Svart Skauf 34VIII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Svartr á Hofstöðum, Skaufhala bálkr 34’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 979.
Forðaz ‘how to escape’
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forða (verb): escape, avoid
notes
[1] vissa ‘knew’: Both mss have kunna ‘knew’ which is unmetrical because the line lacks alliteration. The emendation is in keeping with most earlier eds. See also the verbal repetition in ll. 7-8.
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
vielar ‘trap’
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1. vél (noun f.; °-ar; -ar/-ir): deceit, trick; device
gjörvallar ‘every single’
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gǫrvallr (adj.): everything
þó ‘though’
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þó (adv.): though
að ‘’
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4. at (conj.): that
fyrðar ‘people’
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2. fyrðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): man
þær ‘them’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[3] þær: om. Rask87ˣ
notes
[3] þær ‘them’: Omitted in Rask87ˣ, which is possible but less preferable since it requires full stress on þó in the conj. þó að ‘although’.
fyrir ‘for’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
mig ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
notes
[4] setti (3rd pers. pl. pret. subj.) ‘set’: Lit. ‘would set’. Settu (3rd pers. pl. pret. indic.) ‘set’ (Rask87ˣ) is also possible.
Þurfti ‘needed’
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2. þurfa (verb): need, be necessary
notes
[5] eingi ‘no one’: Einginn ‘no one’ (Rask87ˣ) is a later form (attested in the second half of the C14th and common in the C15th; see Björn K. Þórólfsson 1925, 50 and Bandle 1956, 373).
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
leita ‘try’
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leita (verb): seek, look for, attack
því ‘because’
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því (adv.): therefore, because
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
vissa ‘knew’
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1. vita (verb): know
vielar ‘traps’
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1. vél (noun f.; °-ar; -ar/-ir): deceit, trick; device
[8] vielar gjörvallar: vóða allan Rask87ˣ
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[8]: The Rask87ˣ variant of this line vóða allan ‘all danger’ is also possible.
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