Anon (Mberf) 5II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísur from Magnúss saga berfœtts 5’ 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. 832-3.
Spurði ‘asked’
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spyrja (verb; spurði): ask; hear, find out
gramr ‘The lord’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
hvat ‘what’
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hvat (pron.): what
gerði ‘was doing’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
Giffarðr ‘Giffarðr’
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Giffarðr (noun m.): Giffarðr
[2] Giffarðr: ‘giparðr’ F, E, 42ˣ, ‘Giparðr’ J2ˣ
lið ‘the troop’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
barðisk ‘fought’
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2. berja (verb; °barði; barðr/bariðr/barinn): fight
vér ‘we’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
ruðum ‘reddened’
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rjóða (verb): to redden
vôpn ‘weapons’
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vápn (noun n.; °-s; -): weapon
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
dreyra ‘blood’
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dreyri (noun m.; °-a): blood
vasat ‘had not’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[4] vasat (‘varat’): var 42ˣ
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[4] hann: hér E
kominn ‘come’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
þannig ‘there’
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þannig (adv.): thus, there, that way
[4] þannig: þannug E, J2ˣ, þangat 42ˣ
Framreiðar ‘to advance’
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framreið (noun f.): [to advance]
[5] Framreiðar: so Hr, F, E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, fram reið þar Mork, framreið H
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
fnauði ‘The coward’
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fnauði (noun m.): [coward]
[5] fnauði: frændi Hr, ‘frauði’ F, E, ‘frvþe’ J2ˣ, ‘fruþi’ 42ˣ
full ‘extremely’
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2. fullr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): full, complete < fulltrauðr (adj.)
[6] full‑: flug‑ F
trauðr ‘reluctant’
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trauðr (adj.): reluctant < fulltrauðr (adj.)
rauðum ‘his chestnut’
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rauðr (noun m.): chestnut
villat ‘he does not wish’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
[7] villat *: vill hann eigi Mork, E, J2ˣ, vill eigi H, Hr, vill hann ei F, 42ˣ
notes
[7] villat * ‘he does not wish’: For this normalisation, see Note to Mberf Lv 2/1.
* ‘’
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[7] villat *: vill hann eigi Mork, E, J2ˣ, vill eigi H, Hr, vill hann ei F, 42ˣ
notes
[7] villat * ‘he does not wish’: For this normalisation, see Note to Mberf Lv 2/1.
flokk ‘company’
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flokkr (noun m.): group, flock
várn ‘our’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
fylla ‘to complete’
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fylla (verb): fill
riddari ‘knight’
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riddari (noun m.; °-a; -ar): knight
inn ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
valski ‘Norman’
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valskr (adj.): foreign, French
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The st. is recited in response to Mberf Lv 2, in which Magnús asks the whereabouts of the Norman knight Giffarðr, who was in his army at the battle of Fuxerna, Sweden.
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