Eftir það fór Börkur í brott frá Helgafelli og vestur á Meðalfellsströnd og
bjó fyrst á
After that Bork went away from Helgafells and west to Medalfellstrand and
lived first at
Barkarstöðum milli Orrahvols og Tungu. Síðan fór hann í Glerárskóga og bjó
þar til elli.
Bork’s steads between Orrahvol and Tongue. Afterwards he went to Glerarskog
and lived there into old age.
15. kafli
Snorri Þorgrímsson gerði bú að Helgafelli og var móðir hans fyrir innan
stokk. Már
Snorri Thorgrim’s son built a farm at Helgafells and his mother stayed
inside the house. Mar
Hallvarðsson, föðurbróðir Snorra, réðst þangað með mart búfé og tók forráð
fyrir búi Snorra.
Hallvard’s son, Snorri’s foster-brother (H & E have uncle), moved thither
with a large milking herd and became manager of Snorri’s farm.
Hafði hann þá hið mesta rausnarbú og fjölmennt.
He had then the largest great estate and well populated.
Snorri var meðalmaður á hæð og heldur grannlegur, fríður sýnum, réttleitur
og ljóslitaður,
Snorri was middle-sized in height and rather slender, handsome, with regular
features and light-skinned,
bleikhár og rauðskeggjaður. Hann var hógvær hversdaglega. Fann lítt á honum
hvort honum þótti
fair haired and red-bearded. He was ordinarily lively. It was little to be
seen whether to him seemed
vel eða illa. Hann var vitur maður og forspár um marga hluti, langrækur og
heiftúðigur, heilráður
good or bad. He was a wise man and (endowed with) foresight regarding many
things, unforgiving and ??, giving wholesome counsel,
vinum sínum en óvinir hans þóttust heldur kulda af kenna ráðum hans. Hann
varðveitti þá hof.
to his friends, but his enemies thought (it) rather cold to know his advice.
He maintained then a temple.
Var hann þá kallaður Snorri goði. Hann gerðist þá höfðingi mikill en ríki
hans var mjög
He was then called Snorri chieftain (priest). He then became a great
chieftain and his power was greatly
öfundsamt því að þeir voru margir er eigi þóttust til minna um komnir fyrir
ættar sakir en áttu
envied because they were many who did not think themselves less regarding
descent?, for the sake of (their ) ancestors and had
meira undir sér fyrir afls sakir og prófaðrar harðfengi.
more under them for the sake of gain? and proven valour.
Börkur digri og Þórdís Súrsdóttir áttu þá dóttur er Þuríður hét og var hún
þá gift Þorbirni digra er
Bork the stout and Thordis Sur’s daughter had then a daughter who was named
Thurid and she was then married to Thorbjorn the stout who
bjó á Fróðá. Hann var sonur Orms hins mjóva er þar hafði búið og numið
Fróðárland. Þuríði,
lived at Frod. He was a son of Orm the mjova? who had built there and taken
Frodland. Thurid
dóttur Ásbrands frá Kambi úr Breiðavík, hafði hann áður átta. Hún var systir
Bjarnar
daughter of Asbrand of Kambi out of Breidavik, had been married to him
before. She was a sister of Bjorn
Breiðvíkingakappa, er enn kemur síðar við þessa sögu, og Arnbjarnar hins
sterka. Synir þeirra
Breidvikingakappa, who comes yet later into this saga, and Arnbjorn the
strong. Their sons,
Þorbjarnar voru þeir Ketill kappi og Gunnlaugur og Hallsteinn. Þorbjörn var
mikill fyrir sér og
Thorbjorn’s and Thurid’s, were they, Ketill champion and Gunnlaug and
Hallstein. Thorbjorn was powerful and
ósvífur við sér minni menn.
overbearing towards lesser men.
Þá bjó í Mávahlíð Geirríður, dóttir Þórólfs bægifótar, og Þórarinn svarti
sonur hennar. Hann var mikill
Then Gerrid, daughter of Thorolf lame-foot, and Thorarinn the black, her son
lived in Mavahlid. He was a big
maður og sterkur, ljótur og hljóðlyndur, vel stilltur hversdaglega.
man and strong, ugly and taciturn, ordinarily quite calm.