At 10:12:28 PM on Friday, April 17, 2009, AThompson wrote:

> Hann var mikill maður vexti og rammur að afli, dökkur á
> hár og svo á

> He was a great (tall) man in-growth (stature) and strong
> in physical-might, dark in hair and also in

> skinnslit, vel orðstilltur og þó skapbráður. Hann var hinn
> þriðji maður (what´s this doing here?)

> skin-colour (complexion), very moderate in (his) words and
> (but) still hot-tempered. He was the third (man)

> mestur lögmaður á Íslandi.
> greatest lawyer in Iceland.

<Maður> may be a transcription error: the 1908 edition by
Finnur Jónsson has <hann var enn þriði mestr lo,gmaðr á
Íslandi>.

Brian