Sigv Austv 15I
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Austrfararvísur 15’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 604.
Oss ‘us [me]’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
hafa ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
augun ‘’
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auga (noun n.; °auga; augu/augun, gen. augna): eye
augu ‘eyes’
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auga (noun n.; °auga; augu/augun, gen. augna): eye
[1] augu: augun 325V, 325VI, 73aˣ, 68, 61, Holm4, Flat, Tóm, Kˣ, Bb
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[2] íslenzk ‘Icelandic’: This statement that the skald is Icelandic is exceptional (Finnur Jónsson 1904-5a, 136).
konan ‘’
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kona (noun f.; °-u; -ur/-r(KlmA1980 116¹¹), gen. pl. kvenna/kvinna): woman
kona ‘woman’
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kona (noun f.; °-u; -ur/-r(KlmA1980 116¹¹), gen. pl. kvenna/kvinna): woman
[2] kona: so 972ˣ, 73aˣ, Holm4, Flat, konan Holm2, 325V, R686ˣ, J2ˣ, 325VI, 75a, 68, 61, 325VII, Tóm, Kˣ, Bb
vísat ‘shown’
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2. vísa (verb): show
brasttan ‘’
brattan ‘a steep’
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brattr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): steep
[3] brattan: ‘brasttan’ R686ˣ
stíg ‘path’
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1. stígr (noun m.; °dat. -; -ar/-ir, acc. -a/-u): path
á ‘’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
af ‘’
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af (prep.): from
baugi ‘ring’
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baugr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): ring
bjǫrtum ‘a bright’
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bjartr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright
rétt ‘’
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3. réttr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): right, straight, direct
langt ‘a long way’
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langr (adj.; °compar. lengri, superl. lengstr): long
[4] langt: rétt Flat
enu ‘’
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2. inn (art.): the
svǫrtu ‘black’
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svartr (adj.): black
hefr ‘has’
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hafa (verb): have
mjǫð ‘mead’
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mjǫðr (noun m.; °dat. miði): mead < mjǫðnanna (noun f.)mjǫðr (noun m.; °dat. miði): mead
kennings
mjǫð-Nanna.‘mead-Nanna.’
= WOMAN
mead-Nanna. → WOMAN
Nannan ‘’
Nanna ‘Nanna’
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Nanna (noun f.): Nanna < mjǫðnanna (noun f.)
[5] Nanna: so Flat, Nannan Holm2, 325V, R686ˣ, 972ˣ, J2ˣ, 325VI, 75a, 73aˣ, 68, 61, Holm4, 325VII, Tóm, Kˣ, Bb
kennings
mjǫð-Nanna.‘mead-Nanna.’
= WOMAN
mead-Nanna. → WOMAN
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[5] Nanna ‘Nanna <goddess>’: Wife of Óðinn’s son Baldr. Noreen (1922a, 21) points out that this is one of just seven instances in Sigvatr’s poetry in which a pagan deity is named. The woman addressed in the stanza is unidentified and the figure in the prose context seems to be no more than an extrapolation from the stanza.
menn ‘’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
minni ‘’
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1. minni (noun n.; °-s; -): memory
mínu ‘’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
mínn ‘of mine’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
[6] mínn ókunnar: so 325VI, Holm4, mín ókunnar Holm2, R686ˣ, 972ˣ, J2ˣ, 75a, 73aˣ, 68, 325VII, Flat, Tóm, mínu kunnar 325V, mínn ókunnan Kˣ, mínn ókunnir Bb
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[6] mínn ‘of mine’: On the facultative retention of vowel length in this and similar forms, see the Note to Sigv Lv 3/4.
ókunnir ‘’
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ókunnr (adj.): unknown
kunnar ‘’
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kunnr (adj.): known (?)
ókunnan ‘’
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ókunnr (adj.): unknown
ókunnar ‘unknown’
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ókunnr (adj.): unknown
[6] mínn ókunnar: so 325VI, Holm4, mín ókunnar Holm2, R686ˣ, 972ˣ, J2ˣ, 75a, 73aˣ, 68, 325VII, Flat, Tóm, mínu kunnar 325V, mínn ókunnan Kˣ, mínn ókunnir Bb
þinnum ‘’
sínum ‘’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
þínum ‘to your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
[6] þínum: ‘þinnum’ 972ˣ, sínum corrected from þínum 325VII
fót ‘’
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1. fótr (noun m.): foot, leg
fœtr ‘’
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1. fótr (noun m.): foot, leg
fótr ‘foot’
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1. fótr (noun m.): foot, leg
[7] fótr: so 972ˣ, 73aˣ, 61, Holm4, Kˣ, fœtr Holm2, 325V, R686ˣ, J2ˣ, 75a, 68, Flat, Tóm, Bb, fót 325VI, 325VII
um ‘’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
fornar ‘ancient’
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forn (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): ancient, old
brutir ‘’
brautir ‘ways’
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1. braut (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; -ir): path, way; away
[7] brautir: ‘brutir’ R686ˣ
fulldrengila ‘most bravely’
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fulldrengila (adv.): in a very manly fashion
gengit ‘walked’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
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