Hharð Gamv 5II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Gamanvísur 5’ 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. 40.
Oss ‘us [me]’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
[1] Oss: Enn H, Ein Hr
notes
[1] oss ‘us [me]’: Both variants enn ‘yet’ (so H) and ein ‘one’ (so Hr) restore the missing internal rhyme. Skj B reads ein ekkja munat né ung mær kenna síð, at værim í borg of morgin ‘one widow and young maiden will not late (i.e. will soon) get to know that I was in the stronghold one morning’. Kock opts for enn and gives the following variant (NN §§845, 2524): enn munat ekkja né ung mær kenna, at værim síð í borg of morgin ‘yet no widow or young maiden shall allege that I was in the stronghold late in the morning’. However, kenna in the meaning ‘allege, accuse, blame’ requires a dat. object, which renders Kock’s reading ungrammatical. Stanza 6/1 below also lacks internal rhyme, which leads to the suspicion that the H and Hr variants are secondary (see also Louis-Jensen 1977, 154).
munat ‘can’
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munu (verb): will, must
ekkja ‘the widow’
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1. ekkja (noun f.; °-u; -ur, gen. ekkna): widow, woman
ung ‘the young’
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ungr (adj.): young
né ‘nor’
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né (conj.): nor
mær ‘maiden’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
at ‘of’
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4. at (conj.): that
værim ‘being’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
þars ‘where’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
gerðum ‘we made’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
svip ‘a swinging’
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svipr (noun m.): swinging, violent
kennings
svip sverða.‘a swinging of swords. ’
= BATTLE
a swinging of swords. → BATTLE
sverða ‘of swords’
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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword
kennings
svip sverða.‘a swinging of swords. ’
= BATTLE
a swinging of swords. → BATTLE
í ‘into’
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í (prep.): in, into
borg ‘the stronghold’
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borg (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -; -ir): city, stronghold
of ‘in’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
morgun ‘the morning’
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morginn (noun m.; °morgins, dat. morgni; morgnar): morning
[4] morgun: morgin H, Hr
Ruddumk ‘I cleared’
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2. ryðja (verb): to clear (free) land
umb ‘’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
oddi ‘the spear-point’
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oddr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): point of weapon
eru ‘there are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
merki ‘marks’
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1. merki (noun n.; °-s: -): banner, sign
verka ‘of my deeds’
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verk (noun n.; °-s; -): deed
þó ‘yet’
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þó (adv.): though
[7] þó lætr Gerðr í Gǫrðum: abbrev. as ‘þo letr .g. ig.’ Mork, ‘þo læ. ger. ig.’ H, ‘þo lætr. g. i. g.’ Hr
lætr ‘’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
[7] þó lætr Gerðr í Gǫrðum: abbrev. as ‘þo letr .g. ig.’ Mork, ‘þo læ. ger. ig.’ H, ‘þo lætr. g. i. g.’ Hr
Gerðr ‘the Gerðr’
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Gerðr (noun f.): Gerðr
[7] þó lætr Gerðr í Gǫrðum: abbrev. as ‘þo letr .g. ig.’ Mork, ‘þo læ. ger. ig.’ H, ‘þo lætr. g. i. g.’ Hr
kennings
Gerðr gollhrings‘the Gerðr of the gold ring ’
= WOMAN
the Gerðr of the gold ring → WOMAN
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
[7] þó lætr Gerðr í Gǫrðum: abbrev. as ‘þo letr .g. ig.’ Mork, ‘þo læ. ger. ig.’ H, ‘þo lætr. g. i. g.’ Hr
Gǫrðum ‘Russia’
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Garðar (noun m.): Russia
[7] þó lætr Gerðr í Gǫrðum: abbrev. as ‘þo letr .g. ig.’ Mork, ‘þo læ. ger. ig.’ H, ‘þo lætr. g. i. g.’ Hr
gollhrings ‘of the gold ring’
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gullhringr (noun m.): gold ring
[8] gollhrings við mér skolla: abbrev. as ‘g. við mer s.’ Mork, ‘g. við mer sk.’ H, ‘g. við mer skolla’ Hr
kennings
Gerðr gollhrings‘the Gerðr of the gold ring ’
= WOMAN
the Gerðr of the gold ring → WOMAN
við ‘’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
[8] gollhrings við mér skolla: abbrev. as ‘g. við mer s.’ Mork, ‘g. við mer sk.’ H, ‘g. við mer skolla’ Hr
mér ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
[8] gollhrings við mér skolla: abbrev. as ‘g. við mer s.’ Mork, ‘g. við mer sk.’ H, ‘g. við mer skolla’ Hr
skolla ‘ridicules’
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skolla (verb): ridicule, rock
[8] gollhrings við mér skolla: abbrev. as ‘g. við mer s.’ Mork, ‘g. við mer sk.’ H, ‘g. við mer skolla’ Hr
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[1] ekkja ‘the widow’: See Notes to st. 3/1 above, Hharð Lv 1/2 and Hharð Lv 14/2, 3.
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