Re: [norse_course] Bolli’s Saga 87 part 3 + 88 part 1

> En með því að Ljótur gekk að svo fast þá hættu þeir að
> berjast og því játtu hvorirtveggju að Ljótur skyldi gera
> um þetta þeirra í milli.

> But because Ljotr went at (them) so quickly, then they
> stopped fighting and each said yes that Ljotr should
> arbitrate this between them.

> But (And) with that that (ie because) Ljótr walked towards
> (them) so firmly (resolutely, decisively), then they
> ceased to fight and therefore each-of-the-two (parties)
> agreed that Ljótr should arbitrate about this between
> them.

The second <því> isn’t 'therefore': <játa> 'agree to' takes
a dative objective, and <því> is that object. It’s ‘each of
the two agreed to that (því), that (að) Ljót should ...’.

> En er þeir voru heilir sára sinna þá stefndi Ljótur þing
> fjölmennt.

> And when their wounds were healed, then Ljotr summoned the
> the Thing a great many people.

> But (And) when they were healed of their wounds then Ljótr
> summoned a thing (assembly) with-many-people (adj).

Rob: Note that <sára> is gen. plur., and the adjective
<heilir> (Z2) modifies <þeir>, so that Alan’s ‘they were
healed of their wounds’ corresponds very closely to the
original.

> Og er þingið var sett mælti Ljótur: "Nú skal ekki fresta
> uppsögn um gerð þá er eg hefi samið milli þeirra Þorsteins
> af Hálsi og Bolla.

> And when the Thing took place, Ljotr spoke: “Now the
> history shall not be put off concerning arbitration, which
> I have arranged between Thorstein from Haldi and Bolli.

> And when the-thing (assembly) was established (convened,
> setja, Z3) Ljótr spoke: “Now (I) shall not delay
> pronouncement concerning that arbitration which I have
> arranged (pp of semja) between them, Þorsteinn of Háls and
> Bolli (currently of no fixed abode)

Rob: <fresta> is transitive: the thing delayed is the object
of the verb (and appears in the dative). Here <uppsögn>
'pronouncement' is the thing (not) delayed, so it must be
the object, not the subject, and the subject must be as Alan
has it, an understood ‘I’.

> En fyrir fjörráð við Bolla og fyrirsát skal Þorsteinn
> greiða honum fimmtán hundruð þriggja alna aura.

> And for the case of plotting against the life of Bolli and
> ambush, Thorstein shall pay him 1,503 (?) ounces of ell.

> But (And) for the-plot-again-the-life of Bolli and (the)
> ambush, Þorsteinn shall  pay (greiða, Z4) him (ie Bolli)
> fifteen hundred of (by, times) three ells (alin) (ie 4,500
> ells all up) of eyrir (currency, eyrir, Z4?).

CV s.v. <eyrir> explains the construction:

in such phrases as 'mörk sex álna aura,' the word 'mörk'
denotes the amount, 'sex álna' the standard, and 'aura'
the payment = payment of 'a mark of six ells,'

Here we have <fimmtán hundruð> '1500' as the amount and
<þriggja alna> '3 ells' as the standard, so a payment of
1500 units of 3 ells (of wadmal), i.e., 4500 ells of wadmal
(or, I presume, the equivalent in silver or gold).

Brian