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ÞjóðA Magn 1II

Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Stanzas about Magnús Óláfsson in Danaveldi 1’ 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. 88-9.

Þjóðólfr ArnórssonStanzas about Magnús Óláfsson in Danaveldi
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Hrauð ‘cleared’

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1. hrjóða (verb): clear, destroy

[1] Hrauð: so E, J2ˣ, Rauð Kˣ, 39, F, H, Hr

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Ôleifs ‘of Óláfr’

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Óláfr (noun m.): Óláfr

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Mǫgr Ôleifs ins digra
‘The son of Óláfr inn digri (‘the Stout’) ’
   = Magnús

The son of Óláfr inn digri (‘the Stout’) → Magnús

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[1] Ôleifs ins digra ‘of Óláfr inn digri (“the Stout”)’: King Óláfr Haraldsson (S. Óláfr), d. 29 July 1030.

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mǫgr ‘The son’

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mǫgr (noun m.; °; megir, acc. mǫgu): son, boy

[1] mǫgr: ‘[…]’ 39

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Mǫgr Ôleifs ins digra
‘The son of Óláfr inn digri (‘the Stout’) ’
   = Magnús

The son of Óláfr inn digri (‘the Stout’) → Magnús
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áðan ‘previously’

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áðan (adv.): before

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jǫfurr ‘the ruler’

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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince

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‘won’

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1. vega (verb): strike, slay

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ins ‘inn’

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2. inn (art.): the

[2] ins: en E

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Mǫgr Ôleifs ins digra
‘The son of Óláfr inn digri (‘the Stout’) ’
   = Magnús

The son of Óláfr inn digri (‘the Stout’) → Magnús

notes

[1] Ôleifs ins digra ‘of Óláfr inn digri (“the Stout”)’: King Óláfr Haraldsson (S. Óláfr), d. 29 July 1030.

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digra ‘digri (‘the Stout’)’

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digr (adj.; °digran; compar. digrari, superl. digrastr): fat, large

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Mǫgr Ôleifs ins digra
‘The son of Óláfr inn digri (‘the Stout’) ’
   = Magnús

The son of Óláfr inn digri (‘the Stout’) → Magnús

notes

[1] Ôleifs ins digra ‘of Óláfr inn digri (“the Stout”)’: King Óláfr Haraldsson (S. Óláfr), d. 29 July 1030.

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fregnat ‘will not receive’

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1. fregna (verb): hear of

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slíkt ‘such’

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2. slíkr (adj.): such

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ór ‘from’

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3. ór (prep.): out of

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[3] ór Sogni ‘from Sogn’: The area around Sognefjorden, south-western Norway. The phrase could qualify konur ‘women’, as assumed here, or fregnat ‘will not receive news’.

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Sogni ‘Sogn’

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Sogn (noun m.): Sogn-

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[3] ór Sogni ‘from Sogn’: The area around Sognefjorden, south-western Norway. The phrase could qualify konur ‘women’, as assumed here, or fregnat ‘will not receive news’.

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sjau ‘seven’

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sjau (num. cardinal): seven

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skip ‘ships’

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skip (noun n.; °-s; -): ship

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hnipnar ‘with sorrow’

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hnípa (verb): droop

[4] hnipnar: ‘nipnar’ 39, ‘híupar’ E

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Within the narrative of the sea-battle off Århus (Áróss), the st. is cited as evidence that Magnús seized seven ships from Sveinn’s troops.

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