Mberf Lv 4II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson, Lausavísur 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. 388.
Hvats ‘What’s’
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hvatr (adj.; °-ari, -an; -astr): keen, brave
[1] Hvats (‘Hvat er’): Hvat er hér E, 42ˣ
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
heimi ‘this world’
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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world
betra ‘better’
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betri (adj. comp.; °superl. beztr/baztr; pos. góðr adj.): better, best
hyggr ‘forgets’
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2. hyggja (verb): think, consider
skald ‘The poet’
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skáld (noun n.; °-s; -): poet
þrô ‘his yearning’
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1. þrá (noun f.): longing, yearning
sjaldan ‘seldom’
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sjaldan (adv.): seldom
mjǫk ‘very’
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mjǫk (adv.): very, much
s ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
langr ‘long’
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langr (adj.; °compar. lengri, superl. lengstr): long
sás ‘which’
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sás (conj.): the one who
dvelr ‘delays’
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dvelja (verb; °dvalði; dvalðr/dvalinn (præs. sg. 3. pers. dvel [$1138$], [$1140$])): delay, stay, dwell
drengi ‘men’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior
dagr ‘the day’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
an ‘than’
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2. an (conj.): than
víf ‘women’
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víf (noun n.): woman, wife
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[4] in fǫgru víf ‘fair women’: Lit. ‘the fair women’.
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[4] in fǫgru víf ‘fair women’: Lit. ‘the fair women’.
fǫgru ‘fair’
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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful
[4] in fǫgru: it fagra H, Hr
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[4] in fǫgru víf ‘fair women’: Lit. ‘the fair women’.
Þungan ‘heavy’
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þungr (adj.): heavy
berk ‘I carry’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
þingi ‘the assembly’
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þing (noun n.; °-s; -): meeting, assembly
es ‘that’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
skalk ‘I shall’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
svanna ‘woman’
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svanni (noun m.): lady, woman
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[7] menn skreytask á móti ‘men dress up at the meeting’: The meaning of this cl. is not immediately obvious. Skj B adopts the H, Hr variant at móti ‘at the meeting’, and the cl. is translated as mændene smykker sig til (ved?) mødet ‘men dress up for (at?) the meeting’. That variant is not supported by the ms. witnesses. Á móti ‘at the meeting’ may be synonymous with á þingi ‘at the assembly’ (see Fritzner: mót 3), which would imply that men were dressing up at the legal assembly for their own self-esteem and also in the anticipation of subsequent encounters with desired women. That interpretation is supported by st. 61 of Hávm (NK 26): Þveginn oc mettr | ríði maðr þingi at, | þótt hann séð væddr til vel; | scúa oc bróca | scammiz engi maðr, | né hestz in heldr, | þótt hann hafit góðan ‘Washed and full of food should a man ride to the assembly, although he might be dressed too well; no man should be ashamed of his shoes and trousers, nor of his horse, although he might not have a good one’.
menn ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
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[7] menn skreytask á móti ‘men dress up at the meeting’: The meaning of this cl. is not immediately obvious. Skj B adopts the H, Hr variant at móti ‘at the meeting’, and the cl. is translated as mændene smykker sig til (ved?) mødet ‘men dress up for (at?) the meeting’. That variant is not supported by the ms. witnesses. Á móti ‘at the meeting’ may be synonymous with á þingi ‘at the assembly’ (see Fritzner: mót 3), which would imply that men were dressing up at the legal assembly for their own self-esteem and also in the anticipation of subsequent encounters with desired women. That interpretation is supported by st. 61 of Hávm (NK 26): Þveginn oc mettr | ríði maðr þingi at, | þótt hann séð væddr til vel; | scúa oc bróca | scammiz engi maðr, | né hestz in heldr, | þótt hann hafit góðan ‘Washed and full of food should a man ride to the assembly, although he might be dressed too well; no man should be ashamed of his shoes and trousers, nor of his horse, although he might not have a good one’.
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[7] menn skreytask á móti ‘men dress up at the meeting’: The meaning of this cl. is not immediately obvious. Skj B adopts the H, Hr variant at móti ‘at the meeting’, and the cl. is translated as mændene smykker sig til (ved?) mødet ‘men dress up for (at?) the meeting’. That variant is not supported by the ms. witnesses. Á móti ‘at the meeting’ may be synonymous with á þingi ‘at the assembly’ (see Fritzner: mót 3), which would imply that men were dressing up at the legal assembly for their own self-esteem and also in the anticipation of subsequent encounters with desired women. That interpretation is supported by st. 61 of Hávm (NK 26): Þveginn oc mettr | ríði maðr þingi at, | þótt hann séð væddr til vel; | scúa oc bróca | scammiz engi maðr, | né hestz in heldr, | þótt hann hafit góðan ‘Washed and full of food should a man ride to the assembly, although he might be dressed too well; no man should be ashamed of his shoes and trousers, nor of his horse, although he might not have a good one’.
móti ‘the meeting’
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1. mót (noun n.; °; -): meeting
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[7] menn skreytask á móti ‘men dress up at the meeting’: The meaning of this cl. is not immediately obvious. Skj B adopts the H, Hr variant at móti ‘at the meeting’, and the cl. is translated as mændene smykker sig til (ved?) mødet ‘men dress up for (at?) the meeting’. That variant is not supported by the ms. witnesses. Á móti ‘at the meeting’ may be synonymous with á þingi ‘at the assembly’ (see Fritzner: mót 3), which would imply that men were dressing up at the legal assembly for their own self-esteem and also in the anticipation of subsequent encounters with desired women. That interpretation is supported by st. 61 of Hávm (NK 26): Þveginn oc mettr | ríði maðr þingi at, | þótt hann séð væddr til vel; | scúa oc bróca | scammiz engi maðr, | né hestz in heldr, | þótt hann hafit góðan ‘Washed and full of food should a man ride to the assembly, although he might be dressed too well; no man should be ashamed of his shoes and trousers, nor of his horse, although he might not have a good one’.
minn ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
aldrigi ‘never’
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aldrigi (adv.): never
finna ‘meet’
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2. finna (verb): find, meet
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