From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 11587
Date: 2011-02-14
> > > Synir hans láta verpa haug virðulegan eftir hann.This may be a dialect difference, but to me 'raise a mound worthy of
> > > His sons caused (to) raise a worthy mound for him.
> > > His sons had a splendid mound thrown up in his honour.
> > > His sons caused to raise a mound worthy of him.
> > I'm with Rob and Grace here: <virðulegan> modifies <haug>,
> > so it's 'a splendid/worthy mound', and <eftir hann> is 'to
> > his memory' (or any reasonable paraphrase thereof).
> [Alan] ...which, I think, is precisely what my translation says, except
> that I placed the adjectival phrase "worthy of him (his memory)" after
> the noun to which it refers, just as the original does.
> [Alan] Although it may have read this way, I didn't intend myFair enough. I wasn't entirely sure whether you did or not, so I played
> translation of "getting (by lot)" to suggest a purely "chance mechanism"
> such as drawing lots, rather that it was his "lot" (destiny, fate) to
> have the support of most men because he was more popular.