Tarrin Wills (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Stanzas from the Third Grammatical Treatise 8’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 543.
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1. hringr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): ring; sword < hringlestir (noun m.)
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lestir (noun m.): damager, destroyer < hringlestir (noun m.)
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
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hraustr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): strong, valiant
[1] hraustan ‘bravely’: According to Óláfr, acc. hraustan is used adverbially (TGT 1927, 51): Hér er þetta nafn, hraustan, sett fyrir þessu viðrorði, hraustliga ‘Here this nomen “brave” is used instead of the adverb “bravely”’. Cf. Nj 1875-89, II, 642 and Note to ÞKolb Eirdr 2/5I ólítinn, which cites the ModIcel. að fara mikinn, lit. ‘to go all out’ (so ÍF 26, 276 n.).
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
[2] herjum: hverjum W
[2] kunnr herjum ‘known to people’: I.e. famous. Both ‘people’ and ‘warriors’ can be meant by the noun here. The same phrase occurs in Eskál Vell 14/3I.
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kunnr (adj.): known (?)
[2] kunnr herjum ‘known to people’: I.e. famous. Both ‘people’ and ‘warriors’ can be meant by the noun here. The same phrase occurs in Eskál Vell 14/3I.
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3. at (prep.): at, to
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gunnr (noun f.): battle
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Cited as an example of soloecismus involving the use of an incorrect part of speech, here the adjective hraustan m. acc. sg. ‘brave’ instead of the adverb hraustliga ‘bravely’. The use of an adjective for an adverb is a common feature of skaldic verse, but the accusative form used in this way is rare (see Note to l. 1 below).
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