RvHbreiðm Hl 42III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr Þórarinsson, Háttalykill 42’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1050.
Sverð ‘Swords’
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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword
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[1] sverð ruðusk ‘swords were reddened’: See st. 41/4.
ruðusk ‘were reddened’
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rjóða (verb): to redden
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[1] sverð ruðusk ‘swords were reddened’: See st. 41/4.
ferðir ‘companies’
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ferð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-arMork 196¹²)): host, journey
svall ‘swelled’
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1. svella (verb): swell
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[2] ben svall ‘a wound swelled’: See sts 41/6 and 78/1.
ben ‘a wound’
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1. ben (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -; -jar , gen. -a(var. EiðKrC 402¹³: AM 77 4° D)): wound
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[2] ben svall ‘a wound swelled’: See sts 41/6 and 78/1.
valr ‘the slain’
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1. valr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ir): corpse, the slain
lá ‘lay’
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liggja (verb): lie
fallinn ‘fallen’
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falla (verb): fall
und ‘a wound’
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3. und (prep.): under, underneath
hraut ‘burst’
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1. hrjóta (verb): fling, fly
[3] hraut (‘raut’): so R683ˣ, ‘rꜹrt’ papp25ˣ
almar ‘elm-bows’
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almr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): bow, elm-bow
bendusk ‘were bent’
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1. benda (verb; °-nd-): bend
ǫr ‘an arrow’
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ǫr (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; ǫrvar/ǫrar): arrow
flaug ‘flew’
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fljúga (verb): fly
beitt ‘drawn’
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2. beita (verb; °-tt-): beat, tack
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[4] beitt varð ‘was drawn’: An impersonal construction with hjǫrvi ‘a sword’ as the dat. object.
varð ‘was’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
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[4] beitt varð ‘was drawn’: An impersonal construction with hjǫrvi ‘a sword’ as the dat. object.
hjǫrvi ‘a sword’
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hjǫrr (noun m.): sword
Herr ‘The army’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
fell ‘fell’
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falla (verb): fall
geirar ‘spears’
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geirr (noun m.): spear
gullu ‘resounded’
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gjalla (verb): to scream, shriek; to repay, return, pay for
gnast ‘cracked’
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gnesta (verb): emit crashing sound
hlífð ‘a shield’
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hlífð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): shield
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[6] hlífð (f. nom. sg.) ‘a shield’: For this form, see Note to st. 39/6 and note the verbal correspondence between sts 39/6, 69/2 and this line.
hrafn ‘the raven’
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hrafn (noun m.; °hrafns; dat. hrafni; hrafnar): raven
brá ‘ended’
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bregða (verb; °bregðr/brigðr; brá, brugðu; brugðinn/brogðinn): pull, jerk, break; change
fǫstu ‘its fast’
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1. fasta (noun f.): fast, fasting
oddr ‘an arrow-point’
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oddr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): point of weapon
beit ‘bit’
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bíta (verb; °bítr; beit, bitu; bitinn): bite
ernir ‘eagles’
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1. ǫrn (noun m.; °arnar, dat. erni; ernir, acc. ǫrnu): eagle
sǫddusk ‘were sated’
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seðja (verb): satisfy, satiate
ulfr ‘the wolf’
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1. ulfr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): wolf
fyldisk ‘was filled’
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fylla (verb): fill
vé ‘standards’
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2. vé (noun n.; °; -): banner, standard
skulfu ‘shook’
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1. skjalfa (verb): shake - intrans.
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Swords were reddened; companies were killed; a wound swelled; the slain lay fallen; a wound burst; elm-bows were bent; an arrow flew; a sword was drawn. The army fell; spears resounded; a shield cracked; the raven ended its fast; an arrow-point bit; eagles were sated; the wolf was filled; standards shook.
As st. 41 above.
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