Gísl Magnkv 20II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Gísl Illugason, Erfikvæði about Magnús berfœttr 20’ 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. 430.
Fylgðak ‘I followed’
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2. fylgja (verb): follow, accompany
frœknum ‘the bold’
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frœkn (adj.): brave, bold
kennings
frœknum fǫður Eysteins‘the bold father of Eysteinn ’
= Magnús
the bold father of Eysteinn → Magnús
framast ‘best’
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framr (adj.; °compar. framari/fremri, superl. framastr/fremstr): outstanding, foremost
Eysteins ‘of Eysteinn’
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Eysteinn (noun m.): Eysteinn
kennings
frœknum fǫður Eysteins‘the bold father of Eysteinn ’
= Magnús
the bold father of Eysteinn → Magnús
fǫður ‘father’
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faðir (noun m.): father
kennings
frœknum fǫður Eysteins‘the bold father of Eysteinn ’
= Magnús
the bold father of Eysteinn → Magnús
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
Atals ‘Atall’s’
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Atall (noun m.): Atall (sea-king)
kennings
drífu Atals,‘Atall’s snow-storm ’
= BATTLE
Atall’s snow-storm → BATTLE
drífu ‘snow-storm’
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1. drífa (noun f.; °-u): snow-storm
kennings
drífu Atals,‘Atall’s snow-storm ’
= BATTLE
Atall’s snow-storm → BATTLE
Opt ‘Often’
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opt (adv.): often
brá ‘brandished’
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bregða (verb; °bregðr/brigðr; brá, brugðu; brugðinn/brogðinn): pull, jerk, break; change
k ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
hjǫrvi ‘the sword’
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hjǫrr (noun m.): sword
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
Haralds ‘Haraldr’s’
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Haraldr (noun m.): Haraldr
kennings
frænda Haralds,‘Haraldr’s kinsman, ’
= Magnús
Haraldr’s kinsman, → Magnús
notes
[6] Haralds frændi ‘Haraldr’s kinsman [= Magnús]’: Most likely Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson. See Note to st. 11/2.
frænda ‘kinsman’
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frændi (noun m.): kinsman, male relative
kennings
frænda Haralds,‘Haraldr’s kinsman, ’
= Magnús
Haraldr’s kinsman, → Magnús
notes
[6] Haralds frændi ‘Haraldr’s kinsman [= Magnús]’: Most likely Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson. See Note to st. 11/2.
vanr ‘accustomed’
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3. vanr (adj.): accustomed
vásfǫrum ‘to hard journeys’
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vásfǫr (noun f.): [to hard journeys]
vega ‘to fight’
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1. vega (verb): strike, slay
þurfti ‘one needed’
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2. þurfa (verb): need, be necessary
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