3. kafli - Hrani hefndi Vakrs ok vó Sigfús

Hrana's Revenge of Vakr and Sigfus Lifted

Þat var eitt haust, at menn skyldu leita geldfjár síns til fjalla. 

It was one fall, that men should look for their pasture for barren sheep on the mountain.

Vakr hét einn sauðamaðr Helga, er í fjárleit fór ásamt öðrum. 

One of Helga's sheepherds was named Vakr, who in in loss of sheep  went together with another (?)

Hrani fór líka. 

Hrani also went (there).

Þeir áttu fjallgöngur saman við Mývetninga. 

They had the same mountain path (??) through Midge-(?).

Þá bjó Gauti á Gautlandi. 

Gauti then lived in Gautland.

Hjá honum var þá maðr, er Sigfúss hét, mesta illmenni ok sýndi mörgum ójöfnuð sinn. 

Next to him then lived a man who was named Sigfuss, the wickedest man and (he) showed much (of) his unfairness.

Hann fór ok í fjárleit með Mývetningum.

He also went in loss of sheep across Myvetningum.

Svo bar til, at þeir hittust, Vakr ok Sigfúss, ok gengu saman um hríð, þar til þeir hittu sauðahóp ok eltu hann lengi dags, unz þeir kómu at gjá einni. 

It so happened, that they, Vakr and Sigfuss, met each other, and went together a while, until they found a flock (?) of sheep and pursued them it (i.e., the flock) all day long, until they came to a chasm.

Þar náðu þeir sauðunum ok könnuðu þá. 

They overtook the sheep there and recognized them. 

Átti Helgi krókr sauðina. 

Helgi "Peak" owned the sheep.

Meðal annarra var þar einn sauðr öðrum stærri, er Vakr átti sjálfr. 

Among others there was one other large sheep, which Vark himself owned.

Sigfúss falar sauðinn ok kveðst jafnvel vilja hafa hann fyrir ómak sitt. 

Sigfuss demands for purchase the sheep and said for himself equally well he wanted to have him for his trouble. (??)

Vakr færðist undan ok vildi eigi láta sauðinn. 

Vakr tried to evade doing that  (Z. has "released onself of," but Modern Icelandic has "tried to evade doing something," which makes more sense to me) and didn't want to lose the sheep.

Kífuðu þeir nú um þetta, þar til Sigfúss hefr upp öxi sína ok höggr til Vakrs, svo í heila stóð.

They now quarreled concerning this, until Sigfus lifts up his axe and strikes at Vakr, so it stuck in (his) brain.

Í því kom Hrani ok förunautar hans ok sjá, hvat um var, at Vakr er veginn. 

At that (moment), Hrani and his group arrived and saw, how matters stood, that Vakr was slain. (not exactly the same, but Z. um 14 -- hvat um var at vera, what it was about, how matters stood)

Spyrr nú Hrani Sigfús, hverju þetta sæti, en Sigfúss segir slíkt er var af viðskiptum þeirra.

Hrani now asks Sigfus, who did (Z. "caused") this, and Sigfuss says in such wise what it was of their hostile intercourse.

Hrani mælti: "Víða kemr fram ójöfnuðr þinn ok illmennska, ok vil ek nú hefna hans á þér."

Hrani said: "(it) comes far and wide from your injustice and wickedness, and I now want to avenge him of you."

Sigfúss mælti: "Eigi mælist ek þá undan þér," ok hleypr at Hrana ok höggr til hans með öxinni, en hann brá skildi fyrir sik. 

Sigfuss said: "I don't excuse myself to you," and leaps at Hrani and strikes at him with (his) axe, and he raised (his) shield in front of him.

Kom þá höggit utan á hnét ok renndi út af. 

The blow then landed outside at (hnét?) and deflected (it) out away. (??)

Varð þat allstórt sár. 

It became a very big wound.

Nú höggr Hrani aftr til Sigfúsar saxinu Helganaut. 

Now Hrani struck back at Sigfuss with the sword Helganaut.

Kom þat högg á handlegginn ok nam brott öxlina við síðuna, ok féll hann at vonum dauðr niðr.

That blow landed at (his) forearm, and (it) carried off his shoulder by his side, and he fell down dead, as expected.

Varð nú mikill krytr um þetta milli Mývetninga ok Hrana. 

It now became very quiet concerning this between Myvetning and Hrani.

Heygðu þeir þar Sigfús. 

They buried Sigfuss there in a how.

Ok eftir þetta sneru menn til byggða með fé sitt, er fundit höfðu.

And after this people turned to settle(?) with their sheep, which they had found.