Mberf Lv 2II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson, Lausavísur 2’ 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. 386.
flokk ‘company’
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flokkr (noun m.): group, flock
várn ‘our’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
fylla ‘to complete’
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fylla (verb): fill
riddari ‘knight’
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riddari (noun m.; °-a; -ar): knight
notes
[2] inn valski riddari ‘the Norman knight’: This was likely a Norman knight of the Giffard family (Gilfardus or Giffard) and could have been the one who mutilated Harold Godwineson’s body at the battle of Hastings in 1066 (see Gade 2001). Valskr denotes sby or sth. from Valland ‘northern France, Normandy’ (see Fritzner: valskr; Valland).
inn ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
notes
[2] inn valski riddari ‘the Norman knight’: This was likely a Norman knight of the Giffard family (Gilfardus or Giffard) and could have been the one who mutilated Harold Godwineson’s body at the battle of Hastings in 1066 (see Gade 2001). Valskr denotes sby or sth. from Valland ‘northern France, Normandy’ (see Fritzner: valskr; Valland).
valski ‘Norman’
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valskr (adj.): foreign, French
notes
[2] inn valski riddari ‘the Norman knight’: This was likely a Norman knight of the Giffard family (Gilfardus or Giffard) and could have been the one who mutilated Harold Godwineson’s body at the battle of Hastings in 1066 (see Gade 2001). Valskr denotes sby or sth. from Valland ‘northern France, Normandy’ (see Fritzner: valskr; Valland).
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Magnús recites the couplet as a comment on the cowardly behaviour of a Norman knight, Giffarðr, who was with him at the battle of Fuxerna, Sweden (c. 1101).
For this battle, see also Anon (Mberf) 5 and Eldj Lv 1-2.
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