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Í litlu þorpi á Austfjörðum bjó kona sem hét Sigríður.
In a small village in the East Fjords lived a woman named Sigríður.
Hún prjónaði lopapeysur allan veturinn.
She knitted woolen sweaters all winter.
Hún seldi þær ekki heldur gaf þær.
She didn't sell them, but gave them away.
Hver peysa fór til einhvers sem hún hafði aldrei hitt.
Each sweater went to someone she had never met.
Sjómenn frá öðrum löndum fengu flestar þeirra.
Sailors from other countries got most of them.
Í hverri peysu var lítill miði með nafni þorpsins.
In each sweater there was a small note with the name of the village.
Einn daginn kom bréf frá Portúgal.
One day a letter arrived from Portugal.
Sjómaður þar hafði geymt peysuna í tuttugu ár.
A fisherman there had stored the sweater for twenty years.