Flokkr about Sveinn Úlfsson §

Stýrir ‘steers’

stýrir (noun m.): ruler, controller

Ulfs ‘Úlfr’s’

3. Ulfr (noun m.): Úlfr

til ‘to’

til (prep.): to

Elfar ‘the Götaälv’

elfr (noun f.): river

ósk ‘beloved’

ósk (noun f.; °-ar; dat. -um): wish, desire < óskmǫgr (noun m.)

mǫgr ‘son’

nom.

mǫgr (noun m.; °; megir, acc. mǫgu): son, boy < óskmǫgr (noun m.)

skipum ‘ships’

skip (noun n.; °-s; -): ship

fǫgrum ‘fair’

fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful

sás ‘who’

sás (conj.): the one who

hræ ‘corpse’

hræ (noun n.; °; -): corpse, carrion < hrækǫstr (noun m.): corpse-mound

kǫstu ‘piles’

kǫstr (noun m.; °dat. kesti; kestir, acc. kǫstu): pile < hrækǫstr (noun m.): corpse-mound

hæsta ‘the highest’

3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high

hleðr ‘stacks’

2. hlaða (verb): heap, pile

í ‘in’

í (prep.): in, into

Gunnar ‘of Gunnr’

Gunnr (noun f.): Gunnr

veðri ‘the storm’

dat.

2. veðr (noun n.; °-s; -): weather, wind, storm

Skolla ‘flutter’

skolla (verb): ridicule, rock

vé ‘banners’

2. vé (noun n.; °; -): banner, standard

þars ‘where’

þars (conj.): where

vǫllu ‘the fields’

vǫllr (noun m.; °vallar, dat. velli; vellir acc. vǫllu/velli): plain, field

vápn ‘weapon’

vápn (noun n.; °-s; -): weapon < vápnlauðr (noun n.)

lauðri ‘foam’

dat.

lauðr (noun n.): foam, surf < vápnlauðr (noun n.)

drífr ‘covers’

2. drífa (verb; °drífr; dreif, drifu; drifinn): drive, rush

[6] drífr (3rd pers. sg. pres. indic.) ‘covers’: Drífa ‘fly, drift, cover’ is used impersonally with rauðu vápnlauðri (n. dat. sg.) ‘red weapon-foam’ (l. 6) as a dat. instr. and vǫllu (m. acc. pl.) ‘fields’ (l. 5) as an acc. of place.

rauðu ‘red’

rauðr (adj.; °compar. -ari): red

regn ‘the rain’

nom.

regn (noun n.; °-s; -): rain

drepr ‘hammers’

drepa (verb; °drepr; drap, drápu; drepinn): kill, strike

Gauts ‘of Gautr’

2. Gautr (noun m.): Gautr, Óðinn

í ‘’

í (prep.): in, into

gǫgnum ‘through’

gegnum (prep.): through

gull ‘Gold’

gull (noun n.): gold < gullmerkðr (adj.)

[8] gullmerk*ð (n. nom. pl.) ‘gold-embroidered’: Merk- (rather than mark-) is determined by the internal rhyme, and the syllable -uð in gullmarkuð ‘gold-embroidered’ (so both mss) is secondary. It must have been added to achieve a l. with six syllables. The metre requires a disyllabic word in positions 1-2 with the hiatus word Holfs ‘Hálfr’s’, which had not yet been syncopated (cf. the later ms. form ‘holfs’; so both mss), in positions 3-4.

merk*ð ‘embroidered’

[8] gullmerk*ð (n. nom. pl.) ‘gold-embroidered’: Merk- (rather than mark-) is determined by the internal rhyme, and the syllable -uð in gullmarkuð ‘gold-embroidered’ (so both mss) is secondary. It must have been added to achieve a l. with six syllables. The metre requires a disyllabic word in positions 1-2 with the hiatus word Holfs ‘Hálfr’s’, which had not yet been syncopated (cf. the later ms. form ‘holfs’; so both mss), in positions 3-4.

Hôolfs ‘Hálfr’s’

Halfr (noun m.): Hálfr

[8] serki Hôolfs ‘Hálfr’s <legendary king’s> shirts [BYRNIES]’: Hálfr was a legendary warrior king (see Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka (Hálf), especially chs 12-13).

serki ‘shirts’

acc. pl.

1. serkr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -/-i; -ir): shirt

[8] serki Hôolfs ‘Hálfr’s <legendary king’s> shirts [BYRNIES]’: Hálfr was a legendary warrior king (see Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka (Hálf), especially chs 12-13).