"You have a very handsome stick," I answered. "By the inscription I observed that you had not had it more than a year. But you have taken some pains to bore the head of it and pour melted lead into the hole so as to make it a formidable weapon. I argued that you would not take such precautions unless you had some danger to fear."
"Tú hevur ein sera vakran stav," svaraði eg. "Sambært innskriftini síggi eg, at tú hevur ikki haft hann longur enn eitt ár. Men tú hevur ómakað tær og borað í høvdið á honum og fylt smeltað blýggj í holið fyri at gera tað til eitt óført vápn. Eg vísti á, at tú hevði ikki verið so hyggin, uttan so at tú hevði onkran vanda at óttast."