Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Halldórr skvaldri, Fragment 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 210.
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þar (adv.): there
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
[2, 3-4] þú vast aldregi sviptr sigri ‘you were never deprived of victory’: This statement appears to preclude the possibility that the helmingr was composed in honour of Haraldr gilli (see Introduction above), because Haraldr suffered a crushing defeat at the battle of Färlev (9 August 1134) against his nephew Magnús inn blindi ‘the Blind’ Sigurðarson.
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[2, 3-4] þú vast aldregi sviptr sigri ‘you were never deprived of victory’: This statement appears to preclude the possibility that the helmingr was composed in honour of Haraldr gilli (see Introduction above), because Haraldr suffered a crushing defeat at the battle of Färlev (9 August 1134) against his nephew Magnús inn blindi ‘the Blind’ Sigurðarson.
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aldrigi (adv.): never
[2] aldregi: so A, 744ˣ, C, ‘aldrei’ Tˣ, alldreginn U
[2, 3-4] þú vast aldregi sviptr sigri ‘you were never deprived of victory’: This statement appears to preclude the possibility that the helmingr was composed in honour of Haraldr gilli (see Introduction above), because Haraldr suffered a crushing defeat at the battle of Färlev (9 August 1134) against his nephew Magnús inn blindi ‘the Blind’ Sigurðarson.
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skjǫldr (noun m.; °skjaldar/skildar, dat. skildi; skildir, acc. skjǫldu): shield
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1. leygr (noun m.): flame
[3] leygr þaut of: ‘leygr þaut of’ 744ˣ; leygr: so U, A, C, laugr Tˣ
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sigr (noun m.; °sigrs/sigrar, dat. sigri; sigrar): victory
[2, 3-4] þú vast aldregi sviptr sigri ‘you were never deprived of victory’: This statement appears to preclude the possibility that the helmingr was composed in honour of Haraldr gilli (see Introduction above), because Haraldr suffered a crushing defeat at the battle of Färlev (9 August 1134) against his nephew Magnús inn blindi ‘the Blind’ Sigurðarson.
[2, 3-4] þú vast aldregi sviptr sigri ‘you were never deprived of victory’: This statement appears to preclude the possibility that the helmingr was composed in honour of Haraldr gilli (see Introduction above), because Haraldr suffered a crushing defeat at the battle of Färlev (9 August 1134) against his nephew Magnús inn blindi ‘the Blind’ Sigurðarson.
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gǫrsemi (noun f.): costly thing, treasure
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skipta (verb): share, divide, exchange
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