Steinn Óldr 3II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Steinn Herdísarson, Óláfsdrápa 3’ 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, p. 370.
Fellu ‘fell’
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falla (verb): fall
vítt ‘far and wide’
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víðr (adj.): far
of ‘on’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
vǫllu ‘the fields’
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vǫllr (noun m.; °vallar, dat. velli; vellir acc. vǫllu/velli): plain, field
vargr ‘the wolf’
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vargr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): wolf
náði ‘’
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1. ná (verb): reach, get, manage
þar ‘there’
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þar (adv.): there
bjargask ‘could sustain itself’
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1. bjarga (verb; °bergr (biærgr Alk619 77⁹; biargr ÓH619 119¹); barg, burgu; borginn): to save, preserve
[2] bjargask: so all others, ‘biargiaz’ Mork
benja ‘of wounds’
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1. ben (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -; -jar , gen. -a(var. EiðKrC 402¹³: AM 77 4° D)): wound
kennings
Regn benja‘Rain-showers of wounds ’
= BLOOD
Rain-showers of wounds → BLOOD
regn ‘Rain-showers’
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regn (noun n.; °-s; -): rain
kennings
Regn benja‘Rain-showers of wounds ’
= BLOOD
Rain-showers of wounds → BLOOD
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
bragna ‘warriors’’
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bragnar (noun m.): men, warriors
blóð ‘blood’
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blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood
víkingar ‘vikings’
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víking (noun f.; °dat./acc. -/-u): viking journey
notes
[4] víkingar ‘vikings’: For this term, see Note to Hskv Útdr 1/1, 4.
óðu ‘waded’
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vaða (verb): advance, wade
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