Anon (Mberf) 3^II

Spurði ‘asked’

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spyrja (verb; spurði): ask; hear, find out

Ullstrengr ‘Ullstrengr (‘Wool-band’)’

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ullstrengr (noun m.): wool-band

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[1] Ullstrengr ‘(“Wool-band”)’: Sigurðr’s nickname could refer to the fact that he may have used a bowstring made of wool (Falk 1914, 94) or worn a belt of wool (Finnur Jónsson 1907, 239). It could, however, be a play on his father’s name, Loðinn, which, when translated, means ‘shaggy, woolly’.

orði ‘’

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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word

at ‘’

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3. at (prep.): at, to

notes

[2] skip renndusk at hvatla ‘the ships closed quickly’: Þórir and his men tried to escape on their ships with Magnús in hot pursuit. They headed for what they believed to be the mainland, but discovered that it was an island. In the words of Hkr (ÍF 28, 216): En er skipin renndusk at í lendingunni, þá var Þórir í fyrirrúmi á sínu skipi ‘And when the ships rammed against each other at the landing place, Þórir was in the front partition of his ship’. The sense of the verb-adv. collocation rennask at is not quite clear here: either the men on the ships engaged in fighting, or the ships rammed into each other when they reached the landing place simultaneously. Mork (1928-32, 303) has Þa er scipin rendo saman ‘When the ships closed’ and Fsk (ÍF 29, 304) does not mention the ships at all.

renndusk ‘closed’

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2. renna (verb): run (strong)

[2] renndusk: renndu F

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[2] skip renndusk at hvatla ‘the ships closed quickly’: Þórir and his men tried to escape on their ships with Magnús in hot pursuit. They headed for what they believed to be the mainland, but discovered that it was an island. In the words of Hkr (ÍF 28, 216): En er skipin renndusk at í lendingunni, þá var Þórir í fyrirrúmi á sínu skipi ‘And when the ships rammed against each other at the landing place, Þórir was in the front partition of his ship’. The sense of the verb-adv. collocation rennask at is not quite clear here: either the men on the ships engaged in fighting, or the ships rammed into each other when they reached the landing place simultaneously. Mork (1928-32, 303) has Þa er scipin rendo saman ‘When the ships closed’ and Fsk (ÍF 29, 304) does not mention the ships at all.

skip ‘the ships’

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skip (noun n.; °-s; -): ship

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[2] skip renndusk at hvatla ‘the ships closed quickly’: Þórir and his men tried to escape on their ships with Magnús in hot pursuit. They headed for what they believed to be the mainland, but discovered that it was an island. In the words of Hkr (ÍF 28, 216): En er skipin renndusk at í lendingunni, þá var Þórir í fyrirrúmi á sínu skipi ‘And when the ships rammed against each other at the landing place, Þórir was in the front partition of his ship’. The sense of the verb-adv. collocation rennask at is not quite clear here: either the men on the ships engaged in fighting, or the ships rammed into each other when they reached the landing place simultaneously. Mork (1928-32, 303) has Þa er scipin rendo saman ‘When the ships closed’ and Fsk (ÍF 29, 304) does not mention the ships at all.

hvatla ‘quickly’

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hvatla (adv.): [quickly]

notes

[2] skip renndusk at hvatla ‘the ships closed quickly’: Þórir and his men tried to escape on their ships with Magnús in hot pursuit. They headed for what they believed to be the mainland, but discovered that it was an island. In the words of Hkr (ÍF 28, 216): En er skipin renndusk at í lendingunni, þá var Þórir í fyrirrúmi á sínu skipi ‘And when the ships rammed against each other at the landing place, Þórir was in the front partition of his ship’. The sense of the verb-adv. collocation rennask at is not quite clear here: either the men on the ships engaged in fighting, or the ships rammed into each other when they reached the landing place simultaneously. Mork (1928-32, 303) has Þa er scipin rendo saman ‘When the ships closed’ and Fsk (ÍF 29, 304) does not mention the ships at all.

sverð ‘the swords’

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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword

bitu ‘bit’

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bíta (verb; °bítr; beit, bitu; bitinn): bite

snarpra ‘of keen’

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snarpr (adj.): sharp, keen

[3] snarpra: so F, snarpa all others

notes

[3] snarpra (m. gen. pl.) ‘keen’: So F. If snarpa (m. acc. pl.) ‘keen’ (so Mork, H, Hr) were retained, the adj. would qualify fyrða (m. acc. or gen. pl.) ‘warriors’: sverð bitu snarpa fyrða slætt ‘swords bit keen warriors bluntly’. That reading seems less preferable since the insurgents were not killed, but captured. None of the prose sources mentions explicitly that there was fighting between the two factions.

fyrða ‘warriors’

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2. fyrðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): man

slætt ‘bluntly’

[4] slætt: sætt F

hvé ‘how’

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hvé (conj.): how

Þórir ‘Þórir’

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Þórir (noun m.): Þórir

mætti ‘was faring’

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mega (verb): may, might

Lundr ‘The tree’

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1. lundr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ar): grove, tree

kennings

kvazk ‘said he was’

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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet

[5] kvazk: ‘quedz’ Hr

heill ‘hale’

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3. heill (adj.; °heilan; compar. heilli, superl. -astr/-str): healthy, hale, hail

notes

[5, 8] heill at hǫndum en hrumr at fótum ‘hale of hand but halt of foot’: According to Mork (1928-32, 302), Þórir was advanced in age when these events took place and had difficulties walking. On their flight north, his men had to carry him on a stretcher across the mountains until they reached their ships.

at ‘of’

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3. at (prep.): at, to

notes

[5, 8] heill at hǫndum en hrumr at fótum ‘hale of hand but halt of foot’: According to Mork (1928-32, 302), Þórir was advanced in age when these events took place and had difficulties walking. On their flight north, his men had to carry him on a stretcher across the mountains until they reached their ships.

hǫndum ‘hand’

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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand

notes

[5, 8] heill at hǫndum en hrumr at fótum ‘hale of hand but halt of foot’: According to Mork (1928-32, 302), Þórir was advanced in age when these events took place and had difficulties walking. On their flight north, his men had to carry him on a stretcher across the mountains until they reached their ships.

hjǫrs ‘of the sword’

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hjǫrr (noun m.): sword

kennings

frôgum ‘heard’

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1. fregna (verb): hear of

þat ‘that clearly’

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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

gǫrva ‘we [I]’

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gǫrva (adv.): fully

gerðisk ‘there was’

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1. gera (verb): do, make

[7] gerðisk: so F, gerði all others

notes

[7-8] glamm grjóts gerðisk á borði ‘there was a crash of rocks against the planking’: This again seems to indicate that there was a fight between Þórir’s contingent and Magnús’s troops, but this is not mentioned in the prose sources. See Note to l. 3 and Introduction above.

glamm ‘a crash’

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glam (noun n.): [a crash]

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[7-8] glamm grjóts gerðisk á borði ‘there was a crash of rocks against the planking’: This again seems to indicate that there was a fight between Þórir’s contingent and Magnús’s troops, but this is not mentioned in the prose sources. See Note to l. 3 and Introduction above.

á ‘against’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

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[7-8] glamm grjóts gerðisk á borði ‘there was a crash of rocks against the planking’: This again seems to indicate that there was a fight between Þórir’s contingent and Magnús’s troops, but this is not mentioned in the prose sources. See Note to l. 3 and Introduction above.

borði ‘the planking’

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borð (noun n.; °-s; -): side, plank, board; table

[7] borði: borðum F

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[7-8] glamm grjóts gerðisk á borði ‘there was a crash of rocks against the planking’: This again seems to indicate that there was a fight between Þórir’s contingent and Magnús’s troops, but this is not mentioned in the prose sources. See Note to l. 3 and Introduction above.

grjóts ‘of rocks’

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grjót (noun n.): rock, stone

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[7-8] glamm grjóts gerðisk á borði ‘there was a crash of rocks against the planking’: This again seems to indicate that there was a fight between Þórir’s contingent and Magnús’s troops, but this is not mentioned in the prose sources. See Note to l. 3 and Introduction above.

en ‘but’

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2. en (conj.): but, and

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[5, 8] heill at hǫndum en hrumr at fótum ‘hale of hand but halt of foot’: According to Mork (1928-32, 302), Þórir was advanced in age when these events took place and had difficulties walking. On their flight north, his men had to carry him on a stretcher across the mountains until they reached their ships.

hrumr ‘halt’

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hruma (verb): [halt]

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[5, 8] heill at hǫndum en hrumr at fótum ‘hale of hand but halt of foot’: According to Mork (1928-32, 302), Þórir was advanced in age when these events took place and had difficulties walking. On their flight north, his men had to carry him on a stretcher across the mountains until they reached their ships.

at ‘of’

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3. at (prep.): at, to

notes

[5, 8] heill at hǫndum en hrumr at fótum ‘hale of hand but halt of foot’: According to Mork (1928-32, 302), Þórir was advanced in age when these events took place and had difficulties walking. On their flight north, his men had to carry him on a stretcher across the mountains until they reached their ships.

fótum ‘foot’

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1. fótr (noun m.): foot, leg

notes

[5, 8] heill at hǫndum en hrumr at fótum ‘hale of hand but halt of foot’: According to Mork (1928-32, 302), Þórir was advanced in age when these events took place and had difficulties walking. On their flight north, his men had to carry him on a stretcher across the mountains until they reached their ships.