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Þstf Stuttdr 1II

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Þórarinn stuttfeldr, Stuttfeldardrápa 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, p. 474.

Þórarinn stuttfeldrStuttfeldardrápa
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Dreif ‘gathered’

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2. drífa (verb; °drífr; dreif, drifu; drifinn): drive, rush

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[1] dreif ‘gathered’: Kock (Skald; NN §3107) emends to helt ‘gathered’ to achieve double alliteration in this l.

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til ‘around’

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til (prep.): to

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handa ‘’

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handa (prep.): [for]

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grami ‘lord’

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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler

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hauksnjǫllum ‘the hawk-brave’

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hauksnjallr (adj.): hawk-brave

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hvaðanæva ‘everywhere’

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hvaðanæva (adv.): [everywhere]

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svá ‘from’

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svá (adv.): so, thus

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sem ‘just as’

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sem (conj.): as, which

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fyrr ‘earlier’

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fyrr (adv.): before, sooner

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í ‘in’

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í (prep.): in, into

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fǫr ‘the company’

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fǫr (noun f.): journey, fate; movement

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frétt ‘heard’

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1. fregna (verb): hear of

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hǫfðu ‘rightly’

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hafa (verb): have

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rétt ‘have’

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2. rétt (adv.): just, exactly, precisely

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konunga ‘of kings’

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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king

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[7] kyn konunga ‘the kin of kings’: Konunga ‘of kings’ is unmetrical and requires suspended resolution in metrical position 2 of this l.

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kyn ‘the kin’

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1. kyn (noun n.; °-s; -): kin

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[7] kyn konunga ‘the kin of kings’: Konunga ‘of kings’ is unmetrical and requires suspended resolution in metrical position 2 of this l.

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Kraka ‘Kraki (‘Pole-ladder’)’

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Kraki (noun m.; °-a; -ar): pole-ladder, Kraki

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spǫkum ‘ sagacious’

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spakr (adj.): quiet, gentle, wise < margspakr (adj.): sagacious, very wise

[8] ‑spǫkum: ‘‑spraukum’ Hr

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Sigurðr prepared to set out on his journey to Palestine and men gathered around him.

[3] hauksnjǫllum ‘the hawk-brave’: See also Ólhv Hryn 7/1. — [8]: Hrólfr kraki ‘Pole-ladder’ was a legendary Dan. king (see Hrólf; SnE 1998, I, 58-9). See also ÞjóðA Sex 27.

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