Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Ívarr Ingimundarson, Sigurðarbálkr 4’ 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. 504.
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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think
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dýrr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -str/-astr): precious
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Dáfinnr (noun m.): [David]
[2] Dáfinns ‘of David’: Dáfinnr is an ON folk-etymological variant of Dávíð (David) patterned on the variants Finnr and Fiðr.
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
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œðri (adj. comp.): nobler, higher
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þangat (adv.): there, thither
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bœta (verb; °-tt-): better, emend, compensate
[5] bœtti ‘improved’: I.e. he increased the reputation of the retainers by his presence.
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vísi (noun m.; °-a): leader
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verðung (noun f.): troop, retinue
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
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hafa (verb): have
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ungr (adj.): young
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
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almennr (adj.): [all men]
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lof (noun n.; °-s; -): praise, leave, permission
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Sigurðr was held in high esteem by the king and his chieftains.
Both Hkr and Orkn mention that David had a high regard for Sigurðr: Var hann þar virðr mikils ‘He was greatly esteemed there’ (ÍF 28, 298); ok hafði hann lagt á hann virðingar miklar ‘and he had held him in high esteem’ (ÍF 34, 115).
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