Easy Readings In Old Icelandic
Chapter 5
"Enn er þat sagt, at nornir þær, er byggja Urðarbrunn taka hvern dag vatn í brunninum, ok með aurinn þann er liggr um brunninn, ok ausa upp yfir askinn, til þess at eigi skyli limar hans tréna eða fúna. En þat vatn er svá heilagt, at allir hlutir þeir sem þar koma í brunninn, verða svá hvítir sem hinna sú, er skjall heitir, er innan liggr við eggskurn. Sú dögg, er þaðan af fellr á jörðina, þat kalla menn hunangsfall, ok þar af fœðask býflugur. Fuglar tveir fœðask í Urðarbrunni; þeir heita Svanir, ok af þeim fuglum hefir komit þat fuglakyn, er svá heitir."
eptir, along. engi, no. með, with it, as well. (í) milli, between. Þær, they, those (fem.).
| arnar, gen. s. of örn | hunangs-fall, n. honey-dew | |
| augna, gen. pl. of auga (4) | hvítr, white | |
| aurr, m. mud | íkorni, m. squirrel | |
| ausa, to pour | limr, m. branch (4) | |
| barr, m. needles (of pine, etc). | margr (mörg, mart), many | |
| bera, to bear, carry | Norn, f. weird sister | |
| bíta, to bite | ormr, m. serpent | |
| býfluga, f. bee | renna, to run (3) | |
| dögg, f. dew | sitja, to sit | |
| eggskurn, f. egg-shell | skjall, n. membrane of an egg | |
| fellr, falls (falla, 3) | stórmerki, n. pl. great wonders | |
| fleiri, more | telja, to reckon | |
| fugla-kyn, n. race of birds | tréna, to dry up | |
| fugl, m. bird | tunga, f. tongue | |
| fúna, to rot | Urðr, f. Fate | |
| fœðask, to feed (oneself), to be | vatn, n. water (3) | |
| reared (2) | verða, to become (2) | |
| haukr, m. hawk | vitandi, knowing | |
| heilagt, n. holy (4) | þaðan af, thence | |
| hinna, f. membrane | öfundar-orð, n. pl. slander | |
| hirtir, pl. of hjörtr, m. hart, stag. | örn, m. eagle. |
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