Svart Skauf 39VIII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Svartr á Hofstöðum, Skaufhala bálkr 39’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 983.
Hann ‘He’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
mun ‘’ll’
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munu (verb): will, must
óþarfr ‘destructive’
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óþarfr (adj.): harmful
ýtum ‘to people’
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ýtr (noun m.): man; launcher
verða ‘become’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
bændum ‘to farmers’
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bóndi (noun m.; °-a; bǿndr/bǿndir(HkrEirsp 58⁴)/bondr(Nj AM 468 4° 78r⁴), gen. & dat. bónd-/bǿnd-): man, farmer, peasant, landowner
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
búum ‘farmsteads’
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1. bú (noun n.; °-s, dat. -i/-(Landsl 39, DN III (1367) 279¹, DN XII (*1348AM 902 a) 73³⁰); -): homestead
um ‘throughout’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
bygðir ‘settlements’
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byggð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): dwelling, settlement
allar ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
stela ‘steal’
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stela (verb): to steal
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
ræna ‘rob’
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ræna (verb): rob
stórum ‘exceedingly’
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stórr (adj.): large, great
fie ‘livestock’
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fé (noun n.; °fjár/féar; -): cattle, money
manna ‘men’s’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
morð ‘outlawed’
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1. morð (noun n.; °-s; -): killing, battle < morðvargr (noun m.)
vargr ‘murderer’
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vargr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): wolf < morðvargr (noun m.)
meiri ‘a greater’
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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large
en ‘than’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
man ‘remember’
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1. muna (verb): remember
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
sveitum ‘the districts’
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sveit (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): host, company
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