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Fariða ‘Do not go’

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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel

ér ‘’

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ér (pron.; °gen. yðvar/yðar, dat./acc. yðr): you

áðr ‘before’

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áðr (adv.; °//): before

flýja ‘’

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flý (noun n.; °-s): °(på anker) flig/arm (cf. akkerisfleinn sb. m.)

fleyja ‘of ships’

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2. fley (noun n.; °-s): ship

[1] fleyja: flýja Kˣ, fleyja with flýja in margin 761aˣ

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flat ‘the flat’

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flatr (adj.): level, shame-faced < flatvǫllr (noun m.): [flat plain]

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vǫllr ‘plain’

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vǫllr (noun m.; °vallar, dat. velli; vellir acc. vǫllu/velli): plain, field < flatvǫllr (noun m.): [flat plain]

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heðan ‘after this’

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heðan (adv.): hence, from this place

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[2] heðan ‘after this’: Normally ‘hence’. It is tempting to construe this with fariða ér ‘do not go’ (so, e.g. Uppström 1919, 42). However, as the division of a line into three parts is extremely rare (Reichardt 1928, 155-72 collects examples), it is best to give heðan temporal significance such as þaðan ‘thence, thereafter’ often has (so Kock, NN §§1814E, 2817 anm.).

batnar ‘improves’

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batna (verb; °-að-): improve

gettis ‘’

verpr ‘flings’

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1. verpa (verb): to throw, cast (up)

veg ‘’

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1. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-; -ar/-ir, gen. -a/-na, acc. -a/-i/-u): way, path, side

Geitis ‘of Geitir’

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Geitir (noun m.): Geitir

[3] Geitis: ‘gettis’ J2ˣ

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vegr ‘the road’

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1. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-; -ar/-ir, gen. -a/-na, acc. -a/-i/-u): way, path, side

[3] vegr: veg Kˣ

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[3] vegr ‘the road’: Skj B and Skald adopt the acc. form veg found in Kˣ. Skj B further makes this the object of fariða ér ‘do not go (on)’ and forms an intercalary clause of verpr … grjóti … of sæ stóran ‘stones are tossed over/on the swollen sea’. Kock (NN §143; Skald) simplifies the word order somewhat, taking l. 3 as an intercalary clause with an impersonal verb and an acc. of place, ‘stones are cast on/over Geitir’s road [SEA]’. But adopting nom. vegr, which is found in all the other mss, renders the clearest syntax (so also ÍF 26; Hkr 1991). It also perhaps explains why the sea is said to fling stones, since the vegr may be envisaged as a road surfaced with gravel (Reichardt 1928, 165).

Guð(n)ǫðr ‘’

grjóti ‘stones’

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grjót (noun n.): rock, stone

Gó ‘Guð’

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guð- ((prefix)): [Guð] < Goðrøðr (noun m.): [Guðrøðr]

[4] Górøðr (‘gvðrꜹðr’): ‘Guð(n)ǫðr’(?) J2ˣ

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[4] Górøðr ‘Guðrøðr’: Son of King Haraldr hárfagri ‘Fair-hair’ and foster-son of Þjóðólfr. Although the mss give the first element of his name as Guð-, the variant form Górøðr, with compensatory lengthening upon loss of ð in Goðrøðr (ANG §§123, 292), is required by the aðalhending with stóran ‘big, swollen, stormy’.

røðr ‘røðr’

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-røðr (noun m.): [røðr] < Goðrøðr (noun m.): [Guðrøðr]

[4] Górøðr (‘gvðrꜹðr’): ‘Guð(n)ǫðr’(?) J2ˣ

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[4] Górøðr ‘Guðrøðr’: Son of King Haraldr hárfagri ‘Fair-hair’ and foster-son of Þjóðólfr. Although the mss give the first element of his name as Guð-, the variant form Górøðr, with compensatory lengthening upon loss of ð in Goðrøðr (ANG §§123, 292), is required by the aðalhending with stóran ‘big, swollen, stormy’.

of ‘over’

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3. of (prep.): around, from; too

sæ ‘sea’

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sjór (noun m.): sea

stóran ‘the swollen’

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stórr (adj.): large, great

Vindbýsna ‘the wind-portents [storm]’

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vindbýsn (noun n.): wind-portent, storm

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[5] vindbýsna ‘the wind-portents [storm]’: Eggert Ó. Brím (1895, 25) interprets this to mean ‘culmination of the storm’; see also Finnur Jónsson (1884, 60). LP: vindbýsn (following in part Konráð Gíslason 1892, 48) explains that it means ‘wind-sign’, i.e. ‘sign that the wind is at its fiercest (and will soon abate)’. This may be right, but there is stronger precedent for the meaning if we associate the word with býsnaveðr ‘portentous weather’ (see CVC: býsn) and assume a similar meaning. It makes better sense, too, for Þjóðólfr to warn against departing if the weather is portentous than if the storm is about to abate.

skalt ‘you must’

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skulu (verb): shall, should, must

vísi ‘leader’

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vísi (noun m.; °-a): leader

víð ‘Far’

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víðr (adj.): far < víðfrægr (adj.): far-renowned

frægr ‘renowned’

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frægr (adj.; °-jan/-an; compar. -ri, superl. -jastr/-astr/-str): famous, renowned < víðfrægr (adj.): far-renowned

heðan ‘here’

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heðan (adv.): hence, from this place

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[6] heðan ‘here’: The meaning is normally ‘hence, from here’, but with bíða ‘await’ heðan is often used to mean ‘here’: see CVC: bíða I.

bíða ‘wait out’

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bíða (verb; °bíðr; beið, biðu; beðit): wait, suffer, experience

und ‘’

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3. und (prep.): under, underneath

vesið ‘remain’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

með ‘with’

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með (prep.): with

oss ‘us’

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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our

unz ‘until there is’

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2. unz (conj.): until

[7] unz: so all others, und F

verði ‘favourable’

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3. verðr (adj.): worth, worthy

veðr ‘weather’

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2. veðr (noun n.; °-s; -): weather, wind, storm

nús ‘now there is’

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nú (adv.): now

brim ‘surf’

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brim (noun n.): surf

fyr ‘off’

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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.

Jaðri ‘Jæren’

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2. Jaðarr (noun m.): Jæren

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[8] Jaðri ‘Jæren’: Guðrøðr’s voyage to Rogaland would take him westwards along Jæren, which lies along the coast in the extreme south-west of Norway. The implication of the final clause is that the weather is even worse off Jæren than it is here in Kvine. The aðalhending of veðr ‘weather’ and Jaðri is permissible because the latter word presumably still had the form *Eðri in Þjóðólfr’s day, fracture not yet having spread from the cases without syncope (Hoffory 1883).