Blakkr Breiðdr 2II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Blakkr, Breiðskeggsdrápa 2’ 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. 648.
Hafði ‘had’
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hafa (verb): have
lifði ‘he lived’
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lifa (verb): live
hvárttveggja ‘two qualities’
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hvárrtveggi (pron.): both
Breið ‘Breið’
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breiðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): broad, wide < breiðskeggi (noun m.)
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[2] Breiðskeggi: The weak variant of the nickname Breiðskeggr was chosen by the poet because the metre requires an additional syllable.
skeggi ‘skeggi’
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Skeggi (noun m.): Skeggi < breiðskeggi (noun m.)
[2] ‑skeggi: ‑skeggja 81a
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[2] Breiðskeggi: The weak variant of the nickname Breiðskeggr was chosen by the poet because the metre requires an additional syllable.
nús ‘now’
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nú (adv.): now
friðspillir ‘the peace-spoiler’
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friðspillir (noun m.): [peace-spoiler]
fallinn ‘has fallen’
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falla (verb): fall
fæst ‘the least’
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3. fár (adj.; °compar. fǽrri/fárri(Mág² 11), superl. fǽstr): few
gótt ‘goodness’
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góðr (adj.): good
dul ‘conceit’
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1. dul (noun f.; °-ar; -ar): delusion
hæsta ‘the greatest’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
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As st. 1 above.
According to Sv, this helmingr was the refrain in Blakkr’s poem (ÍF 30, 176): Blakkr orti erfidrápu um Breiðskegg, ok var þetta stefit í ‘Blakkr composed a memorial poem about Breiðskeggr and this was the refrain in it’.
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