Steinn Nizv 4II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Steinn Herdísarson, Nizarvísur 4’ 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. 362-3.
Nýtr ‘bountiful’
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nýtr (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. nýztr/nýtastr): useful, able
skjóta ‘to shoot’
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skjóta (verb): shoot
skammt ‘a short’
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skammr (adj.): short
liðs ‘the troops’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
á ‘’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
hlífar ‘protection’
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hlíf (noun f.; °-ar; -ar): shield, defence
styggr ‘shunning’
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styggr (adj.): shy
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
hǫggva ‘strike’
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hǫggva (verb): to strike, put to death, cut, hew
hvárrtveggi ‘Each’
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hvárrtveggi (pron.): both
lið ‘the troop’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
seggja ‘of warriors’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
notes
[5] fló (3rd pers. sg. pret. indic.) ‘flew’: The verb is in the sg. but has a pl. subject (see NS §70).
blóði ‘blood’
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blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood
brandr ‘the blade’
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brandr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sword, prow; fire
hrauð ‘shed’
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1. hrjóða (verb): clear, destroy
af ‘’
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af (prep.): from
rauðu ‘red’
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rauðr (adj.; °compar. -ari): red
þat ‘that’
[7] þat: þar E, fljótt H, Hr
brá ‘put an end’
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bregða (verb; °bregðr/brigðr; brá, brugðu; brugðinn/brogðinn): pull, jerk, break; change
feigra ‘of doomed’
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feigr (adj.; °compar. -ari/ri): fated to die, fey, dead
[7] feigra: frægra H
fjǫrvi ‘to the life’
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fjǫr (noun n.): life
grjót ‘rocks’
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grjót (noun n.): rock, stone
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
ǫrvar ‘arrows’
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ǫr (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; ǫrvar/ǫrar): arrow
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The battle began, and both rulers urged their men on.
[5-8]: The H-Hr variant of this helmingr, which is clearly secondary, can be construed as follows:
Benja flóð í blóði
brandr hrauð af sér rauðu;
fljótt brá feigra/frægra gotna
fjǫrvi grjót ok ǫrvar.
Prose order: Brandr hrauð af sér flóð benja í rauðu blóði; grjót ok ǫrvar brá fljótt fjǫrvi feigra/frægra gotna. Translation: The blade shed a flood of wounds [BLOOD] in the red blood; rocks and arrows quickly put an end to the life of doomed/famous men.
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