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.
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út (adv.): out(side)
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1. fregna (verb): hear of
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
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þars (conj.): where
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2. heita (verb): be called, promise
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Alkasse (noun f.): [Alcácer do Sal]
[2] Alkasse: Alkass í Mork, H, Hr
[2] Alkasse ‘Alcácer do Sal’: Located at the end of Rio Sado, south of Lisbon, in present-day Portugal.
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styrr (noun m.; °dat. -): battle
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hvass (adj.; °-an; -ari, -astr): keen, sharp
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folk (noun n.): people < folkþeysandi (noun m.)
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þeysandi (noun m.): [advancer] < folkþeysandi (noun m.)
[3] ‑þeysandi: ‘‑þeyðande’ E
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fýsa (verb): desire, encourage
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fjórði (num. ordinal): fourth
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2. sinn (noun n.; °?dat. -): time
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
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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.
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