At 12:36:56 PM on Friday, August 13, 2010, Fred and Grace ... Tiny glitch: <hét> is past tense, 'was called'. ... <Þóttisk> is also past tense; you can tell...
... I've been thinking about that ever since I wrote it, and on further consideration I've decided that 'crawling', and maybe even 'creeping', probably is...
... No creeping is involved: apparently the turf is cut in a semi-circular strip whose ends are left attached to the ground, the strip is then raised up in an...
Grace I think I may have hindered rather than helped here: Þá varð sá skír (skíra, verb) er undir jarðarmen gekk ef torfan féll (falla) eigi á hann. ...
Thanks for your help, Brian. In the last case I was trying to preserve the alliteration in the original - (w)rite runes on roots. Grace ... <Keypti> is from...
At 6:57:22 AM on Friday, August 6, 2010, Fred and Grace ... <Keypti> is from <kaupa>: he bought a boat. ... 'But before Anakinn could tell' or 'But before A....
Once again Alan's translation and notes cover most of the difficulties. ... I think that this should be 'who carried the drinks -- Howzat?!' (Not bad,...
At 8:02:13 PM on Tuesday, August 3, 2010, ... <Ferskja> is apparently a borrowing of Danish <fersken>. According to the Ordbog over det Danske Sprog, the word ...
Translation follows. I will look at the translations already posted to see how others dealt with this one. Þorsteinn surtur bjó ferð sína af vorþingi en...
Þorsteinn surtur bjó ferð sína af vorþingi en smali var rekinn eftir ströndinni. Þorsteinn Thorstein the black readied for his journey from (the) spring...
Very strange. Lost in the ether somewhere. Wonder what happens when all that missing stuff suddenly tumbles from where ever it hides. Grace Þorsteinn surtur...
Excuse me Grace - where is it ?? Kveðja Patricia ... From: Fred and Grace Hatton Date: 02/08/2010 11:34:46 To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
