Diana Whaley (ed.) 2017, ‘Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Poem about Hermundr Illugason 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 11.
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1. hjalpa (verb): help
[1] hjalp ‘save’: One of five prayers in Arnórr’s surviving work, petitioning God for help or mercy for someone recently deceased; see Note to Arn Rǫgndr 3II [All].
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dýrr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -str/-astr): precious
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
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dýrr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -str/-astr): precious
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
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grund (noun f.): earth, land
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grund (noun f.): earth, land
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Hermundr (noun m.): Hermundr
[2] Hermundi ‘Hermundr’: See Introduction above.
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