Máni Lv 3II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Máni, Lausavísur 3’ 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. 643-4.
Gígjan ‘The fiddle’
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1. gígja (noun f.): fiddle
syngr ‘sings’
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syngja (verb): sing
þars ‘where’
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þars (conj.): where
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[1] þars ganga ‘where walk’: Skj B construes ganga as the gen. pl. of gangr ‘continuous sound’ which is taken with pípu (f. gen. sg.) ‘flute’ (l. 2) (see also LP: gangr 2): menn grípa til pípu ganga ‘men grasp the flute’s continuous sound’ (so also ÍF 30). Kock emends ganga to gǫngu which he takes as the first element in a cpd gǫngumenn (NN §1166). ON gǫngumenn means ‘beggars’, but Kock construes the meaning vandrande spelmän ‘wandering minstrels’.
ganga ‘walk’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
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[1] þars ganga ‘where walk’: Skj B construes ganga as the gen. pl. of gangr ‘continuous sound’ which is taken with pípu (f. gen. sg.) ‘flute’ (l. 2) (see also LP: gangr 2): menn grípa til pípu ganga ‘men grasp the flute’s continuous sound’ (so also ÍF 30). Kock emends ganga to gǫngu which he takes as the first element in a cpd gǫngumenn (NN §1166). ON gǫngumenn means ‘beggars’, but Kock construes the meaning vandrande spelmän ‘wandering minstrels’.
grípa ‘grasp’
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grípa (verb): seize, grasp
menn ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
til ‘’
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til (prep.): to
pípu ‘the flute’
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1. pípa (noun f.; °-u; -ur): flute
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[2] pípu ‘the flute’: For this instrument, see Note to ESk Lv 3/6, 8.
fœra ‘they bring’
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2. fœra (verb): bring
fólsku ‘foolishness’
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fólska (noun f.): [foolishness]
stóra ‘great’
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stórr (adj.): large, great
framm ‘forth’
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fram (adv.): out, forth, forwards, away
leikarar ‘minstrels’
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leikari (noun m.; °-a; -ar): minstrel
bleikir ‘the pale’
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2. bleikr (adj.): pale
Undrs ‘It’s a marvel’
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2. undr (noun n.; °-s; -): wonder, marvel
hvé ‘how’
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hvé (conj.): how
augum ‘his eyes’
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auga (noun n.; °auga; augu/augun, gen. augna): eye
vendir ‘rolls’
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2. venda (verb): roll, turn
umb ‘’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
sás ‘he who’
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sás (conj.): the one who
þýtr ‘blows’
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þjóta (verb): roar
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
trumbu ‘the trumpet’
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1. trumba (noun f.; °-u; -ur): [trumpet]
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[6] trumbu ‘the trumpet’: Trumba ‘trumpet’ was a larger straight wind-instrument, probably somewhat like the tuba ‘war-trumpet’ of Roman antiquity (see Panum 1934, 65).
kníðan ‘the stuffed’
lítk ‘I see’
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líta (verb): look, see; appear
á ‘of’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
kauða ‘the wretch’
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kauði (noun m.): churl, wretch
kjapt ‘cheeks’
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kjaftr (noun m.): cheek, mouth
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
blásna ‘the distended’
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2. blása (verb; °blǽss; blés, blésu; blásinn): blow
hvapta ‘mouth’
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hváptr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): mouth, jaw
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As st. 2 above.
[1-4]: In the present edn, bleikir leikarar ‘the pale minstrels’ (l. 4) function as the subject of the verb ganga ‘walk’ (l. 1). Skj B, Skald and ÍF 30 treat ll. 3-4 as one cl.: bleikir leikarar fœra framm stóra fólsku ‘the pale minstrels bring forth great foolishness’.
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