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	"Many will say this," said Mord, "that it was not without a cause when Gunnar broke the settlement made with those namesakes."		"Many will say this," said Mord, "that it was not without a cause when Gunnar broke the settlement made with those namesakes."

	"That is no breach of settlement," says Njal, "that any man should take the law against another; for with law shall our land be built up and settled, and with lawlessness wasted and spoiled." <ref>'''and with lawlessness wasted and spoiled''': “With laws shall our land be built up but with lawlessness laid waste,” the legal expert Njal famously declares. Yet the “novel” … of which he is the protagonist clearly demonstrates the disasters that ensue under the ever more formalistic rule of law—disasters that clearly cannot be averted by more laws, though that is what the “wise” Njal proposes, but apparently only by the Christian alternative to the Law: grace, mercy, and forgiveness.” [[Bredsdorff, Thomas. Speech Act Theory and Saga Studies]] (p. 36). </ref>		"That is no breach of settlement," says Njal, "that any man should take the law against another; for with law shall our land be built<ref>''' with law shall our land be built''': “On a more general level, it seems that people felt that law promoted order, not just the systemic order derived from the assignment of things to a place in a legal and social structure, but actual peace. The sentiment is captured in the Norse proverb invoked by Njal: "With laws shall our land be built, but with disorder [ólǫg, unlaw] laid waste” [[Miller, William Ian. Law and Legal Process]] (p. 229). </ref> up and settled, and with lawlessness wasted and spoiled." <ref>'''and with lawlessness wasted and spoiled''': “With laws shall our land be built up but with lawlessness laid waste,” the legal expert Njal famously declares. Yet the “novel” … of which he is the protagonist clearly demonstrates the disasters that ensue under the ever more formalistic rule of law—disasters that clearly cannot be averted by more laws, though that is what the “wise” Njal proposes, but apparently only by the Christian alternative to the Law: grace, mercy, and forgiveness.” [[Bredsdorff, Thomas. Speech Act Theory and Saga Studies]] (p. 36). </ref>

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	„Það munu margir mæla,“ kvað Mörður, „að eigi hafi um sakleysi verið þar sem Gunnar rauf sætt við þá nafna.“		„Það munu margir mæla,“ kvað Mörður, „að eigi hafi um sakleysi verið þar sem Gunnar rauf sætt við þá nafna.“

	„Eigi er það sættarrof,“ segir Njáll, „að hver hafi lög við annan því að með lögum skal land vort byggja en með ólögum eyða.“<ref>'''en með ólögum eyða''': “With laws shall our land be built up but with lawlessness laid waste,” the legal expert Njal famously declares. Yet the “novel” … of which he is the protagonist clearly demonstrates the disasters that ensue under the ever more formalistic rule of law—disasters that clearly cannot be averted by more laws, though that is what the “wise” Njal proposes, but apparently only by the Christian alternative to the Law: grace, mercy, and forgiveness.” [[Bredsdorff, Thomas. Speech Act Theory and Saga Studies]] (s. 36). </ref>		„Eigi er það sættarrof,“ segir Njáll, „að hver hafi lög við annan því að með lögum skal land vort byggja<ref>''' með lögum skal land vort byggja ''': “On a more general level, it seems that people felt that law promoted order, not just the systemic order derived from the assignment of things to a place in a legal and social structure, but actual peace. The sentiment is captured in the Norse proverb invoked by Njal: "With laws shall our land be built, but with disorder [ólǫg, unlaw] laid waste” [[Miller, William Ian. Law and Legal Process]] (s. 229). </ref> en með ólögum eyða.“<ref>'''en með ólögum eyða''': “With laws shall our land be built up but with lawlessness laid waste,” the legal expert Njal famously declares. Yet the “novel” … of which he is the protagonist clearly demonstrates the disasters that ensue under the ever more formalistic rule of law—disasters that clearly cannot be averted by more laws, though that is what the “wise” Njal proposes, but apparently only by the Christian alternative to the Law: grace, mercy, and forgiveness.” [[Bredsdorff, Thomas. Speech Act Theory and Saga Studies]] (s. 36). </ref>

	Sagði Njáll þeim þá að Gunnar hafði boðið land fyrir Móeiðarhvol eða annað fé. Þóttust þeir þá nafnar falsaðir af Merði og töldu á hann mjög og kváðust af honum hljóta þetta fégjald. Njáll nefndi tólf manna dóm á málinu. Galt þá hundrað silfurs hver er til hafði farið en tvö hundruð hvor þeirra nafna. Tók Njáll við þessu fé og varðveitti en hvorir veittu öðrum tryggðir og grið og mælti Njáll fyrir.		Sagði Njáll þeim þá að Gunnar hafði boðið land fyrir Móeiðarhvol eða annað fé. Þóttust þeir þá nafnar falsaðir af Merði og töldu á hann mjög og kváðust af honum hljóta þetta fégjald. Njáll nefndi tólf manna dóm á málinu. Galt þá hundrað silfurs hver er til hafði farið en tvö hundruð hvor þeirra nafna. Tók Njáll við þessu fé og varðveitti en hvorir veittu öðrum tryggðir og grið og mælti Njáll fyrir.

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	„Það munu margir mæla,“ kvað Mörður, „að eigi hafi um sakleysi verið þar sem Gunnar rauf sætt við þá nafna.“		„Það munu margir mæla,“ kvað Mörður, „að eigi hafi um sakleysi verið þar sem Gunnar rauf sætt við þá nafna.“

	„Eigi er það sættarrof,“ segir Njáll, „að hver hafi lög við annan því að með lögum skal land vort byggja en með ólögum eyða.“<ref>'''en með ólögum eyða''': “With laws shall our land be built up but with lawlessness laid waste,” the legal expert Njal famously declares. Yet the “novel” … of which he is the protagonist clearly demonstrates the disasters that ensue under the ever more formalistic rule of law—disasters that clearly cannot be averted by more laws, though that is what the “wise” Njal proposes, but apparently only by the Christian alternative to the Law: grace, mercy, and forgiveness.” [[Bredsdorff, Thomas. Speech Act Theory and Saga Studies.]] (s. 36). </ref>		„Eigi er það sættarrof,“ segir Njáll, „að hver hafi lög við annan því að með lögum skal land vort byggja en með ólögum eyða.“<ref>'''en með ólögum eyða''': “With laws shall our land be built up but with lawlessness laid waste,” the legal expert Njal famously declares. Yet the “novel” … of which he is the protagonist clearly demonstrates the disasters that ensue under the ever more formalistic rule of law—disasters that clearly cannot be averted by more laws, though that is what the “wise” Njal proposes, but apparently only by the Christian alternative to the Law: grace, mercy, and forgiveness.” [[Bredsdorff, Thomas. Speech Act Theory and Saga Studies]] (s. 36). </ref>

	Sagði Njáll þeim þá að Gunnar hafði boðið land fyrir Móeiðarhvol eða annað fé. Þóttust þeir þá nafnar falsaðir af Merði og töldu á hann mjög og kváðust af honum hljóta þetta fégjald. Njáll nefndi tólf manna dóm á málinu. Galt þá hundrað silfurs hver er til hafði farið en tvö hundruð hvor þeirra nafna. Tók Njáll við þessu fé og varðveitti en hvorir veittu öðrum tryggðir og grið og mælti Njáll fyrir.		Sagði Njáll þeim þá að Gunnar hafði boðið land fyrir Móeiðarhvol eða annað fé. Þóttust þeir þá nafnar falsaðir af Merði og töldu á hann mjög og kváðust af honum hljóta þetta fégjald. Njáll nefndi tólf manna dóm á málinu. Galt þá hundrað silfurs hver er til hafði farið en tvö hundruð hvor þeirra nafna. Tók Njáll við þessu fé og varðveitti en hvorir veittu öðrum tryggðir og grið og mælti Njáll fyrir.

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	"Many will say this," said Mord, "that it was not without a cause when Gunnar broke the settlement made with those namesakes."		"Many will say this," said Mord, "that it was not without a cause when Gunnar broke the settlement made with those namesakes."

	"That is no breach of settlement," says Njal, "that any man should take the law against another; for with law shall our land be built up and settled, and with lawlessness wasted and spoiled." <ref>'''and with lawlessness wasted and spoiled''': “With laws shall our land be built up but with lawlessness laid waste,” the legal expert Njal famously declares. Yet the “novel” … of which he is the protagonist clearly demonstrates the disasters that ensue under the ever more formalistic rule of law—disasters that clearly cannot be averted by more laws, though that is what the “wise” Njal proposes, but apparently only by the Christian alternative to the Law: grace, mercy, and forgiveness.” [[Bredsdorff, Thomas. Speech Act Theory and Saga Studies.]] (p. 36). </ref>		"That is no breach of settlement," says Njal, "that any man should take the law against another; for with law shall our land be built up and settled, and with lawlessness wasted and spoiled." <ref>'''and with lawlessness wasted and spoiled''': “With laws shall our land be built up but with lawlessness laid waste,” the legal expert Njal famously declares. Yet the “novel” … of which he is the protagonist clearly demonstrates the disasters that ensue under the ever more formalistic rule of law—disasters that clearly cannot be averted by more laws, though that is what the “wise” Njal proposes, but apparently only by the Christian alternative to the Law: grace, mercy, and forgiveness.” [[Bredsdorff, Thomas. Speech Act Theory and Saga Studies]] (p. 36). </ref>

	Then Njal tells them that Gunnar had offered land for Moeidsknoll, or other goods.		Then Njal tells them that Gunnar had offered land for Moeidsknoll, or other goods.

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	„Það munu margir mæla,“ kvað Mörður, „að eigi hafi um sakleysi verið þar sem Gunnar rauf sætt við þá nafna.“		„Það munu margir mæla,“ kvað Mörður, „að eigi hafi um sakleysi verið þar sem Gunnar rauf sætt við þá nafna.“

	„Eigi er það sættarrof,“ segir Njáll, „að hver hafi lög við annan því að með lögum skal land vort byggja en með ólögum eyða.“		„Eigi er það sættarrof,“ segir Njáll, „að hver hafi lög við annan því að með lögum skal land vort byggja en með ólögum eyða.“<ref>'''en með ólögum eyða''': “With laws shall our land be built up but with lawlessness laid waste,” the legal expert Njal famously declares. Yet the “novel” … of which he is the protagonist clearly demonstrates the disasters that ensue under the ever more formalistic rule of law—disasters that clearly cannot be averted by more laws, though that is what the “wise” Njal proposes, but apparently only by the Christian alternative to the Law: grace, mercy, and forgiveness.” [[Bredsdorff, Thomas. Speech Act Theory and Saga Studies.]] (s. 36). </ref>

	Sagði Njáll þeim þá að Gunnar hafði boðið land fyrir Móeiðarhvol eða annað fé. Þóttust þeir þá nafnar falsaðir af Merði og töldu á hann mjög og kváðust af honum hljóta þetta fégjald. Njáll nefndi tólf manna dóm á málinu. Galt þá hundrað silfurs hver er til hafði farið en tvö hundruð hvor þeirra nafna. Tók Njáll við þessu fé og varðveitti en hvorir veittu öðrum tryggðir og grið og mælti Njáll fyrir.		Sagði Njáll þeim þá að Gunnar hafði boðið land fyrir Móeiðarhvol eða annað fé. Þóttust þeir þá nafnar falsaðir af Merði og töldu á hann mjög og kváðust af honum hljóta þetta fégjald. Njáll nefndi tólf manna dóm á málinu. Galt þá hundrað silfurs hver er til hafði farið en tvö hundruð hvor þeirra nafna. Tók Njáll við þessu fé og varðveitti en hvorir veittu öðrum tryggðir og grið og mælti Njáll fyrir.

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	"Many will say this," said Mord, "that it was not without a cause when Gunnar broke the settlement made with those namesakes."		"Many will say this," said Mord, "that it was not without a cause when Gunnar broke the settlement made with those namesakes."

	"That is no breach of settlement," says Njal, "that any man should take the law against another; for with law shall our land be built up and settled, and with lawlessness wasted and spoiled."		"That is no breach of settlement," says Njal, "that any man should take the law against another; for with law shall our land be built up and settled, and with lawlessness wasted and spoiled." <ref>'''and with lawlessness wasted and spoiled''': “With laws shall our land be built up but with lawlessness laid waste,” the legal expert Njal famously declares. Yet the “novel” … of which he is the protagonist clearly demonstrates the disasters that ensue under the ever more formalistic rule of law—disasters that clearly cannot be averted by more laws, though that is what the “wise” Njal proposes, but apparently only by the Christian alternative to the Law: grace, mercy, and forgiveness.” [[Bredsdorff, Thomas. Speech Act Theory and Saga Studies.]] (p. 36). </ref>

	Then Njal tells them that Gunnar had offered land for Moeidsknoll, or other goods.		Then Njal tells them that Gunnar had offered land for Moeidsknoll, or other goods.

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	Reið Gunnar þá af þingi vestur til Dala og tóku allir honum fegins hendi.		Reið Gunnar þá af þingi vestur til Dala og tóku allir honum fegins hendi.

	En að skilnaði mælti Ólafur: „Eg vil gefa þér þrjá gripi, gullhring og skikkju er átt hefir Mýrkjartan Írakonungur og hund er mér var gefinn á Írlandi. Hann er mikill og eigi verri til fylgdar en röskur maður. Það fylgir og að hann hefir mannsvit. Hann mun og geyja að hverjum manni þeim er hann veit að óvin þinn er en aldrei að vinum þínum. Sér hann þó á hverjum manni hvort til þín er vel eða illa. Hann mun og líf á leggja að vera þér trúr. Þessi hundur heitir Sámur.“<ref> '''Þessi hundur heitir Sámur''': "The gift to Gunnarr then has affinities with the preternatural in its ‘Celtic expression’ and is further prestigious in its fundamental value, in its exotic and, one must judge, aristocratic origins, and in having been offered by the grandson of an Irish king and a prominent Icelandic chieftain, Óláfr ''pái''." [[Sayers, William. Gunnarr, his Irish Wolfhound Sámr, and the Passing of the Old Heroic Order in Njáls saga]] (pp. 47-48). </ref>		En að skilnaði mælti Ólafur: „Eg vil gefa þér þrjá gripi, gullhring og skikkju er átt hefir Mýrkjartan Írakonungur og hund er mér var gefinn á Írlandi. Hann er mikill og eigi verri til fylgdar en röskur maður. Það fylgir og að hann hefir mannsvit. Hann mun og geyja að hverjum manni þeim er hann veit að óvin þinn er en aldrei að vinum þínum. Sér hann þó á hverjum manni hvort til þín er vel eða illa. Hann mun og líf á leggja að vera þér trúr. Þessi hundur heitir Sámur.“<ref> '''Þessi hundur heitir Sámur''': "The gift to Gunnarr then has affinities with the preternatural in its ‘Celtic expression’ and is further prestigious in its fundamental value, in its exotic and, one must judge, aristocratic origins, and in having been offered by the grandson of an Irish king and a prominent Icelandic chieftain, Óláfr ''pái''." [[Sayers, William. Gunnarr, his Irish Wolfhound Sámr, and the Passing of the Old Heroic Order in Njáls saga]] (s. 47-48). </ref>

	Síðan mælti hann við hundinn: „Nú skaltu Gunnari fylgja og vera honum slíkur sem þú mátt.“		Síðan mælti hann við hundinn: „Nú skaltu Gunnari fylgja og vera honum slíkur sem þú mátt.“

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	Njal took this money into his keeping but either side gave the other pledges of peace, and Njal gave out the terms.		Njal took this money into his keeping but either side gave the other pledges of peace, and Njal gave out the terms.

	Then Gunnar rode from the Thing west to the Dales, till he came to Hjardarholt, and Olaf the Peacock gave him a hearty welcome. There he sat half a month, and rode far and wide about the Dales, and all welcomed him with joyful hands. But at their parting Olaf said, "I will give thee three things of price, a gold ring, and a cloak which Moorkjartan the Erse king owned, and a hound that was given me in Ireland; he is big, and no worse follower than a sturdy man. Besides, it is part of his nature that he has man's wit, and he will bay at every man whom he knows is thy foe, but never at thy friends; he can see, too, in any man's face, whether he means thee well or ill, and he will lay down his life to be true to thee. This hound's name is Sam."		Then Gunnar rode from the Thing west to the Dales, till he came to Hjardarholt, and Olaf the Peacock gave him a hearty welcome. There he sat half a month, and rode far and wide about the Dales, and all welcomed him with joyful hands. But at their parting Olaf said, "I will give thee three things of price, a gold ring, and a cloak which Moorkjartan the Erse king owned, and a hound that was given me in Ireland; he is big, and no worse follower than a sturdy man. Besides, it is part of his nature that he has man's wit, and he will bay at every man whom he knows is thy foe, but never at thy friends; he can see, too, in any man's face, whether he means thee well or ill, and he will lay down his life to be true to thee. This hound's name is Sam."<ref> '''This hound's name is Sam''': "The gift to Gunnarr then has affinities with the preternatural in its ‘Celtic expression’ and is further prestigious in its fundamental value, in its exotic and, one must judge, aristocratic origins, and in having been offered by the grandson of an Irish king and a prominent Icelandic chieftain, Óláfr ''pái''." [[Sayers, William. Gunnarr, his Irish Wolfhound Sámr, and the Passing of the Old Heroic Order in Njáls saga]] (pp. 47-48). </ref>

	After that he spoke to the hound, "Now shalt thou follow Gunnar, and do him all the service thou canst."		After that he spoke to the hound, "Now shalt thou follow Gunnar, and do him all the service thou canst."

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	Reið Gunnar þá af þingi vestur til Dala og tóku allir honum fegins hendi.		Reið Gunnar þá af þingi vestur til Dala og tóku allir honum fegins hendi.

	En að skilnaði mælti Ólafur: „Eg vil gefa þér þrjá gripi, gullhring og skikkju er átt hefir Mýrkjartan Írakonungur og hund er mér var gefinn á Írlandi. Hann er mikill og eigi verri til fylgdar en röskur maður. Það fylgir og að hann hefir mannsvit. Hann mun og geyja að hverjum manni þeim er hann veit að óvin þinn er en aldrei að vinum þínum. Sér hann þó á hverjum manni hvort til þín er vel eða illa. Hann mun og líf á leggja að vera þér trúr. Þessi hundur heitir Sámur.“		En að skilnaði mælti Ólafur: „Eg vil gefa þér þrjá gripi, gullhring og skikkju er átt hefir Mýrkjartan Írakonungur og hund er mér var gefinn á Írlandi. Hann er mikill og eigi verri til fylgdar en röskur maður. Það fylgir og að hann hefir mannsvit. Hann mun og geyja að hverjum manni þeim er hann veit að óvin þinn er en aldrei að vinum þínum. Sér hann þó á hverjum manni hvort til þín er vel eða illa. Hann mun og líf á leggja að vera þér trúr. Þessi hundur heitir Sámur.“<ref> '''Þessi hundur heitir Sámur''': "The gift to Gunnarr then has affinities with the preternatural in its ‘Celtic expression’ and is further prestigious in its fundamental value, in its exotic and, one must judge, aristocratic origins, and in having been offered by the grandson of an Irish king and a prominent Icelandic chieftain, Óláfr ''pái''." [[Sayers, William. Gunnarr, his Irish Wolfhound Sámr, and the Passing of the Old Heroic Order in Njáls saga]] (pp. 47-48). </ref>

	Síðan mælti hann við hundinn: „Nú skaltu Gunnari fylgja og vera honum slíkur sem þú mátt.“		Síðan mælti hann við hundinn: „Nú skaltu Gunnari fylgja og vera honum slíkur sem þú mátt.“
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	Ólafur bað Gunnar vera varan um sig og kvað hann eiga marga öfundarmenn „þar er þú þykir ágætastur maður nú um allt land.“		Ólafur bað Gunnar vera varan um sig og kvað hann eiga marga öfundarmenn „þar er þú þykir ágætastur maður nú um allt land.“

	Gunnar þakkaði honum gjafir og heilræði og ríður heim. Situr Gunnar nú heima nokkura hríð og er kyrrt.		Gunnar þakkaði honum gjafir og heilræði og ríður heim. Situr Gunnar nú heima nokkura hríð og er kyrrt.


	==Tilvísanir==		==Tilvísanir==

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	~~'''OLAF THE PEACOCK'S GIFTS TO GUNNAR.'''~~

	Gunnar thanked Njal for his aid, and Njal rode away under the Threecorner, and told those namesakes that Gunnar would not break up his band of men before he had fought it out with them.		Gunnar thanked Njal for his aid, and Njal rode away under the Threecorner, and told those namesakes that Gunnar would not break up his band of men before he had fought it out with them.

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