Svart Skauf 23VIII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Svartr á Hofstöðum, Skaufhala bálkr 23’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 971.
Hann ‘He’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
tók ‘began’
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2. taka (verb): take
á ‘to’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
skeiði ‘run’
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2. skeið (noun n.; °; -): race, course
skjótt ‘quickly’
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2. skjótr (adj.): quick(ly)
mier ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
[2] eftir mier: mier eftir Rask87ˣ
skundar ‘he hurries’
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skunda (verb): hasten
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
skrefaði ‘strode’
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skrefa (verb)
stórum ‘with long steps’
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stórr (adj.): large, great
Hljóp ‘rushed’
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hlaupa (verb): leap, run
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
fráliga ‘rapidly’
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fráliga (adv.)
heldur ‘rather’
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heldr (adv.): rather
notes
[6] heldur ‘rather’: The excrescent [u] is omitted by Kölbing (1876), CPB and Jón Þorkelsson (1888), which results in a hypometrical line. See Note to st. 13/5.
undan ‘away’
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undan (adv.): away, away from
notes
[7] leitaða (1st pers. sg. pret. indic.) ‘tried’: For leitaði ‘tried’ (Rask87ˣ), see Note to st. 22/4.
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
við ‘’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
lífi ‘life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
forða ‘save’
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forða (verb): escape, avoid
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[2]: The Rask87ˣ variant of this line, skjótt mier eftir, is also possible and preferable from a metrical point of view, with full stress on a disyllabic enclitic prep.
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