Arn Magndr 15II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Magnússdrápa 15’ 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. 225.
Sveins ‘of Sveinn’s’
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2. Sveinn (noun m.): Sveinn
manna ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
rekr ‘are cast’
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2. reka (verb): drive, force
sǫndug ‘Sandy’
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sǫndugr (adj.): [Sandy]
lík ‘corpses’
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1. lík (noun n.; °-s; -): body, shape
at ‘onto’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
strǫndum ‘the beaches’
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strǫnd (noun f.; °strandar, dat. -u/-; strandir/strendr): beach, shore
[2] strǫndum: strǫndu Hr
vítt ‘far and wide’
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víðr (adj.): far
sér ‘see’
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2. sjá (verb): see
ǫld ‘people’
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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age
útan ‘off’
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útan (prep.): outside, without
Jótland ‘Jylland’
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Jótland (noun n.): Jutland, Jylland
hræ ‘bodies’
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hræ (noun n.; °; -): corpse, carrion
fljóta ‘float’
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fljóta (verb): flow, float
Vitnir ‘The wolf’
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vitnir (noun m.): wolf
dregr ‘drags’
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2. draga (verb; °dregr; dró, drógu; dreginn/droget(Hirð NKS 1642 4° 146v²⁹; cf. [$962$])): drag, pull, draw
ór ‘from’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
vatni ‘the water’
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vatn (noun n.; °-s; -*): water, lake
vann ‘made’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
Ôleifs ‘Óláfr’s’
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Óláfr (noun m.): Óláfr
kennings
sonr Ôleifs‘Óláfr’s son ’
= Magnús
Óláfr’s son → Magnús
sonr ‘son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
kennings
sonr Ôleifs‘Óláfr’s son ’
= Magnús
Óláfr’s son → Magnús
bannat ‘forbidden’
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2. banna (verb; °-að-): forbid, refuse
búk ‘a corpse’
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búkr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): body
slítr ‘tears’
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slíta (verb): to tear
vargr ‘the wolf’
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vargr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): wolf
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
víkum ‘the bays’
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vík (noun f.): bay
valkǫst ‘a heap of slain’
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valkǫstr (noun m.): corpse-pile
ara ‘for the eagle’
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1. ari (noun m.; °-a; -ar): eagle
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In H-Hr, st. 15 is cited after st. 14, with a remark that much of Sveinn’s army fell, while some jumped overboard and perished, as Arnórr says. In Flat the context, as for st. 14, is the battle of Áróss.
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