Strengleikar

sua æin saman þa hœyrði hon miok

thus all alone, she heard very

fiarre a hœgre hond hunda gauð

far off on her right hand the barking of dogs

oc hana galdr

and the crowing of cocks,

oc væit hon af þui at þar man at visu bœr vera

and she knew from that that there must surely be a farm there,

oc

and

lioða oc strænglæiks sagur

tales of lays and of string-music,

þa vil ec æigi glœyma

then I will not forget

Bisclaret. Bisclaret var

Bisclaret. Bisclaret was

æinn Riddare vaskr

a knight, valiant

oc kurtæiss vapndiarfr oc oflugr. Bisclaret het

and courteous, bold with weapons and strong. Bisclaret he was called

hann i bræzsko

in the Breton

male. en norðmandingar kallaðo hann vargulf. I fyrn skonne

tongue, but the Normans called him vargulf [werewolf]. In olden times

matte hœyra þat sem optsamlega kunni gerazc. at

one could hear of what often might happen: that

marger

many

menn hamskiptauzt oc vurðu vargar oc biuggu i

men changed their shapes and became wolves and lived in

morkum oc i skogum.

forests and in woods,

oc þar atto hus oc Rik hibili. En vargulfr

and there they had houses and mighty dwellings. And a vargulf

var æitt kuikuændi mæðan

was a wild beast while

ecki tioar skriftagangr. þeim er eigi vilia

going to confession avails nothing for those who will not

af

give up

lata syndvm sinum. Sva ihugar þu at ec vilia gera

their sins. So you imagine that I mean to work

þer galldra

spells on you

með udað. En ei em ec þesskonar

with wickedness. But I am not that kind of

ilsku vetr. þa er þu gengr til

evil creature. When you go to

kirkiv at biðia

church to pray

fyrir þer. þa skall tu mic sia stannda i hia þer. oc

for yourself, then you shall see me stand beside you and

taca vigt brauð með þér. En þu heuir mikit

take consecrated bread with you. But you have greatly

misgort við mic. En ec

wronged me. But I

hevi of mioc elskat þic

have loved you too much.