Sigv ErfÓl 12I
Judith Jesch (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Erfidrápa Óláfs helga 12’ 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. 679.
Mest ‘’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
frák ‘I heard’
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1. fregna (verb): hear of
næstan ‘next’
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nærri (adj. comp.; °superl. nǽstr): near, nearer, next
[1] næstan: næstum 321ˣ, vestan 61
mínn ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
dróttin ‘lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
sínum ‘banners’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
stǫng ‘the standard-pole’
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stǫng (noun f.; °stangar, dat. -u; stangir/stengr): pole
notes
[3] stǫng ‘the standard-pole’: See Note to st. 7/5, above.
óð ‘advanced’
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vaða (verb): advance, wade
[3] óð fyr gram: ein var gram 61, Tóm, varð gyllt at Flat
fyr ‘before’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
[3] óð fyr gram: ein var gram 61, Tóm, varð gyllt at Flat
gram ‘the prince’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
[3] óð fyr gram: ein var gram 61, Tóm, varð gyllt at Flat
gingu ‘went’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
[3] gingu: ganga 61, Flat, Tóm, gengum 325V
gnógr ‘plentiful’
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gnógr (adj.; °compar. gnógari/gnǿgri, superl. gnógastr/gnǿgstr): abundant
styrr ‘fighting’
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styrr (noun m.; °dat. -): battle
vas ‘there was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[4] vas (‘var’): óx Flat, Tóm
þar ‘there’
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þar (adv.): there
fyrri ‘in front’
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2. fyrri (adv.): before, previously
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Many of the troops in front of Óláfr are killed, and he asks his standard-bearer Þórðr Fólason to press forward with the standard, following it closely with his chosen warriors.
The content of this helmingr makes it likely that it was in fact the second helmingr of st. 11, even though they are separated in the prose sources.
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