Svart Skauf 32VIII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Svartr á Hofstöðum, Skaufhala bálkr 32’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 977.
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
oftliga ‘frequently’
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oftliga (adv.): [often]
óþarfr ‘destructive’
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óþarfr (adj.): harmful
verið ‘been’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
bænda ‘to the farming’
[3] bænda‑: ‘bændum’ Rask87ˣ
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[3] bændafólki ‘to the farming population’: The Rask87ˣ variant, bændum og fólki ‘to the farmers and the people’, is also possible and is preferred by Páll Eggert Ólason (1947).
fólki ‘population’
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folk (noun n.): people < bóndafolk (noun n.): °the common people, the farmers
[3] ‑fólki: og fólki Rask87ˣ
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[3] bændafólki ‘to the farming population’: The Rask87ˣ variant, bændum og fólki ‘to the farmers and the people’, is also possible and is preferred by Páll Eggert Ólason (1947).
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
bygð ‘settlement’
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byggð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): dwelling, settlement
þessi ‘this’
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1. sjá (pron.; °gen. þessa dat. þessum/þeima, acc. þenna; f. sjá/þessi; n. þetta, dat. þessu/þvísa; pl. þessir): this
[4] þessi: þessari Rask87ˣ
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[4] þessi (f. dat. sg.) ‘this’: Þessari (f. dat. sg.) ‘this’ (Rask87ˣ; adopted by Páll Eggert Ólason 1947) is a later form of the demonstrative pron. (see Bandle 1956, 353) and results in a hypermetrical line.
jafnliga ‘regularly’
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jafnliga (adv.)
skreið ‘stockfish’
[6] skreið: so Rask87ˣ, ‘skrid’ 603
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
riklinga ‘with dried flesh of halibut’
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riklingr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): °tørfisk (af helleflynder el. havkat) i strimler, rekling (cf. ODS Rekling)
[7] riklinga rár: rikling allan Rask87ˣ
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[7] rár riklinga ‘the stakes with dried flesh of halibut’: Riklingr (or reklingr) is flesh on the side of the halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus), which has been cut into strips and air-dried (see Fritzner: reklingr and AEW: reklingr). The Rask87ˣ variant of this line, rikling allan ‘all the dried flesh of halibut’, is also possible.
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[7] rár riklinga ‘the stakes with dried flesh of halibut’: Riklingr (or reklingr) is flesh on the side of the halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus), which has been cut into strips and air-dried (see Fritzner: reklingr and AEW: reklingr). The Rask87ˣ variant of this line, rikling allan ‘all the dried flesh of halibut’, is also possible.
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
rafabelti ‘their fattest strips’
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rafabelti (noun n.)
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[8] rafabelti ‘their fattest strips’: Lit. ‘belts of fat halibut flesh’. Rafr is the dried fat flesh around the fins of the halibut (see Fritzner: rafr).
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[1-2]: These lines recall HallmGr Hallkv 6/3-4V (Gr 56): nær hefik ǫllum | óþarfr verit ‘I have been destructive to almost everyone’.
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