ÞjóðA Magn 10II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Stanzas about Magnús Óláfsson in Danaveldi 10’ 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, p. 98.
Nú ‘Now’
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nú (adv.): now
taka ‘start’
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2. taka (verb): take
Norðmenn ‘the Norwegians’
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Norðmaðr (noun m.): Norwegian
knýja ‘to press forward’
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knýja (verb): press forward, urge, drive
nær ‘close’
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nær (adv.): near, almost; when
gǫngum ‘march’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
[2] gǫngum: gǫngu E, Hr
vér ‘we’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
stǫngum ‘to the standard-poles’
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stǫng (noun f.; °stangar, dat. -u; stangir/stengr): pole
[2] stǫngum: stǫngu Hr
berkak ‘that I carry’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
Magnúss ‘Magnús’s’
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2. Magnús (noun m.): Magnús
merki ‘banners’
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1. merki (noun n.; °-s: -): banner, sign
minn ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
skjǫld ‘shield’
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skjǫldr (noun m.; °skjaldar/skildar, dat. skildi; skildir, acc. skjǫldu): shield
[4] skjǫld: ‘skialld’ H
hlið ‘side’
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1. hlið (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; -ar): side
sjaldan ‘seldom’
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sjaldan (adv.): seldom
notes
[5] skýtra skeifum fœti ‘does not dash with foot aslant’: I.e. he marches straight ahead.
skeifum ‘aslant’
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skeifr (adj.): skewed, aslant
notes
[5] skýtra skeifum fœti ‘does not dash with foot aslant’: I.e. he marches straight ahead.
fœti ‘with foot’
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1. fótr (noun m.): foot, leg
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[5] skýtra skeifum fœti ‘does not dash with foot aslant’: I.e. he marches straight ahead.
yfir ‘across’
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yfir (prep.): over
sláni ‘The lanky fellow’
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sláni (noun m.): [lanky fellow]
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[6] sláni ‘the lanky fellow [I, the skald]’: Given the reference to mér ‘me’ in l. 7, this may well denote the skald. Konráð Gíslason suggested the sense that in the rapid advance even the clumsy one among ‘us’ (the Norwegians) abandoned his meandering gait (Nj 1875-8, II, 97). These two assumptions seem more likely than a reference to the people of Skåne (Skáney), direct and swift in their flight, as suggested in ÍF 28 (also Hkr 1991).
fár ‘few’
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3. fár (adj.; °compar. fǽrri/fárri(Mág² 11), superl. fǽstr): few
[7] fár vegr: so 39, F, H, Hr, ‘farvegr’ Kˣ, fagr vegr E
vegr ‘routes’
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1. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-; -ar/-ir, gen. -a/-na, acc. -a/-i/-u): way, path, side
[7] fár vegr: so 39, F, H, Hr, ‘farvegr’ Kˣ, fagr vegr E
es ‘have’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
mér ‘to me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
fegri ‘lovelier’
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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful
fundinn ‘seemed’
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2. finna (verb): find, meet
suðr ‘south’
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2. suðr (adv.): south, in the south
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
Lundar ‘Lund’
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Lundr (noun f.): [Lund]
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Nú taka Norðmenn knýja |
Now the Norwegians start to press forward Magnús’s banners; we march close to the standard-poles; it’s not seldom that I carry my shield [lit. I don’t carry seldom my shield] at my side. The lanky fellow [I, the skald] does not dash with foot aslant across Skåne south to Lund; few routes have seemed lovelier to me.
Pursuing Sveinn Úlfsson after the battle of Helgenæs (Helganes), Magnús harries Skåne (Skáney).
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