Bkrepp Magndr 7II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Bjǫrn krepphendi, Magnússdrápa 7’ 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. 401.
Ǫrr ‘The generous’
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ǫrr (adj.): generous, brave
skjǫldungr ‘leader’
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skjǫldungr (noun m.): king
fór ‘advanced in’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
eldi ‘with fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
Ívist ‘North Uist’
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Ívist (noun f.): North Uist
búendr ‘farmers’
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búandi (noun m.; °-a; búendr (bøendr var. ÓH 47¹²: AM 325 VII 4° 325 VII), dat. búǫndum/búandum/búendum): farmer, resident
misstu ‘lost’
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2. missa (verb): lose, lack
róg ‘the battle’
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róg (noun n.; °-s): strife, slander < róggeisli (noun m.)
kennings
róggeisla‘the battle-beam.’
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the battle-beam. → SWORD
geisla ‘beam’
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geisli (noun m.): beam of light < róggeisli (noun m.)
kennings
róggeisla‘the battle-beam.’
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the battle-beam. → SWORD
vann ‘’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
ræsir ‘the ruler’
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ræsir (noun m.): ruler
rauðan ‘reddened’
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rjóða (verb): to redden
lífs ‘life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
auðar ‘wealth’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth
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As sts 5-6 above.
In Hkr and H-Hr, this helmingr is given as ll. 5-8 of st. 5 above. However, according to the prose of Mork and Fsk (ÍF 29, 307), Magnús went from Tiree to North Uist, and not from Skye to North Uist (see Note to st. 6 above [All]).
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