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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Gísl Magnkv 18II

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Gísl Illugason, Erfikvæði about Magnús berfœttr 18’ 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. 428-9.

Gísl IllugasonErfikvæði about Magnús berfœttr
171819

Reið ‘rode’

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1. ríða (verb): ride

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folk ‘The fight’

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folk (noun n.): people < folkhvǫtuðr (noun m.): [fight-inciter]

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Folkhvǫtuðr
‘The fight-inciter ’
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The fight-inciter → WARRIOR
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hvǫtuðr ‘inciter’

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hvǫtuðr (noun m.): inciter < folkhvǫtuðr (noun m.): [fight-inciter]

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Folkhvǫtuðr
‘The fight-inciter ’
   = WARRIOR

The fight-inciter → WARRIOR
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fyrst ‘first’

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fyrstr (num. ordinal): first

[2] fyrst: fyrstr F

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í ‘’

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í (prep.): in, into

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gǫgnum ‘through’

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gegnum (prep.): through

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sǫmnuð ‘the ranks’

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safnaðr (noun m.): ranks, gathering

[3] sǫmnuð: safnað H, Hr

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Svía ‘of the Svíar’

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Svíar (noun m.): Swedes

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hnugginn ‘deprived’

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hnugginn (adj./verb p.p.): deprived

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varð ‘’

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1. verða (verb): become, be

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á ‘’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

[6] á: í Hr

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meðal ‘between’

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meðal (prep.): between

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hlaupa ‘must leap’

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hlaupa (verb): leap, run

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ok ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

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andskota ‘enemies’

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andskoti (noun m.; °-a; -ar): enemy, devil

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As st. 17 above.

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