Svart Skauf 14VIII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Svartr á Hofstöðum, Skaufhala bálkr 14’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 964.
Þú ‘You’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
ráða ‘have your way’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
segir ‘says’
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segja (verb): say, tell
notes
[2] rebbhali ‘Foxtail’: See Note to st. 12/2.
við ‘’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
mun ‘’ll’
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munu (verb): will, must
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
leita ‘try’
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leita (verb): seek, look for, attack
vista ‘provisions’
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vist (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): abode, lodging, provisions
[4] vista: corrected from ‘wistar’ in another hand Rask87ˣ
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
afla ‘procure’
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afla (verb; °-að-): to gain, earn, procure, acquire
Þó ‘Yet’
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þó (adv.): though
nornir ‘the norns’
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norn (noun f.; °; -ir): norn
notes
[5] nornir ‘the norns’: This reference to prophetic fate is also characteristic of fornaldarsögur and ævikviður (see Ǫrv 2-3, Ǫrv 17/5-8 and Amory 1973, 6).
þess ‘this’
[6] þess: om. Rask87ˣ
um ‘about’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
mig ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
spáð ‘predicted’
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2. spá (verb)
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
mier ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
gömlum ‘the old one’
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gamall (adj.; °gamlan; compar. & superl. ellri adj.): old
glæpaz ‘be enticed into trouble’
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glœpa (verb): [sins, confound]
mundi ‘would’
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munu (verb): will, must
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[5-6]: The Rask87ˣ variant of these two lines (þó hafa þess | nornir um mig spáð) is unmetrical because l. 5 is hypometrical and l. 6 has no alliteration.
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