Kali Lv 1II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Kali Sæbjarnarson, Lausavísa 1’ 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. 393-4.
launa ‘repay’
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launa (verb): reward
þínir ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
þingmæltir ‘assembly-eloquent’
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þingmæltr (adj./verb p.p.): [assembly-eloquent]
[2] þingmæltir dýrlingar: þingríkir hǫfðingjar H, Hr, Flat, 325III α, R702ˣ, þingdjarfir hǫfðingjar Bb
notes
[2] þingmæltir dýrlingar ‘assembly-eloquent darlings’: Þingríkir hǫfðingjar ‘law-mighty chieftains’ (lit. ‘assembly-mighty chieftains’; so Orkn and H-Hr) is metrically and syntactically possible and preferred by Skj B and Skald. Also possible is þingdjarfir hǫfðingjar ‘assembly-daring chieftains’ (so Bb). Þingmæltr ‘assembly-eloquent’ is a hap. leg., and dýrlingr ‘darling’ is cognate with OE dēorling ‘favourite, minion, darling’.
dýrlingar ‘darlings’
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dýrlingr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): [darlings]
[2] þingmæltir dýrlingar: þingríkir hǫfðingjar H, Hr, Flat, 325III α, R702ˣ, þingdjarfir hǫfðingjar Bb
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[2] þingmæltir dýrlingar ‘assembly-eloquent darlings’: Þingríkir hǫfðingjar ‘law-mighty chieftains’ (lit. ‘assembly-mighty chieftains’; so Orkn and H-Hr) is metrically and syntactically possible and preferred by Skj B and Skald. Also possible is þingdjarfir hǫfðingjar ‘assembly-daring chieftains’ (so Bb). Þingmæltr ‘assembly-eloquent’ is a hap. leg., and dýrlingr ‘darling’ is cognate with OE dēorling ‘favourite, minion, darling’.
bifask ‘tremble’
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2. bifa (verb; °-að-): shudder, tremble
rengr ‘ship-frames’
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rǫng (noun f.): frame, rib
[3] rengr: rangir Hr, regn 325III α, R702ˣ
notes
[3] rengr ‘ship-frames’: Rǫng (pl. rengr) was a cross-piece that held together the bottom-boards in a ship (see Note to Hharð Lv 11/7-8). Skj B gives the sg. form rǫng (not supported by any ms.), although LP: rǫng lists the pl. form for this st.
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
rǫstum ‘the currents’
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2. rǫst (noun f.; °; gen. rasta): current
[3] rǫstum: rǫstu Bb, 325III α, R702ˣ
reyn ‘test’
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reyna (verb): test, try, experience
oss ‘us’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
jǫfurr ‘prince’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
[4] jǫfurr: konungr Bb, Flat, 325III α, R702ˣ
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[4] jǫfurr ‘lord’: The variant konungr ‘king’ (so Orkn; Bb) is an equally plausible reading.
hnossir ‘for your treasures’
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1. hnoss (noun f.; °; -ir): treasure
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In Orkn and H-Hr the helmingr is attributed to Kali and recited as a question to Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson (see Mberf Lv 1) when Magnús’s army winters in the Hebrides (1098-9). In Mork it is anonymous but part of a verbal exchange with Magnús which takes place before Magnús embarks on his second expedition to the west in 1102.
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