ESk Elfv 2II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Elfarvísur 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. 567.
Mǫrg ‘Many’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
auð ‘empty’
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3. auðr (adj.): empty, barren
á ‘at’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
úrga ‘wet’
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1. úrigr (adj.): wet
alm ‘the bow’
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almr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): bow, elm-bow
sveigði ‘bent’
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sveigja (verb): bend
lið ‘the troop’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
hjalma ‘helmets’
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1. hjalmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): helmet
rauð ‘red’
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rauðr (adj.; °compar. -ari): red
flugu ‘flew’
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fljúga (verb): fly
stôl ‘weapons’
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1. stál (noun n.; °-s; -): steel, weapon, prow
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
stafn ‘prow-’
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stafn (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): prow < stafnblóðigr (adj.)
blóðug ‘bloody’
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blóðigr (adj.; °blóðgan/blóðugan (f. dat. sg. bloðre Gulᴵ 82³⁴)): bloody < stafnblóðigr (adj.)
[4] ‑blóðug: blóðig E, H
skip ‘ships’
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skip (noun n.; °-s; -): ship
móðu ‘estuary’
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1. móða (noun f.; °-u; -ur): river
áðr ‘before’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
grund ‘ashore’
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grund (noun f.): earth, land
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
grœðis ‘of the ocean’
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grœðir (noun m.): ?healer, ?ocean
kennings
dýrum grœðis‘animals of the ocean; ’
= SHIPS
animals of the ocean; → SHIPS
gœðinga ‘the chieftains’’
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gœðingr (noun m.): chieftain
lið ‘troop’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
flœði ‘fled’
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flýja (verb): to flee, take flight
sveit ‘the company’
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sveit (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): host, company
kennings
rym rítar.‘the noise of the shield.’
= BATTLE
the noise of the shield. → BATTLE
rítar ‘of the shield’
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rít (noun f.): shield
kennings
rym rítar.‘the noise of the shield.’
= BATTLE
the noise of the shield. → BATTLE
rýr ‘reduced’
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rýrr (adj.): diminished, reduced
Hôkonar ‘Hákon’s’
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Hákon (noun m.): Hákon
notes
[8] Hôkonar (m. gen. sg.) ‘Hákon’s’: This name could also modify sveit ‘company’ in the second cl. (so Skj B; Skald; ÍF 28). However, because the first internal rhyme in l. 8 falls in position 1, the sentence boundary most likely fell after that position (see Gade 1995a, 114-15).
dýrum ‘animals’
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1. dýr (noun n.; °-s (spec.: dyʀiɴs KonrA 66⁴, etc., cf. Seip 1955 188-189); -): animal
kennings
dýrum grœðis‘animals of the ocean; ’
= SHIPS
animals of the ocean; → SHIPS
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