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Skáldskaparmál — chs 1-6 §5.1

Ok ‘’

3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

enn ‘’

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

mælti ‘’

3rd pers. pret. sg.

1. mæla (verb): speak, say

Ægir ‘’

nom.

Ægir (noun m.): Ægir, sea

Hvaðan ‘’

hvaðan (adv.): whence, from where

af ‘’

af (prep.): from

hefir ‘’

3rd pers. pres. sg.

hafa (verb): have

hafizk ‘’

pret. middle participle;

hefja (verb): lift, start

hafizk: Middle voice past participle, meaning ‘originate’.

sú ‘’

nom. f. sg.

1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

íþrótt ‘’

nom. sg.

íþrótt (noun f.): skill, accomplishment

er ‘’

2. er (conj.): who, which, when

þér ‘’

nom. pl.

þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you

kallið ‘’

2nd pers. pres. pl.

kalla (verb): call

skáldskap ‘’

acc. sg.

skáldskapr (noun m.): poetry

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Ok enn mælti Ægir: ‘Hvaðan af hefir hafizk sú íþrótt, er þér kallið skáldskap?’

4.3 Skáldskaparmál — chs 1-6 5.2

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