Árm Lv 2II
Judith Jesch (ed.) 2009, ‘Ármóðr, Lausavísur 2’ 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, pp. 621-2.
Hrǫnn ‘The swell’
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hrǫnn (noun f.; °; dat. -um): wave
[1] Hrǫnns (‘Hro᷎nn er’): so R702ˣ, Hrǫnn var 325I, Hrǫnn Flat
s ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[1] Hrǫnns (‘Hro᷎nn er’): so R702ˣ, Hrǫnn var 325I, Hrǫnn Flat
fyr ‘before’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
notes
[1, 4] mynni Humru; sǫndum Veslu ‘Humber’s mouth; Vesla’s sands’: Both of these place names have been treated here as genitival phrases rather than true compounds because that is how they are presented in all of the mss. Townend (1998, 74-6, 79-81) adopts a middle course by hyphenating both, although he notes (1998, 81) that ‘OE Humbra mūþa, a parallel phrase ... may have been a well-established compound’.
mynni ‘mouth’
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mynni (noun n.; °-s; gen. -a): mouth
notes
[1, 4] mynni Humru; sǫndum Veslu ‘Humber’s mouth; Vesla’s sands’: Both of these place names have been treated here as genitival phrases rather than true compounds because that is how they are presented in all of the mss. Townend (1998, 74-6, 79-81) adopts a middle course by hyphenating both, although he notes (1998, 81) that ‘OE Humbra mūþa, a parallel phrase ... may have been a well-established compound’.
háleit ‘lofty’
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háleitr (adj.): glorious, sublime
þar ‘where’
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þar (adv.): there
s ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
vér ‘we’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
sveigir ‘sways’
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sveigja (verb): bend
lauk ‘the mast’
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laukr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): leek, mast
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
lægjask ‘become lower’
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lægja (verb): humble, become lower
lǫnd ‘lands’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land
fyr ‘off’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
Veslu ‘Vesla’s’
[4] Veslu: veizlu Flat, ‘vetu’ R702ˣ
notes
[1, 4] mynni Humru; sǫndum Veslu ‘Humber’s mouth; Vesla’s sands’: Both of these place names have been treated here as genitival phrases rather than true compounds because that is how they are presented in all of the mss. Townend (1998, 74-6, 79-81) adopts a middle course by hyphenating both, although he notes (1998, 81) that ‘OE Humbra mūþa, a parallel phrase ... may have been a well-established compound’. — [4] Veslu ‘Vesla’s’: ÍF 34, 209 reports an unpublished suggestion by A. B. Taylor that ‘Vesla’s sands’ refer to Wallsend, also discussed by Townend (1998, 76) who finds it philologically unsatisfactory though geographically possible, while Bibire (1988, 232) finds it ‘topographically odd’.
Veslu ‘Vesla’s’
[4] Veslu: veizlu Flat, ‘vetu’ R702ˣ
notes
[1, 4] mynni Humru; sǫndum Veslu ‘Humber’s mouth; Vesla’s sands’: Both of these place names have been treated here as genitival phrases rather than true compounds because that is how they are presented in all of the mss. Townend (1998, 74-6, 79-81) adopts a middle course by hyphenating both, although he notes (1998, 81) that ‘OE Humbra mūþa, a parallel phrase ... may have been a well-established compound’. — [4] Veslu ‘Vesla’s’: ÍF 34, 209 reports an unpublished suggestion by A. B. Taylor that ‘Vesla’s sands’ refer to Wallsend, also discussed by Townend (1998, 76) who finds it philologically unsatisfactory though geographically possible, while Bibire (1988, 232) finds it ‘topographically odd’.
sǫndum ‘sands’
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sandr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sand, beach
notes
[1, 4] mynni Humru; sǫndum Veslu ‘Humber’s mouth; Vesla’s sands’: Both of these place names have been treated here as genitival phrases rather than true compounds because that is how they are presented in all of the mss. Townend (1998, 74-6, 79-81) adopts a middle course by hyphenating both, although he notes (1998, 81) that ‘OE Humbra mūþa, a parallel phrase ... may have been a well-established compound’.
Eigi ‘’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
drífr ‘is not driving’
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2. drífa (verb; °drífr; dreif, drifu; drifinn): drive, rush
í ‘into’
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í (prep.): in, into
augu ‘the eyes’
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auga (noun n.; °auga; augu/augun, gen. augna): eye
alda ‘The wave’
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alda (noun f.; °; *-ur): wave
lauðri ‘with foam’
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lauðr (noun n.): foam, surf
faldin ‘capped’
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2. falda (verb): cover, clothe
drengr ‘the fellow’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior
ríðr ‘rides’
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1. ríða (verb): ride
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
þingi ‘the assembly’
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þing (noun n.; °-s; -): meeting, assembly
es ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
nú ‘now’
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nú (adv.): now
sitr ‘is sitting’
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sitja (verb): sit
heima ‘at home’
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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world
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Rǫgnvaldr leaves Orkney with fifteen ships on his crusade to the Holy Land. As they sail along the Northumbrian coast, Ármóðr declaims this st.
The crusaders set out in the summer of 1151 (ÍF 34, lxxxviii). — [8]: Echoes Sigm Lv 2/2.
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