar fara fyrst en þú skalt leggja fram sem þér líkar."
>
> Shall the ship (myself) together (the two) and Ossur go first and

you shall follow as you please

>
>
> "Sjaldan hefi eg haft aðra að skildi fyrir mér," segir Úlfur.
>
> Seldom (Gordon) have I had others to sheild before me" said Ulf

(unwashed but extremely brave)

>
>
> Leggur hann fram skeiðina jafnfram skipi Hrúts og halda svo fram í

sundið.

>
> Placed he his course evenly alongside Hrut's ship and they kept

this way into the Sound

>
> Nú sjá þeir er í sundinu eru að skip fara að þeim og segja Atla

til.

>
> Now saw they in the sound - there were ships approaching them and

they told Atli

>
>
> Harald Greycloak seems much under Mamma's influence - there might

have been a reason for this - he may have been very young when we
lost Eirik Bloodaxe and Mom was a sort of Regent - Figure.

>
> She sure is one Hellova Lady
>
> Kveðja
>
> Patricia
>