Sigv Nesv 4^I

vart ‘’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

Vasa ‘There was no cause’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

[1] Vasa (‘vara’): vart R686ˣ

svinn ‘’

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2. svinnr (adj.): wise

sig ‘of the battle’

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sigr (noun m.; °sigrs/sigrar, dat. sigri; sigrar): victory < sigmáni (noun m.)

[1] sig‑: svinn 61

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[1, 3] hríðar gjóðs sigmána ‘storm of the osprey of the battle-moon [SHIELD > RAVEN/EAGLE > BATTLE]’: The similarity between l. 3 and st. 10/5-6, þás til góðs, en gjóði | gǫrt, has evidently confused some copyists. Various construals of the kenning elements in the helmingr are possible. (a) Hríðar (‘storm’, l. 3 end), gjóðs (‘osprey’, l. 3 beginning) and sigmána (‘battle-moon’, l. 1) seem to belong together, leaving gnýs sverða ‘din of swords’ as a separate and more straightforward battle-kenning contained in l. 2 (so ÍF 27, citing a parallel kenning, and adopted in this edn). (b) Finnur Jónsson (Hkr 1893-1901, IV; cf. NN §619) reads gnýs sigmána ‘din of victory-moons [SHIELD > BATTLE]’ and hríðar gjóðs sverða ‘storm of the osprey/falcon of swords [RAVEN > BATTLE]’. (c) Finnur Jónsson in Skj B reads góðs ‘good’ for gjóðs in l. 3, qualifying gnýs ‘din’, but this is weakly attested and apparently a lectio facilior; he reads gǫrrar ‘complete’ rather than góðrar ‘good’ later in the line. 

sig ‘of the battle’

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sigr (noun m.; °sigrs/sigrar, dat. sigri; sigrar): victory < sigmáni (noun m.)

[1] sig‑: svinn 61

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[1, 3] hríðar gjóðs sigmána ‘storm of the osprey of the battle-moon [SHIELD > RAVEN/EAGLE > BATTLE]’: The similarity between l. 3 and st. 10/5-6, þás til góðs, en gjóði | gǫrt, has evidently confused some copyists. Various construals of the kenning elements in the helmingr are possible. (a) Hríðar (‘storm’, l. 3 end), gjóðs (‘osprey’, l. 3 beginning) and sigmána (‘battle-moon’, l. 1) seem to belong together, leaving gnýs sverða ‘din of swords’ as a separate and more straightforward battle-kenning contained in l. 2 (so ÍF 27, citing a parallel kenning, and adopted in this edn). (b) Finnur Jónsson (Hkr 1893-1901, IV; cf. NN §619) reads gnýs sigmána ‘din of victory-moons [SHIELD > BATTLE]’ and hríðar gjóðs sverða ‘storm of the osprey/falcon of swords [RAVEN > BATTLE]’. (c) Finnur Jónsson in Skj B reads góðs ‘good’ for gjóðs in l. 3, qualifying gnýs ‘din’, but this is weakly attested and apparently a lectio facilior; he reads gǫrrar ‘complete’ rather than góðrar ‘good’ later in the line. 

sig ‘of the battle’

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sigr (noun m.; °sigrs/sigrar, dat. sigri; sigrar): victory < sigmáni (noun m.)

[1] sig‑: svinn 61

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[1, 3] hríðar gjóðs sigmána ‘storm of the osprey of the battle-moon [SHIELD > RAVEN/EAGLE > BATTLE]’: The similarity between l. 3 and st. 10/5-6, þás til góðs, en gjóði | gǫrt, has evidently confused some copyists. Various construals of the kenning elements in the helmingr are possible. (a) Hríðar (‘storm’, l. 3 end), gjóðs (‘osprey’, l. 3 beginning) and sigmána (‘battle-moon’, l. 1) seem to belong together, leaving gnýs sverða ‘din of swords’ as a separate and more straightforward battle-kenning contained in l. 2 (so ÍF 27, citing a parallel kenning, and adopted in this edn). (b) Finnur Jónsson (Hkr 1893-1901, IV; cf. NN §619) reads gnýs sigmána ‘din of victory-moons [SHIELD > BATTLE]’ and hríðar gjóðs sverða ‘storm of the osprey/falcon of swords [RAVEN > BATTLE]’. (c) Finnur Jónsson in Skj B reads góðs ‘good’ for gjóðs in l. 3, qualifying gnýs ‘din’, but this is weakly attested and apparently a lectio facilior; he reads gǫrrar ‘complete’ rather than góðrar ‘good’ later in the line. 

huglum ‘’

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hugall (adj.): °opmærksom, påpasselig, omhyggelig

mara ‘’

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2. marr (noun m.): horse

mána ‘moon’

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máni (noun m.; °-a): moon < sigmáni (noun m.)

[1] ‑mána: huglum 61, mara 325V, Flat, Tóm

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[1, 3] hríðar gjóðs sigmána ‘storm of the osprey of the battle-moon [SHIELD > RAVEN/EAGLE > BATTLE]’: The similarity between l. 3 and st. 10/5-6, þás til góðs, en gjóði | gǫrt, has evidently confused some copyists. Various construals of the kenning elements in the helmingr are possible. (a) Hríðar (‘storm’, l. 3 end), gjóðs (‘osprey’, l. 3 beginning) and sigmána (‘battle-moon’, l. 1) seem to belong together, leaving gnýs sverða ‘din of swords’ as a separate and more straightforward battle-kenning contained in l. 2 (so ÍF 27, citing a parallel kenning, and adopted in this edn). (b) Finnur Jónsson (Hkr 1893-1901, IV; cf. NN §619) reads gnýs sigmána ‘din of victory-moons [SHIELD > BATTLE]’ and hríðar gjóðs sverða ‘storm of the osprey/falcon of swords [RAVEN > BATTLE]’. (c) Finnur Jónsson in Skj B reads góðs ‘good’ for gjóðs in l. 3, qualifying gnýs ‘din’, but this is weakly attested and apparently a lectio facilior; he reads gǫrrar ‘complete’ rather than góðrar ‘good’ later in the line. 

mána ‘moon’

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máni (noun m.; °-a): moon < sigmáni (noun m.)

[1] ‑mána: huglum 61, mara 325V, Flat, Tóm

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[1, 3] hríðar gjóðs sigmána ‘storm of the osprey of the battle-moon [SHIELD > RAVEN/EAGLE > BATTLE]’: The similarity between l. 3 and st. 10/5-6, þás til góðs, en gjóði | gǫrt, has evidently confused some copyists. Various construals of the kenning elements in the helmingr are possible. (a) Hríðar (‘storm’, l. 3 end), gjóðs (‘osprey’, l. 3 beginning) and sigmána (‘battle-moon’, l. 1) seem to belong together, leaving gnýs sverða ‘din of swords’ as a separate and more straightforward battle-kenning contained in l. 2 (so ÍF 27, citing a parallel kenning, and adopted in this edn). (b) Finnur Jónsson (Hkr 1893-1901, IV; cf. NN §619) reads gnýs sigmána ‘din of victory-moons [SHIELD > BATTLE]’ and hríðar gjóðs sverða ‘storm of the osprey/falcon of swords [RAVEN > BATTLE]’. (c) Finnur Jónsson in Skj B reads góðs ‘good’ for gjóðs in l. 3, qualifying gnýs ‘din’, but this is weakly attested and apparently a lectio facilior; he reads gǫrrar ‘complete’ rather than góðrar ‘good’ later in the line. 

mána ‘moon’

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máni (noun m.; °-a): moon < sigmáni (noun m.)

[1] ‑mána: huglum 61, mara 325V, Flat, Tóm

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[1, 3] hríðar gjóðs sigmána ‘storm of the osprey of the battle-moon [SHIELD > RAVEN/EAGLE > BATTLE]’: The similarity between l. 3 and st. 10/5-6, þás til góðs, en gjóði | gǫrt, has evidently confused some copyists. Various construals of the kenning elements in the helmingr are possible. (a) Hríðar (‘storm’, l. 3 end), gjóðs (‘osprey’, l. 3 beginning) and sigmána (‘battle-moon’, l. 1) seem to belong together, leaving gnýs sverða ‘din of swords’ as a separate and more straightforward battle-kenning contained in l. 2 (so ÍF 27, citing a parallel kenning, and adopted in this edn). (b) Finnur Jónsson (Hkr 1893-1901, IV; cf. NN §619) reads gnýs sigmána ‘din of victory-moons [SHIELD > BATTLE]’ and hríðar gjóðs sverða ‘storm of the osprey/falcon of swords [RAVEN > BATTLE]’. (c) Finnur Jónsson in Skj B reads góðs ‘good’ for gjóðs in l. 3, qualifying gnýs ‘din’, but this is weakly attested and apparently a lectio facilior; he reads gǫrrar ‘complete’ rather than góðrar ‘good’ later in the line. 

Sveini ‘Sveinn’

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sveinn (noun m.; °sveins; sveinar): boy, servant, attendant

sverða ‘of swords’

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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword

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gnyrs ‘’

gnýs ‘for the din’

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gnýr (noun m.): din, tumult

[2] gnýs: ‘gnyrs’ 61

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at ‘to’

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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)

freyja ‘’

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Freyja (noun f.): Freyja

frýja ‘reproach’

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2. frýja (verb): reproach, complain

[2] frýja: corrected from ‘ṿerḍa’ Flat, freyja Tóm

gods ‘’

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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God

griðs ‘’

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grið (noun n.): truce

gjóðs ‘of the osprey’

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gjóðr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): osprey

[3] gjóðs: ‘gods’ R686ˣ, griðs 325VI, 73aˣ, 78aˣ

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[1, 3] hríðar gjóðs sigmána ‘storm of the osprey of the battle-moon [SHIELD > RAVEN/EAGLE > BATTLE]’: The similarity between l. 3 and st. 10/5-6, þás til góðs, en gjóði | gǫrt, has evidently confused some copyists. Various construals of the kenning elements in the helmingr are possible. (a) Hríðar (‘storm’, l. 3 end), gjóðs (‘osprey’, l. 3 beginning) and sigmána (‘battle-moon’, l. 1) seem to belong together, leaving gnýs sverða ‘din of swords’ as a separate and more straightforward battle-kenning contained in l. 2 (so ÍF 27, citing a parallel kenning, and adopted in this edn). (b) Finnur Jónsson (Hkr 1893-1901, IV; cf. NN §619) reads gnýs sigmána ‘din of victory-moons [SHIELD > BATTLE]’ and hríðar gjóðs sverða ‘storm of the osprey/falcon of swords [RAVEN > BATTLE]’. (c) Finnur Jónsson in Skj B reads góðs ‘good’ for gjóðs in l. 3, qualifying gnýs ‘din’, but this is weakly attested and apparently a lectio facilior; he reads gǫrrar ‘complete’ rather than góðrar ‘good’ later in the line. 

gjóðs ‘of the osprey’

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gjóðr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): osprey

[3] gjóðs: ‘gods’ R686ˣ, griðs 325VI, 73aˣ, 78aˣ

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[1, 3] hríðar gjóðs sigmána ‘storm of the osprey of the battle-moon [SHIELD > RAVEN/EAGLE > BATTLE]’: The similarity between l. 3 and st. 10/5-6, þás til góðs, en gjóði | gǫrt, has evidently confused some copyists. Various construals of the kenning elements in the helmingr are possible. (a) Hríðar (‘storm’, l. 3 end), gjóðs (‘osprey’, l. 3 beginning) and sigmána (‘battle-moon’, l. 1) seem to belong together, leaving gnýs sverða ‘din of swords’ as a separate and more straightforward battle-kenning contained in l. 2 (so ÍF 27, citing a parallel kenning, and adopted in this edn). (b) Finnur Jónsson (Hkr 1893-1901, IV; cf. NN §619) reads gnýs sigmána ‘din of victory-moons [SHIELD > BATTLE]’ and hríðar gjóðs sverða ‘storm of the osprey/falcon of swords [RAVEN > BATTLE]’. (c) Finnur Jónsson in Skj B reads góðs ‘good’ for gjóðs in l. 3, qualifying gnýs ‘din’, but this is weakly attested and apparently a lectio facilior; he reads gǫrrar ‘complete’ rather than góðrar ‘good’ later in the line. 

né ‘nor’

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né (conj.): nor

grárar ‘’

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grár (adj.; °gráan/grán): grey

gildar ‘’

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2. gildr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): valued at, worth

gildrar ‘’

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2. gildr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): valued at, worth

gǫrrar ‘’

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1. gǫrr (adj.): ample, perfect

góðrar ‘for the good’

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góðr (adj.): good

[3] góðrar: gǫrrar Holm2, R686ˣ, 972ˣ, J1ˣ, J2ˣ, 73aˣ, gildrar 61, gildar 325V, grárar Bb

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hirðar ‘’

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hirð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(FskB— 53‡)): retinue

hríðar ‘storm’

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hríð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): time, storm

[3] hríðar: corrected from liðar Kˣ, hirðar R686ˣ

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[1, 3] hríðar gjóðs sigmána ‘storm of the osprey of the battle-moon [SHIELD > RAVEN/EAGLE > BATTLE]’: The similarity between l. 3 and st. 10/5-6, þás til góðs, en gjóði | gǫrt, has evidently confused some copyists. Various construals of the kenning elements in the helmingr are possible. (a) Hríðar (‘storm’, l. 3 end), gjóðs (‘osprey’, l. 3 beginning) and sigmána (‘battle-moon’, l. 1) seem to belong together, leaving gnýs sverða ‘din of swords’ as a separate and more straightforward battle-kenning contained in l. 2 (so ÍF 27, citing a parallel kenning, and adopted in this edn). (b) Finnur Jónsson (Hkr 1893-1901, IV; cf. NN §619) reads gnýs sigmána ‘din of victory-moons [SHIELD > BATTLE]’ and hríðar gjóðs sverða ‘storm of the osprey/falcon of swords [RAVEN > BATTLE]’. (c) Finnur Jónsson in Skj B reads góðs ‘good’ for gjóðs in l. 3, qualifying gnýs ‘din’, but this is weakly attested and apparently a lectio facilior; he reads gǫrrar ‘complete’ rather than góðrar ‘good’ later in the line. 

ímun ‘’

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ímun (noun f.): battle < ímunreifr (adj.): battle-glad

vinn ‘’

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2. vinna (verb): perform, work < vinnreifr (adj.): ?-glad

gunn ‘the battle’

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gunnr (noun f.): battle < gunnreifr (adj.): battle-gladgunnr (noun f.): battle

[4] gunn‑: vinn‑ J1ˣ, ímun J2ˣ

leifum ‘’

reifum ‘glad’

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2. reifr (adj.): happy < gunnreifr (adj.): battle-glad2. reifr (adj.): happy < vinnreifr (adj.): ?-glad2. reifr (adj.): happy < ímunreifr (adj.): battle-glad

[4] ‑reifum: ‑leifum Bb

Ôleifi ‘Óláfr’

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Óláfr (noun m.): Óláfr

þvít ‘because’

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þvít (conj.): because, since

kvistingum ‘’

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kvisting (noun f.): [maiming]

kvistungar ‘’

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kvistungr (noun m.; °; -ar): °(I) efterkommere af Kvistr

kvistingar ‘the maiming’

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kvisting (noun f.): [maiming]

[5] kvistingar: kvistungar R686ˣ, J1ˣ, J2ˣ, kvistingum 61

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[5] kvistingar ‘for the maiming’: Or strictly ‘lopping’, which resonates with the metaphorical sigrviðir ‘trees of victory [WARRIORS]’ in st. 1/5. Guðbrandur Vigfússon (CPB II, 580) comments, ‘The men were cut down as saplings’, and cf. Jón Skaptason’s translation (1983, 72) as ‘dismembering’. — [5, 7] ôttu kosta kvistingar sín ‘had to strive for the maiming of each other’: The copyists appear to have been confused about the (admittedly complex) motifs and syntax. (a) In this edn kosta is preferred, as the reading of the main ms. and perhaps the lectio difficilior. The finite verb ôttu ‘had’ then governs inf. kosta ‘to strive, endeavour’, which in turn governs the gen. kvistingar ‘maiming’. The gen. pron. sín ‘of each other, of themselves’, referring to the two opposing forces, is then the object of kvistingar (cf. Hkr 1893-1901, IV). (b) The majority of mss have the noun kostu, acc. pl. from kostr ‘choice’. This is the reading preferred by Finnur Jónsson (Hkr 1893-1901; Skj B) and it may be correct, giving the sense ‘had the chance for their own maiming (to be maimed)’.

kvistingar ‘the maiming’

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kvisting (noun f.): [maiming]

[5] kvistingar: kvistungar R686ˣ, J1ˣ, J2ˣ, kvistingum 61

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[5] kvistingar ‘for the maiming’: Or strictly ‘lopping’, which resonates with the metaphorical sigrviðir ‘trees of victory [WARRIORS]’ in st. 1/5. Guðbrandur Vigfússon (CPB II, 580) comments, ‘The men were cut down as saplings’, and cf. Jón Skaptason’s translation (1983, 72) as ‘dismembering’. — [5, 7] ôttu kosta kvistingar sín ‘had to strive for the maiming of each other’: The copyists appear to have been confused about the (admittedly complex) motifs and syntax. (a) In this edn kosta is preferred, as the reading of the main ms. and perhaps the lectio difficilior. The finite verb ôttu ‘had’ then governs inf. kosta ‘to strive, endeavour’, which in turn governs the gen. kvistingar ‘maiming’. The gen. pron. sín ‘of each other, of themselves’, referring to the two opposing forces, is then the object of kvistingar (cf. Hkr 1893-1901, IV). (b) The majority of mss have the noun kostu, acc. pl. from kostr ‘choice’. This is the reading preferred by Finnur Jónsson (Hkr 1893-1901; Skj B) and it may be correct, giving the sense ‘had the chance for their own maiming (to be maimed)’.

kossu ‘’

kǫstu ‘’

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kǫstr (noun m.; °dat. kesti; kestir, acc. kǫstu): pile

kostri ‘’

kostu ‘’

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1. kostr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -i/-u): choice, food, goods, good quality

kosta ‘to strive for’

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1. kosta (verb): try, strive

[5] kosta: kostu Holm2, 972ˣ, J2ˣ, 325VI, 75a, 78aˣ, 61, Bb, kossu R686ˣ, ‘kostri’ J1ˣ, kǫstu 73aˣ, 68

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[5, 7] ôttu kosta kvistingar sín ‘had to strive for the maiming of each other’: The copyists appear to have been confused about the (admittedly complex) motifs and syntax. (a) In this edn kosta is preferred, as the reading of the main ms. and perhaps the lectio difficilior. The finite verb ôttu ‘had’ then governs inf. kosta ‘to strive, endeavour’, which in turn governs the gen. kvistingar ‘maiming’. The gen. pron. sín ‘of each other, of themselves’, referring to the two opposing forces, is then the object of kvistingar (cf. Hkr 1893-1901, IV). (b) The majority of mss have the noun kostu, acc. pl. from kostr ‘choice’. This is the reading preferred by Finnur Jónsson (Hkr 1893-1901; Skj B) and it may be correct, giving the sense ‘had the chance for their own maiming (to be maimed)’.

koma ‘never came’

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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come

herarr ‘’

herr ‘the army’

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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host

[6] herr: ‘herarr’ R686ˣ

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[6] herr ‘the army’: Presumably Sveinn’s (cf. st. 10/7), unless the sense is more grandly that no army has been in such straits.

í ‘into’

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í (prep.): in, into

stað ‘place’

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1. staðr (noun m.; °-ar/-s; -ir): place

verra ‘a worse’

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verri (adj. comp.): worse, worst

ôttu ‘had’

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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have

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[5, 7] ôttu kosta kvistingar sín ‘had to strive for the maiming of each other’: The copyists appear to have been confused about the (admittedly complex) motifs and syntax. (a) In this edn kosta is preferred, as the reading of the main ms. and perhaps the lectio difficilior. The finite verb ôttu ‘had’ then governs inf. kosta ‘to strive, endeavour’, which in turn governs the gen. kvistingar ‘maiming’. The gen. pron. sín ‘of each other, of themselves’, referring to the two opposing forces, is then the object of kvistingar (cf. Hkr 1893-1901, IV). (b) The majority of mss have the noun kostu, acc. pl. from kostr ‘choice’. This is the reading preferred by Finnur Jónsson (Hkr 1893-1901; Skj B) and it may be correct, giving the sense ‘had the chance for their own maiming (to be maimed)’.

sýn ‘’

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sýn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sight

sér ‘’

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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)

sínn ‘’

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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)

svá ‘’

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svá (adv.): so, thus

sín ‘of each other’

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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)

[7] sín: sýn papp18ˣ, sínn Holm2, 972ˣ, 325VI, 75a, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, 68, Bb, sér Holm4, svá 325V, 325VII, Flat, Tóm

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[5, 7] ôttu kosta kvistingar sín ‘had to strive for the maiming of each other’: The copyists appear to have been confused about the (admittedly complex) motifs and syntax. (a) In this edn kosta is preferred, as the reading of the main ms. and perhaps the lectio difficilior. The finite verb ôttu ‘had’ then governs inf. kosta ‘to strive, endeavour’, which in turn governs the gen. kvistingar ‘maiming’. The gen. pron. sín ‘of each other, of themselves’, referring to the two opposing forces, is then the object of kvistingar (cf. Hkr 1893-1901, IV). (b) The majority of mss have the noun kostu, acc. pl. from kostr ‘choice’. This is the reading preferred by Finnur Jónsson (Hkr 1893-1901; Skj B) and it may be correct, giving the sense ‘had the chance for their own maiming (to be maimed)’.

þars ‘where’

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þars (conj.): where

sóttu ‘’

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sœkja (verb): seek, attack

sóttumsk ‘’

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sœkja (verb): seek, attack

sóttusk ‘attacked’

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sœkja (verb): seek, attack

[7] sóttusk: sóttumsk Holm2, 972ˣ, sóttu 325VI, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, Bb

sekir ‘’

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sekr (adj.; °-jan/-an): guilty

seggir ‘men’

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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man

[8] seggir: sekir J2ˣ

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[8] hvárirtveggja; seggir ‘both parties; men’: Hvárirtveggja is taken here as the pronominal subject of ôttu, hence ‘both parties had to’, and seggir as the subject of sóttusk ‘attacked’. Previous eds read seggir hvárir tveggja (ÍF 27) or seggir hvárra tveggja (Skj B) ‘the men of both parties’, seemingly taking hvárirtveggja as adjectival.

hvárra ‘’

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hvárr (pron.): who, which, what, whether < hvárrtveggi (pron.): both

hvárir ‘both’

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hvárr (pron.): who, which, what, whether < hvárrtveggi (pron.): both

[8] hvárir‑: corrected from ‘hverarir’ Holm2, hvárra J1ˣ, J2ˣ, 75a

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[8] hvárirtveggja; seggir ‘both parties; men’: Hvárirtveggja is taken here as the pronominal subject of ôttu, hence ‘both parties had to’, and seggir as the subject of sóttusk ‘attacked’. Previous eds read seggir hvárir tveggja (ÍF 27) or seggir hvárra tveggja (Skj B) ‘the men of both parties’, seemingly taking hvárirtveggja as adjectival.

tveggju ‘’

tveggja ‘parties’

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tveir (num. cardinal): two < hvárrtveggi (pron.): both

[8] ‑tveggja: so 61, 325V, tveggju Kˣ, papp18ˣ, Holm2, R686ˣ, 972ˣ, J1ˣ, J2ˣ, 325VI, 75a, 78aˣ, 68, Holm4, 325VII, Bb, Flat, Tóm

notes

[8] hvárirtveggja; seggir ‘both parties; men’: Hvárirtveggja is taken here as the pronominal subject of ôttu, hence ‘both parties had to’, and seggir as the subject of sóttusk ‘attacked’. Previous eds read seggir hvárir tveggja (ÍF 27) or seggir hvárra tveggja (Skj B) ‘the men of both parties’, seemingly taking hvárirtveggja as adjectival.