Þjóð Lv 1I
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Þjóðólfr ór Hvini, Lausavísur 1’ 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. 64.
Hǫfðum ‘had’
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hafa (verb): have
notes
[All]: In referring to wounds received in Haraldr’s service, Þjóðólfr implicitly chides the king for illiberality to men to whom he owes much. For Haraldr’s war-band and life at his court, see also Þjóð Har 1-3, Hhárf Lv 1 and Þhorn Harkv 5-6, 13, 15-23.
vér ‘We’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
notes
[All]: The hendingar here are more irregular than in Þjóð HaustlIII: see Konráð Gíslason (1892, 48) for discussion.
í ‘on’
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í (prep.): in, into
hǫfði ‘the head’
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hǫfuð (noun n.; °-s; -): head
haus ‘’
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hauss (noun m.; °hauss, dat. hausi/haus; hausar): skull
hǫgg ‘blows’
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hǫgg (noun n.; °-s, dat. hǫggvi/hǫggi; -): blow
[2] hǫgg: haus Kˣ, hǫgg with haus in margin 761bˣ
at ‘at’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
kennings
leiki eggja‘the sport of edges ’
= BATTLE
the sport of edges → BATTLE
leiki ‘the sport’
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1. leikr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -/-i; -ar): sport, play
kennings
leiki eggja‘the sport of edges ’
= BATTLE
the sport of edges → BATTLE
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
vell ‘gold’
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vell (noun n.): gold < vellbroti (noun m.): [gold-breaker]
kennings
vitrum vellbrota;‘the wise gold-breaker; ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the wise gold-breaker; → GENEROUS MAN
brota ‘breaker’
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broti (noun m.; °-a; -ar): breaker < vellbroti (noun m.): [gold-breaker]
kennings
vitrum vellbrota;‘the wise gold-breaker; ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the wise gold-breaker; → GENEROUS MAN
vér ‘’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
at ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
vôrum ‘’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
vitrum ‘the wise’
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vitr (adj.): wise
kennings
vitrum vellbrota;‘the wise gold-breaker; ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the wise gold-breaker; → GENEROUS MAN
vǫruma ‘we were not’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[4] vǫruma: so Kˣ, vôrum at F, vôrum vér J1ˣ, J2ˣ, vôrum vér with vǫruma in margin 761bˣ
notes
[4] vǫruma ‘we were not’: Though the root vowel is etymologically long, Kuhn (1936a, 438-9 n. 3) argues that a short vowel is required when the negative suffix -a is added, and he presents evidence for a short alternant.
þá ‘then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
til ‘too’
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til (prep.): to
margir ‘many’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
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Þjóðólfr responds to a complaint made by King Haraldr hárfagri (Hhárf Lv, q. v.).
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