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ONP: svartr adj.Berk svǫrt augu ok ... ‘I bring dark eyes and ...’
963...illr ok svartr. ‘...evil and black. ’
1001...Nú ’ro svǫrt augu mér ... ‘...Now since then my black eyes are ...’
1006...gerðisk. En svǫrt skǫr mín ... ‘...And my black hair hid itself ...’
1016[7] svǫrr: svart Tóm
Tóm Avlld vann oss ꜳ̋ skíolldv ᷎ audsœ̨tt var þat ʀavda ᷎ hlíom þar er hvitir kvomv ᷎ hríng midlvndum | þíngat ᷎ þar hygg ec aunguan gram gengv ᷎ gvnnsylgs enn vœ̨r fylgvm ᷎ brad geck svartt þar er slœ̨ | dduzt sverd vpp j skíp gíordízt.
[6] svǫrtum: svǫrtu FskAˣ
FskA Sialfr bað svartar kylfr
svæinn harðlegha scæina
ne var aðr iorna
auð nonn red honom
þa er goðs viðr gioða
gort fengo hræ svortu
yggs let hærr um hoggvit
hramni skæiðar stamna
301 Sialfr bað svartar | kylfr svæinn harðlegha skæina ner var aðr i orɴa || auðnonn rioð honum þa er goðs viðr gioða gort | fengo hræ svortu yggs let hærr um hoggvit hram | ni skæiðar stamna.
...fengusk gǫrt svǫrtum gjóði Yggs.... ‘...were provided amply for the black osprey of Yggr....’
1016[1] svartar: svarta 325VII, Flat, Tóm
Flat Sealfr bat suarta ky | lfu suæinn hardlíga skæína nærr uar adr j ora auduon ʀoít hánum | þa er til giods en giode gíort fengum hræ suo᷎rtum yggs let herr um ho᷎ | git hrafnní skæídar stafnna ·
325VII Sialfr baþ svarta kylfo svæinn harðlega scæína ner var aðr i ærna auð van roet hanom ᷎ þa er til goþs | en gioþe gært fengum hrǽ suortum ygs let heʀ of hogguit ᷎ hrafne skæiðar stafna ᷎
Tóm Sjalfur bavd svarta kylfv sveínn hardlíga skeína ᷎ nœ̨r var adr j ora ᷎ avd van ʀoít hanum || þꜳ̋ er til gíods enn gode ᷎ gíor fínngvm hrœ̨svorttvm ᷎ ygs líet her vm havggvít ᷎ hrafni | skeidar stafna
...bað skeina svartar kylfur harðliga — ... ‘...himself commanded the black stem-fittings be cut off ...’
1016[3] snertu: svǫrtum J2ˣ
J2 Fryr æigi oss i ari
inn þrænzk þo at liþ minna
gjort hugþa ec sva svꜷrtum
snotr mær konungs væri
bruðr mun helldr at haþe
hafa drott sa er fram sotti
folld ruþum skers ef skyllde
skeɢi aðra tveɢio
...augu in svǫrtu hafa vísat ... ‘These black Icelandic eyes ...’
1019...vart í svarta skǫr borðs ... ‘...poorly into the black hair of the announcer ...’
1024...ok it svarta skopt; hefk ... ‘...and my black hair; I have ...’
1025...gunnar braut svǫrtum hrafni svefn ... ‘...broke the sleep of the dark raven further south; ...’
1026...gǫrt fyr svartan mik. ‘...-fir; I, the black[-haired] one, have done my ...’
1026...skúr kníði svartan brand snekkju ... ‘...rain-shower drove the black prow of the warship ...’
1050...verðr at svartri; fold søkkr ... ‘...will turn to black; the earth will sink ...’
1055notes...gramr birti svartan svan hjaldrs.... ‘...ruler cheered the black swan of battle....’
1125notes...brandar skôru svartar randir; spurðik ... ‘...blades cut black shield-rims; I heard that ...’
1145...dyn rítar; svǫrt hjaldrgǫgl ... ‘...the din of the shield; black battle-goslings ...’
1145...hlífð gnast; svǫrt rǫnd brast; ... ‘...shield cracked; the black shield-rim crashed; ...’
1145...bôru Þórbjǫrn svarta fyr Þrasnes. ... ‘...carried Þórbjǫrn svarti (‘the Black’) past Þrasnes. ...’
1152...hugprúðr Halfdan svarti átti frœknan ... ‘...splendid-minded Hálfdan svarti (‘the Black’) had a bold ...’
1190notes...innan í svǫrtu helvíti, ... ‘...be within black Hell ...’
1207...skafna stafna svǫrtum hjǫrtum stinga. ... ‘...the smoothed bows of the black deer of rods. ...’
1221...stillir hleypir svǫrtum skíðum hlunna ... ‘...The wise-spoken ruler makes the black skis of rollers ...’
1221Svartir seggir færa ... ‘Black men bring ...’
1345notes...því. …†ðjan† svört, sámleit og ... ‘...that. … black, dark-looking and ...’
1375...emjandi með svörtum djöfli frá ... ‘...howling with the black devil from ...’
1380...ert percussor svartra pússa; þú ... ‘...you are a percussor (‘smiter’) of black [skin] pouches; you ...’
?notes...kaldr marr svarta viðu und ... ‘...sea cleanses the black timbers beneath ...’
?notes...hellu, en svartir grafaz í ... ‘...the rock-slab, but black ones bury themselves in the ...’
?...Ek sá svartan gölt vaða ... ‘...I saw a black boar wade ...’
?...harðara, hrafni svartara, skjalli hvítara, ... ‘...harder than horn, blacker than the raven, whiter ...’
?...vetr, en svartan um sumar. ... ‘...winter, but a black one in summer. ...’
?...þeim beðjum, svartar ok sámar ... ‘...to them. [They are] black and swarthy ...’
?...sveit ins svarta Surts í ... ‘...the district of black Surtr, into ...’
?...er mér svart fyr sjónum, ... ‘...mail-coat, it is dark before my ...’
?...at ganga svart fyr sjónum. ... ‘...will go black before your eyes....’
?...Áti inn svarti, Börkr ok ... ‘...Áti inn svarti (‘the Black’), Bǫrkr and ...’
?ESk Sigdr I 2II
svartan svanr hjaldrs
‘the black swan of battle’ = RAVEN
the black swan of battle. → RAVEN
Sigv Nesv 10I
svǫrtum gjóðr Yggs
‘for the black osprey of Yggr’ = RAVEN/EAGLE
for the black osprey of Yggr. → RAVEN/EAGLE
SnSt Ht 73III
svǫrtum hjǫrtr stinga
‘of the black deer of rods’ = SHIPS
the black deer of rods. → SHIPS
SnSt Ht 76III
svǫrtum skíð hlunna
‘the black skis of rollers’ = SHIPS
the black skis of rollers → SHIPS
RvHbreiðm Hl 39III
svǫrt hjaldrgagl
‘black battle-goslings’ = RAVENS
black battle-goslings → RAVENS
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