Mberf Lv 1II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson, Lausavísur 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 385-6.
Auð ‘wealth’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth
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[1, 4] hefk folginn auð minn … illa ‘I have invested my wealth … unwisely’: This is Magnús’s response to Kali’s question (Kali Lv) about how Magnús’s men reward him for his lavish gifts. Mork provides no motivation for this verbal exchange, but in Orkn and in H-Hr it is prompted by the desertion of many of Magnús’s men during their stay in the Hebrides. Magnús allows some men to return to Norway, but many leave without permission.
hefk ‘I have’
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hafa (verb): have
notes
[1, 4] hefk folginn auð minn … illa ‘I have invested my wealth … unwisely’: This is Magnús’s response to Kali’s question (Kali Lv) about how Magnús’s men reward him for his lavish gifts. Mork provides no motivation for this verbal exchange, but in Orkn and in H-Hr it is prompted by the desertion of many of Magnús’s men during their stay in the Hebrides. Magnús allows some men to return to Norway, but many leave without permission.
minn ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
notes
[1, 4] hefk folginn auð minn … illa ‘I have invested my wealth … unwisely’: This is Magnús’s response to Kali’s question (Kali Lv) about how Magnús’s men reward him for his lavish gifts. Mork provides no motivation for this verbal exchange, but in Orkn and in H-Hr it is prompted by the desertion of many of Magnús’s men during their stay in the Hebrides. Magnús allows some men to return to Norway, but many leave without permission.
mǫnnum ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
margteitum ‘to my most cheerful’
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margteitr (adj.): most cheerful
veita ‘I gave’
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2. veita (verb): grant, give
notes
[3] húf ‘hull’: Denotes the middle planks between the stem and the stern (see Falk 1912, 51, 53; Jesch 2001a, 143-4). Kjǫl ‘keel’ (so 325III α, R702ˣ) leaves the l. with three alliterating staves.
kløkkvan ‘the flexible’
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kløkkr (adj.): flexible, humble
[3] kløkkvan: kaldan 325III α, R702ˣ
kolgur ‘the breakers’
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kolga (noun f.): breaker, wave
illa ‘unwisely’
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1. illa (adv.): badly
notes
[1, 4] hefk folginn auð minn … illa ‘I have invested my wealth … unwisely’: This is Magnús’s response to Kali’s question (Kali Lv) about how Magnús’s men reward him for his lavish gifts. Mork provides no motivation for this verbal exchange, but in Orkn and in H-Hr it is prompted by the desertion of many of Magnús’s men during their stay in the Hebrides. Magnús allows some men to return to Norway, but many leave without permission. — [4] illa ‘unwisely’: Lit. ‘badly’.
illa ‘unwisely’
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1. illa (adv.): badly
notes
[1, 4] hefk folginn auð minn … illa ‘I have invested my wealth … unwisely’: This is Magnús’s response to Kali’s question (Kali Lv) about how Magnús’s men reward him for his lavish gifts. Mork provides no motivation for this verbal exchange, but in Orkn and in H-Hr it is prompted by the desertion of many of Magnús’s men during their stay in the Hebrides. Magnús allows some men to return to Norway, but many leave without permission. — [4] illa ‘unwisely’: Lit. ‘badly’.
folginn ‘invested’
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2. fela (verb): hide
notes
[1, 4] hefk folginn auð minn … illa ‘I have invested my wealth … unwisely’: This is Magnús’s response to Kali’s question (Kali Lv) about how Magnús’s men reward him for his lavish gifts. Mork provides no motivation for this verbal exchange, but in Orkn and in H-Hr it is prompted by the desertion of many of Magnús’s men during their stay in the Hebrides. Magnús allows some men to return to Norway, but many leave without permission.
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In Mork the helmingr is recited by Magnús in response to an anonymous helmingr as he is getting ready to embark on his second expedition to the west in 1102. In Orkn and H-Hr this exchange occurs in the Hebrides in 1098-9 and the first half-st., the question eliciting Magnús’s response, is spoken by Kali Sæbjarnarson (see Kali Lv).
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