Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Hrynhenda, Magnússdrápa 20’ 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, p. 206.
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skjǫldungr (noun m.): king
[1] Skjǫldungr mun þér annarr aldri: ‘Skí[...]’ B, ‘Skio᷎lldungr m; annarr alldri’ 744ˣ
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munu (verb): will, must
[1] Skjǫldungr mun þér annarr aldri: ‘Skí[...]’ B, ‘Skio᷎lldungr m; annarr alldri’ 744ˣ
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
[1] Skjǫldungr mun þér annarr aldri: ‘Skí[...]’ B, ‘Skio᷎lldungr m; annarr alldri’ 744ˣ
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
[1] Skjǫldungr mun þér annarr aldri: ‘Skí[...]’ B, ‘Skio᷎lldungr m; annarr alldri’ 744ˣ
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aldri (adv.): never
[1] Skjǫldungr mun þér annarr aldri: ‘Skí[...]’ B, ‘Skio᷎lldungr m; annarr alldri’ 744ˣ
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œðri (adj. comp.): nobler, higher
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3. und (prep.): under, underneath
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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun
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2. fœða (verb): to feed, give food to, bring up, bear, give birth to
[2] fœðask: ‘fe᷎[...]’ B, fœðask 744ˣ
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Snorri tells how the names of famous dynasties, including the Skjǫldungar (descended from Skjǫldr in Denmark) have come to be used in poetry as appellations for rulers.
The sources identify Arnórr as poet, except ms. A, which names Markús, and U, in which the ll. follow straight on from ÞjóðA Lv 11/5-8.
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