Mberf Lv 6II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson, Lausavísur 6’ 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. 390.
heimfǫr ‘the journey home’
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heimfǫr (noun f.): journey home
kvitta ‘talk of’
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1. kvitta (verb): gossip about, talk of
Hugrs ‘heart is’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage
minn ‘My’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
enn ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
Kaupangs ‘of Trondheim’
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kaupangr (noun m.): Trondheim
notes
[3] Kaupangs ‘of Trondheim’: See Note to Steinn Óldr 7/2.
kvinna ‘the women’
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kvenna (noun f.; °-u): woman, wife
kømkat ‘I shall not return’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
[4] kømkat (‘kem ek eigi’): so H, ‘kom ec eigi’ Mork, ‘kem eigi’ Hr, ‘keym ec eigi’ 301ˣ
austr ‘east’
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3. austr (adv.; °compar. -ar, superl. -ast): east, in the east
[4] austr í hausti: ‘austi’ Hr
Unik ‘I am content’
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1. unna (verb): love
þvít ‘because’
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þvít (conj.): because, since
ingjan ‘the girl’
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ingjan (noun f.): [girl]
[6] ingjan gamansþinga: ‘ægileif und ... ægio’ 301ˣ
notes
[6] ingjan ‘girl’: The ON version of OIr. ingen ‘girl, daughter’. The identity of this Irish woman is unknown, but she could have been the mother of Magnús’s son, Haraldr gilli(-kristr) ‘Servant (of Christ)’, who later returned to Norway and ousted his nephew, Magnús inn blindi ‘the Blind’ Sigurðarson, from the throne.
gamans ‘of pleasure’
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gaman (noun n.): joy, pleasure
[6] ingjan gamansþinga: ‘ægileif und ... ægio’ 301ˣ; gamansþinga: gamanþinga H, Hr
þinga ‘meetings’
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þing (noun n.; °-s; -): meeting, assembly
[6] ingjan gamansþinga: ‘ægileif und ... ægio’ 301ˣ; gamansþinga: gamanþinga H, Hr
œrskan ‘youth’
[7] œrskan: so H, 301ˣ, ‘orscan’ Mork, ‘æska’ Hr
notes
[7] œrskan veldr ‘youth causes [it]’: I.e. his youthful infatuation causes him to be content. The reference to Magnús’s youth is somewhat exaggerated, because he was close to thirty years old when he was killed in Ulster in 1103 (see ÍF 28, 237).
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[7] œrskan veldr ‘youth causes [it]’: I.e. his youthful infatuation causes him to be content. The reference to Magnús’s youth is somewhat exaggerated, because he was close to thirty years old when he was killed in Ulster in 1103 (see ÍF 28, 237).
írskum ‘the Irish’
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írskr (adj.): Irish
annk ‘I love’
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1. unna (verb): love
betr ‘better’
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betr (adv.; °superl. bezt/bazt; pos. vel adv.): better
svanna ‘woman’
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svanni (noun m.): lady, woman
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