Hskv Útdr 3II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Halldórr skvaldri, Útfarardrápa 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. 486.
Suðr ‘south’
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2. suðr (adv.): south, in the south
vátt ‘you won’
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1. vega (verb): strike, slay
[1] vátt: vannt E, Mork, vann J2ˣ, 42ˣ, H, Hr
notes
[1] vátt inn þriðja sigr ‘you won the third victory’: In the phrase vega sigr the verb vega ‘fight, attack, kill’ (vátt is 2nd pers. sg. pret. indic.) means ‘win’. Vannt inn þriðja sigr ‘you won the third victory’ (so E, Mork) is also a possible reading. If vann (3rd pers. sg. pret. indic.) ‘won’ (so J2ˣ, 42ˣ, H, Hr) is adopted, snjallr kundr lofðungs ‘courageous descendant of the sovereign’ (ll. 2, 3) is the subject of this verb and not a form of address.
sigr ‘victory’
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sigr (noun m.; °sigrs/sigrar, dat. sigri; sigrar): victory
notes
[1] vátt inn þriðja sigr ‘you won the third victory’: In the phrase vega sigr the verb vega ‘fight, attack, kill’ (vátt is 2nd pers. sg. pret. indic.) means ‘win’. Vannt inn þriðja sigr ‘you won the third victory’ (so E, Mork) is also a possible reading. If vann (3rd pers. sg. pret. indic.) ‘won’ (so J2ˣ, 42ˣ, H, Hr) is adopted, snjallr kundr lofðungs ‘courageous descendant of the sovereign’ (ll. 2, 3) is the subject of this verb and not a form of address.
inn ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
notes
[1] vátt inn þriðja sigr ‘you won the third victory’: In the phrase vega sigr the verb vega ‘fight, attack, kill’ (vátt is 2nd pers. sg. pret. indic.) means ‘win’. Vannt inn þriðja sigr ‘you won the third victory’ (so E, Mork) is also a possible reading. If vann (3rd pers. sg. pret. indic.) ‘won’ (so J2ˣ, 42ˣ, H, Hr) is adopted, snjallr kundr lofðungs ‘courageous descendant of the sovereign’ (ll. 2, 3) is the subject of this verb and not a form of address.
þriðja ‘third’
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þriði (num. ordinal): third
notes
[1] vátt inn þriðja sigr ‘you won the third victory’: In the phrase vega sigr the verb vega ‘fight, attack, kill’ (vátt is 2nd pers. sg. pret. indic.) means ‘win’. Vannt inn þriðja sigr ‘you won the third victory’ (so E, Mork) is also a possible reading. If vann (3rd pers. sg. pret. indic.) ‘won’ (so J2ˣ, 42ˣ, H, Hr) is adopted, snjallr kundr lofðungs ‘courageous descendant of the sovereign’ (ll. 2, 3) is the subject of this verb and not a form of address.
snjallr ‘Courageous’
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snjallr (adj.): quick, resourceful, bold
við ‘near’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
borg ‘the city’
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borg (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -; -ir): city, stronghold
þás ‘they’
kalla ‘call’
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kalla (verb): call
lofðungs ‘of the sovereign’
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lofðungr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, leader
kundr ‘descendant’
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kundr (noun m.): descendant
[3] kundr: so F, E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, þar Kˣ, kindr 39, ‘k̄’ Mork, kind H, Hr
es ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
lenduð ‘you came’
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2. lenda (verb): give land, put ashore
Lizibón ‘Lisbon’
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Lizibón (noun f.): [Lisbon]
fróni ‘ashore’
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2. frón (noun n.): earth, land
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Sigurðr fought a third battle against the Moors near Lisbon in present-day Portugal.
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