Þjóstólfur kom að í því og hljóp upp á skútuna og hlóð með honum og
mælti:
"Bæði ert þú að þessu lítilvirkur og óhagvirkur."
Thjostolf came to him and then jumped up on the skiff
and helped with him and said "You are weak and useless
(ó + hagr - unskilled) at this
work.
Þorvaldur mælti: "Hyggst þú munu betur gera?"
Thorvald said "think you can do
better"
"Það eitt munum við að hafast að eg mun betur gera en þú,"
segir Þjóstólfur,
"og er sú kona illa gift er þú átt og skyldu ykkrar
samfarar skammar vera."
"that we can try whatever, I can do better than you"
said Thjostolf "and the wife you had was unlucky (illa gift - there's that
ill-given again) and your life with her shall be
brief
Þorvaldur þreif upp handsax eitt er var hjá honum og leggur
til Þjóstólfs.
Thorvald takes a short sword that was
near to him and lunges towards Thjostolf
Þjóstólfur hafði öxina á öxl sér og laust á mót og kom á hönd Þorvaldi
og
brotnaði handleggurinn en saxið féll niður.
Thjostolf had the axe over his shoulder and struck a
return blow and struck Thorvald's hand/forearm and broke it the sword fell to
the ground
Síðan færði Þjóstólfur upp öxina
í annað sinn og hjó í höfuð Þorvaldi og
hafði hann þegar bana.
Afterwards Thjostolf raised his axe again and
hit Thorvald's head and he met his bane (death)
12.
kafli
Chapter 12
Þá fóru þeir ofan, menn
Þorvalds, með byrðarnar
Thorvalds men were coming over (?) bearing certain
large boxes (? use of att. def. art.).
Þjóstólfur tók til ráða skjótt.
Thjostolf took action
quickly
Höggur hann þá tveim höndum borð skútunnar og gekk sundur borðið
um
tvö rúm, og hljóp í skip sitt.
He then struck using both hands (and of course his axe)
at the side of the skiff and made a rent as wide as the apace between
two rowlocks (or rowers)
En á skútunni féll inn sær kolblár og sökk
hún niður með öllum farminum.
And into the skiff flowed/poured the coal black sea,
and sunk her down with all her cargo
(ship's are always Feminine - needing the guidance
of a Good Man's hand)
Þar sökk og niður lík Þorvalds og máttu
förunautar hans eigi sjá hversu
hann var til ger en hitt vissu þeir að hann
var dauður.
And there sank down the body of Thorvald amd his men
could not see how he was/had been killed but they knew he was dead
(it is the way the blood rushes into the sea from a
broken skull)
Þjóstólfur reri inn á fjörðinn en þeir báðu hann
illa fara og aldrei
þrífast.
Thjostolf rowed up into the fjord and they bade him an
ill journey and no Thriving
Hann svaraði engu og reri inn á fjörðinn og þar til er hann kom
heim og
brýndi upp skipinu og gekk heim og hafði uppi öxina og var hún
blóðug
mjög.
He made no answer and rowed on up the fjord and
thence until he came home and beached the boat,
and went home and took up the axe and it (neut)
was very bloody
Thorvalds men must have been upset - how may they now
get home - the boss is dead - the ship is sunk with the cargo - seems to me they
are up THAT Creek without a paddle
I did not seem to do too badly last week unless any one
knows differently
Kveðja
Patricia