Hskv Útdr 8II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Halldórr skvaldri, Útfarardrápa 8’ 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. 489-90.
Náði ‘’
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1. ná (verb): reach, get, manage
folk ‘people’
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folk (noun n.): people
þats ‘who’
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þats (conj.): that, which
flýði ‘fled’
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flýja (verb): to flee, take flight
ferð ‘the company’
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ferð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-arMork 196¹²)): host, journey
skundila ‘hastily’
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skundliga (adv.): [hastily]
[2] skundila: skundliga H, skunduliga Hr
undan ‘away from’
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undan (adv.): away, away from
illr ‘horrible’
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illr (adj.): bad, evil, unwell
varð ‘there was’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
helli ‘the cavern’
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1. hella (noun f.; °-u; -ur): cave, slab
konungr ‘The king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
meiða ‘destroyed’
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meiða (verb): maim, wound
Lífs ‘of life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
kennings
aftíg lífs,‘deprivation of life ’
= DEATH
deprivation of life → DEATH
notes
[5, 6] aftíg lífs ‘deprivation of life [DEATH]’: Hap. leg. This translation is conjectural. According to LP: aftíg, the word is etymologically related to OE oftēon ‘deny, deprive’.
bautt ‘you offered’
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bjóða (verb; °býðr; bauð, buðu; boðinn (buð- Thom¹ 5²n.)): offer, order, invite
[5] bautt: bauð all
notes
[5] bautt (2nd pers. sg. pres. indic.) ‘you offered’: The emendation is necessary because Halldórr is addressing Sigurðr in the second helmingr (cf. unnuð 2nd pers. pl. pret. indic. ‘you captured’; bauð is 3rd pers. sg. pret. indic.).
enn ‘Again’
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2. enn (adv.): still, yet, again
þás ‘when’
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þás (conj.): when
unnuð ‘you captured’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
aftíg ‘deprivation’
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aftígr (noun m.): deprivation of life
kennings
aftíg lífs,‘deprivation of life ’
= DEATH
deprivation of life → DEATH
notes
[5, 6] aftíg lífs ‘deprivation of life [DEATH]’: Hap. leg. This translation is conjectural. According to LP: aftíg, the word is etymologically related to OE oftēon ‘deny, deprive’.
gamalt ‘the old’
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gamall (adj.; °gamlan; compar. & superl. ellri adj.): old
[6] gamalt: gamall H
notes
[6] gamalt vígi ‘the old stronghold’: Refers to the cave in which the Moors had taken shelter. That cave was located on the island of Formentera (see Hskv Útkv above, and Þstf Stuttdr 4 Context, above).
vígi ‘stronghold’
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vígi (noun n.; °-s; -): manslaughter, killing
notes
[6] gamalt vígi ‘the old stronghold’: Refers to the cave in which the Moors had taken shelter. That cave was located on the island of Formentera (see Hskv Útkv above, and Þstf Stuttdr 4 Context, above).
kvǫl ‘torment’
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kvǫl (noun f.; °-ar; -ar/-ir): torment, torture
beið ‘suffered’
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bíða (verb; °bíðr; beið, biðu; beðit): wait, suffer, experience
ǫld ‘crowd’
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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
eldi ‘the fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
ósæl ‘the unlucky’
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ósæll (adj.): [unlucky]
djǫfuls ‘the devil’s’
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djǫfull (noun m.; °djǫfuls, dat. djǫfli; djǫflar/djaflar): devil
þrælum ‘slaves’
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þræll (noun m.; °þrǽls, dat. þrǽli/þrǽl; þrǽlar): slave, servant
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