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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Hskv Hardr 4II

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Halldórr skvaldri, Haraldsdrápa 4’ 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. 495-6.

Halldórr skvaldriHaraldsdrápa
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Máttit ‘could not’

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mega (verb): may, might

[1] Máttit: so FskAˣ, Mttuð FskBˣ

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ǫld ‘People’

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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age

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þás ‘when’

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þás (conj.): when

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ótta ‘fear’

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ótti (noun m.; °-a): fear

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[1, 2] lýsti ótta ‘showed fear’: Kock (NN §2059) suggests that lýsti ótta should be translated as förkunnade fara, visade sig farlig, injagade skräck ‘announced danger, showed himself to be dangerous, inspired terror’, but ótti ‘fear’ is not attested in that meaning (see Fritzner: ótti). In the present edn, the king who shows fear is Magnús who went out on his ship in his attempt to escape Haraldr’s troops.

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fýstr ‘inflamed’

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fýsa (verb): desire, encourage < ógnfýstr (adj.)

[2] ‑fýstr: so FskAˣ, ‑fyrstr FskBˣ

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konungr ‘king [= Magnús]’

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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king

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lýsti ‘showed’

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2. lýsa (verb): illuminate, show

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[1, 2] lýsti ótta ‘showed fear’: Kock (NN §2059) suggests that lýsti ótta should be translated as förkunnade fara, visade sig farlig, injagade skräck ‘announced danger, showed himself to be dangerous, inspired terror’, but ótti ‘fear’ is not attested in that meaning (see Fritzner: ótti). In the present edn, the king who shows fear is Magnús who went out on his ship in his attempt to escape Haraldr’s troops.

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hljóp ‘ran’

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hlaupa (verb): leap, run

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fyr ‘before’

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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.

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[3] fyr vôpnum hilmis ‘before the ruler’s weapons’: Or: ‘on account of the ruler’s weapons’. This prepositional phrase could also belong to the first cl. (so Skj B; ÍF 29).

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hilmis ‘the ruler’s’

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hilmir (noun m.): prince, protector

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[3] fyr vôpnum hilmis ‘before the ruler’s weapons’: Or: ‘on account of the ruler’s weapons’. This prepositional phrase could also belong to the first cl. (so Skj B; ÍF 29).

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vôpnum ‘weapons’

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vápn (noun n.; °-s; -): weapon

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[3] fyr vôpnum hilmis ‘before the ruler’s weapons’: Or: ‘on account of the ruler’s weapons’. This prepositional phrase could also belong to the first cl. (so Skj B; ÍF 29).

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verja ‘defend’

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3. verja (verb): defend

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The helmingr commemorates the fall of the city of Bergen (1135), when Haraldr gilli and his men overpowered Magnús and his men and captured Magnús as he tried to flee on one of his ships.

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