SnH Lv 10II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sneglu-Halli, Lausavísur 10’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 330-1.
Þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
est ‘are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
munar ‘difference’
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munr (noun m.; °-ar/-s, dat. -/-i; -ir, acc. -i): mind, pleasure
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[2] þat munar stórum ‘there is a great difference’: Lit. ‘that is a difference by much’.
stórum ‘a great’
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stórr (adj.): large, great
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[2] þat munar stórum ‘there is a great difference’: Lit. ‘that is a difference by much’.
þat ‘there is’
[2] þat: verðug dróttning 563aˣ
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[2] þat munar stórum ‘there is a great difference’: Lit. ‘that is a difference by much’.
Þóra ‘Þóra’
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Þóra (noun f.): Þóra
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[3] upp af enni ‘up from the head’: Upp at enni ‘up to the head’ (so 563aˣ) is also a possible reading.
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[3] upp af enni ‘up from the head’: Upp at enni ‘up to the head’ (so 563aˣ) is also a possible reading.
enni ‘the head’
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enni (noun n.; °-s; -): forehead, brow
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[3] upp af enni ‘up from the head’: Upp at enni ‘up to the head’ (so 563aˣ) is also a possible reading.
allt ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
Haralds ‘of Haraldr’s’
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Haraldr (noun m.): Haraldr
reðri ‘prick’
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2. reðr (noun n.): prick, phallus, penis
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King Haraldr tells Halli to compose some indelicate ll. to his concubine, Þóra Þorbergsdóttir, to see how much strong language she can handle.
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