Hharð Lv 12II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Lausavísur 12’ 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. 53-4.
Kennir ‘Do you recognise’
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kenna (verb): know, teach
kyrtil ‘tunic’
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kyrtill (noun m.; °dat. kyrtli; kyrtlar): shirt
Kú ‘a cow’
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kýr (noun f.; °kýr, dat. kú; kýr): cow
átt ‘You must’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
skjǫldungi ‘to the king’
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skjǫldungr (noun m.): king
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
alvaxinn ‘a full-grown’
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alvaxinn (adj./verb p.p.): [a full-grown]
oxa ‘ox’
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oxi (noun m.; °-a; yxn/øxn/oxar): ox
átt ‘you must’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
skjǫldungi ‘to the king’
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skjǫldungr (noun m.): king
[4] skjǫldungi: so Flat, H, Hr, ‘scꜹlldungi’ Mork
Bǫrn ‘children’
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barn (noun n.; °-s; bǫrn/barn(JKr 345³), dat. bǫrnum/barnum): child
[5] Bǫrn ok allt þats árnar: svín ok aligás eina Flat, H, Hr
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
[5] Bǫrn ok allt þats árnar: svín ok aligás eina Flat, H, Hr
allt ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
[5] Bǫrn ok allt þats árnar: svín ok aligás eina Flat, H, Hr
þats ‘that’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
[5] Bǫrn ok allt þats árnar: svín ok aligás eina Flat, H, Hr
árnar ‘you acquire’
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árna (verb; °-að-): gain, travel
[5] Bǫrn ok allt þats árnar: svín ok aligás eina Flat, H, Hr
átt ‘you must’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
skjǫldungi ‘to the king’
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skjǫldungr (noun m.): king
svín ‘a pig’
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svín (noun n.; °-s; -): swine, pig
[7] svín ok aligás eina: bǫrn ok allt þat árnar Flat, bǫrn ok allt þats árnar H, Hr
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
[7] svín ok aligás eina: bǫrn ok allt þat árnar Flat, bǫrn ok allt þats árnar H, Hr
aligás ‘tame goose’
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aligás (noun f.): [tame goose]
[7] svín ok aligás eina: bǫrn ok allt þat árnar Flat, bǫrn ok allt þats árnar H, Hr
notes
[7] aligás ‘tame goose’: For the resolution on the first element of this cpd, see Note to Hharð Gamv 2/1.
eina ‘one’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
[7] svín ok aligás eina: bǫrn ok allt þat árnar Flat, bǫrn ok allt þats árnar H, Hr
átt ‘you must’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
skjǫldungi ‘to the king’
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skjǫldungr (noun m.): king
gjalda ‘yield’
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1. gjalda (verb): pay, repay
Margar ‘Many’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
eru ‘are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
manna ‘of men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
vélar ‘the deceits’
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1. vél (noun f.; °-ar; -ar/-ir): deceit, trick; device
átt ‘you must’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
skjǫldungi ‘to the king’
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skjǫldungr (noun m.): king
gjalda ‘yield’
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1. gjalda (verb): pay, repay
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Haraldr visits a farmer, Úlfr inn auðgi ‘the Wealthy’, in Opplandene, Norway. He is annoyed at the splendour displayed at the banquet held in his honour and proceeds to tell a story about the dealings between his own grandfather, Hálfdan Sigurðarson, and Úlfr’s grandfather, Álmsteinn, a slave. Because of Álmsteinn’s treacherous behaviour, Hálfdan proclaimed that Álmsteinn, as well as his descendents, should be slaves forever. Upon finishing the story, King Haraldr hands Úlfr a white tunic, the symbol of bondage, and recites this st.
[9-10]: These ll., which are omitted in Hr, are added by Haraldr as an afterthought (Mork 1928-32, 193): oc þar let konungr fylgia drag þetta ‘and the king supplemented it with this addition’. For the technical term drag ‘addition’, see SnE 1999, 8.
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