Þham Magndr 2II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Þorkell hamarskáld, Magnússdrápa 2’ 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. 411.
Vestr ‘to the west’
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2. vestr (adv.): west, in the west
lét ‘set out’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
notes
[1, 4] lét fǫru snúðat ‘set out on a swift journey’: Lit. ‘let a journey be precipitated’. Snúða ‘precipitate’ is a hap. leg. formed from the adj. snúðigr ‘fast, quick’ (see AEW: snúða).
varga ‘of wolves’
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vargr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): wolf
kennings
Hugprúðr nistir varga‘The staunch-hearted feeder of wolves ’
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The staunch-hearted feeder of wolves → WARRIOR
nistir ‘feeder’
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nistir (noun m.): feeder
kennings
Hugprúðr nistir varga‘The staunch-hearted feeder of wolves ’
= WARRIOR
The staunch-hearted feeder of wolves → WARRIOR
vann ‘’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
hilmir ‘the prince’
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hilmir (noun m.): prince, protector
bannat ‘prohibited’
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2. banna (verb; °-að-): forbid, refuse
hrǫnn ‘the wave’
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hrǫnn (noun f.; °; dat. -um): wave
brutu ‘broke’
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brjóta (verb; °brýtr; braut, brutu; brotinn): to break, destroy
notes
[3] hlýr ‘prow’: See Note to Hharð Lv 11/2.
in ‘’
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2. inn (art.): the
stinnu ‘the stiff’
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stinnr (adj.): stiff, firm
hugprúðr ‘The staunch-hearted’
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hugprúðr (adj.): proud
kennings
Hugprúðr nistir varga‘The staunch-hearted feeder of wolves ’
= WARRIOR
The staunch-hearted feeder of wolves → WARRIOR
notes
[1, 4] lét fǫru snúðat ‘set out on a swift journey’: Lit. ‘let a journey be precipitated’. Snúða ‘precipitate’ is a hap. leg. formed from the adj. snúðigr ‘fast, quick’ (see AEW: snúða).
snúðat ‘on a swift’
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snúða (verb): hasten
notes
[1, 4] lét fǫru snúðat ‘set out on a swift journey’: Lit. ‘let a journey be precipitated’. Snúða ‘precipitate’ is a hap. leg. formed from the adj. snúðigr ‘fast, quick’ (see AEW: snúða).
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Magnús embarked on his first expedition to the Northern and Western Isles in 1098.
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