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Allt ‘it all’

allr (adj.): all

of ‘’

4. of (particle): (before verb)

frák ‘I heard’

1. fregna (verb): hear of

hvé ‘how’

hvé (conj.): how

elti ‘pursued’

2. elta (verb; °-lt-): chase

aust ‘the’

2. austr (noun n.; °-s): the east < austmaðr (noun m.): easterner

[2] austmenn ‘Norwegians’: Lit. ‘east-men’. In Iceland and the Orkneys, the term austmaðr was used to designate a Norwegian.

menn ‘Norwegians’

maðr (noun m.): man, person < austmaðr (noun m.): easterner

[2] austmenn ‘Norwegians’: Lit. ‘east-men’. In Iceland and the Orkneys, the term austmaðr was used to designate a Norwegian.

á ‘on’

3. á (prep.): on, at

veg ‘the path’

acc.

1. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-; -ar/-ir, gen. -a/-na, acc. -a/-i/-u): way, path, side

flausta ‘of ships’

flaust (noun n.): ship

Sveinn ‘Sveinn’

2. Sveinn (noun m.): Sveinn

þás ‘when’

þás (conj.): when

siklingr ‘prince’

siklingr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, ruler

annarr ‘the other’

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

snar ‘quick’

snarr (adj.): gallant, bold < snarlundaðr (adj./verb p.p.)

lundaðr ‘tempered’

lundaðr (adj./verb p.p.): minded < snarlundaðr (adj./verb p.p.)

helt ‘steered’

halda (verb): hold, keep

undan ‘away’

undan (adv.): away, away from

Fengr ‘the loot’

fengr (noun m.; °-jar/-s, dat. -/-i): loot

varð ‘had’

1. verða (verb): become, be

Þrœnda ‘of the Þrœndir’

Þrœndr (noun m.; °; þrǿndir/þrǿndr): people from Tröndelag

þengils ‘of the lord’

gen.

þengill (noun m.): prince, ruler

þeir ‘they’

hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...

léttu ‘emptied’

láta (verb): let, have sth done

[6] léttu (3rd pers. pl. pret. indic.) ‘emptied’: The Hkr mss, Flat, H and Hr all have létu (3rd pers. pl. pret. indic. of láta) ‘lost’ for léttu ‘emptied, lightened’: þeir létu fleiri skip ‘they lost more ships’ (so Skj B; Skald; ÍF 28; ÍF 29). However, the ms. witnesses indicate that this reading is secondary. Furthermore, it is not said that any ships perished during this encounter, and all the prose texts contain the verb létta ‘empty, lighten’: þá bað hann sína menn létta skipin ‘then he [Haraldr] told his men to empty the ships’ (ÍF 28, 117; so also ÍF 29, 259; Mork 1928-32, 167; Flat 1860-8, III, 342; Fms 6, 263).

skip ‘ships’

skip (noun n.; °-s; -): ship

fleiri ‘more’

fleiri (adj. comp.; °superl. flestr): more, most

allr ‘All’

allr (adj.): all

á ‘on’

3. á (prep.): on, at

éli ‘the hail’

él (noun n.; °; dat. -um): storm

sollnu ‘swollen’

1. svella (verb): swell

Jótlands ‘Kattegat’

Jótland (noun n.): Jutland, Jylland < Jótlandshaf (noun n.)

[8] Jótlandshafi ‘Kattegat’: The sea between Jylland, Denmark, and the western coast of Sweden.

hafi ‘’

haf (noun n.; °-s; *-): sea < Jótlandshaf (noun n.)

[8] Jótlandshafi ‘Kattegat’: The sea between Jylland, Denmark, and the western coast of Sweden.

fljóta ‘to float’

fljóta (verb): flow, float