Ív Sig 41II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Ívarr Ingimundarson, Sigurðarbálkr 41’ 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. 525.
Hrauzk ‘was cleared’
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1. hrjóða (verb): clear, destroy
und ‘beneath’
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3. und (prep.): under, underneath
jǫfri ‘the prince’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
austan ‘from the east’
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austan (adv.): from the east
komnum ‘who had arrived’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
bitu ‘bit’
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bíta (verb; °bítr; beit, bitu; bitinn): bite
slǫg ‘weapons’
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slag (noun n.; °-s; *-): weapon
suðrœn ‘southern’
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suðrœnn (adj.): [southern]
notes
[4] snekkja (f. nom. sg.) ‘warship’: The oblique sg. (snekkju ‘warship’) has been emended to the nom. to provide a subject for hrauzk ‘was cleared’ (l. 1). See also Note to st. 12/2 above.
með ‘from’
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með (prep.): with
stǫfnum ‘stem to stern’
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stafn (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): prow
þás ‘when’
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þás (conj.): when
skjǫldungs ‘of the king’
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skjǫldungr (noun m.): king
kennings
sóknfœrr sonr skjǫldungs‘the battle-able son of the king ’
= Sigurðr
the battle-able son of the king → Sigurðr
sonr ‘son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
[5] sonr: son Mork
kennings
sóknfœrr sonr skjǫldungs‘the battle-able son of the king ’
= Sigurðr
the battle-able son of the king → Sigurðr
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
skipi ‘ship’
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skip (noun n.; °-s; -): ship
sínu ‘his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
sóknfœrr ‘the battle-able’
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sóknfœrr (adj.): [battle-able]
kennings
sóknfœrr sonr skjǫldungs‘the battle-able son of the king ’
= Sigurðr
the battle-able son of the king → Sigurðr
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
sæ ‘the sea’
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sjór (noun m.): sea
sunds ‘swimming’
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sund (noun n.; °-s; -): sound, strait; swimming
kostaði ‘tried’
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1. kosta (verb): try, strive
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When his ship had been cleared, Sigurðr jumped overboard, trying to save himself (he was a very strong swimmer).
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