Flokkr about Sveinn Úlfsson §

Vôn ‘there is an expectation’

ván (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): hope, expectation

erumk ‘I believe’

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

vísa ‘ruler’

vísi (noun m.; °-a): leader

kœnum ‘for the wise’

2. kœnn (adj.; °superl. kǿnstr/kǿnastr): wise, skilful

vígs ‘of battle’

víg (noun n.; °-s; -): battle

á ‘on’

3. á (prep.): on, at

Rakna ‘Rakni’s’

Rakni (noun m.): Rakni

stígu ‘paths’

acc. pl.

1. stígr (noun m.; °dat. -; -ar/-ir, acc. -a/-u): path

[2] stígu (m. acc. pl.) ‘paths’: Because there is no overt motion involved, we should have expected the prep. á ‘on’ to take the dat. here. Skj B and Skald accordingly adopt the E variant stígum (m. dat. pl.) ‘paths’. However, all other mss have the acc., and it is possible that a verb of motion is implied (‘as he sets off to sea’: cf. st. 3/3 below).

ǫrr ‘the brave one’

ǫrr (adj.): generous, brave

í ‘in’

í (prep.): in, into

odda ‘of spear-points’

oddr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): point of weapon

snerru ‘the onslaught’

dat.

1. snerra (noun f.; °-u): onslaught

Innþrœnda ‘of Innþrœndir’

innþrœndr (noun m.): one of the Innþrœndir

lið ‘the host’

lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop

finni ‘will meet’

2. finna (verb): find, meet

Þó ‘Yet’

þó (adv.): though

[5] þó ‘yet’: The other variants, því (n. dat. sg. as the object of valda: ‘God can decide it’; so FskBˣ), þar ‘there’ (so FskAˣ, Kˣ, J2ˣ) and þá ‘then’ (so 39, F, Flat), are also possible readings. Þó has been selected here because it has support from Mork and some Hkr mss.

má ‘can’

mega (verb): may, might

enn ‘again’

2. enn (adv.): still, yet, again

[5] enn ‘again’: Skj B takes this adv. with nemr (3rd pers. sg. pres. indic.) ‘deprives’ (l. 6) and translates it as ‘eventually’ (hvem der endelig berøver den anden liv eller rige ‘which one will eventually deprive the other of life or lands’). However, enn is not attested in that meaning (see Fritzner: enn; LP: enn).

hvárr ‘which one’

hvárr (pron.): who, which, what, whether

annan ‘the other’

1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second

ǫndu ‘of life’

2. ǫnd (noun f.; °andar, dat. ǫnd/ǫndu; andir): soul, breath

nemr ‘will deprive’

1. nema (verb): to take

eða ‘or’

eða (conj.): or

lǫndum ‘lands’

land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land

lítt ‘little’

lítill (adj.; °lítinn): little

hyggr ‘cares’

2. hyggja (verb): think, consider

Sveinn ‘Sveinn’

2. Sveinn (noun m.): Sveinn

á ‘for’

3. á (prep.): on, at

sáttir ‘agreements’

sátt (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): settlement

sjaldfestar ‘shaky’

sjaldfestr (adj.): [shaky]

[8] sjaldfestar ‘shaky’: Lit. ‘seldom-firm’. Hap. leg.

goð ‘God’

1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God

valda ‘decide’

valda (verb): cause