Ív Sig 27II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Ívarr Ingimundarson, Sigurðarbálkr 27’ 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. 517-18.
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
it ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
næsta ‘next’
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nærri (adj. comp.; °superl. nǽstr): near, nearer, next
norðr ‘north’
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2. norðr (adv.): north
notes
[2] norðr í Vôgum ‘north in Vågan’: According to the prose, Vilhjálmr was killed in Vik (Víkar) on Sømna in Helgeland, which is in keeping with the Hkr version of the event (ÍF 28, 312). The poem probably originally read norðr í Víkum ‘north in Vik’ and a scribe at some point repeated the p. n. Vgum from st. 26/8. See Andersson and Gade 2000, 52.
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
notes
[2] norðr í Vôgum ‘north in Vågan’: According to the prose, Vilhjálmr was killed in Vik (Víkar) on Sømna in Helgeland, which is in keeping with the Hkr version of the event (ÍF 28, 312). The poem probably originally read norðr í Víkum ‘north in Vik’ and a scribe at some point repeated the p. n. Vgum from st. 26/8. See Andersson and Gade 2000, 52.
Vôgum ‘Vågan’
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Vágar (noun m.): [Vågan]
notes
[2] norðr í Vôgum ‘north in Vågan’: According to the prose, Vilhjálmr was killed in Vik (Víkar) on Sømna in Helgeland, which is in keeping with the Hkr version of the event (ÍF 28, 312). The poem probably originally read norðr í Víkum ‘north in Vik’ and a scribe at some point repeated the p. n. Vgum from st. 26/8. See Andersson and Gade 2000, 52.
vápnaskipti ‘weapon-exchange’
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vápnaskipti (noun n.): [weapon-exchange]
es ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
Vilhjalmr ‘Vilhjálmr’
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Vilhjalmr (noun m.): Vilhjálmr, William
notes
[4]: For Vilhjálmr, see Note to st. 3/6. Nothing else is known about him (or about his companion, Þóraldi, who is mentioned only in the prose).
fell ‘fell’
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falla (verb): fall
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On the journey south, Sigurðr killed the district chieftain Vilhjálmr skinnari ‘Tanner’ and Þóraldi keptr ‘Mug, Loudmouth’ in Vik.
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