Arn Hardr 1II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Haraldsdrápa 1’ 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. 261-2.
Rauð ‘reddened’
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rjóða (verb): to redden
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
rýrt ‘diminished’
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rýrr (adj.): diminished, reduced
síðan ‘then’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
rann ‘ran’
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2. renna (verb): run (strong)
eldr ‘flame’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
of ‘through’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
sjǫt ‘settlements’
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sjǫt (noun n.): dwelling
frána ‘bright’
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2. fránn (adj.): bright, shining
egg ‘blade’
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1. egg (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -ju/-): edge, blade
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
Fjóni ‘Fyn’
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Fjón (noun n.): [Fyn]
Fjón ‘of Fyn’
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Fjón (noun n.): [Fyn] < fjónbyggvir (noun m.)
byggva ‘dwellers’
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byggvir (noun m.): dweller < fjónbyggvir (noun m.)
[4] ‑byggva: so F, E, Hr, ‑byggja Kˣ, 39, J2ˣ, H
lið ‘the troop’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
tyggi ‘The sovereign [Haraldr]’
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tyggi (noun m.): prince, sovereign
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Haraldr Sigurðarson and his lieutenant Kálfr Árnason are harrying in Denmark. Anchored off Fyn (Fjón), the king sends Kálfr ashore on a disastrous expedition in which he and other Norwegians are slain. When Haraldr discovers this he takes terrible revenge by plundering and killing, as Arnórr says.
See also Hharð Lv 8.
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