Þham Magndr 4II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Þorkell hamarskáld, Magnússdrápa 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. 412-13.
Hraustr ‘The brave’
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hraustr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): strong, valiant
lét ‘let’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
Elfi ‘of the Götaälv’
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Elfi (noun f.): Götaälv (Elfr)
notes
[1] Elfi ‘the Götaälv’: River in south-western Sweden.
austarr ‘east’
[1] austarr: ‘aulfar’ Hr
notes
[1] austarr ‘east of’: Lit. ‘further east of’. A comp. adv. taking the dat. (Elfi m. dat. sg. ‘the Götaälv’).
allvaldr ‘mighty ruler’
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allvaldr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): mighty ruler
saman ‘together’
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saman (adv.): together
gjalla ‘crash’
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gjalla (verb): to scream, shriek; to repay, return, pay for
[2] gjalla: gjalda Hr
vitr ‘the wise’
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vitr (adj.): wise
stillir ‘leader’
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stillir (noun m.): ruler
rauð ‘reddened’
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rjóða (verb): to redden
vǫllu ‘the fields’
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vǫllr (noun m.; °vallar, dat. velli; vellir acc. vǫllu/velli): plain, field
valskan ‘the Frankish’
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valskr (adj.): foreign, French
notes
[4] valskan brand ‘the Frankish sword’: See Falk 1914, 40.
brand ‘sword’
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brandr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sword, prow; fire
notes
[4] valskan brand ‘the Frankish sword’: See Falk 1914, 40.
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
randir ‘shields’
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rǫnd (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; rendr/randir): shield, shield-rim
víg ‘battle’
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víg (noun n.; °-s; -): battle
þars ‘where’
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þars (conj.): where
ferðir ‘troops’
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ferð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-arMork 196¹²)): host, journey
[5] ferðir: so F, herðir Mork, H, ‘giordi’ Hr
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[5] ferðir (f. nom. pl.) ‘troops’: The Mork and H variant herðir (m. nom. sg.) ‘strengthener’ is syntactically impossible because the verb (fellu ‘fell’ (l. 6)) is in the pl. Skj B emends to herjar (m. nom. pl.) ‘warriors’ and Skald to herðar (f. nom. pl.) ‘shoulders’ (see NN §2533). Because Skj A did not use F, neither Finnur nor Kock was aware of the above variants.
mildr ‘generous’
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mildr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): mild, gentle, gracious, generous < vellmildr (adj.)
konungr ‘king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
fellu ‘fell’
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falla (verb): fall
bolr ‘torso’
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bolr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -/-i; dat. -um): trunk, torso
[7] bolr: ‘bolar’ H
lá ‘lay’
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liggja (verb): lie
gauzkr ‘the Gautish’
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gauzkr (adj.): Gautish
und ‘beneath’
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3. und (prep.): under, underneath
gulri ‘the yellow’
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gulr (adj.): [yellow]
grás ‘of the grey’
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grár (adj.; °gráan/grán): grey
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[8] grás ‘of the grey’: This adj. could also be taken in the sense ‘old’, but that is less likely in view of the contrasting adjectives gulri ‘yellow’ (l. 7) and grás.
arnar ‘eagle’
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1. ǫrn (noun m.; °arnar, dat. erni; ernir, acc. ǫrnu): eagle
kló ‘claw’
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kló (noun f.; °-; klǿr): claw
þrási ‘persisted’
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þrási (adj.): [persisted]
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Magnús campaigned in Sweden againt King Ingi Steinkelsson (c. 1100-2).
For Magnús’s Swed. campaigns, see also Mberf Lv 2, Eldj Lv 1-2, Gísl Magnkv 17-20 and Anon (Mberf) 4-5.
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