R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Þjóðólfr ór Hvini, Poem about Haraldr hárfagri 1’ 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. 61.
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
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1. gera (verb): do, make
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mildingr (noun m.; °-s): ruler, generous one
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snarr (adj.): gallant, bold
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hraustr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): strong, valiant
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world
[4] at sœkja heim ‘to visit’: Lit. ‘to seek the home (of)’. This takes an acc. object, here milding ‘generous one’; the cpd verb heimsœkja ‘visit’ is rare in ON. The implication, as pointed out by Finnur Jónsson (Skj B), is that the men attached themselves to the king.
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
[4] at sœkja heim ‘to visit’: Lit. ‘to seek the home (of)’. This takes an acc. object, here milding ‘generous one’; the cpd verb heimsœkja ‘visit’ is rare in ON. The implication, as pointed out by Finnur Jónsson (Skj B), is that the men attached themselves to the king.
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sœkja (verb): seek, attack
[4] at sœkja heim ‘to visit’: Lit. ‘to seek the home (of)’. This takes an acc. object, here milding ‘generous one’; the cpd verb heimsœkja ‘visit’ is rare in ON. The implication, as pointed out by Finnur Jónsson (Skj B), is that the men attached themselves to the king.
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3. eigi (adv.): not
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2. síðr (adv.): less, hardly
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ǫðlingr (noun m.; °; -ar): prince, ruler
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2. fylgja (verb): follow, accompany
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gamall (adj.; °gamlan; compar. & superl. ellri adj.): old
[7] gamlir menn ‘old men’: The affirmation of the valour of the old stalwarts here contrasts with the complaint about old men in Hhárf Lv.
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
[7] gamlir menn ‘old men’: The affirmation of the valour of the old stalwarts here contrasts with the complaint about old men in Hhárf Lv.
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
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1. gera (verb): do, make
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kærr (adj.; °superl. kǽrstr/kǽrastr): dear
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In the course of an account of the many fine qualities of King Haraldr hárfagri and of the beginning of his reign, the saga writer explains that many valiant men desired to be with him on account of his generosity and the splendour of his court.
For Haraldr’s war-band and life at his court, see also sts 2-3, Þjóð Lv 1, Hhárf Lv and Þhorn Harkv 5-6, 13, 15-23.
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