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Easy Readings In Old Icelandic


Chapter 51


Haralds Reply To Athelstan

        Annat sumar eptir sendi Haraldr konungr skip vestr til Englands, ok fekk til stýrimann Hauk hábrók. Hann var kappi mikill ok hinn kærsti konungi. Hann fekk í hönd honum Hákon son sinn. Haukr fór þá vestr til Englands á fund Aðalsteins konungs ok fann hann í Lundúnum; þar var þá boð fyrir ok veizla virðulig. Haukr segir sínum mönnum, þá er þeir koma at höllinni, hvernug þeir skulu hátta inngöngunni; segir, at sá skal síðast út ganga er fyrstr gengr inn, ok allir standa jafnfram fyrir borðinu, ok hverr þeira hafa sverð á vinstri hlíð ok festa svá yfirhöfnina at eigi sjái sverðit. Síðan ganga þeir í höllina; þeir váru þrír tigir manna. Gekk Haukr fyrir konung ok kvaddi hann. Konungr biðr hann vel kominn. Þá tók Haukr sveininn ok setr á kné Aðalsteini konungi. Konungr sér á sveininn, ok spyrr Hauk hví hann ferr svá. Haukr svarar: "Haraldr konungr bað þik fóstra honum ambáttar barn." Konungr varð reiðr mjök ok greip til sverðs, er var hjá honum, ok brá, svá sem hann vildi drepa sveininn. Haukr mælti: "Knésett hefir þú hann nú, ok máttu myrða hann ef þú vill, enn ekki mantu með því eyða öllum sonum Haralds konungs." Gekk Haukr síðan út ok allir hans menn; ok fara leið sína til skips ok halda í haf er þeir eru at því búnir, ok kómu aptr til Noregs á fund Haralds konungs, ok líkaði honum nú vel, því at þat er mál manna, at sá væri útignari er öðrum fóstraði barn.

ambátt, f. (13, 39)   knésett, set on the knee, adopted
boð, n. feast kvaddi, greeted (kveðja, 27)
borð, n. table (32) kærsti, dearest (kærr)
brá, drew (bregða) leið, f. way
eyða, to destroy líka, to please
festa, to fasten mál, n. saying
fóstra, to foster myrða, to murder (41)
greip, grasped (grípa) síðast, last
hábrók, f. 'high-breech' stýrimaðr, m. captian
hátta, to arrange, order útignari, lower in rank (tiginn)
hvernug, in what way veizla, f. (43)
innganga, f. entrance vinstri, left
jafnfram, in a line virðuligr, splendid
kappi, m. champion yfirhöfn, f. cloak




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