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Þhorn Harkv 18I

R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Þorbjǫrn hornklofi, Haraldskvæði (Hrafnsmál) 18’ 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. 112.

Þorbjǫrn hornklofiHaraldskvæði (Hrafnsmál)
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At ‘about’

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3. at (prep.): at, to

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skalda ‘of skalds’

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skáld (noun n.; °-s; -): poet

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reiðu ‘the equipment’

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1. reiða (noun f.; °-u; -ur): chariot, equipment

[1] reiðu: so FskAˣ, 52ˣ, 301ˣ, rœðu 51ˣ, FskBˣ, 302ˣ

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vil ‘want’

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vilja (verb): want, intend

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spyrja ‘to ask’

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spyrja (verb; spurði): ask; hear, find out

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alls ‘since’

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alls (conj.): since

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þykkisk ‘you seem’

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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think

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skil ‘knowledge’

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skil (noun n.; °; -): knowledge

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vita ‘to have’

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1. vita (verb): know

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greppa ‘of poets’

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greppr (noun m.; °; -ar): poet, man

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ferðir ‘the companies’

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ferð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-arMork 196¹²)): host, journey

[3] ferðir: far er FskAˣ, 52ˣ, 301ˣ

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munt ‘must’

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munu (verb): will, must

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gǫrla ‘all about’

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gǫrla (adv.): quite, fully

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kunna ‘know’

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kunna (verb): know, can, be able

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es ‘’

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2. er (conj.): who, which, when

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með ‘with’

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með (prep.): with

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Haraldi ‘Haraldr’

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Haraldr (noun m.): Haraldr

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hafask ‘reside’

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hafa (verb): have

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As for st. 15.

The valkyrie asks a further question. — [3-5]: Here the metre changes from málaháttr to ljóðaháttr.

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