Bǫlv Hardr 3II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Bǫlverkr Arnórsson, Drápa about Haraldr harðráði 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. 289.
Snjallr ‘The valiant’
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snjallr (adj.): quick, resourceful, bold
[1] Snjallr: snjall Flat
rauð ‘reddened’
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rjóða (verb): to redden
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
stillir ‘ruler’
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stillir (noun m.): ruler
stôl ‘swords’
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1. stál (noun n.; °-s; -): steel, weapon, prow
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
gekk ‘entered’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
notes
[2] gekk á mála ‘entered paid service’: Kock (NN §2036) translates ganga á mála as bryta fredsfördraget ‘break the peace settlement’. However, both Fms (6, 134) and Flat (1860-8, III, 290) paraphrase the st. in the prose and state explicitly that Haraldr entered the service (gekk á mála) of the emperor: Geck Haralldr þegar med o᷎llu ꜳ konungs mala ‘Haraldr at once entered the paid service of the king eagerly’ (Flat 1860-8, III, 290). For máli ‘payment, remuneration’, see Fritzner: máli 2 and Jesch 2001a, 194. For Haraldr’s service in the Greek army, see Sigfús Blöndal 1978, 56-102.
á ‘’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
notes
[2] gekk á mála ‘entered paid service’: Kock (NN §2036) translates ganga á mála as bryta fredsfördraget ‘break the peace settlement’. However, both Fms (6, 134) and Flat (1860-8, III, 290) paraphrase the st. in the prose and state explicitly that Haraldr entered the service (gekk á mála) of the emperor: Geck Haralldr þegar med o᷎llu ꜳ konungs mala ‘Haraldr at once entered the paid service of the king eagerly’ (Flat 1860-8, III, 290). For máli ‘payment, remuneration’, see Fritzner: máli 2 and Jesch 2001a, 194. For Haraldr’s service in the Greek army, see Sigfús Blöndal 1978, 56-102.
mála ‘paid service’
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2. máli (noun m.; °-a; dat. -um): agreement
notes
[2] gekk á mála ‘entered paid service’: Kock (NN §2036) translates ganga á mála as bryta fredsfördraget ‘break the peace settlement’. However, both Fms (6, 134) and Flat (1860-8, III, 290) paraphrase the st. in the prose and state explicitly that Haraldr entered the service (gekk á mála) of the emperor: Geck Haralldr þegar med o᷎llu ꜳ konungs mala ‘Haraldr at once entered the paid service of the king eagerly’ (Flat 1860-8, III, 290). For máli ‘payment, remuneration’, see Fritzner: máli 2 and Jesch 2001a, 194. For Haraldr’s service in the Greek army, see Sigfús Blöndal 1978, 56-102.
háðisk ‘was waged’
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2. heyja (verb): fight, wage (battle)
hvert ‘every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
ár ‘year’
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2. ár (noun n.; °-s; -): year, year’s abundance
síðan ‘thereafter’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
hildr ‘war’
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1. hildr (noun f.): battle
sem ‘as’
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sem (conj.): as, which
sjalfir ‘you yourself’
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sjalfr (adj.): self
[4] sjalfir vilduð: sjalfr vildi Hr, sjalfir vildu Flat
vilduð ‘wanted’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
[4] sjalfir vilduð: sjalfr vildi Hr, sjalfir vildu Flat
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Haraldr entered the service of the Byzantine emperor as a mercenary and campaigned in Greece as commander of the Varangian army.
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