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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   merkilegr, remarkable
andlát, n. death óbrunnit, unburned
auðna, f. good fortune ólea, to anoint
fórtu = fórt þú (fara) ráð, n. advice
gamall, old réðir, hadst control (ráða)
héðan af, from now sannask, to prove true
helga, holy (heilagr) siðr, m. habit, custom
hingat, hither skammr, short
hirðmaðr, m. retainer skapr, m. mind
hljóta, to obtain (19) skírn, f. baptism
hversu, how skjótt, quickly
hörpustokkr, m. harp-stock stund, f. time
iafnskjótt, at the same time sveif, hovered (svifa)
kveykja, to light sögum, dat. pl. of saga
kærleiki, m. friendship tendra, to kindle
lagðisk, laid himself trúmaðr, m. religious man
leið, passed away (líða) vetr, m. winter, year
líða, to happen vinsæll, popular
lífdagar, m. pl. life-days vitr, wise
lofaðr, praised (lofa) yðarr, your
mark, n. importance ætla, to expect




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