Hskv Útdr 5II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Halldórr skvaldri, Útfarardrápa 5’ 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. 487-8.
Unnit ‘to the grief’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
[1] Unnit frák (‘Unnit fra ec’): frá ek unnit corrected from unnit frá ek H
frák ‘I heard that’
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1. fregna (verb): hear of
[1] Unnit frák (‘Unnit fra ec’): frá ek unnit corrected from unnit frá ek H; frák (‘fra ec’): frá Mork
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
einni ‘one’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
eyddri ‘devastated’
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2. eyða (verb; °-dd-): destroy
borg ‘city’
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borg (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -; -ir): city, stronghold
til ‘’
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til (prep.): to
notes
[2, 4] til sorga heiðins vífs ‘to the grief of a heathen woman’: The prose contains no information about this heathen woman, but women do seem to have been preyed upon during enemy attacks. See Note to ÞjóðA Magn 7/5, 6.
sorga ‘of a heathen woman’
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sorg (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sorrow, affliction
[2] sorga: sorgar Mork
notes
[2, 4] til sorga heiðins vífs ‘to the grief of a heathen woman’: The prose contains no information about this heathen woman, but women do seem to have been preyed upon during enemy attacks. See Note to ÞjóðA Magn 7/5, 6.
hitti ‘’
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hitta (verb): meet, encounter
herr ‘people’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
á ‘to’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
notes
[3, 4] at drífa á flótta ‘to flee’: Lit. ‘to rush into flight’.
flótta ‘flee’
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flótti (noun m.): flight, fleeing
notes
[3, 4] at drífa á flótta ‘to flee’: Lit. ‘to rush into flight’.
heiðins ‘deeds’
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heiðinn (adj.): heathen
notes
[2, 4] til sorga heiðins vífs ‘to the grief of a heathen woman’: The prose contains no information about this heathen woman, but women do seem to have been preyed upon during enemy attacks. See Note to ÞjóðA Magn 7/5, 6.
vífs ‘were done’
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víf (noun n.): woman, wife
notes
[2, 4] til sorga heiðins vífs ‘to the grief of a heathen woman’: The prose contains no information about this heathen woman, but women do seem to have been preyed upon during enemy attacks. See Note to ÞjóðA Magn 7/5, 6.
at ‘’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
notes
[3, 4] at drífa á flótta ‘to flee’: Lit. ‘to rush into flight’.
drífa ‘were forced’
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2. drífa (verb; °drífr; dreif, drifu; drifinn): drive, rush
notes
[3, 4] at drífa á flótta ‘to flee’: Lit. ‘to rush into flight’.
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