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Stúfsdrápa §

Edited by Kari Ellen Gade

þeir ‘Those’

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

[1] þeir á Þjóðu ‘those at Thy’: Þeir ‘those, they’ could perhaps also be a reference to people in some previous ll., now lost: þeir flýðu fund þengils á Þjóðu ‘they fled the encounter with the prince at Thy’. Thy is a district in north-western Jylland (Jutland).

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á ‘at’

3. á (prep.): on, at

[1] þeir á Þjóðu ‘those at Thy’: Þeir ‘those, they’ could perhaps also be a reference to people in some previous ll., now lost: þeir flýðu fund þengils á Þjóðu ‘they fled the encounter with the prince at Thy’. Thy is a district in north-western Jylland (Jutland).

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Þjóðu ‘Thy’

þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people

[1] þeir á Þjóðu ‘those at Thy’: Þeir ‘those, they’ could perhaps also be a reference to people in some previous ll., now lost: þeir flýðu fund þengils á Þjóðu ‘they fled the encounter with the prince at Thy’. Thy is a district in north-western Jylland (Jutland).

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þengils ‘with the prince’

þengill (noun m.): prince, ruler

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stórt ‘completely’

stórr (adj.): large, great

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hugprútt ‘the proud’

hugprúðr (adj.): proud

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Haralds ‘Haraldr’s’

Haraldr (noun m.): Haraldr

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Flýðu þeir á Þjóðu
þengils fund af stundu;
stórt réð hugprútt hjarta.
Haralds ǫnd ofarr lǫndum.

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