Blast !! I have done this before - I did say last time I Would remember to look in the

  œ as well as the æ  and I did not remember after all

Don't you just hate it when that happens like he's saying he is being insulted

..Left right and centre and given moreover a job that is degrading to him

Thanks LN and everyone for your help

Kveðja

Patricia

 

 

 

Ekki eru mér fjárleitir hentar," sagði Þjóstólfur, "enda er það ærið
eitt til að eg vil eigi ganga í spor þrælum þínum. Og far þú sjálfur
og mun eg þá fara með þér.

enda = "besides", "and indeed"
ærið "enough", "sufficient" , neuter adjective (you'll find it in Zoega
under 'oerinn', neuter 'oerit'); this isn't the feminine noun 'æra'
"honour".

er það ærið eitt til = "that alone is sufficient [reason] for [me not
to go]"; Zoega has a similar quote: er þat ok oerit eitt, at... "it is
quite sufficient that"

See Alan's translation.