Valg Har 8II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Valgarðr á Velli, Poem about Haraldr harðráði 8’ 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. 307.
Brann ‘burned’
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2. brenna (verb; °brennr/brenn; brann, brunnu; brunninn): (strong, intransitive)
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
bœ ‘the settlement’
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bœr (noun m.; °-jar/-ar, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja/-a, dat. -jum/-um/bjóm/-am/-m, acc. -i/-ja/-a/bǿ): farm, homestead
[1] bœ: so E, FskBˣ, FskAˣ, Mork, H, Hr, bý Kˣ, 39, F, J2ˣ
fyr ‘’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
sunnan ‘south’
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sunnan (adv.): (from the) south
bjartr ‘Bright’
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bjartr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright
eldr ‘fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
[2] eldr: eldr í FskAˣ
Hróis ‘of Ros’
[2] Hróis‑: ‘ros‑’ FskBˣ, FskAˣ
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[2] Hróiskeldu ‘Roskilde’: Town on the island of Sjælland (Zealand) in Denmark.
keldu ‘kilde’
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kelda (noun f.; °-u; -ur): [kilde] < Hróiskelda (noun f.)
[2] ‑keldu: ‘gelldo’ F
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[2] Hróiskeldu ‘Roskilde’: Town on the island of Sjælland (Zealand) in Denmark.
rǫnn ‘buildings’
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rann (noun n.): house, hall
nenninn ‘the vigorous’
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nenninn (adj.): vigorous
reykvell ‘smouldering’
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reykvellr (adj.): [smouldering]
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[4] reykvell ‘smouldering’: Lit. ‘smoke-boiling’. Hap. leg.
ofan ‘’
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ofan (adv.): down
fella ‘to collapse’
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3. fella (verb): fell, kill
landsmenn ‘of countrymen’
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landsmaðr (noun m.): countryman
gnógir ‘Plenty’
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gnógr (adj.; °compar. gnógari/gnǿgri, superl. gnógastr/gnǿgstr): abundant
ló ‘deprived’
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ljúga (verb): lie
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[6] hel ‘death’: Hel, the daughter of Loki, presided over the realm of death in ON mythology. As such, the pers. n. Hel became synonymous with ‘death’, and it is unclear whether the word is used here in the former or the latter meaning.
frelsi ‘of their freedom’
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frelsi (noun n.): freedom
drósk ‘crawled’
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2. draga (verb; °dregr; dró, drógu; dreginn/droget(Hirð NKS 1642 4° 146v²⁹; cf. [$962$])): drag, pull, draw
harmvesalt ‘the grief-stricken’
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harmvesall (adj.): [grief-stricken]
hýski ‘household’
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hýski (noun n.; °-s): [household]
hljótt ‘silently’
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hljóðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): silent
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
[8] til skógs: so 39, F, E, FskBˣ, FskAˣ, Mork, H, Hr, í skóg Kˣ, J2ˣ
skógs ‘the forest’
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skógr (noun m.; °-ar/-s, dat. -i; -ar): forest
[8] til skógs: so 39, F, E, FskBˣ, FskAˣ, Mork, H, Hr, í skóg Kˣ, J2ˣ
flótta ‘flight’
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flótti (noun m.): flight, fleeing
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