Easy Readings In Old Icelandic
Chapter 22
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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