4. kafli - Auðr á Gautlandi græddi Hrana

Audi at Gautland, Hrani's Increase

Nú ríðr Hrani hringr at Mývatni til Þorsteins, frænda síns, í Reykjahlíð. 

Hrani now rides to Myvatn to Thorstein, his relative, in Smoke-mountainside.

Tók Þorsteinn honum vel ok spyrr tíðenda. 

Thorsteinn received him well and asks for the (latest) news.

Hrani sagði slíkt er til bar um vígin ok bað hann nú ásjár.

Hrani told such as applied to the slaying and asked him now for help.

Sýndi Hrani Þorsteini sár sitt ok kvaðst heyrt hafa, at kona Gauta á Gautlandi væri inn bezti læknir. 

Hrani showed Thorstein his wound and said for himself to have heard that Gauti's wife in Gautland would be the best doctor.

"Vildi ek, at þú færir með mér þangat ok friðmæltumst við Gauta mín vegna um víg Sigfúsar."

"I wanted that you go there with me and sue for peace with Gauti on my behalf concerning Sigfusar's slaying."

Þorsteinn svarar: "Vel er þat, frændi, þó ek tali þínu máli við hann um sættir. 

Thorstein answers: "It is well, relative, although I talk with him (about) your case concerning peace.

Hann er líka vinr minn ok góðr drengr, ef vel er leitat."

He is also my friend and a nobleminded man, if he is acted well towards."

Ok eftir þetta riðu þeir báðir at Gautlandi ok fundu Gauta í útiskemmu sinni. 

And after they they both ride to Gautland and meet Gauti in his detached house.

Hann heilsar þeim Þorsteini vel ok spyrr tíðenda.

He greets them (Thorstein and Hrani) well and asks for the (latest) news.

Þorsteinn mælti: "Erendi á ek við þik, Gauti, ok er þér þat at segja, at Sigfúss, heimamaðr þinn, er veginn af Hrana hring, frænda mínum."

Thorstein said: "I have business with your, Gauti, and it is to tell you that Sigfuss, your servant, is killed by Hrana 'Ring,' my relative."

Sagði Þorsteinn öll viðskipti þeirra ok kvaðst vilja koma á sættum mini Gauta ok Hrana, tekr nú upp fingrgull ok bað Gauta at þiggja.

Thorstein told all (about) their hostile conflict and said for himself (that he) wanted to make peace (mini = between?) Gauti and Hrani, picks up a gold ring and asks Gauti to accept (it).

Bónda leizt vel á hringinn, tók við ok mælti: "Illa tókst þetta til, því þó Sigfúss þætti ódæll við flesta, reyndist hann mér trúr, en sökum vináttu okkar mun ek eigi til eftirmála sækja um vígit."

The head of the household was well pleased with the ring, received (it) and said: "This happened poorly, therefore although Sigfuss seemed quarrelsome with most, he proved to me to be faithful, but for the sake of our friendship [not to mention the gold ring!], I will not pursue action on behalf of a person slain concerning the death."

Þökkuðu þeir honum orð sín, ok sýndi Hrani Gauta sár sitt ok kvaðst heyrt hafa, at Auðr, kona hans, væri bezti læknir. 

They thanked him for his words, and Hrani showed Gauti his wound and said for himself to have heard that Audr, his wife, was the best doctor.

"Vildi ek dvelja hjá þér um hríð," segir hann, "meðan hún gerði at sárinu."

"I wanted to stay with you a while," he says, "while she mends the wound."

Gauti lofaði því, ok varð Hrani eftir, en Þorsteinn fór heim í Reykjahlíð. 

Gauti allowed that, and Hrani was left (there), and/but Thorsteinn went home to Smoke-mountain-side.

Nú skoðar Auðr sárit, ok var þat mjök vont. 

Audr now looks after the wound, and it (i.e., "the wound") was very bad.

Var hann þar tvo mánuði til þess, at hann var nær fullgróinn, ok fór síðan heim aftr til föður síns. 

He stayed there two months for that, that he was nearly fully healed, and then went back home to his father.

Bar nú eigi framar til tíðenda at sinni.

Now no more news happend for the present.