From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 13387
Date: 2014-09-23
> Þorbjörn karl tekur þá til orða: "Á þá leið er OddurThen old Þorbjörn begins to speak: ‘It’s this way, Master
> bóndi," sagði hann, "að þú hefir heitið mér ásjá þinni og
> vil eg nú til þess taka að þú leggir til nokkur góð ráð og
> komir til."
> Old man (or just "man") Thorbjorn then begins to speak:
> "In this wise (or so says Zoega, but that's not an
> expression I ever use)," he said, "that you have called me
> to support you, and I now want to do that that you furnish
> some good advice and come (here to me)."
> Old-man Þorbjörn takes then to words (ie starts to speak):
> „(It) is thus (in this wise), farmer Oddr,“ said he “that
> you have promised me your help and I want now to take to
> (ie have recourse to, taka til e-s, Z12) that, that you
> put forward (contribute) some good counsels(plans) (neut
> plural) and be of some value( use) (koma til, Z4?).”
> Oddur kvaðst svo gera mundu.Odd said that he would do so.
> Oddr said for himself (that he) would do so.
> Oddr declared-of-himself (that he) would do so.
> Ríða þeir nú í Örnólfsdal og koma þar fyrir dag.They ride now to Örnólfsdal and reach there before daybreak.
> They now ride to Ornolfsdale and arrived there before
> daybreak.
> They ride now to Örnúlfsdalr (Örnúlfr’s-Dale) and come
> there before day.
> Voru þá fallin húsin og fölskaður mjög eldurinn.The houses were then fallen and the fire almost burnt out.
> The houses were then fallen and very much covered with
> white ashes.
> The farm-buildings were (had) then (ie by that time)
> fallen and the fire (was) much covered-with-white ashes.
> Nú ríður Oddur að húsi einu því er eigi var allt brunnið.Now Odd rides to the one house that was not completely
> Oddr now rides to one house that is not all burned.
> Now Oddr rides to that one (particular) building which is
> not completely burnt.
> Hann seilist til birkirafts eins og kippir brott úrHe reaches out to a birch rafter and jerks it away from the
> húsinu, ríður síðan andsælis um húsin með loganda brandinn
> og mælti: "Hér nem eg mér land fyrir því að hér sé eg nú
> eigi byggðan bólstað.
> He tried to get a hold of a brich rafter and snatches it
> out of the house, then rides against the course of the sun
> around the house [note that in June the sun would appear
> to circle the house] with the burning firebrand and said:
> "Here I claim for myself land because I don't see here an
> inhabited abode.
> He tries-to-get-hold of one (particular) birch-rafter and
> pulls (it) away from the-building, rides after-that
> withershins around farm-buildings with the flaming
> fire-brand and spoke: “Here I take (the) land (estate) for
> myself for that (reason) that I here see now not an
> inhabited farm.
> Heyri það vottar þeir er hjá eru."Let those witnesses hear that who are nearby.’
> He heard they affirm who were next to (him).
> Hear that (is this an imperative?), those witnesses who
> are present.”
> Hann keyrir síðan hestinn og ríður í brott.Then he spurs his horse and rides away.
> He then lashes his horse and rides away.
> He whips after-that the (his)-horse and rides away.
> Hersteinn mælti: "Hvað er nú til ráða?Herstein said: ‘Now what’s to be done?
> Hernstein said: "What is to advise now?
> Hersteinn spoke: “What is now to be done? (ráð, Z4)?
> Eigi reyndust þessi vel."This did not turn out well.’
> This did not turn out well."
> This turned out (ie proved to be) not good.”
> Þorbjörn mælti: "Þegi þú ef þú mátt hvað sem í gerist."Þorbjörn said: ‘Be silent if you can, whatever happens.’
> Thorbjorn said: "Be silent if you are able what as it
> became." (??)
> Þorbjörn spoke: “Be silent if you can whatever happens.”
> Hersteinn svarar og kvaðst það eina talað hafa er eigi varHerstein replies and said that he has said only that which
> við of.
> Herstein answers and said for himself that (he) only has
> talked when he didn't respond. (??)
> Hersteinn answers and declared-of-himself to have spoken
> merely that which was not to excess. (see við of, under
> of, Z2)
> Útibúr var óbrunnið, það sem varningur Austmanns var inniA storehouse was unburned, that which the Easterner’s wares
> og mikið fé annað.
> A storehouse was not burned, that which the Norwegians'
> merchandise was inside and much money in addition.
> A store-house was (ie remained) un-burnt, that which (the)
> wares of the East-man (Norwegian) were inside and much
> other property.
> Í þessu hverfur Þorbjörn karl.At this moment old Þorbjörn disappears.
> Earl Thorbjorn disappears in this.
> Old-man Þorbjorn turns (disappears) into this.
> Nú lítur Hersteinn heim til bæjarins og sér útibúrið opiðNow Herstein looks homewards to the farmhouse and sees the
> og út borið féið en engan sér hann manninn.
> Herstein now looks home to his farms and sees the
> storehouse open and the money exposed than no man has
> seen. (I don't understand the structure at the end, and I
> am just guessing.)
> Now Hersteinn looks homeward towards the-farmstead and
> sees the store-house open and the-property carried out but
> he sees no (engan, masc acc sg) person (man) (manninn,
> masc acc sg)
> Þar eru bundnar klyfjar.Packs are tied up there.
> There are bound packs there.
> There are bound trusses.
> Þar næst heyrir hann hark mikið í túnið, sér nú að heimThereupon he hears a great noise in the home field; he now
> eru rekin hross öll þau er faðir hans hafði átt, sauðir og
> naut úr fjósi og allt ganganda fé.
> Next there he hears a loud noise in the homestead, he now
> seas that at home are the driven horses, all those that
> his father had owned, sheep and cattle out of the barn and
> all the livestock.
> There next he hears a great noise in the-home-meadow, sees
> now that are driven home all those horses which his father
> had owned, sheep and cattle (neat) out of (the) byre and
> all walking animals (ie livestock).
> Síðan eru klyfjar upp hafðar og því næst öllu á ferð snúiðThen the packs are lifted up, and thereupon everything sent
> og allt fémætt á brott fært.
> Then all the packs are taken and thereafter all turned to
> their way and all all valuables taken away.
> After-that (the) trusses are taken (heaved) up (cf hafa
> e-t uppi, Z14) and in the next (instant) (are) turned (ie
> prepared) everything for (the) journey (?) and all
> valuable (things) conveyed away
> Hersteinn víkur nú eftir og sér að Þorbjörn karl rekurHerstein now goes after it and sees that old Þorbjörn is
> féið.
> Herstin now yields to and sees that earl Thorbjorn is
> driving the livestock.
> Hersteinn turns now back and sees that old-man Þorbjörn
> drives the-cattle.
> Þeir snúa leið sinni ofan eftir héraði í StafholtstungurThey make their way down along the district into
> og svo út yfir Norðurá.
> They turn down their path across the district to
> Stafholstungur and so out over Nordura.
> They turn (ie go) their way down along (the) district into
> Stafholtstungur (Stave-wood-Tongues) and so out over
> Norðurá (North-River).
> Sauðamaður Þorkels trefils úr Svignaskarði gekk þennaÞorkel trefill’s shepherd from Svignaskarð went to his
> morgun að fé sínu.
> A shepherd of Thorkel "Tatter" from Svignaskardi went this
> morning to his sheep.
> (The) shepherd of Þorkell ‘Rag’ out-of Svignaskarð
> (Mountain-Pass) went (on foot) this morning to his sheep.
> Hann sér hvar þeir fara og reka alls kyns fénað.He sees where they travel and drive all sorts of livestock.
> He sees where they are going and drives all his kin's
> livestock.
> He sees where they journey and (they) drive cattle of all
> kinds (species).
> Hann segir þetta Þorkatli en hann svarar: "Veit eg hverjuHe tells Þorkel this, and he replies: ‘I know what this will
> gegna mun.
> He tells this to Thorkatl, and he answers: "I know what it
> will mean.
> He says (tells) this to Þorkell and he answers: I know
> what this will mean (gegna, Z3).
> Það munu vera Þverhlíðingar vinir mínir.That will be Þverhlíðings, friends of mine.
> That will be Thervhlidingr, my friend.
> That will be my friends (nom pl) (the) Þverhlíð-folk.
> Þeir hafa vetrarnauð mikla og munu þeir reka hingað féThey have a very severe winter, and they must be driving
> sitt.
> They have a big severe winter and they will drive his
> sheep here.
> They have a very severe winter and they will drive their
> cattle hither.
> Skal þeim það heimilt.They are free to do that.
> It shall be allowed.
> That shall (be) free for them (ie they shall have a right
> to do so).
> Eg hefi hey ærin.I have enough hay.
> I have hay for the ewe. (???)
> I have sufficient (oerinn) hay.
> Eru hér og nógar jarðir útifé."Here are also abundant pastures for winter-grazing cattle.
> They is here also enough land for cattle that graze
> outside in the winter.
> Here are also ample lands for
> cattle-that-graze-outside-in-winter.