Anon Nkt 63II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 63’ 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, pp. 799-800.
Vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
sókndjarfr ‘The battle-brave’
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sókndjarfr (adj.): battle-brave
kennings
Sókndjarfr sonr Kristínar‘The battle-brave son of Kristín ’
= Magnús
The battle-brave son of Kristín → Magnús
sonr ‘son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
[2] sonr: son Flat
kennings
Sókndjarfr sonr Kristínar‘The battle-brave son of Kristín ’
= Magnús
The battle-brave son of Kristín → Magnús
notes
[2] sonr ‘son’: For this emendation, see Note to st. 16/9 above.
Kristínar ‘of Kristín’
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Kristín (noun f.): Kristín
kennings
Sókndjarfr sonr Kristínar‘The battle-brave son of Kristín ’
= Magnús
The battle-brave son of Kristín → Magnús
sjautján ‘for seventeen’
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sjautján (num. cardinal): [for seventeen]
vetr ‘years’
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vetr (noun m.; °vetrar/vetrs(HómHauksb³ 173²³), dat. vetri; vetr): winter
notes
[4] ok sex ‘and six’: The ms. reading (í samt ‘altogether’) is corrupt because Magnús Erlingsson ruled Norway for twenty-three years (1161-84). It could be that the scribe misread the abbreviation for ok ‘and’ as <i> and then tried to make sense of the l. The emendation is in keeping with earlier eds.
notes
[4] ok sex ‘and six’: The ms. reading (í samt ‘altogether’) is corrupt because Magnús Erlingsson ruled Norway for twenty-three years (1161-84). It could be that the scribe misread the abbreviation for ok ‘and’ as <i> and then tried to make sense of the l. The emendation is in keeping with earlier eds.
konungr ‘king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
unz ‘until’
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2. unz (conj.): until
ágætr ‘renowned’
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ágætr (adj.; °compar. ágǽtari/ágǽtri, superl. ágǽtastr/ágǽztr): excellent
austr ‘east’
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3. austr (adv.; °compar. -ar, superl. -ast): east, in the east
[6] austr: aust Flat
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
Sogni ‘Sogn’
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Sogn (noun m.): Sogn-
frœkinn ‘the bold’
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frœkinn (adj.; °compar. frøknari, superl. frøknastr): bold
notes
[7] frœkinn (m. acc. sg.) ‘bold’: For this form, see Note to st. 58/3.
notes
[7] gram* ‘ruler’: The emendation to gram (m. acc. sg.) ‘ruler’ is necessary because the noun is the object of the cl.
felldi ‘killed’
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3. fella (verb): fell, kill
Sverrir ‘Sverrir’
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Sverrir (noun m.): Sverrir
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Magnús Erlingsson fell at the battle of Fimreite, Sogn, against Sverrir Sigurðarson on 15 June 1184. See ÍF 30, 135-54.
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