Eyv Hák 19I
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Eyvindr skáldaspillir Finnsson, Hákonarmál 19’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 192.
Góðu ‘On a good’
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góðr (adj.): good
dœmi ‘’
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dœmi (noun n.; °-s; -): judgement, example
var ‘’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
gramr ‘monarch’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
of ‘’
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4. of (particle): (before verb)
borinn ‘be born’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
es ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
sér ‘for himself’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
getr ‘gets’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
slíkan ‘such’
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2. slíkr (adj.): such
sœfa ‘’
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sœfa (verb): die, kill
notes
[3] sefa ‘character’: More usually ‘mind’ or ‘temper’, and so it is generally understood here, though the word can also mean ‘affection’.
Hans ‘His’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
notes
[4] aldar hans ‘his time’: The form is gen. sg., used in an impersonal construction with passivised geta ‘speak of’, which takes a gen. object.
aldrs ‘’
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aldr (noun m.; °aldrs, dat. aldri; aldrar): life, age
aldr ‘’
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aldr (noun m.; °aldrs, dat. aldri; aldrar): life, age
notes
[4] aldar hans ‘his time’: The form is gen. sg., used in an impersonal construction with passivised geta ‘speak of’, which takes a gen. object.
mun ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
æ ‘always’
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2. æ (adv.): always, forever
vesa ‘be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
at ‘as’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
góðu ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
getit ‘spoken of’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
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In Hkr, as for st. 1. The last three stanzas are cited in Fsk in support of the remark that when Hákon died, he was mourned by friends and enemies alike.
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