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Viktor Rydberg's Investigations into Germanic Mythology Volume II  : Part 2: Germanic Mythology
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Easy Readings In Old Icelandic


Chapter 16


(Continuation)

        Yrsa, móðir hans, fagnaði honum, ok fylgði honum til herbergis, ok eigi til konungshallar; váru þá görvir eldar störir fyrir þeim, ok gefit öl at drekka. Þá kómu menn Aðils konungs inn, ok báru skíðin á eldinn, ok gørði svá mikinn, at klæði brunnu af þeim Hrólfi, ok mæltu: "Er þat satt, at Hrólfr kraki ok berserkir hans flýja hvárki eld né járn?" Þá hljóp Hrólfr kraki upp, ok allir þeir. Þá mælti hann:

    Aukum enn elda
    at Aðils húsum.

        Tók skjöld sinn ok kastaði á eldinn, ok hljóp yfir eldinn, meðan skjöldrinn brann, ok mælti enn:

    Flýr-a sá elda,
    er yfir hleypr.

        Svá fór hverr at öðrum hans manna, tóku þá, er eldinn höfðu aukit, ok köstuðu þeim á eldinn. Þá kom Yrsa, ok fékk-Hrólfi kraka dýrshorn, fullt af gulli, ok þar með hringinn Svíagrís, ok bað þá braut ríða til liðsins. Þeir hljópu á hesta sína, ok ríða ofan á Fýrisvöllu; þá sá þeir at Aðils konungr reið eptir þeim með her sinn alvápnaðan, ok vill drepa þá. Þá tók Hrólfr kraki hœgri hendi gullit ofan i hornit, ok søri alt um götuna. Enn er Svíar sjá þat, hlaupa þeir ór söðlunum, ok tók hverr slíkt er fékk, enn Aðils konungr bað þá riða, ok reið sjálfr ákafliga. Slungnir hét hestr hans, allra hesta skjótastr. Þá sá Hrólfr kraki, at Aðils konungr reið nær honum, tók þá hringinn Svíagrís, ok kastaði til hans, ok bað hann þiggja af gjöf. Aðils konungr reið at hringinum, ok tók til með spjótsoddinum, ok rendi upp á falinn. Þá veik Hrólfr kraki aptr, ok sá, er hann laut níðpr Þá mælti hann: "Svinbeygt hefi ek nú þann, er ríkastr er með Svíum." Svá skildusk þeir.

ákafliga, furiously   hvárki, neither (9)
alvápnaðr, fully armed hœgri, right
aukit, increased (auka) járn, n. iron
aukum, let us increase! klæði, n. pl. clothes
báru, bore (bera) konungshöll, f. royal hall
brann (pl. brunnu), burned laut, bent, stooped (lúta)
(brenna) móðir, f. mother
braut, away (9, 15) rendi, let run (renna)
dýrshorn, n. animal's horn ríða, to ride
eldr, m. fire rikastr, most powerful
fagna, to welcome satt, n. true (sannr)
falr, m. socket sjá, to see
fekk, gave; got (fá) skið, n. billet of wood
flýja, to flee from skildusk, parted (skiljask)
flýr-a, flees not (flýja) skjöldr, m. shield
fullr, fullskótastr, swiftest
fylgja, to escort (13, 14) slíkr, such
Fýris-vellir, m. pl. the plains beside spjóts-oddr, m. spear point
the river Fyri. Svíar, m. pl. Swedes
görvir, made (görr) svín-beygt, made to stoop like a
gjöf, f. gift (14) pig
götu, a. s. of gata f., way söðull, m. saddle
herbergi, n. lodging søri, sowed (sá)
hlaupa, to spring; hleypr springs, veik, turned (víkja)
hljóp, sprang þiggja, to accept
horn, n. horn öl, n. ale




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