Anon (HSig) 2II
Kari Ellen Gade and Diana Whaley (eds) 2009, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísur from Haralds saga Sigurðarsonar 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 816-17.
Brenndr ‘burned’
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3. brenna (verb; (weak, transitive)): to burn (weak, intr.)
[1] Brenndr vas (‘Brendr var’): Brenndu Hr
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[1] Brenndr vas (‘Brendr var’): Brenndu Hr
upp ‘’
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upp (adv.): up
með ‘from’
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með (prep.): with
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
má ‘can’
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mega (verb): may, might
kalla ‘call’
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kalla (verb): call
hraustligt ‘a valiant’
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hraustligr (adj.): [a valiant]
bragð ‘deed’
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bragð (noun n.; °-s; *-): action, movement, trick
es ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
hugðak ‘I believe’
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2. hyggja (verb): think, consider
[3] hugðak (‘ec hvgþa’): ek heyrða FskBˣ, FskAˣ, Kˣ
Heiðabœr ‘Hedeby’
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Heiðabœr (noun m.): [Hedeby]
[4] Heiðabœr: ‘heidi berr’ Flat, ‘hæiða bæir’ FskAˣ, ‘hæiþabýr’ 39
notes
[4] Heiðabœr ‘Hedeby’: Town in North Schleswig, Germany (then a part of Denmark).
af ‘out of’
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af (prep.): from
Vôns ‘There is hope’
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ván (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): hope, expectation
[5] Vôns (‘van er’): þá er Hr
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
Sveini ‘to Sveinn’
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2. Sveinn (noun m.): Sveinn
notes
[5] Sveini ‘to Sveinn’: Sveinn Úlfsson of Denmark, Haraldr’s bitter opponent.
vask ‘I was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[6] vask (‘varc’): verk Flat, FskBˣ, FskAˣ, vatt E
í ‘last’
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í (prep.): in, into
nótt ‘night’
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nótt (noun f.): night
fyr ‘before’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
óttu ‘dawn’
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1. ótta (noun f.; °-u): dawn
gaus ‘burst’
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gjósa (verb): gush
hár ‘high’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
[7] hár: heitr FskAˣ
logi ‘flame’
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logi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): flame
ór ‘from’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
húsum ‘the houses’
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hús (noun n.; °-s; -): house
notes
[8] á armi borgar ‘on the rampart of the stronghold’: Lit. ‘on the arm of the stronghold’. See Bǫlv Hardr 2/7, 8.
borgar ‘of the stronghold’
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borg (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -; -ir): city, stronghold
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[8] á armi borgar ‘on the rampart of the stronghold’: Lit. ‘on the arm of the stronghold’. See Bǫlv Hardr 2/7, 8.
armi ‘the rampart’
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1. armr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): arm
notes
[8] á armi borgar ‘on the rampart of the stronghold’: Lit. ‘on the arm of the stronghold’. See Bǫlv Hardr 2/7, 8.
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The st. describes Haraldr’s sacking of Hedeby in 1049, and it was recited by Haraldr’s men.
For the devastation of Hedeby, see also Þfagr Sveinn 6.
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