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Fór hann þat sumar til GrœnlandsThat summer he went to Greenland
Óláfr Tryggvason var .iii. vetr á Vindlandi, áðr Geira, kona hans, tók sótt, þá er hana leiddi til banaÓláfr Tryggvason was in Vindland for three years before his wife Geira contracted the disease that became her death
Fóru þeir allan þann dag at leita ok funnu þau hvergiThey spent all that day in search and they found them (mixed) nowhere
Eiríkr segir, at hon er ekki þarEiríkr says that she is not there
Þá vil ek gefa þér skipit, ef þú vill þiggjaI want to give you the ship if you will receive it
Ek hugða at yðr ok yðra menn mundi engan fagnað skort hafa at þessarri veizluI intended that you and your men should have lack of no pleasure at this feast
Ekki er hon svá stórborin sem ek emShe is not as nobly-born as I
Má mér vel líka þín þjónostaIt may be that your service will please me
Hér skuluð þit vera með mérYou will stay here with me
Konungr var allmjǫk drukkinn, ok bæði þauThe king was very drunk, and they both were [i.e. the king and a woman]
Þá ferr hon þegar á fund sona sinna ok segir þeim þessi tíðendiThen she immediately goes to meet her son and tells him this news
Ek skal fara með þérI will go with you