Ahhh. Much better. I did have trouble in a couple of places tho.
Grace
Höskuldur gerist nú höfðingi mikill. Hann var ríkur og kappsamur og skortir
eigi fé. Þótti
Now Hoskuld became a great chief. He was powerful and energetic and not
short of wealth.
hann í engan stað minni fyrir sér en Kollur faðir hans. Höskuldur og Jórunn
höfðu eigi
He seemed in no aspect of lower standing than his father, Koll. Hoskuld and
Jorun had
lengi ásamt verið áður þeim varð barna auðið. Son þeirra var nefndur
Þorleikur. Hann var
not been together long before children were granted to them. Their son was
named Thorleik. He was
elstur barna þeirra. Annar hét Bárður. Dóttir þeirra hét Hallgerður er síðan
var kölluð
oldest of their children. (The) second was named Bard. Their daughter was
named Hallgerd who later was called
langbrók. Önnur dóttir þeirra hét Þuríður. Öll voru börn þeirra efnileg.
Þorleikur var
long-legs. Their second daughter was named Thurid. All their children were
promising. Thorleik was
mikill maður og sterkur og hinn sýnilegsti, fálátur og óþýður. Þótti mönnum
sá svipur á
a large man and strong and the most handsome, reserved and unfriendly. (It)
seemed to people that one ??
um hans skaplyndi sem hann mundi verða engi jafnaðarmaður. Höskuldur sagði
það
concerning his disposition that he would not be a fair man. Hoskuld said it
jafnan að hann mundi mjög líkjast í ætt þeirra Strandamanna. Bárður var
skörulegur
always that he would be most like those Strand people in descent. Bard was
a manly
maður sýnum og vel sterkur. Það bragð hafði hann á sér sem hann mundi líkari
verða
man in appearance and very strong. Soon it had (with him?) that he would
be more like
föðurfrændum sínum. Bárður var hægur maður í uppvexti sínum og vinsæll
maður.
his father's kinsmen. Bard was an easy going? man in his growth (or
upbringing?) and friendly man.
Höskuldur unni honum mest allra barna sinna.
Hoskuld loved him most of all his children.
Stóð nú ráðahagur Höskulds með miklum blóma og virðingu.
Now Hoskuld's condition stood with great flourishing and honour.
Þenna tíma gifti Höskuldur Gró systur sína Véleifi gamla. Þeirra son var
Hólmgöngu-Bersi.
(At) that time Hoskuld married Gro, his sister, to old Veleif. Their son
was Dueler Bersi.
10. kafli - Af Hrappi óþokka
Of Hrapp's disfavour
Hrappur hét maður er bjó í Laxárdal fyrir norðan ána, gegnt Höskuldsstöðum.
Sá bær hét
Hrapp was the name of a man who lived in Lax River Dale north of (the)
river, next to Hoskuld's steads. That farm was called
síðan á Hrappsstöðum. Þar er nú auðn. Hrappur var Sumarliðason og kallaður
Víga-
Hrapp's Steads afterwards. (It) is now deserted there. Hrapp was a son of
Sumarlidi and called Slayer
Hrappur. Hann var skoskur að föðurætt en móðurkyn hans var allt í Suðureyjum
og þar
Hrapp. He was Scots on (his) father's side but his mother's kin were all in
(the) Hebrides and
var hann fæðingi. Mikill maður var hann og sterkur. Ekki vildi hann láta
sinn hlut þó að
he was born there. A large man was he and strong. He did not want to give
up his share even though
manna munur væri nokkur. Og fyrir það er hann var ódæll sem ritað var en
vildi ekki
??????????? And for that when he was difficult as was written then (he)
wished not
bæta það er hann misgerði þá flýði hann vestan um haf og keypti sér þá jörð
er hann bjó
to compensate it when he did misdeeds then he fled from the west over the
sea and bought land then for himself which he lived on.
á. Kona hans hét Vigdís og var Hallsteinsdóttir. Son þeirra hét Sumarliði.
Bróðir hennar
His wife was named Vigdis and was Hallstein's daughter. Their son was named
Sumarlidi. Her brother
hét Þorsteinn surtur er þá bjó í Þórsnesi, sem fyrr var ritað. Var þar
Sumarliði að fóstri og var hinn efnilegsti maður
was named Thorstein the black who lived then in Thor's Ness, as was written
before. Sumarlidi was there being fostered and was the most promising man.
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