From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 11242
Date: 2010-08-13
> BrianI've been thinking about that ever since I wrote it, and on
> Thanks for your assistance on last section. However, can
> you explain further why their was no creeping involved
> in the ordeal. Has Zoegas citation of ganga undir
> jarðarmen as to creep under a sod partially detached from
> the earth been superseded by more recent scholarship? My
> impression is that walking under a sod would be a piece of
> cake, whereas having to crawl through a narrow opening
> would give the heathen gods (or the archangels :-)) a
> little more time to decide the man´s fate.
> Þorkell devised a plan with two men that they should causeOddly enough, that's exactly why I prefer 'and'! Are you
> themselves to disagree (?) about some thing and (but) be
> situated (placed) near there when the ordeal (test) was
> performed
> (I don't see any reason to interpret this 'and' as 'but'.)
> Also, I translated it as but to emphasise that the key
> to the plan´s success was that not only did they have to
> pretend to argue but that they also had to be located near
> the arch a la Pete and Dud.