ÞGísl Búdr 5I
Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Þorkell Gíslason, Búadrápa 5’ 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. 946.
Hrutu ‘flew’
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1. hrjóta (verb): fling, fly
fyr ‘over’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
borð ‘board’
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borð (noun n.; °-s; -): side, plank, board; table
bæði ‘Both’
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báðir (pron.; °gen. beggja (báðra), nom./acc. n. bǽði): both
brustu ‘burst’
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1. bresta (verb; °brestr; brast, brustu; brostinn): burst, split
her ‘war’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host < herklæði (noun n.): [war-garments]
kennings
herklæði‘war-garments ’
= ARMOUR
war-garments → ARMOUR
notes
[2] herklæði ‘war-garments [ARMOUR]’: See Note to st. 1/4.
klæði ‘garments’
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klæði (noun n.; °-s; -): clothes < herklæði (noun n.): [war-garments]
kennings
herklæði‘war-garments ’
= ARMOUR
war-garments → ARMOUR
notes
[2] herklæði ‘war-garments [ARMOUR]’: See Note to st. 1/4.
hǫfuð ‘heads’
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hǫfuð (noun n.; °-s; -): head
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
hendr ‘hands’
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand
manna ‘of men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
hræ ‘corpses’
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hræ (noun n.; °; -): corpse, carrion
notes
[4] nam kanna ‘started to search’: Nam could alternatively be taken as an auxiliary verb without independent meaning.
vargr ‘the wolf’
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vargr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): wolf
kanna ‘to search’
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3. kanna (verb): know, be able
notes
[4] nam kanna ‘started to search’: Nam could alternatively be taken as an auxiliary verb without independent meaning.
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The battle continues. There is great loss of men on both sides, though the greatest at this point is on Hákon jarl’s side, and the heads and limbs of men fall overboard.
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