Haakonr saga eiki, Chapter One

At long last, you have before the first chapter of Haakonr saga eiki (The Saga of Haakon-oak), as Hakon oak-tall would likely have been called in ON.  Of course, it starts with a bit of family history.  This brief chapter has no poetry in it, but it is in Old Icelandic, at least as good as I can get.  If you see errors that I should correct, please drop me a line at fridrikrinngamli@gmail.com or fridrikr@thescorre.org, or simply post your correction in a comment.  This struggling neophyte in Old Icelandic would appreciate any help he can get.

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Kapituli fyrsti -- Inn sonnar Þorvalds

Þorvaldr hét maðr, sonr Dagar.  Þorvaldr var maðr sterkr ok auð-angraðr.  Enn er hannvar á unga aldri, lá hann í vikingu ok herjaði.  Hann gerðist enn auð-kýfingr ok goðí.  Hann var giptask á Þorarna Þorarinsdottir.

Þorvaldr átti þrír sonar, hétum Dalr, Boris, ok Hakonr.  Dalr var lág-vaxinn ok sterkr.  Hann var fyrsti soninn ok kallaðr Dalr bola-kalfr.  Inn annar sonr hét Boris.  Hann var höfði hærri a Dalr ok mið-digr.  Han var kallaðr Boris bjór-tunna.  Inn þriðji hét Haakon.  Hann var mestr ok sterkast.  Hann var kallaðr Haakonr eiki.

Þorvaldstadir at svartárdalr var ból-staðdr Þorvalds ok var auðigr með sauði ok fé ok hesti.  Ok sonnar Þorvalds átt enn bjarn-hunn kallað   tanngnjóstr þat þeir glímaðum.

Chapter one -- the sons of Thorvald

Thorvald was the name of a man, the son of Dag.  Thorvald was a strong man and easily angered.  When he was a young man, he went viking and raided.  He became a heaper up of riches and a chieftain.  He was married to Thorarna Thorarin´s daughter.

Thorvald had three sons named Dale, Boris, and Haakon.   Dale was short, but strong. He was the first son ok was called   Dale bull-calf.  The second son was named Boris.  He was a he was a head taller than Dale and stout waited.  He was called Boris beer-barrel.   The third son was named Haakon.  He was the tallest and strongest.  He was called Haakon-oak.

Thorvaldstead in the Black River valley was Thorvalds home-stead  and it was rich with sheep and cattle and horses.  Thorvald´s sons also owned a young-bear called  “gnaw-tooth” which they wrestled.