Þjóstólfur mælti: "Það skalt þú eiga til að segja að eg er eigi þræll því að eg skal hvergi undan þér láta." Þá reiddist Glúmur og hjó...
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AThompson
alysseann
Sep 1, 2006 2:18 pm
Here´s my translation. I would appreciate any comments on underlined text. I hope my translation is of some use to others Kveðja Alan Þjóstólfur mælti:...
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Fred and Grace Hatton
fredgrace
Sep 1, 2006 2:31 pm
I am curious what is meant by high shoes. I was under the impression that there was only a sort of shoe at the time that came about to the ankle. The top was...
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Patricia
originalpatr...
Sep 1, 2006 4:14 pm
Those high shoes of yours Grace I have called boots in my translation, they would be maybe high up around the leg This episode has been better for me - well I...
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llama_nom
Sep 1, 2006 10:23 pm
... He parried with the axe; he warded off the blow with his axe, cf. Zoega: bregða e-u við "to ward off with". If I've understood this right, the weapon...
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llama_nom
Sep 1, 2006 10:33 pm
... translation, they would be maybe high up around the leg ... og tók sverð í hönd sér. MM & HP: "H. had been lying awake. He jumped up at once and...
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llama_nom
Sep 1, 2006 10:47 pm
... "H. had been awake". MM & HP: "had been lying awake". vaka (vaki; vakta; vakat) "to be awake, to stake awake" vakna (að) "to wake up" (intransitive) ...
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llama_nom
Sep 1, 2006 10:51 pm
Sorry, that should say "stay awake", obviously, not "stake awake" ;) I spotted it as soon as I pressed send....
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Patricia
originalpatr...
Sep 1, 2006 10:56 pm
Thank you LN but I see I have misread Kippti upphávum I could not get upphávum properly nevertheless I saw Kippti defined as jerked and saw that he was...
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Fred and Grace Hatton
fredgrace
Sep 2, 2006 2:24 pm
I've corrected some mistakes I had in page 2 and made a stab at translating some of it. I finally figured out that aura = eyrir or ounces of silver. I wrote...
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Fred and Grace Hatton
fredgrace
Sep 2, 2006 2:30 pm
Thanks, LN! Grace ... "H. had been awake". MM & HP: "had been lying awake". vaka (vaki; vakta; vakat) "to be awake, to stake awake" vakna (að) "to wake up"...
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Blanc Voden
uoden
Sep 2, 2006 3:53 pm
Hi there llama_nom, For interest sake. "Eigi engi" is a medieval [at least] rhetorical tool. See LITOTES [Sn. II, p.190] "Not Nobody" replaces "Everybody" even...
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Blanc Voden
uoden
Sep 2, 2006 3:56 pm
Hi there llama_nom, Apparently we share speculation. Kippa means to pull suddenly/rapidly, most often. Background in the night. Hrútur hafði vakað: stay the...
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llama_nom
Sep 2, 2006 10:03 pm
... put them ... Jerked and I ... jerked ... `upphávum' is an adjective, masculine dative plural of `upphár' (upp "up" + hár "high") "reaching high up the...
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Patricia
originalpatr...
Sep 2, 2006 11:02 pm
Thanks a tonne LN and also to your friend Eysteinn for letting you ask him This has clarified for me completely - I have to excuse myself here ..and mention...
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llama_nom
Sep 2, 2006 11:24 pm
Well done for tracking down that definition of 'kyrring'! I had no idea what it might mean in this context. I'll try an catch up with this when I have time,...
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llama_nom
Sep 3, 2006 12:07 am
Belated greetings, Ingeborg! If you're still interested, here are a couple of possibilities which hopefully aren't too wide of the mark. ... lands of Midgard. ...
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Blanc Voden
uoden
Sep 3, 2006 12:37 am
Hi there again, The verb: Yank, I reckon can cope with kippa [skóm]. "Kippa upp með rótum": uproot. "kipp'ótt'ur" Hestur":Jerky Horse. "kippKorn"; : small...
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llama_nom
Sep 3, 2006 11:10 pm
I skipped a line! Thanks for pointing that out, Grace. The line I missed is the 5th from the bottom, and goes between k(onung)i and jafn goðan: ok bæti...
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Patricia
originalpatr...
Sep 3, 2006 11:37 pm
I think - I do not make a habit of it - but I do think here - It should be 1-1/2 marks I cannot make a regular contribution But I am positive it means one and...
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Blanc Voden
uoden
Sep 4, 2006 12:25 am
Well now, For those interested, http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/shoe/SHOEHOME.HTM Nice link that covers alot. I recall when I got my first...
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Fred and Grace Hatton
fredgrace
Sep 4, 2006 2:36 pm
SHEEP LETTER 4 COLUMN 1 haga uttan sealf sins eða buarr? f(ram?) eptir lauginn UM FINNER E? ef maðr skipar annars ?? haga m(eð sauði sinum ok vill eigi or...
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Petr Hrubis
hrubisp
Sep 4, 2006 5:35 pm
Hello everyone, could somebody possibly tell me what exactly "Harvaða fjöllum " means and which geographical feature it describes? Thank you very much in...
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llama_nom
Sep 4, 2006 9:20 pm
Hello Petr, The name is generally believed to refer to the Carpathian Mountains. 'Harvaða' is thought to derive from a form of the name inherited from ...
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Fred and Grace Hatton
fredgrace
Sep 5, 2006 10:58 am
Þetta sá Þjóstólfur og vill eigi verða seinni og höggur þegar til Hrúts. Hrútur brást skjótt undan högginu og laust vinstri hendi utan á hlýr...
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Fred and Grace Hatton
fredgrace
Sep 5, 2006 2:52 pm
Þetta sá Þjóstólfur og vill eigi verða seinni og höggur þegar til Hrúts. Hrútur brást skjótt Þjóstólfur saw this and wishing not be too late (in...
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Patricia
originalpatr...
Sep 5, 2006 5:47 pm
Sællir Allir When we get to the big fight - I have seen two versions and did not think much of either as if bits had been left out so I have underlined all of...
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llama_nom
Sep 5, 2006 11:13 pm
Eysteinn thought that "yank" would be a fair translation of 'kippa' in these examples. ... I saw ... on so ... to the ... ...
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AThompson
alysseann
Sep 6, 2006 11:22 am
Here´s my translation. I would appreciate any comments on underlined text. I hope my translation is of some use to others. I have italicised bits which...
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Fred and Grace Hatton
fredgrace
Sep 6, 2006 3:32 pm
Thanks, Alan! I see I had numerous mistakes. It looks like gripi could mean either costly trifles or livestock. I took it to mean expensive toys since she...
