Ótt Óldr 2III
Matthew Townend (ed.) 2017, ‘Óttarr svarti, Óláfsdrápa sœnska 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 337.
Þengill ‘ruler’
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þengill (noun m.): prince, ruler
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
þegar ‘already’
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þegar (adv.): at once, then
gjǫrr ‘filled’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
[2] gjǫrr: so C, gjǫr R, gǫrr Tˣ, ‘gerr avrr’ U, gerr 744ˣ
ǫrr ‘eager’
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ǫrr (adj.): generous, brave < vígǫrr (adj.)
haldask ‘to continue’
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halda (verb): hold, keep
hans ‘his’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
aldr ‘life’
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aldr (noun m.; °aldrs, dat. aldri; aldrar): life, age
hann ‘him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
k ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
yfir ‘a superior’
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yfir (prep.): over < yfirmaðr (noun m.): superior
[4] yfir‑: fyrir 744ˣ
mann ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person < yfirmaðr (noun m.): superior
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This stanza is quoted in Skm to illustrate the use of þengill as a heiti for ‘ruler’.
In U, the helmingr is attributed to ‘Arnórr’ (possibly Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson).
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