Hjǫrtr Lv 3II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Hjǫrtr, 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, p. 347.
Munat ‘will not’
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munu (verb): will, must
í ‘this’
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í (prep.): in, into
vári ‘spring’
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3. vár (noun n.): spring
vestr ‘west’
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2. vestr (adv.): west, in the west
lang ‘on long’
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langr (adj.; °compar. lengri, superl. lengstr): long < langskip (noun n.): longship
skipum ‘ships’
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skip (noun n.; °-s; -): ship < langskip (noun n.): longship
hug ‘Cowardly’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage < hugragr (adj.)
ragr ‘minded’
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ragr (adj.; °superl. -astr): [perverted, minded] < hugragr (adj.)
of ‘across’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
haf ‘the sea’
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haf (noun n.; °-s; *-): sea
Haraldr ‘Haraldr’
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Haraldr (noun m.): Haraldr
fara ‘travel’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
Því ‘Therefore’
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því (adv.): therefore, because
mun ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
lengi ‘long’
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lengi (adv.): for a long time
laf ‘the terror’
notes
[6] lafhræddr ‘terror-stricken’: This lit. means ‘be so afraid that the hands are dangling by the side’ (see Fritzner: lafhræddr and Note to Lv 1/6 above).
hræddr ‘stricken’
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3. hræða (verb): fear, be afraid < lafhræddr (adj.)
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[6] lafhræddr ‘terror-stricken’: This lit. means ‘be so afraid that the hands are dangling by the side’ (see Fritzner: lafhræddr and Note to Lv 1/6 above).
konungr ‘king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
alls ‘of all’
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allr (adj.): all
andvani ‘bereft’
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andvani (adj.; °indecl.): deprived, bereft
Englands ‘England’
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England (noun n.): England
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
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King Haraldr asks Hjǫrtr whether Queen Ellisif (Elizabeth) has sent a message for him. Hjǫrtr replies that she recited the following st.
[4]: Note the internal rhyme (-ar- : -ar-) which renders the l. tøglag rather than fornyrðislag.
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