Anon (Mberf) 2II
Kari Ellen Gade and Diana Whaley (eds) 2009, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísur from Magnúss saga berfœtts 2’ 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, pp. 829-30.
Breðr ‘burns’
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2. brenna (verb; °brennr/brenn; brann, brunnu; brunninn): (strong, intransitive)
[1] Breðr: Brennr FskBˣ, FskAˣ, 39, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, brennt E
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
notes
[1] í Bjarkey ‘in Bjarkøy’: Island in Troms, Norway, north of Harstad.
notes
[1] í Bjarkey ‘in Bjarkøy’: Island in Troms, Norway, north of Harstad.
miðri ‘the middle’
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miðr (adj.): middle, less, hardly
ból ‘The farm’
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ból (noun n.; °-s; -): dwelling
notes
[2] ból, þats ek veit gólast ‘the farm, which I find the best’: The anonymous poet must have been present on the occasion when the farm was scorched, and the phrase ‘which I find the best’ (þats ek veit gólast) indicates that he was a member of Jón’s household (see Introduction above).
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[2] ból, þats ek veit gólast ‘the farm, which I find the best’: The anonymous poet must have been present on the occasion when the farm was scorched, and the phrase ‘which I find the best’ (þats ek veit gólast) indicates that he was a member of Jón’s household (see Introduction above).
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
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[2] ból, þats ek veit gólast ‘the farm, which I find the best’: The anonymous poet must have been present on the occasion when the farm was scorched, and the phrase ‘which I find the best’ (þats ek veit gólast) indicates that he was a member of Jón’s household (see Introduction above).
veit ‘find’
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1. vita (verb): know
notes
[2] ból, þats ek veit gólast ‘the farm, which I find the best’: The anonymous poet must have been present on the occasion when the farm was scorched, and the phrase ‘which I find the best’ (þats ek veit gólast) indicates that he was a member of Jón’s household (see Introduction above).
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[2] ból, þats ek veit gólast ‘the farm, which I find the best’: The anonymous poet must have been present on the occasion when the farm was scorched, and the phrase ‘which I find the best’ (þats ek veit gólast) indicates that he was a member of Jón’s household (see Introduction above).
téra ‘nothing good’
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tjá (verb): to put in order, prepare
[3] téra: ‘sera’ F, erat þat FskBˣ, ‘ter eigi’ Kˣ, ‘tǽr eigi’ 39, tér era E, J2ˣ, tér erat 42ˣ
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[3, 4] téra þarft standa af Þóri ‘nothing good will be gained from Þórir’: The verb téa (later tjá) is used as an auxiliary with inf. in an impersonal construction (standa af e-m ‘be gained from, come from sby’). The -a in téra is the negative suffix and þarft n. nom. sg. of the adj. þarfr ‘good, useful’. For Þórir, see SteigÞ Biography. See also SteigÞ Kv, Bkrepp Magndr 2-3, Þham Magndr 1 and Lv 1, Gísl Magnkv 1-8 and Anon (Mberf) 3.
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[3, 4] téra þarft standa af Þóri ‘nothing good will be gained from Þórir’: The verb téa (later tjá) is used as an auxiliary with inf. in an impersonal construction (standa af e-m ‘be gained from, come from sby’). The -a in téra is the negative suffix and þarft n. nom. sg. of the adj. þarfr ‘good, useful’. For Þórir, see SteigÞ Biography. See also SteigÞ Kv, Bkrepp Magndr 2-3, Þham Magndr 1 and Lv 1, Gísl Magnkv 1-8 and Anon (Mberf) 3.
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[3, 4] téra þarft standa af Þóri ‘nothing good will be gained from Þórir’: The verb téa (later tjá) is used as an auxiliary with inf. in an impersonal construction (standa af e-m ‘be gained from, come from sby’). The -a in téra is the negative suffix and þarft n. nom. sg. of the adj. þarfr ‘good, useful’. For Þórir, see SteigÞ Biography. See also SteigÞ Kv, Bkrepp Magndr 2-3, Þham Magndr 1 and Lv 1, Gísl Magnkv 1-8 and Anon (Mberf) 3.
Þóri ‘Þórir’
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Þórir (noun m.): Þórir
notes
[3, 4] téra þarft standa af Þóri ‘nothing good will be gained from Þórir’: The verb téa (later tjá) is used as an auxiliary with inf. in an impersonal construction (standa af e-m ‘be gained from, come from sby’). The -a in téra is the negative suffix and þarft n. nom. sg. of the adj. þarfr ‘good, useful’. For Þórir, see SteigÞ Biography. See also SteigÞ Kv, Bkrepp Magndr 2-3, Þham Magndr 1 and Lv 1, Gísl Magnkv 1-8 and Anon (Mberf) 3.
vandar ‘of the stick’
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vǫndr (noun m.; °vandar, dat. vendi/vǫnd; vendir, acc. vǫndu/vendi): rod, want, mast
[4] þýtr vandar: ‘þvanda’ 42ˣ
kennings
bǫl vandar‘the destruction of the stick ’
= FIRE
the destruction of the stick → FIRE
bǫl ‘the destruction’
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bǫl (noun n.; °-s, dat. bǫlvi): evil
kennings
bǫl vandar‘the destruction of the stick ’
= FIRE
the destruction of the stick → FIRE
standa ‘be gained’
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standa (verb): stand
notes
[3, 4] téra þarft standa af Þóri ‘nothing good will be gained from Þórir’: The verb téa (later tjá) is used as an auxiliary with inf. in an impersonal construction (standa af e-m ‘be gained from, come from sby’). The -a in téra is the negative suffix and þarft n. nom. sg. of the adj. þarfr ‘good, useful’. For Þórir, see SteigÞ Biography. See also SteigÞ Kv, Bkrepp Magndr 2-3, Þham Magndr 1 and Lv 1, Gísl Magnkv 1-8 and Anon (Mberf) 3.
mun ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
eigi ‘not have’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
elds ‘about a lack of fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
né ‘or’
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né (conj.): nor
es ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
kveldar ‘evening comes’
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kvelda (verb): approach evening
svíðr ‘scorches’
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1. svíða (verb): cause pain, burn
[7] svíðr: ‘siðr’ F, sníðr FskBˣ, 42ˣ
bjartr ‘the bright’
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bjartr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright
logi ‘flame’
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logi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): flame
breiðan ‘the broad’
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breiðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): broad, wide
[7] breiðan: brenndan FskBˣ
bý ‘farmstead’
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býr (noun m.; °býjar/bjár/bjór/bjárs, dat. -; gen. býa/bjá, dat. bjóm/bjám, acc. býi/býa/bjá): dwelling, down
leggr ‘swirls’
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leggja (verb): put, lay
reyk ‘smoke’
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reykr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -i/-; -ir): smoke
[8] reyk: reykr E, ‘reik’ J2ˣ
til ‘toward’
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til (prep.): to
skýja ‘the clouds’
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ský (noun n.; °-s; -): cloud
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Breðr í Bjarkey miðri |
The farm, which I find the best, burns in the middle of Bjarkøy; nothing good will be gained from Þórir; the destruction of the stick [FIRE] roars. Jón will not have to complain about a lack of fire or plunder when evening comes; the bright flame scorches the broad farmstead; smoke swirls toward the clouds.
The st. is recited in 1094 when Steigar-Þórir Þórðarson burns the farmstead in Bjarkøy which belongs to Jón Árnason and his son, Víðkunnr. In Mork and Fsk it is introduced in retrospect after Þórir has been captured by Magnús berfœttr. In Hkr (and H-Hr, which combines the prose of Mork with that of Hkr), the burning takes place when Þórir flees north and before he is captured by Magnús, and the st. is recited on that occasion, as part of the prose narrative.
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