Þfisk Lv 3II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Þorgils fiskimaðr, Lausavísur 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, pp. 335-6.
Víg ‘wars’
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víg (noun n.; °-s; -): battle
Vinða ‘of the Wends’
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Vinðr (noun m.; °; vinðr/-ir): the Wends
kennings
Mýgir Vinða,‘Oppressor of the Wends, ’
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Oppressor of the Wends, → Haraldr
mýgir ‘Oppressor’
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mýgir (noun m.): oppressor
kennings
Mýgir Vinða,‘Oppressor of the Wends, ’
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Oppressor of the Wends, → Haraldr
Þrœndr ‘the Þrœndir’
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Þrœndr (noun m.; °; þrǿndir/þrǿndr): people from Tröndelag
[3] Þrœndr drifu ríkt und randir: gerðisk geira harðra F; Þrœndr: Þrœndir Hr
drifu ‘pressed on’
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2. drífa (verb; °drífr; dreif, drifu; drifinn): drive, rush
[3] Þrœndr drifu ríkt und randir: gerðisk geira harðra F
ríkt ‘mightily’
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ríkr (adj.): mighty, powerful, rich
[3] Þrœndr drifu ríkt und randir: gerðisk geira harðra F
und ‘beneath’
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3. und (prep.): under, underneath
[3] Þrœndr drifu ríkt und randir: gerðisk geira harðra F; und: með Flat
randir ‘shield-rims’
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rǫnd (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; rendr/randir): shield, shield-rim
[3] Þrœndr drifu ríkt und randir: gerðisk geira harðra F
notes
[4] rǫmm (n. acc. pl.) ‘furious’: The F reading, gerðisk geira harðra glǫmm (ll. 3-4) is ungrammatical (glǫmm ‘noise’ is n. nom. or acc. pl. and gerðisk ‘came about’ 3rd pers. sg. pret. indic.) and requires the emendation glǫmm (pl.) to glamm (sg.): glamm harðra geira gerðisk ‘the noise of hard spears (i.e. ‘battle’) came about’.
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
skǫmmu ‘recently’
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skǫmmu (adv.): recently
Enn ‘And’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
fyr ‘’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
Serk ‘of the Saracens’
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2. serkr (noun m.; °; gen. -ja): Saracen < Serkland (noun n.): shirt-land, land of Saracens, Serkland
notes
[5] Serkland ‘the land of the Saracens’: See Note to Hharð Lv 10/7.
land ‘of the land ’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land < Serkland (noun n.): shirt-land, land of Saracens, Serkland
[5] ‑land: ‑lǫnd Flat
notes
[5] Serkland ‘the land of the Saracens’: See Note to Hharð Lv 10/7.
sunnan ‘south’
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sunnan (adv.): (from the) south
snarr ‘the swift’
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snarr (adj.): gallant, bold
þengill ‘ruler’
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þengill (noun m.): prince, ruler
[6] þengill: so all others, ‘þegill’ Mork
hjó ‘cut down’
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hǫggva (verb): to strike, put to death, cut, hew
drengi ‘warriors’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior
notes
[6] drengi (m. acc. pl.) ‘warriors’: For the different meanings of this word, see Note to st. 1/8 above.
kunni ‘knew how’
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kunna (verb): know, can, be able
gramr ‘the lord’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
at ‘in’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
gunni ‘battle’
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gunnr (noun f.): battle
gǫng ‘to advance’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[8] vas þat fyr (‘var þat fyr’): en þat var Flat, H, F, en þat Hr
þat ‘that’
[8] vas þat fyr (‘var þat fyr’): en þat var Flat, H, F, en þat Hr
fyr ‘’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
[8] vas þat fyr (‘var þat fyr’): en þat var Flat, H, F, en þat Hr
lǫngu ‘long ago’
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langr (adj.; °compar. lengri, superl. lengstr): long
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As sts 1-2 above.
In F the st. is attributed to Þjóðólfr Arnórsson. — [1-4]: The first half-st. refers to the battle of Stiklestad in 1030.
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