Old Norwegian · AI translation
Barlaams ok Josaphats saga
English for the 1 passage of this work that the Atlas of Ancient Myth, Magic in the Ancient Texts and a study of demons and angels quote or cite, and which the library holds in no published English. The numbers are the edition's own references.
74v.11a–74v.22a
langan vegh. i hinar yzttu øyði-markker
a long way, into the remotest wildernesses
. oc i ogorlleg fialla gløyfr
and into fearsome mountain gorges.
En þar i einum myrkuum helli. bio
And there in a dark cave lived
einn gamall maðr. galldra fullr oc gernninnga.
an old man, full of spells and sorceries,
oc hinn fremsti til þionastu guðanna.
and foremost in the service of the gods.
hann het. teodas at nafne. konongr
He was called Theodas by name. The king
ælskaðe hann miok. oc hellt hann firir
loved him greatly and held him as
einn fullkomenn vin sinn. oc hinn mesta.
a perfect friend of his, and the greatest
oc mætazta meistra. sua sagðe. konongrenn
and most esteemed master. So said the king,
at af hans spaam. oc fiolkynndi. fek
that from his prophecies and magic
hann alla sømd. oc riki. oc þa er þeir
he had got all his honour and power. And when those
illzsku fullir prestar hittv. thedam. galldra mann.
priests full of wickedness found Theodas the sorcerer,
Translator's note. 74v.22a writes the name as thedam.
The whole original: Menota's corpus at Clarino (open HolmPerg 6 fol).