Sigv Lv 7I
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Lausavísur 7’ 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. 708.
Nú ‘Now’
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nú (adv.): now
eru ‘are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
skil ‘discernment’
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skil (noun n.; °; -): knowledge
fleiri ‘in other’
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fleiri (adj. comp.; °superl. flestr): more, most
[2] fleiri: ‘fleir(r)’(?) Bb
þaus ‘which’
[3] þaus (‘þau er’): þá er Tóm
oss ‘to us [me]’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
[3] oss of: oss mun 972ˣ, Flat
varða ‘are’
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2. varða (verb): defend
[3] varða: so R686ˣ, 972ˣ, 61, Holm4, 75c, Kˣ, Bb, verða Holm2, 325VI, 75a, 68, 325VII, Flat, Tóm
alls ‘greatest’
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allr (adj.): all
mest ‘importance’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
[4] mest: mestr Tóm
konungr ‘king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
flestra ‘of most [words]’
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fleiri (adj. comp.; °superl. flestr): more, most
[4] flestra: flesta R686ˣ
Goð ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
láti ‘allow’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
þik ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
gæta ‘to take care of’
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2. gæta (verb): look after, care for
[5] gæta: so R686ˣ, 972ˣ, 325VI, 75a, 68, 61, Holm4, 325VII, Flat, Tóm, Kˣ, geta Holm2, 75c, Bb
geð ‘mind’
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geð (noun n.): mind < geðharðr (adj.): [tough-minded]
harðr ‘resolute’
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harðr (adj.; °comp. -ari; superl. -astr): hard, harsh < geðharðr (adj.): [tough-minded]
[6] ‑harðr: ‘barz’ R686ˣ
konungr ‘king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
jarðar ‘land’
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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304)): ground, earth
hefk ‘I have’
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hafa (verb): have
þann ‘that’
[7] þann: þín Bb
þvít ‘because’
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þvít (conj.): because, since
notes
[7] þinnar ‘your’: Under the interpretation above, this separates þvít ‘because’ from the clause it introduces. To simplify the word order, Kock (NN §673) construes the word with til borinn / tilborinn (l. 8), which gives the meaning ‘born to yours’, ‘born to the kingdom you possess’, with þinnar referring back to jarðar ‘land, territory’.
þúst ‘you are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
til ‘to it’
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til (prep.): to
borinn ‘born’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
[8] ‑borinn: borin R686ˣ, Bb
vilja ‘wish’
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vili (noun m.; °-ja): will, wish
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As for Lv 6.
For a suggestion that this and Lv 6 could belong in Sigv Austv, see Note to Lv 6 [All].
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