Bjbp Jóms 24^I

Sig ‘Sig’

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sigr (noun m.; °sigrs/sigrar, dat. sigri; sigrar): victory < Sigvaldi (noun m.): Sigvaldi

[1] Sigvaldi: ‘[…]gvalldi’ R, Sigvaldi 65ˣ, ‘S[…]gvalldi’ RCP, RFJ

valdi ‘valdi’

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1. valdi (noun m.): ruler < Sigvaldi (noun m.): Sigvaldi

[1] Sigvaldi: ‘[…]gvalldi’ R, Sigvaldi 65ˣ, ‘S[…]gvalldi’ RCP, RFJ

bað ‘bade’

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biðja (verb; °biðr; bað, báðu; beðinn (beiþ- Martin¹ 573‡, bỏþ- HákEirsp 661‰, cf. ed. intr. xl)): ask for, order, pray

sína ‘his’

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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)

sókn ‘attack’

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sókn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): attack, fight < sóknstrangr (adj.): attack-strong

stranga ‘strong’

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strangr (adj.): strong < sóknstrangr (adj.): attack-strong

vel ‘strongly’

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vel (adv.): well, very

ganga ‘advance’

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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go

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[2] ganga (inf.) ‘advance’: This produces aðalhending with -strang-, which is irregular for this poem (see Introduction). Konráð Gíslason (1877, 35-6) accordingly emended to 3rd pers. pres. subj. gengi, and Skj B followed by Skald similarly reads gingi. Similarly, in st. 29/4 gengu has been printed in some eds as gingu to avoid aðalhending with drengir.

hann ‘he’

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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...

varat ‘was not’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

samr ‘willing’

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samr (adj.; °compar. -ari): same

á ‘for’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

sáttir ‘settlement’

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sátt (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): settlement

[3] sáttir: ‘satt[…]’ R, RCP, RFJ, ‘sett’ 65ˣ

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[3] sáttir ‘settlement’: The word stands at the end of a line where the vellum has been torn away in R (and already was at the time of 65ˣ and the early eds), but the ending, here -ir, can safely be assumed on the basis of metre and sense.

sveit ‘band’

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sveit (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): host, company

[4] sveit: ‘[…]’ R, ‘[…]eit’ 65ˣ, sveit RCP, RFJ

Hákuni ‘Hákon’

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Hákun (noun m.): [Hákon]

[4] Hákuni: ‘[…]’ R, harri 65ˣ, ‘hak[…]i’ RCP, RFJ

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[4] Hákuni ‘Hákon’: The situation is the same as for l. 3 sáttir.

á ‘against’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

[4] á móti: ‘[…]’ R, á mót 65ˣ, ‘a m…’ RCP, RFJ

móti ‘’

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móti (prep.): against

[4] á móti: ‘[…]’ R, á mót 65ˣ, ‘a m…’ RCP, RFJ

Haralds ‘of Haraldr’

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Haraldr (noun m.): Haraldr

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arfi ‘heir’

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arfi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): heir, heiress

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klauf ‘split’

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kljúfa (verb): cleave

hjálma ‘helmets’

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1. hjalmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): helmet

hildar ‘The battle’

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1. hildr (noun f.): battle < hildarǫrr (adj.)

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[6] hildarǫrr ‘battle-keen’: This is treated as a cpd here (as also in Fms 12); cf. LP: hildardjarfr ‘battle-bold’, hildarramr ‘battle-powerful’. It could alternatively be seen as a phrase. 

ǫrr ‘keen’

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ǫrr (adj.): generous, brave < hildarǫrr (adj.)

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[6] hildarǫrr ‘battle-keen’: This is treated as a cpd here (as also in Fms 12); cf. LP: hildardjarfr ‘battle-bold’, hildarramr ‘battle-powerful’. It could alternatively be seen as a phrase. 

ok ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

skjǫldu ‘shields’

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skjǫldr (noun m.; °skjaldar/skildar, dat. skildi; skildir, acc. skjǫldu): shield

framm ‘forward’

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fram (adv.): out, forth, forwards, away

gekk ‘pressed’

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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go

hann ‘he’

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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...

fyr ‘before’

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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.

hlífar ‘shields’

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hlíf (noun f.; °-ar; -ar): shield, defence

hart ‘strongly’

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harðr (adj.; °comp. -ari; superl. -astr): hard, harsh

nakkvara ‘in a certain’

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nøkkurr (pron.): some, a certain

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[8] nakkvara snertu ‘in a certain short attack’: (a) Snerta in prose means ‘a short stretch of time or place’, i.e. a short time or distance (Fritzner: snerta 1, 2); in poetry it most often means a sharp, relatively short attack, or a whole battle (LP: snerta 1, 2), and the sense ‘attack’ is appropriate here. Nakkvara snertu makes a f. acc. sg. phrase which appears to be quasi-temporal and used adverbially, cf. expressions such as fara dag ok nótt ‘to travel day and night’ (NS §98a). (b) Jvs 1879 notes that the abbreviation at the end of the word is unclear but that the reading is not ‘sinnum’. Fms 11 prints sinnum ‘at times’, dat. pl. of sinn ‘time’; so also Wisén (1870, 82). This is grammatically incompatible with the preceding word nakkvara ‘some, a certain’, which must be m. acc. pl. or f. acc. sg. Sveinbjörn Egilsson’s gloss nokkrum in Fms 12 equates this with dat. pl., but this is doubtful.

snertu ‘short attack’

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1. snerta (noun f.; °-u): onslaught

[8] snertu: ‘sn[…]’ R, sínum 65ˣ, ‘sn(er)t(v)’(?) RCP, snertu RFJ

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[8] nakkvara snertu ‘in a certain short attack’: (a) Snerta in prose means ‘a short stretch of time or place’, i.e. a short time or distance (Fritzner: snerta 1, 2); in poetry it most often means a sharp, relatively short attack, or a whole battle (LP: snerta 1, 2), and the sense ‘attack’ is appropriate here. Nakkvara snertu makes a f. acc. sg. phrase which appears to be quasi-temporal and used adverbially, cf. expressions such as fara dag ok nótt ‘to travel day and night’ (NS §98a). (b) Jvs 1879 notes that the abbreviation at the end of the word is unclear but that the reading is not ‘sinnum’. Fms 11 prints sinnum ‘at times’, dat. pl. of sinn ‘time’; so also Wisén (1870, 82). This is grammatically incompatible with the preceding word nakkvara ‘some, a certain’, which must be m. acc. pl. or f. acc. sg. Sveinbjörn Egilsson’s gloss nokkrum in Fms 12 equates this with dat. pl., but this is doubtful.