Keth Lv 18VIII (Ket 31)
Beatrice La Farge (ed.) 2017, ‘Ketils saga hœngs 31 (Ketill hœngr, Lausavísur 18)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 583.
Upp ‘up’
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upp (adv.): up
mun ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
nú ‘now’
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nú (adv.): now
rísa ‘rise’
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rísa (verb): rise, raise
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
ganga ‘leave’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
haugi ‘the mound’
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haugr (noun m.; °-s, -i; -ar): mound, cairn
af ‘’
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af (prep.): from
alls ‘since’
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alls (conj.): since
mér ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
Böðmóðr ‘Bǫðmóðr’
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Bǫðmóðr (noun m.)
býðr ‘invites’
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bjóða (verb; °býðr; bauð, buðu; boðinn (buð- Thom¹ 5²n.)): offer, order, invite
Bróðir ‘brother’
[4] Bróðir: bróður 471
notes
[4-6] Bróðir minn, þótt sæti nær brautu, mundi eigi betr um boðit ‘My brother, even if he lived near the road, would not have invited me better’: ‘Lived’, lit. ‘sat’ (sæti). The phrasing is reminiscent of those in warnings in Hávm 89/1-2, Sigrdr 26/2-3 and 27/4-5. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) unnecessarily emends l. 6 to: myndit betr hafa boðit ‘he would not have invited me better’; cf. NN §2391. Finnur Jónsson translates 31/4-6 as: min broder vilde ikke have budt bedre selv om han havde bot ved vejen ‘my brother would not have invited me better, even if he lived by the road’ (Skj B). Kock (NN §1479) argues that the emphasis should rather lie on the brother, viz. ‘even if it was my brother who lived near the road’ and considers the phrase bróðir minn forms a syntactical unit with the subordinate clause þótt sæti brautu nær.
minn ‘My’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
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[4-6] Bróðir minn, þótt sæti nær brautu, mundi eigi betr um boðit ‘My brother, even if he lived near the road, would not have invited me better’: ‘Lived’, lit. ‘sat’ (sæti). The phrasing is reminiscent of those in warnings in Hávm 89/1-2, Sigrdr 26/2-3 and 27/4-5. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) unnecessarily emends l. 6 to: myndit betr hafa boðit ‘he would not have invited me better’; cf. NN §2391. Finnur Jónsson translates 31/4-6 as: min broder vilde ikke have budt bedre selv om han havde bot ved vejen ‘my brother would not have invited me better, even if he lived by the road’ (Skj B). Kock (NN §1479) argues that the emphasis should rather lie on the brother, viz. ‘even if it was my brother who lived near the road’ and considers the phrase bróðir minn forms a syntactical unit with the subordinate clause þótt sæti brautu nær.
þótt ‘even if’
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þótt (conj.): although
notes
[4-6] Bróðir minn, þótt sæti nær brautu, mundi eigi betr um boðit ‘My brother, even if he lived near the road, would not have invited me better’: ‘Lived’, lit. ‘sat’ (sæti). The phrasing is reminiscent of those in warnings in Hávm 89/1-2, Sigrdr 26/2-3 and 27/4-5. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) unnecessarily emends l. 6 to: myndit betr hafa boðit ‘he would not have invited me better’; cf. NN §2391. Finnur Jónsson translates 31/4-6 as: min broder vilde ikke have budt bedre selv om han havde bot ved vejen ‘my brother would not have invited me better, even if he lived by the road’ (Skj B). Kock (NN §1479) argues that the emphasis should rather lie on the brother, viz. ‘even if it was my brother who lived near the road’ and considers the phrase bróðir minn forms a syntactical unit with the subordinate clause þótt sæti brautu nær.
sæti ‘he lived’
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sitja (verb): sit
notes
[4-6] Bróðir minn, þótt sæti nær brautu, mundi eigi betr um boðit ‘My brother, even if he lived near the road, would not have invited me better’: ‘Lived’, lit. ‘sat’ (sæti). The phrasing is reminiscent of those in warnings in Hávm 89/1-2, Sigrdr 26/2-3 and 27/4-5. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) unnecessarily emends l. 6 to: myndit betr hafa boðit ‘he would not have invited me better’; cf. NN §2391. Finnur Jónsson translates 31/4-6 as: min broder vilde ikke have budt bedre selv om han havde bot ved vejen ‘my brother would not have invited me better, even if he lived by the road’ (Skj B). Kock (NN §1479) argues that the emphasis should rather lie on the brother, viz. ‘even if it was my brother who lived near the road’ and considers the phrase bróðir minn forms a syntactical unit with the subordinate clause þótt sæti brautu nær.
brautu ‘the road’
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1. braut (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; -ir): path, way; away
[5] brautu: ‘breite’ 471
notes
[4-6] Bróðir minn, þótt sæti nær brautu, mundi eigi betr um boðit ‘My brother, even if he lived near the road, would not have invited me better’: ‘Lived’, lit. ‘sat’ (sæti). The phrasing is reminiscent of those in warnings in Hávm 89/1-2, Sigrdr 26/2-3 and 27/4-5. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) unnecessarily emends l. 6 to: myndit betr hafa boðit ‘he would not have invited me better’; cf. NN §2391. Finnur Jónsson translates 31/4-6 as: min broder vilde ikke have budt bedre selv om han havde bot ved vejen ‘my brother would not have invited me better, even if he lived by the road’ (Skj B). Kock (NN §1479) argues that the emphasis should rather lie on the brother, viz. ‘even if it was my brother who lived near the road’ and considers the phrase bróðir minn forms a syntactical unit with the subordinate clause þótt sæti brautu nær.
nær ‘near’
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nær (adv.): near, almost; when
notes
[4-6] Bróðir minn, þótt sæti nær brautu, mundi eigi betr um boðit ‘My brother, even if he lived near the road, would not have invited me better’: ‘Lived’, lit. ‘sat’ (sæti). The phrasing is reminiscent of those in warnings in Hávm 89/1-2, Sigrdr 26/2-3 and 27/4-5. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) unnecessarily emends l. 6 to: myndit betr hafa boðit ‘he would not have invited me better’; cf. NN §2391. Finnur Jónsson translates 31/4-6 as: min broder vilde ikke have budt bedre selv om han havde bot ved vejen ‘my brother would not have invited me better, even if he lived by the road’ (Skj B). Kock (NN §1479) argues that the emphasis should rather lie on the brother, viz. ‘even if it was my brother who lived near the road’ and considers the phrase bróðir minn forms a syntactical unit with the subordinate clause þótt sæti brautu nær.
mundi ‘would’
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munu (verb): will, must
notes
[4-6] Bróðir minn, þótt sæti nær brautu, mundi eigi betr um boðit ‘My brother, even if he lived near the road, would not have invited me better’: ‘Lived’, lit. ‘sat’ (sæti). The phrasing is reminiscent of those in warnings in Hávm 89/1-2, Sigrdr 26/2-3 and 27/4-5. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) unnecessarily emends l. 6 to: myndit betr hafa boðit ‘he would not have invited me better’; cf. NN §2391. Finnur Jónsson translates 31/4-6 as: min broder vilde ikke have budt bedre selv om han havde bot ved vejen ‘my brother would not have invited me better, even if he lived by the road’ (Skj B). Kock (NN §1479) argues that the emphasis should rather lie on the brother, viz. ‘even if it was my brother who lived near the road’ and considers the phrase bróðir minn forms a syntactical unit with the subordinate clause þótt sæti brautu nær. — [6] mundi eigi betr um boðit ‘would not have invited me better’: The construction mundi ... boðit is elliptical, since the inf. hafa is omitted (on this phenomenon see Gering 1903: mono, pp. 695-6; Nygaard 1878, 266).
mundi ‘would’
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munu (verb): will, must
notes
[4-6] Bróðir minn, þótt sæti nær brautu, mundi eigi betr um boðit ‘My brother, even if he lived near the road, would not have invited me better’: ‘Lived’, lit. ‘sat’ (sæti). The phrasing is reminiscent of those in warnings in Hávm 89/1-2, Sigrdr 26/2-3 and 27/4-5. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) unnecessarily emends l. 6 to: myndit betr hafa boðit ‘he would not have invited me better’; cf. NN §2391. Finnur Jónsson translates 31/4-6 as: min broder vilde ikke have budt bedre selv om han havde bot ved vejen ‘my brother would not have invited me better, even if he lived by the road’ (Skj B). Kock (NN §1479) argues that the emphasis should rather lie on the brother, viz. ‘even if it was my brother who lived near the road’ and considers the phrase bróðir minn forms a syntactical unit with the subordinate clause þótt sæti brautu nær. — [6] mundi eigi betr um boðit ‘would not have invited me better’: The construction mundi ... boðit is elliptical, since the inf. hafa is omitted (on this phenomenon see Gering 1903: mono, pp. 695-6; Nygaard 1878, 266).
eigi ‘not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
notes
[4-6] Bróðir minn, þótt sæti nær brautu, mundi eigi betr um boðit ‘My brother, even if he lived near the road, would not have invited me better’: ‘Lived’, lit. ‘sat’ (sæti). The phrasing is reminiscent of those in warnings in Hávm 89/1-2, Sigrdr 26/2-3 and 27/4-5. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) unnecessarily emends l. 6 to: myndit betr hafa boðit ‘he would not have invited me better’; cf. NN §2391. Finnur Jónsson translates 31/4-6 as: min broder vilde ikke have budt bedre selv om han havde bot ved vejen ‘my brother would not have invited me better, even if he lived by the road’ (Skj B). Kock (NN §1479) argues that the emphasis should rather lie on the brother, viz. ‘even if it was my brother who lived near the road’ and considers the phrase bróðir minn forms a syntactical unit with the subordinate clause þótt sæti brautu nær. — [6] mundi eigi betr um boðit ‘would not have invited me better’: The construction mundi ... boðit is elliptical, since the inf. hafa is omitted (on this phenomenon see Gering 1903: mono, pp. 695-6; Nygaard 1878, 266).
eigi ‘not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
notes
[4-6] Bróðir minn, þótt sæti nær brautu, mundi eigi betr um boðit ‘My brother, even if he lived near the road, would not have invited me better’: ‘Lived’, lit. ‘sat’ (sæti). The phrasing is reminiscent of those in warnings in Hávm 89/1-2, Sigrdr 26/2-3 and 27/4-5. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) unnecessarily emends l. 6 to: myndit betr hafa boðit ‘he would not have invited me better’; cf. NN §2391. Finnur Jónsson translates 31/4-6 as: min broder vilde ikke have budt bedre selv om han havde bot ved vejen ‘my brother would not have invited me better, even if he lived by the road’ (Skj B). Kock (NN §1479) argues that the emphasis should rather lie on the brother, viz. ‘even if it was my brother who lived near the road’ and considers the phrase bróðir minn forms a syntactical unit with the subordinate clause þótt sæti brautu nær. — [6] mundi eigi betr um boðit ‘would not have invited me better’: The construction mundi ... boðit is elliptical, since the inf. hafa is omitted (on this phenomenon see Gering 1903: mono, pp. 695-6; Nygaard 1878, 266).
betr ‘better’
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betr (adv.; °superl. bezt/bazt; pos. vel adv.): better
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[4-6] Bróðir minn, þótt sæti nær brautu, mundi eigi betr um boðit ‘My brother, even if he lived near the road, would not have invited me better’: ‘Lived’, lit. ‘sat’ (sæti). The phrasing is reminiscent of those in warnings in Hávm 89/1-2, Sigrdr 26/2-3 and 27/4-5. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) unnecessarily emends l. 6 to: myndit betr hafa boðit ‘he would not have invited me better’; cf. NN §2391. Finnur Jónsson translates 31/4-6 as: min broder vilde ikke have budt bedre selv om han havde bot ved vejen ‘my brother would not have invited me better, even if he lived by the road’ (Skj B). Kock (NN §1479) argues that the emphasis should rather lie on the brother, viz. ‘even if it was my brother who lived near the road’ and considers the phrase bróðir minn forms a syntactical unit with the subordinate clause þótt sæti brautu nær. — [6] mundi eigi betr um boðit ‘would not have invited me better’: The construction mundi ... boðit is elliptical, since the inf. hafa is omitted (on this phenomenon see Gering 1903: mono, pp. 695-6; Nygaard 1878, 266).
betr ‘better’
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betr (adv.; °superl. bezt/bazt; pos. vel adv.): better
notes
[4-6] Bróðir minn, þótt sæti nær brautu, mundi eigi betr um boðit ‘My brother, even if he lived near the road, would not have invited me better’: ‘Lived’, lit. ‘sat’ (sæti). The phrasing is reminiscent of those in warnings in Hávm 89/1-2, Sigrdr 26/2-3 and 27/4-5. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) unnecessarily emends l. 6 to: myndit betr hafa boðit ‘he would not have invited me better’; cf. NN §2391. Finnur Jónsson translates 31/4-6 as: min broder vilde ikke have budt bedre selv om han havde bot ved vejen ‘my brother would not have invited me better, even if he lived by the road’ (Skj B). Kock (NN §1479) argues that the emphasis should rather lie on the brother, viz. ‘even if it was my brother who lived near the road’ and considers the phrase bróðir minn forms a syntactical unit with the subordinate clause þótt sæti brautu nær. — [6] mundi eigi betr um boðit ‘would not have invited me better’: The construction mundi ... boðit is elliptical, since the inf. hafa is omitted (on this phenomenon see Gering 1903: mono, pp. 695-6; Nygaard 1878, 266).
um ‘have invited’
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2. um (particle): (particle)
notes
[4-6] Bróðir minn, þótt sæti nær brautu, mundi eigi betr um boðit ‘My brother, even if he lived near the road, would not have invited me better’: ‘Lived’, lit. ‘sat’ (sæti). The phrasing is reminiscent of those in warnings in Hávm 89/1-2, Sigrdr 26/2-3 and 27/4-5. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) unnecessarily emends l. 6 to: myndit betr hafa boðit ‘he would not have invited me better’; cf. NN §2391. Finnur Jónsson translates 31/4-6 as: min broder vilde ikke have budt bedre selv om han havde bot ved vejen ‘my brother would not have invited me better, even if he lived by the road’ (Skj B). Kock (NN §1479) argues that the emphasis should rather lie on the brother, viz. ‘even if it was my brother who lived near the road’ and considers the phrase bróðir minn forms a syntactical unit with the subordinate clause þótt sæti brautu nær. — [6] mundi eigi betr um boðit ‘would not have invited me better’: The construction mundi ... boðit is elliptical, since the inf. hafa is omitted (on this phenomenon see Gering 1903: mono, pp. 695-6; Nygaard 1878, 266).
um ‘have invited’
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2. um (particle): (particle)
notes
[4-6] Bróðir minn, þótt sæti nær brautu, mundi eigi betr um boðit ‘My brother, even if he lived near the road, would not have invited me better’: ‘Lived’, lit. ‘sat’ (sæti). The phrasing is reminiscent of those in warnings in Hávm 89/1-2, Sigrdr 26/2-3 and 27/4-5. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) unnecessarily emends l. 6 to: myndit betr hafa boðit ‘he would not have invited me better’; cf. NN §2391. Finnur Jónsson translates 31/4-6 as: min broder vilde ikke have budt bedre selv om han havde bot ved vejen ‘my brother would not have invited me better, even if he lived by the road’ (Skj B). Kock (NN §1479) argues that the emphasis should rather lie on the brother, viz. ‘even if it was my brother who lived near the road’ and considers the phrase bróðir minn forms a syntactical unit with the subordinate clause þótt sæti brautu nær. — [6] mundi eigi betr um boðit ‘would not have invited me better’: The construction mundi ... boðit is elliptical, since the inf. hafa is omitted (on this phenomenon see Gering 1903: mono, pp. 695-6; Nygaard 1878, 266).
boðit ‘me’
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bjóða (verb; °býðr; bauð, buðu; boðinn (buð- Thom¹ 5²n.)): offer, order, invite
notes
[4-6] Bróðir minn, þótt sæti nær brautu, mundi eigi betr um boðit ‘My brother, even if he lived near the road, would not have invited me better’: ‘Lived’, lit. ‘sat’ (sæti). The phrasing is reminiscent of those in warnings in Hávm 89/1-2, Sigrdr 26/2-3 and 27/4-5. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) unnecessarily emends l. 6 to: myndit betr hafa boðit ‘he would not have invited me better’; cf. NN §2391. Finnur Jónsson translates 31/4-6 as: min broder vilde ikke have budt bedre selv om han havde bot ved vejen ‘my brother would not have invited me better, even if he lived by the road’ (Skj B). Kock (NN §1479) argues that the emphasis should rather lie on the brother, viz. ‘even if it was my brother who lived near the road’ and considers the phrase bróðir minn forms a syntactical unit with the subordinate clause þótt sæti brautu nær. — [6] mundi eigi betr um boðit ‘would not have invited me better’: The construction mundi ... boðit is elliptical, since the inf. hafa is omitted (on this phenomenon see Gering 1903: mono, pp. 695-6; Nygaard 1878, 266).
boðit ‘me’
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bjóða (verb; °býðr; bauð, buðu; boðinn (buð- Thom¹ 5²n.)): offer, order, invite
notes
[4-6] Bróðir minn, þótt sæti nær brautu, mundi eigi betr um boðit ‘My brother, even if he lived near the road, would not have invited me better’: ‘Lived’, lit. ‘sat’ (sæti). The phrasing is reminiscent of those in warnings in Hávm 89/1-2, Sigrdr 26/2-3 and 27/4-5. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) unnecessarily emends l. 6 to: myndit betr hafa boðit ‘he would not have invited me better’; cf. NN §2391. Finnur Jónsson translates 31/4-6 as: min broder vilde ikke have budt bedre selv om han havde bot ved vejen ‘my brother would not have invited me better, even if he lived by the road’ (Skj B). Kock (NN §1479) argues that the emphasis should rather lie on the brother, viz. ‘even if it was my brother who lived near the road’ and considers the phrase bróðir minn forms a syntactical unit with the subordinate clause þótt sæti brautu nær. — [6] mundi eigi betr um boðit ‘would not have invited me better’: The construction mundi ... boðit is elliptical, since the inf. hafa is omitted (on this phenomenon see Gering 1903: mono, pp. 695-6; Nygaard 1878, 266).
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