Þstf Lv 1II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Þórarinn stuttfeldr, Lausavísur 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. 479-80.
Hykk ‘I think’
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2. hyggja (verb): think, consider
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
hér ‘here’
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hér (adv.): here
megi ‘one may’
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mega (verb): may, might
þekkja ‘see’
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1. þekkja (verb): perceive, know
heldr ‘quite’
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heldr (adv.): rather
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
stuttum ‘a short’
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stuttr (adj.): [a short]
feldi ‘cloak’
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feldr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i; -ir): cloak
oss ‘us [me]’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
en ‘but’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
notes
[3] ek læt ‘I say’: The verb láta (læt 1st pers. sg. pres. indic.) could also be taken in the sense ‘let, allow’ (‘I allow this lack of style to suit me’, ll. 3-4).
notes
[3] ek læt ‘I say’: The verb láta (læt 1st pers. sg. pres. indic.) could also be taken in the sense ‘let, allow’ (‘I allow this lack of style to suit me’, ll. 3-4).
óprýði ‘lack of style’
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óprýði (noun f.): [lack of style]
mér ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
hlýða ‘suits’
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2. hlýða (verb): hear, listen; be able
Værir ‘You would be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[5] Værir: so H, Hr, F, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, væri Mork, E
mildr ‘generous’
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mildr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): mild, gentle, gracious, generous
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
mæra ‘deck’
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mæra (verb): praise
mik ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
vildir ‘would’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
skikkju ‘in a coat’
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1. skikkja (noun f.; °-u; -ur): cloak
hvat ‘anything’
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hvat (pron.): what
heldr ‘rather wear’
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halda (verb): hold, keep
an ‘but’
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2. an (conj.): than
tǫtra ‘rags’
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Tǫtra (noun f.): [rags]
hildingr ‘ruler’
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hildingr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, ruler
muni ‘somewhat’
vildri ‘more desirable’
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vilðr (adj.): desirable
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Þórarinn responds to a couplet by Sigurðr jórsalafari (Sjórs Lv 2) in which Sigurðr comments on the short cloak which earned Þórarinn his nickname.
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