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ESk Frag 7III

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Fragments 7’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 158.

Einarr SkúlasonFragments
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En ‘And’

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2. en (conj.): but, and

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við ‘at’

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2. við (prep.): with, against

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hjaldr ‘the battle’

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2. hjaldr (noun n.): battle

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þars ‘where’

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þars (conj.): where

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hauldar ‘freeholders’

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hǫlðr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): man

[1] hauldar: so all others, haulda R

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[1] hauldar ‘freeholders’: Hauldar were Norwegian free farmers. The word is variously spelled hǫlðar, hǫldar and hauldar. The latter form is Norwegian (see ANG §§105 Anm., 319.2 and Note to Anon Nkt 15/2II).

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hug ‘the courage’

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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage < hugþrútinn (adj./verb p.p.)

[2] hug‑: haug‑ U

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[2] hugþrútit ‘courage-enlarged’: This cpd, which is otherwise not attested in Old Norse, is formed from the noun hugr m. ‘mind, courage’ and the adj. þrútinn ‘enlarged, swollen’.

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þrútit ‘enlarged’

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þrútinn (adj./verb p.p.): swollen < hugþrútinn (adj./verb p.p.)

[2] ‑þrútit: ‑þrútinn U, C, ‘þrut[…]’ B, ‘‑þruti. .’ 744ˣ

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[2] hugþrútit ‘courage-enlarged’: This cpd, which is otherwise not attested in Old Norse, is formed from the noun hugr m. ‘mind, courage’ and the adj. þrútinn ‘enlarged, swollen’.

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svellr ‘swells’

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1. svella (verb): swell

[2] svellr: svellir Tˣ, svelgr U, C

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lúta ‘sink down’

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1. lúta (verb): (strong)

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Muninn ‘Muninn’

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Muninn (noun m.): Muninn

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[3] Muninn ‘Muninn <raven>’: Muninn (from munr ‘mind, soul’) was the other of Óðinn’s ravens in Old Norse myth (see Note to Frag 6/3 above and Note to Þul Hrafns 1/7).

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blóð ‘blood’

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blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood

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ór ‘from’

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3. ór (prep.): out of

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svartr ‘black’

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svartr (adj.): black < blásvartr (adj.): [blue-black]

[4] ‑svartr: ‘[…]’ B, ‘suartr’ 744ˣ

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konungs ‘of the king’

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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king

[4] konungs: munins U, kennir 2368ˣ, 743ˣ

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hjarta ‘heart’

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hjarta (noun n.; °-; *-u): heart

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As Frag 6 above. Here Muninn is a name or heiti for ‘raven’.

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