Easy Readings In Old Icelandic
Chapter 3
"Þeir tóku Ymi, ok fluttu í mitt Ginnunga-gap, ok gørðu af honum jörðina; af blóði hans sæinn ok vötnin; jörðin var gör af holdinu, en björgin af beinunum; grjót ok urðir gørðu þeir af tönnum ok jöxlum, ok af þeim beinum, er brotin váru." Þá mælti Jafnhár: "Af því blóði, er ór sárum rann ok laust fór, þar af gørðu þeir sjá þann er þeir gørðu ok festu saman jörðina, ok lögðu þann sjá í hring utan um hana, ok mun þat flestum manni ófœra þykkja, at komask þar af himin, ok settu hann upp yfir jörðina með fjórum skautum, ok undir hvert horn settu þeir dverg. Þeir heita svá: Austri, Vestri, Norðri, Suðri. Þá tóku þeir síur ok gneista, þá er lausir fóru, ok kastat hafði or Múspells heimi, ok settu á miðjan Ginnunga-himin bæði ofan ok neðan, til at lýsa himin ok jörð. Þeir gáfu staðar öllum eldingum, sumum á himnum, sumar fóru lausar undir himni, ok settu þá þeim stað ok sköpuðu göngu þeim. Svá er sagt í fornum vísindum, at þaðan af váru dœgr greind ok áratal."
á, on, in. neðan, from below. nema, except, unless. ofan, from, above. saman, together. um, about, around, over. undir, under. upp, up. utan, from without. yfir, over. því (d. s. n.), that, it.
| ára-tal, n. reckoning of years | gáfu, gave (gefa, 1) | |
| bein, n. bone | gneisti, m. spark | |
| bjarg, n. mountain | greindr, distinguished (greina) | |
| blóð, n. blood | göngu, acc. s. of ganga, f. | |
| brotinn, broken (brjóta) | görr, made (1) | |
| bæði, both | gørðu, made (gørva) | |
| drápu, killed (drepa) | hauss, m. skull | |
| drektu, drowned (drekkja) | heimr, m. world (1) | |
| dvergr, m. dwarf | hélzk, maintained himself, was | |
| dœgr, n. day (of twelve hours) | preserved (haldask) | |
| elding, f. fire | hljóp, ran (hlaupa) | |
| féll, fell (falla) | hold, n. flesh | |
| festu, fixed (festa) | horn, n. corner | |
| flestr, most | hringr, m. ring | |
| fluttu, conveyed (flytja) | hverr, each | |
| forn, old, ancient (1) | hýski n. family | |
| fór, fóru, went (fara) | jötnar, giants (jötunn 2) | |
| ganga, f. course | kasta, to cast (w. dat) | |
| komask, to pass, go | sjár, m. sea | |
| komnar, come (koma) | skaut, n. corner | |
| komsk undan, escaped | sköpuðu, shaped, made (skapa) | |
| lauss, loose, free | staðr, m. place | |
| lúðr, m. quern-stand | sumar, n. summer | |
| lýsa, to give light | sumr, some | |
| lögðu, laid (leggja) | synir, pl. of sonr (2) | |
| miðjan, acc. s. m. of miðr mid | sær = sjár, m. sea. | |
| ófœra, f. impassable place | tóku, took (taka) | |
| rann, ran (renna, 2) | undan, away | |
| sagt, said (segja, 1) | vísindi, n. pl. knowledge | |
| sár, n. wound | vatn (pl. vötn), n. water | |
| settu, set (setja) | þykkja, to seem | |
| sía, f. ember | ætt, f. race |
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