> Blund-Ketill svarar: "Eigi skulum vér gjafar að biðja.
> Blund-Ketill answers: "We will not ask for gifts.
> Blund (Dozy)-Ketill answers: „We shall not ask for gifts.
Blund-Ketil replies: ‘We shall not ask for a gift.
In the modern language, whose spelling is used in your
source, <gjafar> can only gen. sing.; the nom./acc. plur. is
<gjafir>, as in the next sentence.
> Láttu Odd og Arngrím gera verð fyrir þína hönd en þar á
> ofan vil eg gefa þér gjafir."
> Have Odd and Angrim make worth for your hand and thereupon
> down (?) I want to give you gifts."
> Let (you, imperative) Oddr and Arngrímr to adjudicate the
> worth (price) for your hand (part?) but, into the bargain
> (lit: there on down see ofan, Z4), I want to give you
> gifts.”
Let Odd and Arngrím set the value on your behalf, and on top
of that I will give you gifts.’
> Þórir kveðst eigi hey til hafa að selja "enda vil eg eigi
> selja."
> Thorir said for himself not to have hay to sell "although
> I didn't want to sell."
> Þórir declared-of-himself not to have hay to sell
> „moreover I want not to sell.”
Þóri said that he did not have hay to sell, ‘and besides, I
do not want to sell.’
> Þá gengur Blund-Ketill út og þeir félagar og sveinninn með
> þeim.
> Then Blund-Ketill goes out and they, father and son and
> the boys, with them.
> Then Blund (Dozy)-Ketill walks out and those mates and the
> boy (singular) with them.
Then Blund-Ketil goes outside, and his companions, and the
boy with them.
> Þá tekur Blund-Ketill til orða: "Hvort er heldur að fóstri
> þinn hefir engi hey til sölu eða vill hann eigi selja?"
> Then Blund-Ketill begins to speak: "Is it rather that your
> foster-relative doesn't have hay to sell or (that) he
> doesn't want to sell?"
> Then Blund (Dozy)-Ketill takes to words (ie starts
> speaking): „Is (it) more that your foster-father has no
> hay for sale or (that) he wants not to sell?”
Then Blund-Ketil begins to speak: ‘Which is rather the case,
that your foster father has no hay to sell, or that he does
not want to sell?’
> Sveinninn svarar: "Hefir hann víst ef hann vill."
> The boy answers: "He certainly has if he wants (to sell)."
> The boy answers: “He has (it) certainly if he wants (to
> sell).”
The lad replies: ‘He certainly has it to sell, if he wants.’
> Blund-Ketill mælti: "Fylgdu oss þangað til sem heyin eru."
> Blund-Ketill said: "Lead us there to where the hay is
> (plural in OI)."
> Blund (Dozy)-Ketill spoke: “Guide (you) us thither to
> where the-stores-of-hay (note: plural) are.”
Blund-Ketil said: ‘Lead us thence to where the hay is.’
> Hann gerir svo.
> He does so.
> He does so.
He does so.
> Nú gerir Blund-Ketill til fjár Þóris og hugðist svo að, þó
> að algjafta væri til alþingis, að þó mundi af ganga fimm
> stakkar.
> No Blund-Ketill makes preparations for Thoris' (?) journey
> and thought thus, although stall-fed (animals) would be at
> the assembly, yet five bales of hay are left as surplus.
> Now Blund (Dozy)-Ketill judges towards (makes an
> assessment of?, göra, Z10?) Þórir’s cattle (livestock) and
> thought (hyggjast) (it) such that, even though (the
> livestock) should-be stall-fed altogether (see alþingis),
> that still five stacks (of hay) would be left (ie remain,
> lit: go off).
Now Blund-Ketil makes allowance for Þóri’s animals, and it
seems to him that even if they were stall-fed until the
Alþing, nevertheless five stacks of hay would be left over.
See CV, <göra> C.V, 'to make allowance for', with example
<gera fóðr til fjár> 'to make an arbitrary allowance for'.
Apparently the idea is that he mentally sets aside hay for
the animals to see how much remains.
> Og eftir þetta ganga þeir inn.
> And after this they go inside.
> And after this they go inside.
And after this they go inside.
> Blund-Ketill mælti: "Svo hyggst mér um heykost þinn að
> góður fengur mun af ganga þó að fé þínu öllu sé inni gefið
> til alþingis og vil eg það kaupa."
> Blund-Ketill said: "So it seems to me concerning your
> stores of hay that a good supply will be left as surplus
> (Z. ganga 15) although all your animals would be fed
> inside (Z. gefa 4) at the Thing, and I want to buy that."
> Blund (Dozy)-Ketill spoke: “(It) seems so to me concerning
> your stores-of-hay that a good supply will be left
> (remain, lit: go off) even though (the hay) be given (fed,
> gefa, Z4) to all your cattle inside altogether and I want
> to buy that (ie the surplus amount).”
Blund-Ketil said: ‘It seems to me concerning your stores of
hay that a good supply will be left over even if all your
animals be fed indoors until the Alþing, and I want to buy
that.’
> Þórir svarar: "Hvað skal eg þá hafa annan vetur ef þá er
> slíkur vetur eða verri?"
> Thorir answers: "Shall I then have another year if then is
> such a winter or worse?"
> Þórir answers: “What shall I then have (for) next winter
> if then (there) is (another) such winter or worse?”
Þóri replies: ‘What shall I have then next winter if then
there is such a winter or worse?’
> Blund-Ketill svarar: "Gera mun eg þér þann kost að fá þér
> jafnmikinn kost í heyjum í sumar og þó að engu verri og
> færa í garða þína."
> Blund-Ketill answers: "I will give you that choice that
> you get an equally large match of hay in summer and
> although nothing worse and convey it to your yard."
> Blund-Ketill answers: “I will grant to you that
> opportunity to get for yourself an equally-great state
> (position, supply) in stores-of-hay in (the coming) summer
> and even though (at any rate?) no worse and to convey (it)
> into your yard.”
Blund-Ketil replies: ‘I will give you those terms, to give
you just as great a store of hey in summer, and indeed in no
way worse, and carry it to your farmyard.’
I think that <ok þó at engu> splits as <(ok þó) (at engu)>.
Baetke notes that <ok þó> can be 'and indeed', which fits
very well here. Anthony Faulkes’ glossary to _Stories from
Sagas of Kings_, another publication of the Viking Society
for Northern Research, has <í engu> 'in no way', and it
seems clear from the context that <at engu> here has a
similar meaning, 'in no way, in no respect, not at all'.
> Þórir svarar: "Ef þér hafið nú yður eigi heybjörg hvað
> munuð þér þá heldur hafa í sumar?
> Thorir answers: "If you don't now have stores of hay, what
> would you then rather have in summer?
> Þórir answers: “If you have not now with you
> stores-of-hay, then what more will you have in (the
> coming) summer (ie this summer)?
Þóri replies: ‘If you do not have stores of hay for yourself
now, what will you then all the more have in summer?
In other words, if you’re short now, won’t you be even worse
off next summer?
> En veit eg að er sá ríkismunur okkar að þú munt taka mega
> hey af mér ef þú vilt."
> And I know that ir is such our difference-in-wealth (?)
> that you would be able to take hay from me if you wanted."
> I know that that (there) is that difference-in-power with
> (between) us (such) that you will be-able-to take hay from
> me if you want.”
But I know that our difference in power is such that you
will be able to take hay from me if you want.’
> Blund-Ketill svarar: "Eigi er þann veg upp að taka.
> Blund-Ketill answers: "That way is not to (be) chose(n).
> Blund-Ketill answers: “(One) is not, in that wise, to take
> up (seize it?).
Blund-Ketil replies: ‘It is not to be taken that way.
Baetke has <taka (e-t) upp e-n veg> 'to take/understand
(something) in a particular way', from which I infer that
<taka e-t upp> can be 'to understand something (in a
particular way)'. B-K seems to be saying that Þ has
misunderstood his words, implying that he has no intention
of simply taking the hay.
> Það veistu að silfur gengur í allar skuldir hér á landi og
> gef eg þér það við."
> Your know that, that silver goes to all debts (legal for
> all debts, public and private?) here in Iceland, and I
> give you that against (the purchase of some hay?). (note
> sure if this applies: Z. skuld 1 - ganga í skuld við e-n =
> to become one’s debtor)
> You know that, that silver goes in (ie pays for?) all
> debts here in (this) country and I give that (ie silver)
> to you in-return-for (it).”
You know that silver covers all debts here in this country,
and I will pay you with that.’
Baetke: <silfr gengr í allar skuldir> 'silver covers all
debts'. It appears to be an extension of <ganga í> 'to take
part in'.
> Þórir svarar: "Eigi vil eg silfur þitt."
> Thorir answers: "I don't want your silver."
> Þórir answers: “I don´t want your silver.”
Þóri replies: ‘I don’t want your silver.’
> "Þá taktu þvílíka vöru sem þeir gera til handa þér, Oddur
> og Arngrímur."
> "Then take such-like would be as they deserve your hand
> (?), Oddr and Arngrimr."
> “Then take (you) such-like wares (goods, vara) as they,
> Oddr and Arngrímr, make available (?) into your hands.”
‘Then take such wares as Odd and Arngrím give into your
hands.’
> "Fátt er hér verkmanna," segir Þórir, "en eg nenni lítt
> ferðum og vil eg eigi vasast í slíku."
> "Few workers are here," says Thorir, "but I am little
> inclined (towards) journeys and I don't want to be
> entangled in such."
> “Few (ie a shortage) is here of workmen (labourers),” says
> Þórir, “but (and) I am-inclined little for journeys and I
> want not to meddle in such.”
There are few workmen here,’ says Þóri, ‘and I’ve little
taste for journeys, and I don’t want to be entangled in
such.’
> Blund-Ketill svarar: "Þá skal eg láta færa þér heim."
> Blund-Ketill answers: "Then I shall have them conveyed to
> your home (or "to you at home"?).
> Blund (Dozy)-Ketill answers: “Then I shall cause to convey
> (them) home to you.”
Blund-Ketil replies: ‘Then I will have them carried home to
you.’
> Þórir mælti: "Eigi hefi eg húsakost til þess að örvænt sé
> að eigi spillist."
> Thorir said: "I don't have lodgings for that, that despair
> would be that not damaged (??)"
> Þórir spoke: “I have not accommodation (1) for that
> (reason) that (ie because?) (or (2) to that (end) that (ie
> as a result of which?) (it) is not beyond expectation (ie
> it is not unlikely, örvænn) that (it) is not spoiled
> (damaged).”
Þóri said: ‘I don’t have space in order that it be out of
the question that they be spoiled.’
Brian