Easy Readings In Old Icelandic
Chapter 22
(Continuation)
"Konungr
mælti: "Hví fórtu nú hingat til vár?" Gestr svarar: "Þessu
sveif mér í skap; ætlaða ek mik af þér nokkura auðnu hljóta mundu, þvíat
þér hafið fyrir mér verit mjök lofaðir af góðum mönnum ok vitrum."
Konungr segir: "Viltu nú taka helga skírn?" Gestr svarar: "Þat
vil ek gøra at yðru ráði." Var nú svá gørt, ok tók konungr han i
kærleika við sik, ok gørði hann hirðmann sinn. Gestr varð trúmaðr mikill,
ok fylgdi vel konungs siðum; var hann ok vinsæll af mönnum.
Þat var einn dag, at konungr
spyrr Gest: "Hversu lengi vildir þú nú lifa, ef þú réðir?" Gestr
svarar: "Skamma stund héðan af, ef Guð vildi svá." Konungr mælti:
"Hvat mun nú líða, ef þú tekr kerti þitt?" Gestr tók kerti sitt
ór hörpustokki sínum. Konungr bað þá kveykja; svá var gørt; ok er kertit
var tendrat, brann þat skjótt. Konungr spurði Gest: "Hversu gamall
maðr ertu?" "Nú em ek þrjú hundruð vetra," segir Gestr.
"Gamall maðr ertu," sagði konungr. Gestr lagðisk þá niðr; hann
bað þá ólea sik; þat lét konungr gøra; ok er þat var gørt, var lítit óbrunnit
af kertinu. Þat fundu menn, at þá leið at Gesti; var þat ok jafnskjótt,
at kertit var brunnit, ok Gestr andask, ok þótti öllum merkilegt hans
andlát; þótti konungi ok mikit mark at sögnum hans, ok þótti sannask um
lífdaga hans, sem hann sagði.
andask, dies |
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merkilegr, remarkable |
andlát, n. death |
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óbrunnit, unburned |
auðna, f. good fortune |
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ólea, to anoint |
fórtu = fórt þú (fara) |
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ráð, n. advice |
gamall, old |
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réðir, hadst control
(ráða) |
héðan af, from now |
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sannask, to prove true |
helga, holy (heilagr) |
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siðr, m. habit, custom |
hingat, hither |
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skammr, short |
hirðmaðr, m. retainer |
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skapr, m. mind |
hljóta, to obtain (19) |
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skírn, f. baptism |
hversu, how |
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skjótt, quickly |
hörpustokkr, m. harp-stock |
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stund, f. time |
iafnskjótt, at the same
time |
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sveif, hovered (svifa) |
kveykja, to light |
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sögum, dat. pl. of saga |
kærleiki, m. friendship |
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tendra, to kindle |
lagðisk, laid himself |
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trúmaðr, m. religious
man |
leið, passed away (líða) |
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vetr, m. winter, year |
líða, to happen |
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vinsæll, popular |
lífdagar, m. pl. life-days |
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vitr, wise |
lofaðr, praised (lofa) |
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yðarr, your |
mark, n. importance |
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ætla, to expect |
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