Hharð Lv 13II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Lausavísur 13’ 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. 54-5.
Framm ‘forth’
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fram (adv.): out, forth, forwards, away
gǫngum ‘go’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
[1] gǫngum: gǫngu Flat, Kˣ, Hb, gengum FskAˣ, E, gengu or gǫngu F, Hr, gengu J2ˣ
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
fylkingu ‘battle ranks’
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fylking (noun f.): troop
[2] fylkingu: fylkingar Flat, E, Hb, fylkingum Hr
brynjulausir ‘without byrnies’
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brynjulauss (adj.): [without byrnies]
und ‘beneath’
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3. und (prep.): under, underneath
[4] und: meðr FskAˣ, undir Kˣ, F, Hr, undir undir Hb
bláar ‘dark’
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blár (adj.): black
eggjar ‘sword-blades’
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1. egg (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -ju/-): edge, blade
Hjalmar ‘Helmets’
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1. hjalmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): helmet
skína ‘shine’
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skína (verb): shine
hefkat ‘I don’t have’
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hafa (verb): have
[6] hefkat (‘hefkat ec’): ‘hæfkaðek’ FskAˣ, ‘hefkaða ek’ F, hefka ek E, J2ˣ, H, Hr
mína ‘mine’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
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[6] mína (f. acc. sg.) ‘mine’: This pron. refers to an understood brynju ‘byrnie’, i.e. ‘I don’t have my byrnie’.
liggr ‘lies’
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liggja (verb): lie
skrúð ‘armour’
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skrúð (noun n.; °-s): [armour]
[7] skrúð: ‘skvð’ H, ‘skurd’ Hr, skraut Hb
várt ‘our’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
skipum ‘the ships’
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skip (noun n.; °-s; -): ship
niðri ‘down’
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niðri (adv.): below
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Haraldr recites this st. in fornyrðislag as he marshals his troops before the battle.
Haraldr and his men marched from York to Stamford Bridge to receive hostages from the neighbouring counties. They had left behind most of their equipment in their ships at Riccall, because they did not anticipate any hostilities from the English.
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