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Anon (Ólkyrr) 1II

Kari Ellen Gade and Diana Whaley (eds) 2009, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísur from Óláfs saga kyrra 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 824.

Anonymous LausavísurLausavísur from Óláfs saga kyrra
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Varði ‘defended’

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3. verja (verb): defend

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ógnarorðum ‘with words of threat’

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ógnarorð (noun n.): words of threat

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Ôláfr ‘Óláfr’

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Óláfr (noun m.): Óláfr

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ok ‘and’

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

[2] ok: om. Hr

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friðmôlum ‘peace talks’

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friðmál (noun n.): peace-talk

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svát ‘so that’

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svát (conj.): so that, so as

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engi ‘no’

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2. engi (pron.): no, none

[3] engi: eigi H, Hr

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[3, 4] engi allvalda ‘no mighty ruler’: Lit. ‘none of mighty rulers’. Allvalda is gen. pl. (‘of mighty rulers’), partitive gen. to engi (m. nom. sg.) ‘no, none’.

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þorði ‘dared’

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þora (verb): dare

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all ‘mighty ruler’

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all- ((prefix)): very < allvaldr (noun m.): mighty ruler

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[3, 4] engi allvalda ‘no mighty ruler’: Lit. ‘none of mighty rulers’. Allvalda is gen. pl. (‘of mighty rulers’), partitive gen. to engi (m. nom. sg.) ‘no, none’.

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valda ‘’

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valdr (noun m.): ruler < allvaldr (noun m.): mighty ruler

[4] ‑valda: ‑valdr H, Hr

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[3, 4] engi allvalda ‘no mighty ruler’: Lit. ‘none of mighty rulers’. Allvalda is gen. pl. (‘of mighty rulers’), partitive gen. to engi (m. nom. sg.) ‘no, none’.

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til ‘to [it]’

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til (prep.): to

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kalla ‘to lay claim’

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kalla (verb): call

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In Ágr, Mork and F(56ra) the helmingr documents Óláfr’s ability to maintain peace without war. Hkr and H-Hr insert it after the peace-treaty between Óláfr and Sveinn Úlfsson of Denmark (c. 1070).

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