Hharð Lv 3II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Lausavísur 3’ 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. 45-6.
Þegi ‘Be quiet’
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þegja (verb): be silent
þú ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
Þórir ‘Þórir’
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Þórir (noun m.): Þórir
Þegn ‘man’
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þegn (noun m.; °dat. -/-i; -ar): thane, man, franklin
est ‘You’re’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
ógegn ‘an unreliable’
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ógegn (adj.): [an unreliable]
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
héti ‘was called’
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2. heita (verb): be called, promise
Hvinngestr ‘Hvinngestr (‘Thief-guest’)’
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Hvinngestr (noun m.): Thief-guest
notes
[4] Hvinngestr ‘(“Thief-guest”)’: For the derogatory implications of this nickname, see Note to Mgóði Lv 1/2 above. Þórir and Magnús had the same mother, Álfhildr, but Þórir’s father is unknown.
faðir ‘father’
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faðir (noun m.): father
þinn ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
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Haraldr recites this ditty to taunt his nephew Magnús’s half-brother, Þórir. Magnús composes a response to Haraldr’s half-st. (Mgóði Lv 1) and Þórir recites it to Haraldr.
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