Valg Har 2II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Valgarðr á Velli, Poem about Haraldr harðráði 2’ 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. 301-2.
Snarla ‘quickly’
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1. snarla (adv.): quickly
skaut ‘shot’
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skjóta (verb): shoot
sóti ‘the soot’
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sót (noun n.): soot
[1] ór sóti: ‘[…]so[…]’ B, ‘ọṛ sóṭe’ 744ˣ; sóti: ‘scoti’ Tˣ
sveyk ‘tottering’
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sveykr (adj.): [tottering]
[2] sveyk of hús ok reykir: blank space A, ‘[…]ein[…]n hre[…]’ B, sveins of hús en hreinum 744ˣ; sveyk: ‘svéc’ R, ‘su eic’ Tˣ, sveit C
notes
[2] sveyk ‘tottering’: Hap. leg. derived from the second grade of ablaut of the strong verb svíkja ‘betray’ (see AEW: sveykr). The diphthong <ey> is secured by internal rhyme.
of ‘above’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
[2] sveyk of hús ok reykir: blank space A, ‘[…]ein[…]n hre[…]’ B, sveins of hús en hreinum 744ˣ
hús ‘houses’
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hús (noun n.; °-s; -): house
[2] sveyk of hús ok reykir: blank space A, ‘[…]ein[…]n hre[…]’ B, sveins of hús en hreinum 744ˣ
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
[2] sveyk of hús ok reykir: blank space A, ‘[…]ein[…]n hre[…]’ B, sveins of hús en hreinum 744ˣ; ok reykir: ‘enn ro᷎kir’ Tˣ
reykir ‘of smoke’
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reykr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -i/-; -ir): smoke
[2] sveyk of hús ok reykir: blank space A, ‘[…]ein[…]n hre[…]’ B, sveins of hús en hreinum 744ˣ; ok reykir: ‘enn ro᷎kir’ Tˣ
stóðu ‘columns’
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standa (verb): stand
[3] stóðu stopðir síðan: reykr stóð en steyptisk U
stopðir ‘straight’
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stopðr (adj./verb p.p.): [straight]
[3] stóðu stopðir síðan: reykr stóð en steyptisk U; stopðir: ‘steupd’ Tˣ, stýfðir A, B
notes
[3] stopðir ‘erect’: Hap. leg. Past participle (m. nom. pl.) of an unattested weak verb *stopa derived from the fourth grade of ablaut of the strong verb stúpa ‘standing upright, tower’. See AEW: stúpa.
síðan ‘then’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
[3] stóðu stopðir síðan: reykr stóð en steyptisk U
logi ‘flame’
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logi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): flame
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Logi ‘flame, blaze’ is given in Skm as a heiti for ‘fire’.
Sigfús Blöndal (1978, 92-3) suggests that this st. describes the destruction of the imperial Byzantine Treasury after the revolt against Emperor Michael V on 21 April 1042. That can, however, not be ascertained.
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