Ív Sig 37II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Ívarr Ingimundarson, Sigurðarbálkr 37’ 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. 523.
Hraut ‘There was’
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1. hrjóta (verb): fling, fly
í ‘a crash’
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í (prep.): in, into
stǫngum ‘among the standard-poles’
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stǫng (noun f.; °stangar, dat. -u; stangir/stengr): pole
þars ‘where’
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þars (conj.): where
hildingar ‘the heroes’
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hildingr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, ruler
við ‘in’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
víg ‘war’
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víg (noun n.; °-s; -): battle
vanir ‘experienced’
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2. venja (verb): accustom, train
vápna ‘weapons’
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vápn (noun n.; °-s; -): weapon
neyttu ‘wielded’
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neyta (verb): use, enjoy
Friðr ‘Peace’
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friðr (noun m.): peace
slitnaði ‘was broken’
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slitna (verb): tear, break
frænda ‘kinsmen’
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frændi (noun m.): kinsman, male relative
notes
[6] á millum frænda ‘between kinsmen’: Ingi and Sigurðr were the sons of Haraldr gilli and hence Sigurðr’s nephews. Magnús inn blindi was their cousin.
á ‘’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
notes
[6] á millum frænda ‘between kinsmen’: Ingi and Sigurðr were the sons of Haraldr gilli and hence Sigurðr’s nephews. Magnús inn blindi was their cousin.
millum ‘between’
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millum (prep.): between
notes
[6] á millum frænda ‘between kinsmen’: Ingi and Sigurðr were the sons of Haraldr gilli and hence Sigurðr’s nephews. Magnús inn blindi was their cousin.
guðr ‘battle’
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guðr (noun f.): battle
geisaði ‘raged’
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geisa (verb): rage
gekk ‘commenced’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
hildr ‘the onslaught’
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1. hildr (noun f.): battle
saman ‘’
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saman (adv.): together
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The two fleets joined battle on the Sunday after S. Martin’s Day (12 November 1139) by the island Holmengrå in Hvaler, now in present-day Sweden.
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