--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "llama_nom" <600cell@...> wrote:
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> You might be interested to compare the Hauksbók version of this
> chapter, which Jones translated:
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http://www.heimskringla.no/original/islendingesagaene/eirikssagarauda.php
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> Pretty much the same story, but a lot of differences in wording in
> this chapter. This one too has a recap of the dire situation after
> Bjarni's suggestion:
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> Þetta þótti öllum svá drengiliga boðit, at engi vildi móti mæla. Gerðu
> þeir svá, at þeir hlutuðu mennina, ok hlaut Bjarni at fara í bátinn ok
> helmingr manna með honum, því at bátrinn tók ekki meira.
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