Re: Njal's Saga Ch91 part 3 Patricia's Translation

--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "Patricia" <originalpatricia@...>
wrote:

> Stóð
> Þráinn í miðjum dyrum en þeir stóðu til sinnar handar
> hvor Víga-Hrappur og Grani Gunnarsson, þar næst Gunnar
> Lambason, þá Loðinn og Tjörvi, þá Lambi Sigurðarson,
> þá hver að hendi því að karlar voru allir heima.

> Thrain
> stood in the middle of the door (way) and they stood to (either) hand
> (on either side of Thrain. Killer Hrapp and Grani Gunnarsson then next
> Gunnar Lambasson then Loðin and Tjorvi then Lambi Sigurdsson either
> side because all the men were at home.

'þá hver að hendi' "then each in turn" (i.e. all the rest of them
standing in a row there).

> I have managed to finish this
> after a fashion - not too displeased - but I made hard going of it -
> yesterday was impossible Kveðja Patricia

Well done. Apart from that, it looked good to me. Nice to see
Skarphéðinn coming into his own now and insulting everyone in sight!