BjKálfs Lv 1II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Bjarni Kálfsson, Lausavísa 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. 639-40.
Fant ‘servant’
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fantr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): [servant]
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[1] fant ‘servant’: Fantr can mean both ‘servant’ and ‘tramp’ (see Fritzner: fantr 1-2), but the juxtaposition with matsveinn ‘cook’ (l. 8) makes the former sense more likely in this instance. The word is a loanword from MLG vant ‘servant, rogue’ (see AEW: fantr), and this is the earliest recorded occurrence of it and the only time it is used in ON poetry.
sék ‘I see’
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2. sjá (verb): see
hvern ‘every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
hesti ‘a horse’
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hestr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): horse, stallion
hérs ‘here’s’
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hér (adv.): here
nú ‘now’
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nú (adv.): now
siðr ‘habit’
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siðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/-i; -ir, acc. -u): faith, morals
inn ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
leið ‘way’
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leið (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir/-ar): path, way
eigum ‘have’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
[3] eigum: so Flat, E, eigu 327, 81a
vér ‘we’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
langa ‘a long’
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langr (adj.; °compar. lengri, superl. lengstr): long
lendir ‘the district’
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lendr (adj.): landed
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[4] lendir menn ‘the district chieftains’: See Note to Þham Magndr 1/6-7.
skulu ‘’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
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[4] lendir menn ‘the district chieftains’: See Note to Þham Magndr 1/6-7.
ganga ‘are walking’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
Hirð ‘The’
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hirð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(FskB 53)): retinue < hirðmaðr (noun m.): retainer
[5] Hirð‑: ‘hír‑’ Flat
menn ‘retainers’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person < hirðmaðr (noun m.): retainer
skulu ‘must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
hlaupa ‘run’
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hlaupa (verb): leap, run
hér ‘here’
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hér (adv.): here
esat ‘there is no’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[6] esat (‘erat’): ‘er ei’ Flat, ‘era’ E, er nú 81a
illt ‘bad’
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illr (adj.): bad, evil, unwell
til ‘’
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til (prep.): to
kaupa ‘bargain’
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kaupa (verb): buy
munkak ‘I’m not going’
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munu (verb): will, must
[7] munkak (‘munca ec’): ‘mun ek ei’ Flat
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[7] munkak kvíða mǫrgu ‘I’m not going to fear much’: This seems to be a cynical comment from Bjarni on the present situation: because the world has been turned upside down, he is not going to be afraid whatever dangers lie ahead.
mǫrgu ‘much’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
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[7] munkak kvíða mǫrgu ‘I’m not going to fear much’: This seems to be a cynical comment from Bjarni on the present situation: because the world has been turned upside down, he is not going to be afraid whatever dangers lie ahead.
kvíða ‘to fear’
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3. kvíða (verb): fear
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[7] munkak kvíða mǫrgu ‘I’m not going to fear much’: This seems to be a cynical comment from Bjarni on the present situation: because the world has been turned upside down, he is not going to be afraid whatever dangers lie ahead.
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
mat ‘the’
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matr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir): food < matsveinn (noun m.)
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[8] matsveinar ‘the cooks’: A matsveinn lit. ‘food-servant’ was a servant whose duty it was to prepare food for an army or a ship’s crew. In the latter case, the preparation of food took place ashore. This particular occupation seems to date from the C11th (see Falk 1912, 7-8; NGL V: matgerðarmaðr and matsveinn.
sveinar ‘cooks’
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sveinn (noun m.; °sveins; sveinar): boy, servant, attendant < matsveinn (noun m.)
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[8] matsveinar ‘the cooks’: A matsveinn lit. ‘food-servant’ was a servant whose duty it was to prepare food for an army or a ship’s crew. In the latter case, the preparation of food took place ashore. This particular occupation seems to date from the C11th (see Falk 1912, 7-8; NGL V: matgerðarmaðr and matsveinn.
ríða ‘are riding’
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1. ríða (verb): ride
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In February 1182, Magnús Erlingsson makes another surprise attack on Sverrir Sigurðarson’s garrison in Trondheim (see HSn Lv 1-2 above), and those of Sverrir’s men who are able to escape from the stronghold are forced to regroup and flee south on foot. Sverrir is en route north from Oslo on horseback with the rest of his troops when he meets those who fled from Trondheim in the mountains at Hjerkinn (Dovre). The soldiers in Sverrir’s army taunt the men from Trondheim and refuse to give up their horses. Bjarni, who is among the refugees, responds to the situation with this st.
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