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.
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3. verja (verb): defend
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ógnarorð (noun n.): words of threat
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Óláfr (noun m.): Óláfr
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friðmál (noun n.): peace-talk
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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304)): ground, earth
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svát (conj.): so that, so as
[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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þora (verb): dare
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all- ((prefix)): very < allvaldr (noun m.): mighty ruler
[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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valdr (noun m.): ruler < allvaldr (noun m.): mighty ruler
[4] ‑valda: ‑valdr H, Hr
[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 (prep.): to
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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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