From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 11819
Date: 2011-06-07
> ... og eru þeir Ósvífur tveir að veturhúsum."I don't know that it's precisely the same usage as with
> ... and they two, Osvif (and Gudrun) are at the winter
> house."
> ... and they two , Osvif and (Thord), are in the
> winterhouse.”
> ... and those, Ósvífr (and Þórðr) are the only two (? cf
> einn, Z7) at (the) winter-houses (plural).
> ... og haf söðlað hesta tvo ...Since <haf> is the imperative, I'd omit 'you' even as a
> ... and have two horses saddled ...
> ... and have two horses saddled ...
> ... and have (you) saddled two horses ...
> Auður gekk að durum og var opin hurð.In remembering the distinction between <dyrr> 'doorway' and
> Aud went to the door and (the) door was open.
> Aud went the door and (the) door was open.
> Auðr walked to (the) doorway and (the) door was open.
> Var hurðin fallin aftur en eigi lokan fyrir.Simply 'and not bolted': <lokan> is <loka-n> 'the bolt', and
> The door was fallen back (closed?) but not locked up.
> (The) door was fallen back and not bolted.
> The-door was (had) fallen (drawn) back but (had) not
> closed against (ie had not clicked shut, ie it was
> slightly ajar?)
> Þá vakti Auður Þórð en hann snerist á hliðina er hann sáIn view of the earlier comment that she was certainly
> að maður var kominn.
> Then Aud woke Thor up and he turned to the space where he
> saw that a man had come.
> Then Aud woke Thord and he turned himself on his side when
> he saw that a man was come.
> Then Auðr woke Þórðr but (and) he turned-himself onto
> the-side when he saw that a person was (had) come.
> Hún brá þá saxi og lagði á Þórði og veitti honum áverkaIf the one blow also caught him across the chest, it seems
> mikla og kom á höndina hægri.
> She then drew a short sword and stabbed Thord and gave
> him a large wound also came to (his) right hand.
> She drew then the short sword and laid into Thord and gave
> him serious injuries and (it) came on the right hand.
> She drew then a short-single-edged-sword and thrust at
> Þórðr (who had drawn the short-straw!) and inflicted a
> great wound on him and (it) came into the right arm
> (hand).
> ... geirvörtum.Interesting word: 'spear-warts'!