This is the translation left with me by Grace to be forwarded to Norse Course - there are others - Grace has been working very hard on this and deserves her holiday

Patricia

I am still working on mine - watch this space

 

 

 

52. kafli

 

Runólfur hét maður sonur Úlfs aurgoða. Hann bjó í Dal fyrir austan

Markarfljót. Hann

 

A man was called Runolf, son of Ulf mud chieftain.  He lived in Dale east of

Markar River.  He

 

gisti Otkel er hann reið af þingi. Otkell gaf honum uxa alsvartan, níu vetra

gamlan.

 

passed the night with Otkell when he rode from (the) Thing.  Otkell gave him

a nine-year-old ox, entirely black.

 

Runólfur þakkaði honum gjöfina og bauð honum heim þá er hann vildi fara og

stóð þetta

 

Runolf thanked him for the gift and invited him home then when he wished to

go and this invitation stood

 

heimboð nokkurt skeið svo að hann fór eigi. Runólfur sendi honum oft menn og

minnti á

 

some time so that (because) he didn't go.  Runolf frequently sent him men

and reminded (him)

 

að hann skyldi fara og hét hann jafnan ferðinni. Otkell átti hesta tvo

bleikálótta. Þeir voru

 

that he should go and he always promised the journey.  Otkell had two

light-coloured dun horses (dun horses have black stripes down their backs by

definition).  They were

 

bestir hestar að reið í héraðinu og svo elskir hvor að öðrum að hvor rann

eftir öðrum.

 

(the) best horses to ride in the district and so loved each (the) other that

each ran after (the) other.

 

Austmaður var á vist með Otkatli er Auðúlfur hét. Hann lagði hug á Signýju

dóttur

 

A man from the east was staying with Otkell who was called Audulf.  He had

his heart set on Signy, Otkell's daughter.

 

Otkels. Auðúlfur var mikill maður vexti og styrkur.

 

Audulf was a very (well) grown man and strong.

 

 

53. kafli

 

Það var um vorið að Otkell mælti að þeir mundu ríða austur í Dal að heimboði

og létu

 

It was during the spring that Otkell said that they would ride east to Dale

to (the) invitation and all

 

allir vel yfir því. Skammkell var í för með Otkatli og bræður hans tveir,

Auðúlfur og þrír

 

were pleased at it.  Skammkell was (along on the) trip with Otkell and his

two brothers, (as well as) Audulf and three

 

menn aðrir. Otkell reið hinum bleikálótta hesti en annar rann hjá laus.

Stefna þeir austur

 

other men.  Otkell rode one dun horse and (the) other ran loose beside.

They go east in the direction

 

til Markarfljóts. Hleypir hann nú fyrir Otkel. Ærast nú báðir hestarnir og

hlaupa af

 

of Markar River.  Now he (the loose horse) leaps before Otkell. Now both the

horses run wild and run from

 

leiðinni upp til Fljótshlíðar. Fer Otkell nú meira en hann vildi.

 

the path up to Fljotslid.  Otkell now goes further than he wanted.

 

Gunnar hafði farið heiman einn samt af bæ sínum og hafði kornkippu í annarri

hendi en

 

Gunnar had gone from home all alone from his farm and had a basket of seed

in one hand and

 

handöxi í annarri. Hann gengur á sáðland sitt og sáir þar niður korninu og

lagði

 

a hand axe in (the) other.  He goes to his cropland and sows grain down

there and laid

 

guðvefjarskikkju sína niður hjá sér og öxina og sáir nú korninu um hríð.

 

down his kirtle made of expensive cloth near him and the axe and now sows

grain for a while.

 

Nú er að segja frá Otkatli að hann ríður meira en hann vildi. Hann hefir

spora á fótum og

 

Now is to tell of Otkell that he rides further than he wished.  He has spurs

on (his) feet and

 

 

 

hleypir neðan um sáðlandið og sér hvorgi þeirra Gunnars annan. Og í því er

Gunnar

 

leaps down all over the crop land and neither sees them, (neither) Gunnar

(nor Otkell) (the) other.  And in that (circumstance) when Gunnar

 

 

 

stendur upp ríður Otkell á hann ofan og rekur sporann við eyra Gunnari og

rístur hann

 

stands up, Otkell rides down to him and rakes the spur along Gunnar's ear

and tore him

 

 

 

mikla ristu og blæðir þegar mjög. Þar riðu þá félagar Otkels.

 

a great rent and at once (it) bled much.  Then Otkell's company rode there.

 

Grace

Fred and Grace Hatton

Hawley Pa