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Anon (Vǫlsa) 5I

Wilhelm Heizmann (ed.) 2012, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísur from Vǫlsa þáttr 5’ 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. 1097.

Anonymous LausavísurLausavísur from Vǫlsa þáttr
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Mundi ‘would’

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munu (verb): will, must

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eigi ‘not’

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3. eigi (adv.): not

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ef ‘if’

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3. ef (conj.): if

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um ‘’

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1. um (prep.): about, around

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réða ‘had my way’

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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide

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blæti ‘offering’

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blœti (noun n.): offering

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í ‘this’

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í (prep.): in, into

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aftan ‘evening’

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aftan (adv.): [evening]

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Þiggi ‘receive’

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þiggja (verb): receive, get

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Maurnir ‘Maurnir’

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Maurnir (noun m.): Maurnir

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blæti ‘offering’

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blœti (noun n.): offering

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En ‘But’

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2. en (conj.): but, and

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sonr ‘son’

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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son

[7] sonr: son Flat

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‘take care of’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

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við ‘’

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2. við (prep.): with, against

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Vǫlsa ‘Vǫlsi’

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vǫlsi (noun m.; °-a): rod

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