SnSt Ht 67^III

Ortak ‘I have composed’

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yrkja (verb): compose

ǫld ‘for men’

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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age

at ‘as’

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3. at (prep.): at, to

minnum ‘memorials’

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1. minni (noun n.; °-s; -): memory

þás ‘whom’

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þás (conj.): when

alframast ‘by far the most outstanding’

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alframr (adj.): excellent

notes

[2] alframast ‘by far the most outstanding’: This is an adv. in the superlative, from framr ‘outstanding’ and the intensifying prefix al-.

vissak ‘I knew’

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1. vita (verb): know

of ‘about’

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3. of (prep.): around, from; too

siklinga ‘rulers’

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siklingr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, ruler

snjalla ‘the wise’

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snjallr (adj.): quick, resourceful, bold

með ‘with’

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með (prep.): with

notes

[4] með sex tøgum hátta ‘with sixty verse-forms’: This is the sixty-seventh stanza of Ht, but Snorri clearly did not regard sts 1-8 as individual verse-forms since these are illustrating rhetorical and metrical features that are licensed in regular dróttkvætt (SnE 2007, 29): Nú eru saman settir í tveim kvæðum sex tigir hátta ok um fram þær átta greinir er fyrst er skipat <í> dróttkvæðum hætti með málsgreinum þeim er fylgja hættinum, ok eru þessir hættir allir vel fallnir til at yrkja kvæði eptir ef vill ‘Now sixty verse-forms have been composed in two poems, and, in addition, those eight variants into which the dróttkvætt metre was arranged at the beginning according to the distinction of language which characterises the verse-forms, and all these verse-forms are suitable for poetic composition if one wishes to do that’. See also SnE 2007, 67.

sex ‘six’

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sex (num. cardinal): six

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[4] með sex tøgum hátta ‘with sixty verse-forms’: This is the sixty-seventh stanza of Ht, but Snorri clearly did not regard sts 1-8 as individual verse-forms since these are illustrating rhetorical and metrical features that are licensed in regular dróttkvætt (SnE 2007, 29): Nú eru saman settir í tveim kvæðum sex tigir hátta ok um fram þær átta greinir er fyrst er skipat <í> dróttkvæðum hætti með málsgreinum þeim er fylgja hættinum, ok eru þessir hættir allir vel fallnir til at yrkja kvæði eptir ef vill ‘Now sixty verse-forms have been composed in two poems, and, in addition, those eight variants into which the dróttkvætt metre was arranged at the beginning according to the distinction of language which characterises the verse-forms, and all these verse-forms are suitable for poetic composition if one wishes to do that’. See also SnE 2007, 67.

tøgum ‘ty’

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tigr (noun m.; °-ar/-s(DN II (1309) 80¹², etc.); -ir, acc. -u): a ten of, a decade; a ten of, a decade

notes

[4] með sex tøgum hátta ‘with sixty verse-forms’: This is the sixty-seventh stanza of Ht, but Snorri clearly did not regard sts 1-8 as individual verse-forms since these are illustrating rhetorical and metrical features that are licensed in regular dróttkvætt (SnE 2007, 29): Nú eru saman settir í tveim kvæðum sex tigir hátta ok um fram þær átta greinir er fyrst er skipat <í> dróttkvæðum hætti með málsgreinum þeim er fylgja hættinum, ok eru þessir hættir allir vel fallnir til at yrkja kvæði eptir ef vill ‘Now sixty verse-forms have been composed in two poems, and, in addition, those eight variants into which the dróttkvætt metre was arranged at the beginning according to the distinction of language which characterises the verse-forms, and all these verse-forms are suitable for poetic composition if one wishes to do that’. See also SnE 2007, 67.

hátta ‘verse-forms’

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1. háttr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. hætti; hættir, acc. háttu): behaviour, measure, verse-form

notes

[4] með sex tøgum hátta ‘with sixty verse-forms’: This is the sixty-seventh stanza of Ht, but Snorri clearly did not regard sts 1-8 as individual verse-forms since these are illustrating rhetorical and metrical features that are licensed in regular dróttkvætt (SnE 2007, 29): Nú eru saman settir í tveim kvæðum sex tigir hátta ok um fram þær átta greinir er fyrst er skipat <í> dróttkvæðum hætti með málsgreinum þeim er fylgja hættinum, ok eru þessir hættir allir vel fallnir til at yrkja kvæði eptir ef vill ‘Now sixty verse-forms have been composed in two poems, and, in addition, those eight variants into which the dróttkvætt metre was arranged at the beginning according to the distinction of language which characterises the verse-forms, and all these verse-forms are suitable for poetic composition if one wishes to do that’. See also SnE 2007, 67.

Sízt ‘Least of all’

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2. síðr (adv.): less, hardly

[5] Sízt: sitt W

notes

[5, 7, 8] sízt hafa jǫfrar orpit veg né vellum á aldinn mar ‘least of all have the princes thrown either esteem or gold into the ancient sea’: This is a saying, meaning that they have not done something in vain. Cf. Mberf Lv 5/1-2^II.

hafa ‘have’

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hafa (verb): have

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[5, 7, 8] sízt hafa jǫfrar orpit veg né vellum á aldinn mar ‘least of all have the princes thrown either esteem or gold into the ancient sea’: This is a saying, meaning that they have not done something in vain. Cf. Mberf Lv 5/1-2^II.

veg ‘esteem’

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2. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -): honour

[5] veg né: veig með W

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[5, 7, 8] sízt hafa jǫfrar orpit veg né vellum á aldinn mar ‘least of all have the princes thrown either esteem or gold into the ancient sea’: This is a saying, meaning that they have not done something in vain. Cf. Mberf Lv 5/1-2^II.

né ‘or’

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né (conj.): nor

[5] veg né: veig með W

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[5, 7, 8] sízt hafa jǫfrar orpit veg né vellum á aldinn mar ‘least of all have the princes thrown either esteem or gold into the ancient sea’: This is a saying, meaning that they have not done something in vain. Cf. Mberf Lv 5/1-2^II.

vellum ‘gold’

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vell (noun n.): gold

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[5, 7, 8] sízt hafa jǫfrar orpit veg né vellum á aldinn mar ‘least of all have the princes thrown either esteem or gold into the ancient sea’: This is a saying, meaning that they have not done something in vain. Cf. Mberf Lv 5/1-2^II.

es ‘when’

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2. er (conj.): who, which, when

virðan ‘be honoured’

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2. virða (verb): value, appraise

mik ‘me’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

létu ‘they let’

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láta (verb): let, have sth done

á ‘into’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

notes

[5, 7, 8] sízt hafa jǫfrar orpit veg né vellum á aldinn mar ‘least of all have the princes thrown either esteem or gold into the ancient sea’: This is a saying, meaning that they have not done something in vain. Cf. Mberf Lv 5/1-2^II.

aldinn ‘the ancient’

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2. aldinn (adj.): old

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[5, 7, 8] sízt hafa jǫfrar orpit veg né vellum á aldinn mar ‘least of all have the princes thrown either esteem or gold into the ancient sea’: This is a saying, meaning that they have not done something in vain. Cf. Mberf Lv 5/1-2^II.

mar ‘sea’

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1. marr (noun m.): sea

notes

[5, 7, 8] sízt hafa jǫfrar orpit veg né vellum á aldinn mar ‘least of all have the princes thrown either esteem or gold into the ancient sea’: This is a saying, meaning that they have not done something in vain. Cf. Mberf Lv 5/1-2^II.

orpit ‘thrown’

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1. verpa (verb): to throw, cast (up)

notes

[5, 7, 8] sízt hafa jǫfrar orpit veg né vellum á aldinn mar ‘least of all have the princes thrown either esteem or gold into the ancient sea’: This is a saying, meaning that they have not done something in vain. Cf. Mberf Lv 5/1-2^II.

þats ‘that is’

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

[8] þats oss (‘þat er oss’): oss er þat W

oss ‘for us [me]’

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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our

[8] þats oss (‘þat er oss’): oss er þat W

notes

[8] oss; jǫfrar ‘for us [me]; the princes’: In this line [j] in jǫfrar does not appear to participate in the vowel alliteration, and must have counted as a (consonantal) glide. See also st. 77/3 below and Þskakk Erldr 2/3^II.

frami ‘a glory’

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frami (noun m.): success

jǫfrar ‘the princes’

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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince

notes

[5, 7, 8] sízt hafa jǫfrar orpit veg né vellum á aldinn mar ‘least of all have the princes thrown either esteem or gold into the ancient sea’: This is a saying, meaning that they have not done something in vain. Cf. Mberf Lv 5/1-2^II. — [8] oss; jǫfrar ‘for us [me]; the princes’: In this line [j] in jǫfrar does not appear to participate in the vowel alliteration, and must have counted as a (consonantal) glide. See also st. 77/3 below and Þskakk Erldr 2/3^II.

jǫfrar ‘the princes’

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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince

notes

[5, 7, 8] sízt hafa jǫfrar orpit veg né vellum á aldinn mar ‘least of all have the princes thrown either esteem or gold into the ancient sea’: This is a saying, meaning that they have not done something in vain. Cf. Mberf Lv 5/1-2^II. — [8] oss; jǫfrar ‘for us [me]; the princes’: In this line [j] in jǫfrar does not appear to participate in the vowel alliteration, and must have counted as a (consonantal) glide. See also st. 77/3 below and Þskakk Erldr 2/3^II.