ÞjóðA Lv 7II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Lausavísur 7’ 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. 172-3.
Haddan ‘The pot-handle’
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hadda (noun f.; °*-u; dat. *-um): [pot-handle]
skall ‘clattered’
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1. skjalla (verb): slam, bang
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
Halli ‘Halli’
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Halli (noun m.): Halli
hlaut ‘got’
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hljóta (verb): alot, gain
offylli ‘more than his fill’
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offylli (noun f.): more than (his) fill
grautar ‘of porridge’
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grautr (noun m.): [porridge]
hornspônu ‘a horn spoon’
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hornspánn (noun m.): [a horn spoon]
kveðk ‘I declare’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
hônum ‘him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
hlýða ‘suits’
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2. hlýða (verb): hear, listen; be able
betr ‘better’
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betr (adv.; °superl. bezt/bazt; pos. vel adv.): better
an ‘than’
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2. an (conj.): than
prýði ‘finery’
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prýði (noun f.): finery, honour
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Later in Snegl, Halli demeans himself by leaving the court to guzzle gruel. Reproached by the king, he throws the pot down, and a st. is immediately recited, by Halli himself in Mork and H-Hr, but by Þjóðólfr in Flat (see Introduction).
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