Svart Skauf 31VIII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Svartr á Hofstöðum, Skaufhala bálkr 31’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 976.
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
með ‘along’
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með (prep.): with
ströndu ‘the beach’
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strǫnd (noun f.; °strandar, dat. -u/-; strandir/strendr): beach, shore
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[2] strokið ‘rushed’: So Rask87ˣ. The 603 reading ‘strakit’ must be a scribal error, and the emendation is in keeping with earlier eds.
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[2] jafnliga ‘regularly’: The Rask87ˣ variant, tíðum ‘often’, results in a hypometrical line.
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
heima ‘of the homesteads’
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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world
hauga ‘the hillocks’
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haugr (noun m.; °-s, -i; -ar): mound, cairn
[4] um hauga: jafnan 603, Rask87ˣ
snuðrað ‘sniffed’
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snoðra (verb)
Bitið ‘bitten’
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bíta (verb; °bítr; beit, bitu; bitinn): bite
[5] Bitið hef eg álar: etið ólar Rask87ˣ
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[5] eg hef bitið ‘I’ve bitten’: The Rask87ˣ variant etið ‘eaten’ must have been introduced to provide double alliteration. It makes the line hypometrical, however, and fails to provide the required alliteration with belt ‘destroyed’ in l. 6.
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[5] eg hef bitið ‘I’ve bitten’: The Rask87ˣ variant etið ‘eaten’ must have been introduced to provide double alliteration. It makes the line hypometrical, however, and fails to provide the required alliteration with belt ‘destroyed’ in l. 6.
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
[5] Bitið hef eg álar: etið ólar Rask87ˣ
notes
[5] eg hef bitið ‘I’ve bitten’: The Rask87ˣ variant etið ‘eaten’ must have been introduced to provide double alliteration. It makes the line hypometrical, however, and fails to provide the required alliteration with belt ‘destroyed’ in l. 6.
álar ‘leather thongs’
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1. ál (noun f.; °dat. -u/-; -ar): leather strap
[5] Bitið hef eg álar: etið ólar Rask87ˣ
belt ‘destroyed’
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2. bella (verb; °-lld-): °presume to (do sth.) (against sby), perpetrate; show, manifest
[6] belt: ‘enn billt’ Rask87ˣ
klyppingum ‘shorn sheepskins’
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klippingr (noun m.; °; -ar): °fåreskind med afklippet uld
[6] klyppingum: klippingum Rask87ˣ
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[6] klyppingum ‘shorn sheepskins’: So Jón Þorkelsson (1888). Kölbing (1876) and CPB have klýpingum but, according to Guðbrandur Vigfússon (CPB II, 610), klippingum would be better, i.e. shorn sheepskins for trade, an article of export from Iceland in the Middle Ages (cf. Jón Jóhannesson 1974, 313). Both klyppingum and klippingum (Rask87ˣ followed by Jón Þorkelsson 1922-7 and Páll Eggert Ólason 1947) are possible forms of this word.
rifið ‘ripped’
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rífa (verb): tear
af ‘off’
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af (prep.): from
þönum ‘the racks’
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þǫn (noun f.; °; dat. -um): °ramme til tørring af skind
riett ‘right’
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3. réttr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): right, straight, direct
húð ‘hide’
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húð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): hide
hverja ‘every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
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[3-4]: Both mss render these lines as og heima um hauga | jafnan snuðrað, leaving l. 4 without alliteration. The present edn follows Jón Þorkelsson (1888; 1922-7) and Páll Eggert Ólason (1947).
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