Ív Sig 43II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Ívarr Ingimundarson, Sigurðarbálkr 43’ 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. 526.
telk ‘I declare’
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telja (verb): tell, count
illa ‘a disaster’
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illr (adj.): bad, evil, unwell
es ‘that’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
jǫfurr ‘prince’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
skyldi ‘should’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
koma ‘undergo’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
í ‘’
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í (prep.): in, into
kvalar ‘torments’
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kvǫl (noun f.; °-ar; -ar/-ir): torment, torture
slíkar ‘such’
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2. slíkr (adj.): such
Tekr ‘grasp’
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2. taka (verb): take
Sigurði ‘than Sigurðr’
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Sigurðr (noun m.): Sigurðr
notes
[5] Sigurði ‘Sigurðr’: See Note to st. 6/1.
síðan ‘will ever’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
engi ‘No’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
maðr ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
rǫskvari ‘bolder’
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rǫskr (adj.): brave
of ‘’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
meðalkafla ‘a sword-hilt’
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meðalkafli (noun m.): sword-hilt
notes
[8] meðalkafla ‘a sword-hilt’: Lit. ‘middle-piece’, between the hilt-plates (see Falk 1914, 10, 22).
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After Sigurðr had been captured, his enemies tortured him and tried to flay him alive by whipping him. They also broke his arms and legs with axe-heads. Meanwhile Sigurðr sang the psalter and prayed for his enemies.
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