Egil Saga

Egil Saga

She's had a long lack of strengthHefir hon haft langan vanmátt
And that was a great shameOk pat var krom mikil
She got no night's sleep and wasFekk hon enga nótt svefn ok var
Like a bedpostSem hamstoli vaeri

Runes have been carved, and there is one farmer's sonRistnar hafa verit rúnar, ok er sá einn bóndason
Not far away, who did thatHedan skammt í brott, er pat gerdi
And since then muchOk er sidan miklu
Worse than beforeVerr en adr

Egil carved runes and placed them under the headrestEgil reist rúnar ok lagdi undir hoegendit
In the bed where she restedÍ hvíluna, par er hon hvildi
To the pot where she woke from sleep and saidHenni potti sem hon vaknadi or svefni ok sagdi
That she was wholeAt hon var pá heil

A man should not carve runesSkalat madr rúnar rista
Unless he can interpret them wellNema rada vel kunni
It becomes a great sorrowPat verdr mrgum manni
When a man wild with dark stavesEs of myrkvan staaf villisk
I saw on a carved plankSák á telgdu talkni
Ten reward staves carvedTiu launstafi ristna
That has tied the lindenPat hefr lauka lindi
Long-lasting sorrowLangs ofrtrega fengit