Víga-Glúms saga

þat er sagt at Glúm dreymði eina nótt. Hann þóttisk

It is said that Glum dreamed one night. He seemed

vera úti staddr á bǿ sínum ok sjá út til fjarðarins

to be standing outside on his farm, looking out toward the fjord.

. Hann þóttisk sjá konu eina ganga útan eftir heraðinu

He seemed to see a woman walking up through the district from the coast,

, ok stefndi þangat til Þverár. En hon var svá

and she was heading here to Thvera. And she was so

mikil, at axlirnar tóku út fjǫllin tveggja

huge that her shoulders touched the mountains on both

vegna. En hann þóttisk ganga ór garði á mót henni ok

sides. And he seemed to go out of the yard to meet her and

bauð henni til sín. Ok síðan vaknaði hann. Ǫllum þótti undarligt

invited her to his home. And then he woke. Everyone thought it strange,

. en hann segir svá: Draumr. er mikill ok merkiligr.

but he says this: The dream is great and remarkable,

en svá mun ek hann ráða, at Vigfúss, móðurfaðir

but I will read it this way: that Vigfus, my mother's

minn, mun nú vera andaðr. Ok mundi kona sjá

father, must now be dead. And that woman must

hans hamingja vera, er fjǫllum hǽra gekk. Ok var hann um

be his hamingja [guardian spirit of luck], who walked higher than the mountains. And he was beyond

aðra menn fram um flesta hluti at virðingu. Ok hans hamingja

other men in most things in honour. And his luck

mun leita sér þangat staðfestu, sem ek em.

will seek a home there, where I am.

En um sumarit, er skip kómu út, spurðisk andlát

And in the summer, when ships came out, the death

Vigfúss. Þá kvað Glúmr vísu: Fara sá ek holms und hjalmi hauks

of Vigfus was reported. Then Glum spoke a verse: I saw go, under a helmet, of the hawk's islet