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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Oddi Lv 5II

Judith Jesch (ed.) 2009, ‘Oddi inn litli Glúmsson, Lausavísur 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, pp. 618-19.

Oddi inn litli GlúmssonLausavísur
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Þar ‘There’

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þar (adv.): there

[1] Þar: Þá Flat

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[1] þar ‘there’: This adverbial refers back to the p. n. Akrsborg in Lv 4, assuming the two sts are linked. The Flat variant (þá ‘then’) would have no obvious antecedent, but it is possible that there were intervening sts, now lost.

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at ‘at’

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3. at (prep.): at, to

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hǫfuðkirkju ‘the chief church’

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hǫfuðkirkja (noun f.): cathedral

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siklings ‘of the prince’

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siklingr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, ruler

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sandi ‘with sand’

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sandr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sand, beach

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‘Now’

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nú (adv.): now

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þrumir ‘lies still’

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3. þruma (verb): ? - used this one

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grund ‘ground’

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grund (noun f.): earth, land

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grýtt ‘stony’

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grýttr (adj.): stony, graveled

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of ‘over’

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3. of (prep.): around, from; too

[6] of (‘yfir’): so Flat, at R702ˣ

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sólu ‘by the sun’

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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun

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birt ‘brightened’

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2. birta (verb; °-rt-): reveal

[7] birt: signuð Flat

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[7] birt ‘brightened’: The Flat variant, signuð ‘blessed’, is unmetrical, as kviðuháttr is characterised by its three-syllable odd-numbered ll.

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á ‘in’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

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The st. follows on immediately from Lv 4 above.

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