Anon (HSig) 3II
Kari Ellen Gade and Diana Whaley (eds) 2009, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísur from Haralds saga Sigurðarsonar 3’ 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. 817.
Ferk ‘I dress’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
vánda ‘a coarse’
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vándr (adj.): wicked
verju ‘cloak’
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1. verja (noun f.; °-u): cloak
verr ‘it defends’
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3. verja (verb): defend
nauð ‘against distress’
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neyð (noun f.; °dat. -): need, distress
of ‘’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
mér ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
snauðum ‘miserable’
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snauðr (adj.): bereft, poor
kǫsungr ‘the shirt’
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kǫsungr (noun m.; °dat. -i): [shirt]
fær ‘suffers’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
víst ‘certainly’
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1. víss (adj.): wise, certain(ly)
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
vási ‘the toil’
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vás (noun n.; °-s; dat. -um): hardship
vǫmm ‘damage’
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vamm (noun n.; °-s; *-): blemish
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
skǫmmu ‘recently’
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skǫmmu (adv.): recently
Endr ‘earlier’
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(non-lexical)
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
hitt ‘It’
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2. inn (art.): the
at ‘that’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
hrunði ‘fell’
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hrynja (verb): fall, flow
hringkofl ‘the ring-cowl’
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hringkofl (noun m.): [ring-cowl]
notes
[6] hringkofl inga ‘the ring-cowl of the king’: Inga is taken here as a noun meaning ‘king’ (see LP: ingi and Sturl Hrafn 15/4); it could also be a variant of the name Yngvi, which is used in poetry for various legendary kings and heroes (see LP: ingi, Yngvi). Skj B treats it as a pers. n. (of a sea-king) and translates hringkofl Inga ‘the ring-cowl of Ingi’ as ‘ring byrnie’ (ringbrynjen). However, hringkofl ‘ring-cowl’ does not appear to be part of a kenning; rather, it most likely denotes a specific type of protective armour. Kufl ‘cowl’ was a combination of a cloak and a hood worn by monks, and protective armour made from iron rings covering the head and shoulders and worn beneath helmets is known from ON and continental sources (see Falk 1914, 169-70). See also ‘Rüstung’ in RGA 25, 446.
of ‘around’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
mik ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
inga ‘of the king’
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Ingi (noun m.): king, Ingi
notes
[6] hringkofl inga ‘the ring-cowl of the king’: Inga is taken here as a noun meaning ‘king’ (see LP: ingi and Sturl Hrafn 15/4); it could also be a variant of the name Yngvi, which is used in poetry for various legendary kings and heroes (see LP: ingi, Yngvi). Skj B treats it as a pers. n. (of a sea-king) and translates hringkofl Inga ‘the ring-cowl of Ingi’ as ‘ring byrnie’ (ringbrynjen). However, hringkofl ‘ring-cowl’ does not appear to be part of a kenning; rather, it most likely denotes a specific type of protective armour. Kufl ‘cowl’ was a combination of a cloak and a hood worn by monks, and protective armour made from iron rings covering the head and shoulders and worn beneath helmets is known from ON and continental sources (see Falk 1914, 169-70). See also ‘Rüstung’ in RGA 25, 446.
gǫgl ‘goslings’
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gagl (noun n.): gosling
kennings
gǫgl sára‘goslings of wounds ’
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goslings of wounds → RAVENS/EAGLES
bôru ‘moved’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
notes
[7] bôru sik ‘moved’: Earlier eds emend to the negated brut (bru-at) and read ‘goslings of wounds did not move hungrily’.
sik ‘’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
notes
[7] bôru sik ‘moved’: Earlier eds emend to the negated brut (bru-at) and read ‘goslings of wounds did not move hungrily’.
sára ‘of wounds’
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2. sár (noun n.; °-s; -): wound
kennings
gǫgl sára‘goslings of wounds ’
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goslings of wounds → RAVENS/EAGLES
svǫng ‘hungrily’
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2. svangr (adj.): hungry
en ‘but’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
lǫngu ‘long ago’
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langr (adj.; °compar. lengri, superl. lengstr): long
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