Bkrepp Magndr 5II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Bjǫrn krepphendi, Magnússdrápa 5’ 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. 399-400.
Lék ‘played’
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3. leika (verb): play
of ‘throughout’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
Ljóðhús ‘Lewis’
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1. Ljóðhús (noun n.): [Lewis, Lödöse]
fíkjum ‘fiercely’
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fíkjum (adv.): fiercely
notes
[1] fíkjum ‘fiercely’: See Note to Valg Har 3/2.
lim ‘The branch’
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2. lim (noun n.; °; -): limb < limsorg (noun f.)
[2] limsorg: lundsorg 42ˣ, limsorg óð Hr
kennings
Limsorg‘The branch-sorrow ’
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The branch-sorrow → FIRE
sorg ‘sorrow’
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sorg (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sorrow, affliction < limsorg (noun f.)
[2] limsorg: lundsorg 42ˣ, limsorg óð Hr
kennings
Limsorg‘The branch-sorrow ’
= FIRE
The branch-sorrow → FIRE
náar ‘near’
himni ‘the sky’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
vítt ‘far and wide’
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víðr (adj.): far
vas ‘were’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[3] vas (‘var’): varð 39, E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, Hr
notes
[3] vas ferð ‘the crowds were’: Lit. ‘the crowd was’ (sg.).
ferð ‘the crowds’
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ferð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-arMork 196¹²)): host, journey
[3] ferð: ‘friþr’ 39
notes
[3] vas ferð ‘the crowds were’: Lit. ‘the crowd was’ (sg.).
á ‘for’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
flótta ‘flight’
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flótti (noun m.): flight, fleeing
fús ‘eager’
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fúss (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): eager, willing
gaus ‘gushed’
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gjósa (verb): gush
eldr ‘fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
ór ‘from’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
húsum ‘houses’
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hús (noun n.; °-s; -): house
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Stanzas 5-9 document Magnús’s harrying in the Hebrides, along the coast of Scotland and on the Isle of Man during his first campaign to the west in 1098 (see Introduction to the poem above).
The half-st. is recorded in Hkr and H-Hr only, where it is given as ll. 1-4 of our st. 7. According to the prose of Mork, F and Fsk (ÍF 29, 307), Magnús first descended on the island of Lewis in his series of attacks on the Hebrides.
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