--- "AThompson" wrote:

> bað Þórhöllu til handa Helga syni sínum. Ásgrímur svaraði því máli

vel

> og
> asked (for the hand) of Þórhalla on behalf of Helgi, his son. Ásgrím
> answered that speech (proposal?) well and

"Mál" here is more or less = "subject", "matter".

> margir aðrir hinu bestu menn (G, genitive plural, not nominative).
>
> Gunnar was at this feast and many others of the best people.

"hinu" must be a typo - all my texts have "(h)inir". "Menn"
is nominative, the genitive plural is "manna".

Regards,
Eysteinn