Balti Sigdr 3II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Bǫðvarr balti, Sigurðardrápa 3’ 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. 535.
Þar ‘There’
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þar (adv.): there
fell ‘fell’
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falla (verb): fall
allt ‘entire’
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allr (adj.): all
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
ǫrvir ‘audacious’
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ǫrr (adj.): generous, brave
ulfr ‘the wolf’
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1. ulfr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): wolf
rauð ‘reddened’
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rjóða (verb): to redden
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
her ‘army’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
dauðum ‘the dead’
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2. dauðr (adj.): dead
teðr ‘its teeth’
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tǫnn (noun f.; °tannar; tenn/tennr/tennar): tooth
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
tognings ‘of the sword’
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togningr (noun m.): [sword]
[3] tognings (‘tavgnings’): corrected from ‘tavgnvngs’ Mork
kennings
veðri tognings;‘the storm of the sword; ’
= BATTLE
the storm of the sword; → BATTLE
veðri ‘the storm’
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2. veðr (noun n.; °-s; -): weather, wind, storm
kennings
veðri tognings;‘the storm of the sword; ’
= BATTLE
the storm of the sword; → BATTLE
tveir ‘two’
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tveir (num. cardinal): two
jǫfrar ‘princes’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
lið ‘force’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
þeira ‘their’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
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As sts 1-2 above.
Magnús inn blindi was killed during the battle, and Sigurðr slembidjákn was captured, tortured and hanged. See Notes to sts 1/5, 8 and 2/3-4 above. — [1] fell (3rd pers. sg. pret. indic.) ‘fell’: The verb is in the sg. but has a pl. subject (see NS §70).
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