Flokkr about Sveinn Úlfsson §

Fúr ‘of the fire’

fúrr (noun m.): fire < fúrsendir (noun m.)

Fúr ‘of the fire’

fúrr (noun m.): fire < fúrsendir (noun m.)

sendir ‘The distributor’

nom.

sendir (noun m.): sender, distributor < fúrsendir (noun m.)

vann ‘inflicted’

2. vinna (verb): perform, work

fjǫndum ‘on enemies’

fjándi (noun m.; °-a; fjándr/fjándar/fjándir): enemy, devil

fjǫrspell ‘death’

fjǫrspell (noun n.): [death]

[2] fjǫrspell ‘death’: Lit. ‘life-destruction’.

í ‘in’

í (prep.): in, into

gný ‘the din’

dat.

gnýr (noun m.): din, tumult

hjǫrva ‘of swords’

hjǫrr (noun m.): sword

brôð ‘meat’

1. bráð (noun f.): meat

fekk ‘got’

2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive

hrafn ‘the raven’

hrafn (noun m.; °hrafns; dat. hrafni; hrafnar): raven

fyr ‘’

fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.

[3, 4] fyr norðan Heiðabœ ‘north of Hedeby’: This prepositional phrase could also go with the first cl. (so Skj B; Skald). Hedeby is located in North Schleswig, present-day Germany.

Heiða ‘of Hede’

3. heiðr (noun f.; °heiðar, dat./acc heiði; heiðar): heath < Heiðabýr (noun m.): Hedeby

[3, 4] fyr norðan Heiðabœ ‘north of Hedeby’: This prepositional phrase could also go with the first cl. (so Skj B; Skald). Hedeby is located in North Schleswig, present-day Germany.

hauk ‘of hawk’

1. haukr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): hawk < haukstorð (noun f.)

[4] haukstorða ‘of hawk-lands [ARMS]’: Skj B and Skald emend to haukstorðar ‘of the hawk-land’ (i.e. ‘of the arm’).

hauk ‘of hawk’

1. haukr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): hawk < haukstorð (noun f.)

[4] haukstorða ‘of hawk-lands [ARMS]’: Skj B and Skald emend to haukstorðar ‘of the hawk-land’ (i.e. ‘of the arm’).

hauk ‘of hawk’

1. haukr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): hawk < haukstorð (noun f.)

[4] haukstorða ‘of hawk-lands [ARMS]’: Skj B and Skald emend to haukstorðar ‘of the hawk-land’ (i.e. ‘of the arm’).

storða ‘lands’

gen. pl.

2. storð (noun f.): young wood, earth < haukstorð (noun f.)

[4] haukstorða ‘of hawk-lands [ARMS]’: Skj B and Skald emend to haukstorðar ‘of the hawk-land’ (i.e. ‘of the arm’).

storða ‘lands’

gen. pl.

2. storð (noun f.): young wood, earth < haukstorð (noun f.)

[4] haukstorða ‘of hawk-lands [ARMS]’: Skj B and Skald emend to haukstorðar ‘of the hawk-land’ (i.e. ‘of the arm’).

storða ‘lands’

gen. pl.

2. storð (noun f.): young wood, earth < haukstorð (noun f.)

[4] haukstorða ‘of hawk-lands [ARMS]’: Skj B and Skald emend to haukstorðar ‘of the hawk-land’ (i.e. ‘of the arm’).

bœ ‘by’

bœr (noun m.; °-jar/-ar, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja/-a, dat. -jum/-um/bjóm/-am/-m, acc. -i/-ja/-a/bǿ): farm, homestead < Heiðabýr (noun m.): Hedeby

[3, 4] fyr norðan Heiðabœ ‘north of Hedeby’: This prepositional phrase could also go with the first cl. (so Skj B; Skald). Hedeby is located in North Schleswig, present-day Germany.

norðan ‘north’

norðan (adv.): from the north

[3, 4] fyr norðan Heiðabœ ‘north of Hedeby’: This prepositional phrase could also go with the first cl. (so Skj B; Skald). Hedeby is located in North Schleswig, present-day Germany.

Rôkusk ‘got’

2. reka (verb): drive, force

Vinðr ‘Wends’

Vinðr (noun m.; °; vinðr/-ir): the Wends

en ‘and’

2. en (conj.): but, and

vákar ‘the buzzard-hawks’

nom. pl.

1. vakr (noun m.): hawk

vals ‘of the slain’

1. valr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ir): corpse, the slain

ginu ‘gaped’

1. gína (verb): gape

þar ‘there’

þar (adv.): there

[6] þar ‘there’: All mss have þeir (m. nom. pl.) ‘those’. Þeir could conceivably qualify vákar vals (ll. 5, 6) (þeir vákar vals ‘those buzzard-hawks of the slain’). That construction is very awkward, however, and the emendation to þar ‘there’ is in keeping with earlier eds.

und ‘beneath’

3. und (prep.): under, underneath

[6] und ‘beneath’: Previous eds (except JÓ) adopt of (‘um’) ‘above’ (so 1005ˣ, 19ˣ), but that reading is lower on the stemma.

halsa ‘necks’

hals (noun m.; °hals, dat. -i; -ar): neck

dauðr ‘dead’

2. dauðr (adj.): dead

lá ‘lay’

liggja (verb): lie

herr ‘host’

herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host

á ‘on’

3. á (prep.): on, at

heiði ‘the heath’

3. heiðr (noun f.; °heiðar, dat./acc heiði; heiðar): heath

hundmargr ‘a tremendously large’

hundmargr (adj.): immense

fáir ‘Few’

3. fár (adj.; °compar. fǽrri/fárri(Mág² 11ˆ), superl. fǽstr): few

undan ‘away’

undan (adv.): away, away from