“Dróttinn argrar dróttar einnar, Veiði-Anakinn,” segir Víga-Óbívan. Síðan
hljóp hann fram með
“Lord of cowardly people only, Vader Anakinn,” says Slayer Obiwan.
Afterwards he leaped forward with
brugðit sverð ok hjó þegar til Veiðrar en hann hopaði undan.
drawn sword and hewed at once at Vader but he retreated under (the attack).
“Þú ert orðinn veikr, gamall maðr,” mælti Veiðr.
“You are become weak, old man,” said Vader.
“Enn færðu eigi haft mál þitt, Veiði-Anakinn,” segir Víga-Óbívan, “Ef þú
slær mik niðr, svá
“Still you are not able to have your way?, Vader Anakinn,” says Slayer
Obiwan, “If you strike me down, so
monk verða sterkari an þú fengir trúat.” Veiðr hljóp út þegar ok hafði
brugðit sverðit Ljósamæki
I will become stronger than you can believe.” Vader leaped out at once and
had drawn the sword, Lightsaber the red,
inn rauða. Lengi bǫrðusk þeir, ok vǭru þeir jafndrengilegir, ok engi gaf
upp.
They fought for a long time and they were equally valiant and no one gave
up.
Nú beint summu þau Hólmgǫngu-Hani aptr til Dauðastjǫrnu, en hermennirnir
geymdu þau
Just now they, Duel Han (and the Princess, etc) swam back to Death Star, but
the stormtroopers didn’t see them
eigi, því at þeir athuguðu hólmgǫnguna Veiðrs ok Víga-Óbívans. Ok es Leia
konungsdóttir sá
because they watched the duel between Vader and Slayer Obiwan attentively.
And when Princess Leia saw
skipit Falkann, sagði hon Hana, “Þú stýrir þessu skipi? Svá ertu djarfari an
ek hafða trúat.”
the ship, Falcon, she said to Han, “You captain this ship? So you are more
bold than I had believed.”
En Lúkr spurði Hana, “Es skipit í lagi?”
And Luke asked Han, “Is the ship in order?”
“Svá sýnist þat,” segir Hani, “Ef vér fengum þagat komit. Þess vonak, at inn
gamli maðr gefi
“So it seems,” says Han, “If we are able to come thither. I expect this,
that the old man would give
Veiðri hart slag, til þess at vér fengim komizt undan.”
Vader a hard blow, to this end, that we are able to escape.”
“Þá fǫrum vér sem bráðast,” segir Lúkr, ok hljópu þau ǫll til Falkans meðan
hermennirnir
“Then let us go as quickly as possible,” says Luke, and they all leap onto
Falcon while the stormtroopers
geymdu hólmgǫnguna. En Víga-Óbívan sá hlaupit þetta, ok þá íhugaði hann þat,
at hann fengi
watch the duel. But Slayer Obiwan saw this leap and then he thought it,
that he was not able
eigi unnit Veiðr yfirkominn, en hann vissi þann galdr, es hann fengi
sunginn, til þess at maðr
to work to overcome Vader, but he knew that spell, which he could sing, to
that end that a man
fengi lifat eptir þat at ættmaðr sinn hefði hann drepinn. En þat fall hlýtr
valdit af þeim manni, es
could live after it that his kinsman had killed him. And that fall? allots?
power? from that man, who
hafði kyn sitt eigin svikit, ok maðr svá drepinn fær lifat ósénn ok
ósnortinn svá lengi sem hann
had betrayed his own kin, and a man so slain was able to live unseen and
untouched as long as he
hvetti ættmenn sína til þess at drepa svikarann. Ok maðr sá, es sǫng þenna
galdr, þó ósénn ok
would urge his kinsmen to this, to kill the betrayer. And that man, who
recited this spell, still unseen and
ósnortinn af ǫllum, væri heyrðr af mǫnnum þeim, es sóttu at hefna hans.
Slíkr galdr fengi òk hætt
untouched by all, would be heard by those men who sought to avenge him.
Such a spell gave (I think ‘engi’ is missing here) also protection from
danger
við ǫll galdralǫg, þau es svikarinn sjálfr hafði sungin, ok þess vegna fengu
þeir Lúkr komizt
with all charm-law?, that which the betrayer himself sang, and for this
reason they, Luke (and company)
undan ok lifat til þess at hefna síðarr.
could escape and lived to this end to avenge later.