Valg Har 1II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Valgarðr á Velli, Poem about Haraldr harðráði 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. 300-1.
Skilfingr ‘Lord’
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skilfingr (noun m.): lord, king
helzt ‘you led’
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halda (verb): hold, keep
þars ‘where’
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þars (conj.): where
skulfu ‘shook’
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1. skjalfa (verb): shake - intrans.
skeiðr ‘warships’
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1. skeið (noun f.; °-ar; -r/-ar/-ir): ship
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[2] skeiðr ‘warships’: Usually skeið denotes a type of warship (see Falk 1912, 104-5; Jesch 2001a, 123-6).
fyr ‘past’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
breiðu ‘wide’
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breiðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): broad, wide
[2] lǫnd in breiðu: land it breiða U
auð ‘laid waste’
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3. auðr (adj.): empty, barren
[3] auð: so Tˣ, A, B, C, ‘avld’ or ‘avdt’ R, auðit U
varð ‘was’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
[3] varð suðr: var þar suðr U, ‘var suð’ A, ‘[…]ð’ B, ‘ū sud’ 744ˣ
suðr ‘in the south’
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2. suðr (adv.): south, in the south
[3] varð suðr: var þar suðr U, ‘var suð’ A, ‘[…]ð’ B, ‘ū sud’ 744ˣ
liði ‘host’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
miklu ‘a large’
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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large
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Skilfingr is given in Skm as a heiti for ‘ruler, dignitary’.
The helmingr commemorates Haraldr’s campaigns in Sicily (1038-40). See also Note to Hharð Gamv 2/1, ÞjóðA Sex 2 and Bǫlv Hardr 4.
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