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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Hskv Útdr 4II

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Halldórr skvaldri, Útfarardrápa 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, p. 487.

Halldórr skvaldriÚtfarardrápa
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Út ‘out’

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út (adv.): out(side)

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frák ‘I heard’

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1. fregna (verb): hear of

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þars ‘near [the place]’

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þars (conj.): where

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heitir ‘called’

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2. heita (verb): be called, promise

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Alkasse ‘Alcácer do Sal’

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Alkasse (noun f.): [Alcácer do Sal]

[2] Alkasse: Alkass í Mork, H, Hr

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[2] Alkasse ‘Alcácer do Sal’: Located at the end of Rio Sado, south of Lisbon, in present-day Portugal.

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styr ‘fighting’

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styrr (noun m.; °dat. -): battle

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hvassan ‘in fierce’

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hvass (adj.; °-an; -ari, -astr): keen, sharp

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folk ‘Battle-’

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folk (noun n.): people < folkþeysandi (noun m.)

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Folkþeysandi,
‘Battle-advancer, ’
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Battle-advancer, → WARRIOR
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þeysandi ‘advancer’

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þeysandi (noun m.): [advancer] < folkþeysandi (noun m.)

[3] ‑þeysandi: ‘‑þeyðande’ E

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Folkþeysandi,
‘Battle-advancer, ’
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Battle-advancer, → WARRIOR
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fýsask ‘were eager’

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fýsa (verb): desire, encourage

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fjórða ‘for the fourth’

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fjórði (num. ordinal): fourth

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sinn ‘time’

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2. sinn (noun n.; °?dat. -): time

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at ‘to’

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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)

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vinna ‘engage’

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2. vinna (verb): perform, work

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Sigurðr fought a fourth battle and captured the city Alcácer do Sal.

In J2ˣ, E, 42ˣ, H and Hr, this and the next helmingr (st. 5) are given as one st.

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