Hharð Lv 9II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Lausavísur 9’ 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. 50-1.
Hvert ‘Where’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
[1] Hvert: hverr 593b, ‘hvort’ 563aˣ
stillir ‘are’
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stilla (verb): control
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
Halli ‘Halli’
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Halli (noun m.): Halli
Hleypk ‘I’m hurrying’
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hleypa (verb): impell, make run
[2] Hleypk framm at skyrkaupi: ‘huata eg fram til matar’ 593b
framm ‘ahead’
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fram (adv.): out, forth, forwards, away
[2] Hleypk framm at skyrkaupi: ‘huata eg fram til matar’ 593b
at ‘to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
[2] Hleypk framm at skyrkaupi: ‘huata eg fram til matar’ 593b
skyrkaupi ‘buy curds’
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skyrkaup (noun n.): [buy curds]
[2] Hleypk framm at skyrkaupi: ‘huata eg fram til matar’ 593b; skyrkaupi: skyrkaupum H, Hr, kýrkaupi Flat
Graut ‘porridge’
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grautr (noun m.): [porridge]
gørva ‘probably’
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gǫrva (adv.): fully
[3] gørva: gera H, gǫrvan Hr, Flat, 593b, ‘giora’ 563aˣ
láta ‘want to make’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
Gǫrr ‘Perfect’
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1. gǫrr (adj.): ample, perfect
[4] Gǫrr matr es þat smjǫrvan: ‘godur matur […] herra’ 593b
matr ‘food’
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matr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir): food
[4] Gǫrr matr es þat smjǫrvan: ‘godur matur […] herra’ 593b
es ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[4] Gǫrr matr es þat smjǫrvan: ‘godur matur […] herra’ 593b
þat ‘that’
[4] Gǫrr matr es þat smjǫrvan: ‘godur matur […] herra’ 593b
smjǫrvan ‘buttered’
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smyrva (verb): [buttered]
[4] Gǫrr matr es þat smjǫrvan: ‘godur matur […] herra’ 593b
notes
[4] smjǫrvan (m. acc. sg.) ‘buttered’: The adj. refers to graut ‘porridge’ in the previous l. and is part of Halli’s answer to Haraldr’s question.
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King Haraldr is walking along the streets of Trondheim with his retainers, and one of his poets, the Icelander Sneglu-Halli (SnH), is in his company. Suddenly Halli rushes ahead, and the helmingr is the ensuing verbal exchange between Haraldr and Halli.
For Sneglu-Halli’s fondness for porridge, see his Biography below.
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