Ív Sig 25II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Ívarr Ingimundarson, Sigurðarbálkr 25’ 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. 516.
Dreif ‘rushed’
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2. drífa (verb; °drífr; dreif, drifu; drifinn): drive, rush
[1] Dreif: so F, ‘Dref’ Mork
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
skógar ‘the forest’
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skógr (noun m.; °-ar/-s, dat. -i; -ar): forest
fyr ‘ahead of’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
skjǫldungi ‘the ruler’
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skjǫldungr (noun m.): king
landmanna ‘of countrymen’
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landmaðr (noun m.): property-owner
lið ‘The host’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
þars ‘where’
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þars (conj.): where
logar ‘fires’
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logi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): flame
brunnu ‘burned’
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2. brenna (verb; °brennr/brenn; brann, brunnu; brunninn): (strong, intransitive)
Vǫkðu ‘drew’
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1. vekja (verb): awaken, rouse
drengir ‘Warriors’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior
notes
[6] með roðin dǫrr ‘with reddened spears’: For darr ‘spear’ see Note to Gísl Magnkv 12/8.
dǫrr ‘spears’
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dǫrr (noun m.): spear
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[6] með roðin dǫrr ‘with reddened spears’: For darr ‘spear’ see Note to Gísl Magnkv 12/8.
roðin ‘reddened’
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roðinn (adj.): reddened
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[6] með roðin dǫrr ‘with reddened spears’: For darr ‘spear’ see Note to Gísl Magnkv 12/8.
blóð ‘blood’
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blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood
Ben ‘Ben’
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1. ben (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -; -jar , gen. -a(var. EiðKrC 402¹³: AM 77 4° D)): wound < benteinn (noun m.): [wound-twigs]
[7] Ben‑: ‘beín’ F
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[7] Benteini ‘Benteinn’s’: Dat. of possession. Benteinn Kolbeinsson was one of Ingi Haraldsson’s retainers, and Sigurðr killed him inside his house after a brief skirmish. His name can be translated as ‘wound-twig’ (i.e. ‘sword, spear’), and ll. 5-8 of the present st. seems to pun on his name (see Andersson and Gade 2000, 492).
teini ‘teinn’s’
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[7] Benteini ‘Benteinn’s’: Dat. of possession. Benteinn Kolbeinsson was one of Ingi Haraldsson’s retainers, and Sigurðr killed him inside his house after a brief skirmish. His name can be translated as ‘wound-twig’ (i.e. ‘sword, spear’), and ll. 5-8 of the present st. seems to pun on his name (see Andersson and Gade 2000, 492).
áðr ‘before’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
bana ‘his death blow’
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bani (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death, killer
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[8] bana ‘his death blow’: Sigurðr was the one who ran into Benteinn’s house and delivered his death blow, decapitating him.
fengi ‘he received’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
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