Anon (Sv) 3II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísur from Sverris saga 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. 844.
Ætlak ‘I intend’
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ætla (verb): intend, mean, think
mér ‘for myself’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
ina ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
mæru ‘splendid’
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2. mærr (adj.): famous
munnfagra ‘mouth-fair’
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munnfagr (adj.): [mouth-fair]
hvégis ‘however’
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hvégi (adv.): however
[3] hvégis (‘hvegi er’): ‘hurgi er’ 304ˣ, þeygi er 81a
fundr ‘the encounter’
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fundr (noun m.): discovery, meeting
með ‘between’
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með (prep.): with
frægjum ‘the famous’
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frægr (adj.; °-jan/-an; compar. -ri, superl. -jastr/-astr/-str): famous, renowned
[3] frægjum: frægum Flat, 304ˣ, 81a
Magnúsi ‘Magnús’
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2. Magnús (noun m.): Magnús
[4] Magnúsi ok Sverri: Magnús ok Sverrir 304ˣ
Sverri ‘Sverrir’
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Sverrir (noun m.): Sverrir
[4] Magnúsi ok Sverri: Magnús ok Sverrir 304ˣ
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The helmingr is part of King Sverrir’s speech prior to the battle of Ilevollene (cf. Anon (Sv) 1-2 above). Sverrir cites it to illustrate the attitude of the farmers of Trøndelag who had been forced by Magnús Erlingsson to accompany him to battle.
As with Anon (Sv) 2 above, we do not know who composed this half-st. originally, but Sverrir is the one who recites it (ÍF 30, 73): En búandamúgrinn, sá er þeir hafa nauðgan hertekinn hingat, þá munu þeir ekki hirða um hvárir falla ef sjálfir eru þeir ósárir. Veit ek þat ok sannliga um alla Þrœndi at þeim er svá gefit sem skáldit kvað ‘But concerning the crowd of farmers, which they have brought here by force against their will, they will not care who falls if they themselves are not wounded. I also know this in truth about all the Þrœndir, that they feel the way the skald said’.
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