Bjbp Jóms 21I
Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa 21’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 977.
Hauðr ‘the land’
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hauðr (noun n.): earth, ground
notes
[1] verja hauðr ‘defended the land’: The phrase verja hauðr (here part of an acc. with inf. construction) is repeated in st. 22/3.
frák ‘I have heard’
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1. fregna (verb): hear of
Hákun ‘Hákon’
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Hákun (noun m.): [Hákon]
notes
[1] verja hauðr ‘defended the land’: The phrase verja hauðr (here part of an acc. with inf. construction) is repeated in st. 22/3.
verja ‘defended’
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3. verja (verb): defend
notes
[1] verja hauðr ‘defended the land’: The phrase verja hauðr (here part of an acc. with inf. construction) is repeated in st. 22/3.
hart ‘hard’
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harðr (adj.; °comp. -ari; superl. -astr): hard, harsh
svát ‘so that’
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svát (conj.): so that, so as
eigi ‘nothing’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
skorti ‘was lacking’
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2. skorta (verb): be short of, lack
Eirekr ‘Eiríkr’
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Eiríkr (noun m.): Eiríkr
eggjar ‘sword-edges’
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1. egg (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -ju/-): edge, blade
ótrauðr ‘not reluctant’
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ótrauðr (adj.): not reluctant
notes
[4] ótrauðr ‘not reluctant’: The adj. is also found in sts 5/2 and 36/8.
verit ‘’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
sǫgðu ‘said’
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segja (verb): say, tell
[5] sǫgðu: ‘[…]avgðv’ R, lǫgðu 65ˣ, sǫgðu RCP, RFJ
þar ‘that’
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þar (adv.): there
ýtar ‘men’
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ýtr (noun m.): man; launcher
Ármóð ‘Ármóðr’
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Ármóðr (noun m.): Ármóðr
notes
[6] Ármóð ‘Ármóðr’: Ármóðr from Ǫnundarfjǫrðr and his son Árni are named among the leaders of the Norwegian army in Jvs 1879, 71. In ÓT, Ármóðr is described as a great champion, though this may derive from the poem (Ólafur Halldórsson 2000, 78), and he is not specifically named as a commander in Eiríkr jarl’s troop. See also st. 29 and Context on Ármóðr and his fate.
vera ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
notes
[6] Ármóð ‘Ármóðr’: Ármóðr from Ǫnundarfjǫrðr and his son Árni are named among the leaders of the Norwegian army in Jvs 1879, 71. In ÓT, Ármóðr is described as a great champion, though this may derive from the poem (Ólafur Halldórsson 2000, 78), and he is not specifically named as a commander in Eiríkr jarl’s troop. See also st. 29 and Context on Ármóðr and his fate.
síðan ‘then’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
greppr ‘man’
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greppr (noun m.; °; -ar): poet, man
við ‘towards’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
gumna ‘men’
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gumi (noun m.; °-a; gumar/gumnar): man
glaðr ‘cheerful’
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2. glaðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): cheerful, glad
hǫfðingja ‘commander’
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hǫfðingi (noun m.; °-ja; -jar): chieftain
inn ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
þriðja ‘third’
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þriði (num. ordinal): third
[8] þriðja: ‘[…]iþia’ R, om. 65ˣ, ‘(þriþia)’(?) RCP, þriðja RFJ
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[2] hart, svát eigi skorti ‘hard, so that nothing was lacking’: The line closely resembles ESk Lv 1/3II. — [3] Eirekr hefr eggjar: The line has only five syllables. Reading the younger form hefir (as in RCP, RFJ) would supply an extra syllable, but hefr is the normal form in Jóms.
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