Steinn Nizv 3II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Steinn Herdísarson, Nizarvísur 3’ 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, p. 362.
Vann ‘made access difficult for’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
fyr ‘before’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
móðu ‘the river’s’
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1. móða (noun f.; °-u; -ur): river
mynni ‘mouth’
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mynni (noun n.; °-s; gen. -a): mouth
[1] mynni: so F, E, minni Kˣ, 39, J2ˣ, H, Hr
mein ‘’
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mein (noun n.; °-s; -): harm, injury < meinfœrr (adj.): dangerous
[2] mein‑: meint E
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[2] meinfœrt ‘access difficult’: See also ÞjóðA Magnfl 18/4.
fœrt ‘’
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fœrr (adj.): capable < meinfœrr (adj.): dangerous
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[2] meinfœrt ‘access difficult’: See also ÞjóðA Magnfl 18/4.
Haraldr ‘Haraldr’
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Haraldr (noun m.): Haraldr
Sveini ‘Sveinn’
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2. Sveinn (noun m.): Sveinn
varð ‘there was’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
viðrnám ‘resistance’
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viðrnám (noun n.): resistance, opposition
friðar ‘for peace’
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friðr (noun m.): peace
Herðu ‘intensified’
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2. herja (verb): harry, ravage
[5] Herðu: herr dó E, herr dró H, Hr
hjǫrvi ‘with a sword’
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hjǫrr (noun m.): sword
Halland ‘Halland’
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Halland (noun n.): Halland
[6] Halland: so 39, E, H, hallands Kˣ, F, J2ˣ, hallandi Hr
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[6] fyr útan Halland ‘off Halland’: Echoes Steinn Óldr 9/5-6. Halland is a district on the south-western coast of present-day Sweden (then a part of Denmark). The river Nissan is located in Halland.
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[6] spjallar jǫfurs ‘the prince’s confidants’: I.e. Haraldr’s men.
spjallar ‘confidants’
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spjalli (noun m.): confidant
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[6] spjallar jǫfurs ‘the prince’s confidants’: I.e. Haraldr’s men.
heit ‘the hot’
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heitr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): hot, ardent
[7] heit: so 39, F, E, J2ˣ, H, hætt Kˣ, heitt Hr
blés ‘spurted’
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2. blása (verb; °blǽss; blés, blésu; blásinn): blow
und ‘wound’
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1. und (noun f.; °; -ir): wound
fyr ‘’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
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[6] fyr útan Halland ‘off Halland’: Echoes Steinn Óldr 9/5-6. Halland is a district on the south-western coast of present-day Sweden (then a part of Denmark). The river Nissan is located in Halland.
útan ‘off’
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útan (prep.): outside, without
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[6] fyr útan Halland ‘off Halland’: Echoes Steinn Óldr 9/5-6. Halland is a district on the south-western coast of present-day Sweden (then a part of Denmark). The river Nissan is located in Halland.
atróðr ‘the rowing’
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atróðr (noun m.; °dat. ·róðri): rowing
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
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[8] á sæ ‘on the sea’: Á lǫg ‘on the sea’ (so 39, E, H) is possible. This prepositional phrase could also go with the second cl.: heit und blés blóði á sæ ‘the hot wound spurted blood onto the sea’ (so Skj B; ÍF 28). For a corresponding expression to herða atróðr á sæ ‘intensify the rowing on the sea’ (ll. 1, 8), see Ív Sig 36/7-8 (knúði atróðr á sæ ‘hastened the rowing on the sea’), as well as Steinn Úlffl 1/3 below.
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[8] á sæ ‘on the sea’: Á lǫg ‘on the sea’ (so 39, E, H) is possible. This prepositional phrase could also go with the second cl.: heit und blés blóði á sæ ‘the hot wound spurted blood onto the sea’ (so Skj B; ÍF 28). For a corresponding expression to herða atróðr á sæ ‘intensify the rowing on the sea’ (ll. 1, 8), see Ív Sig 36/7-8 (knúði atróðr á sæ ‘hastened the rowing on the sea’), as well as Steinn Úlffl 1/3 below.
blóði ‘blood’
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blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood
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Haraldr sounded his trumpets and called on his men to intensify the rowing.
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