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Kolli Ingdr 5II

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Kolli inn prúði, Ingadrápa 5’ 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. 532.

Kolli inn prúðiIngadrápa
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Syndi ‘floated’

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synda (verb): [floated]

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[1] syndi ‘floated’: Lit. ‘swam’.

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sjalfr ‘The very’

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sjalfr (adj.): self

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at ‘’

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3. at (prep.): at, to

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landi ‘ashore’

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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land

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snjallr ‘brave’

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snjallr (adj.): quick, resourceful, bold

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en ‘and’

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2. en (conj.): but, and

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allri ‘to the whole’

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allr (adj.): all

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vel ‘indeed’

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vel (adv.): well, very

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of ‘’

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4. of (particle): (before verb)

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hrósak ‘I praise’

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hrósa (verb): praise

[3] hrósak: hrósar Mork

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[3] hrósak (1st pers. sg. pres. indic.) ‘I praise’: Emended from hrósar (3rd pers. sg. pres. indic.) for contextual reasons (the poet is the one who praises the deed). For this l., see also ESk Øxfl 4/3III.

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vísi ‘prince’

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vísi (noun m.; °-a): leader

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valkǫstr ‘corpse-heap’

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valkǫstr (noun m.): corpse-pile

[4] valkǫstr: valkǫst Mork

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[4] valkǫstr (m. nom. sg.) ‘corpse-heap’: Emended from valkǫst (m. acc. sg.) to furnish the missing subject to syndi ‘swam, floated’ (l. 1).

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Munins ‘of Muninn’

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Muninn (noun m.): Muninn

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[4] fǫstu Munins ‘fast of Muninn <raven>’: Muninn was one of Óðinn’s ravens in ON mythology. Ingi was three years old when this battle took place and did not participate actively in the fighting.

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fǫstu ‘fast’

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1. fasta (noun f.): fast, fasting

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[4] fǫstu Munins ‘fast of Muninn <raven>’: Muninn was one of Óðinn’s ravens in ON mythology. Ingi was three years old when this battle took place and did not participate actively in the fighting.

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Ulfs ‘of the wolf’

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1. ulfr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): wolf

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varð ‘was’

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1. verða (verb): become, be

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arnar ‘with the eagle’

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1. ǫrn (noun m.; °arnar, dat. erni; ernir, acc. ǫrnu): eagle

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[5, 8] fundr arnar ‘the encounter with the eagle’: Skj B emends arnar to jarna ‘of weapons’ and takes it with the second cl. (frægir fyrðar ruðu borð jarna ‘famous men reddened the boards of weapons (i.e. shields)’). That emendation is unnecessary (see NN §970).

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einkar ‘especially’

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einkar (adv.): extremely

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í ‘in’

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í (prep.): in, into

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víðu ‘wide’

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víðr (adj.): far

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borð ‘ship-planks’

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borð (noun n.; °-s; -): side, plank, board; table

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ruðu ‘reddened’

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rjóða (verb): to redden

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fyrðar ‘men’

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2. fyrðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): man

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fundr ‘The encounter’

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fundr (noun m.): discovery, meeting

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[5, 8] fundr arnar ‘the encounter with the eagle’: Skj B emends arnar to jarna ‘of weapons’ and takes it with the second cl. (frægir fyrðar ruðu borð jarna ‘famous men reddened the boards of weapons (i.e. shields)’). That emendation is unnecessary (see NN §970).

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Langeyjarsundi ‘Langösund’

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Langeyjarsund (noun n.): [Langösund]

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[8] Langeyjarsundi ‘Langösund’: Most likely the strait between Langöarna and Holmengrå in present-day Sweden.

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As st. 4 above.

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