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Easy Readings In Old Icelandic


Chapter 13


THE MAGIC MILL


        Fróði konungr sótti heimboð í Svíþjóð til þess konungs, er Fjölnir er nefndr; þá keypti hann ambáttir tvær, er hétu Fenja ok Menja; þær váru miklar ok sterkar. Í þann tíma fannsk i Danmörk kvernsteinar tveir, svá míklir, at engi var svá sterkr, at dregit gæti; en sú náttúra fylgði kvernunum, at þat mólsk á kverninni, sem sá mælti fyrir, er mól. Sú kvern hét Grótti. Hengikjöptr er sá nefndr, er Fróða konungi gaf kvernina. Fróði konungr lét leiða ambáttirnar til kvernarinnar, ok bað þær mala gull ok frið ok sælu fróða; þá gaf hann þeim eigi lengri hvíld eða svefn, en gaukrinn þagði, eða hljóð mátti kveða. Þá er sagt, at þær kvæði ljóð þau, er kallat er Gróttasöngr; ok áðr létti kvæðinu, mólu þær her at Fróða, svá at á þeirri nótt kom þar sá sæ-konungr, er Mýsingr hét, ok drap Fróða, tók þar herfang mikit; þá lagðisk Fróðafriðr. Mýsingr hafði með sér Grótta, ok svá Fenju ok Menju, ok bað þær mala salt; ok at miðri nótt spurðu þær, ef eigi leiddisk Mýsingi salt. Hann bað þær mala lengr. Þær mólu litla hríð, áðr niðr sukku skipin, ok var þar eptir svelgr í hafinu, er særinn fellr í kvernaraugat. Þá varð sær saltr.

ambátt, f. bondmaid   kvernsteinn, m. quern-stone
dregit, drawn, pulled (dragga) kvæði, n. poem, song.
fannsk, was found (finnask) kvæði, sang (kveða)
fellr, falls (falla) lagðisk, was ended (leggjask)
fylgði, went with (6) leiða, to lead
gaukr, m. cuckoo leiddisk, became tiresome (leið ask)
gæti, could (geta) lengr, adv. longer
heimboð, n. (10) lengri, a. longer (langr)
herr, m. host, army létti, ceased (létta)
herfang, n. plunder lítill, little
hljóð, n. song ljóð, n. pl. song, poem
hríð, f. time mala, to grind
hvíld, f. rest mátti, might (mega)
keypti, bought (kaupa) miðr, mid (3)
kveða, to recite, sing mól, ground (mala)
kvern, f. quern mólsk, was ground
kvernarauga, n. the eye of the quern mæla fyrir, to order
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náttúra, f. nature svefn, m. sleep
salt, n. salt svelgr, m. whirlpool
saltr, a. salt sækonungr, m. sea-king
skip, n. ship sæla, f. prosperity
sótti, sought, went to (sækja) söngr, m. song
sterkr, strong tíma, m. time
sukku, sank (sökkva) þagði, was silent (þegja)




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