Busla Busl 4VIII (Bós 4)
Wilhelm Heizmann (ed.) 2017, ‘Bósa saga 4 (Busla, Buslubæn 4)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 31.
Svá ‘so’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
skal ‘shall’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
þjarma ‘oppress’
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þjarma (verb)
þér ‘your’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
[2] þér: so 577, 510, 340ˣ, 361ˣ, þat 586
at ‘’
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4. at (conj.): that
brjósti ‘breast’
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brjóst (noun n.; °-s; -): breast, chest
at ‘as though’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
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[3-4] at höggormar gnagi hjarta þitt ‘as though adders are gnawing at your heart’: In this way King Gunnarr perishes in the snake pit according to the Nordic transmission of the Nibelung tradition (cf. Vǫls ch. 39, Olsen 1906-8, 101 and Oddrgr st. 32). Both Skj B and Skald emend höggormar (nom. pl.) to höggormr (nom. sg.) to make l. 4 metrical (Type A2k).
hjarta ‘heart’
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hjarta (noun n.; °-; *-u): heart
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[3-4] at höggormar gnagi hjarta þitt ‘as though adders are gnawing at your heart’: In this way King Gunnarr perishes in the snake pit according to the Nordic transmission of the Nibelung tradition (cf. Vǫls ch. 39, Olsen 1906-8, 101 and Oddrgr st. 32). Both Skj B and Skald emend höggormar (nom. pl.) to höggormr (nom. sg.) to make l. 4 metrical (Type A2k).
þitt ‘at your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
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[3-4] at höggormar gnagi hjarta þitt ‘as though adders are gnawing at your heart’: In this way King Gunnarr perishes in the snake pit according to the Nordic transmission of the Nibelung tradition (cf. Vǫls ch. 39, Olsen 1906-8, 101 and Oddrgr st. 32). Both Skj B and Skald emend höggormar (nom. pl.) to höggormr (nom. sg.) to make l. 4 metrical (Type A2k).
högg ‘’
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hǫgg (noun n.; °-s, dat. hǫggvi/hǫggi; -): blow < hǫggormr (noun m.)
notes
[3-4] at höggormar gnagi hjarta þitt ‘as though adders are gnawing at your heart’: In this way King Gunnarr perishes in the snake pit according to the Nordic transmission of the Nibelung tradition (cf. Vǫls ch. 39, Olsen 1906-8, 101 and Oddrgr st. 32). Both Skj B and Skald emend höggormar (nom. pl.) to höggormr (nom. sg.) to make l. 4 metrical (Type A2k).
ormar ‘adders’
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ormr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): serpent < hǫggormr (noun m.)
notes
[3-4] at höggormar gnagi hjarta þitt ‘as though adders are gnawing at your heart’: In this way King Gunnarr perishes in the snake pit according to the Nordic transmission of the Nibelung tradition (cf. Vǫls ch. 39, Olsen 1906-8, 101 and Oddrgr st. 32). Both Skj B and Skald emend höggormar (nom. pl.) to höggormr (nom. sg.) to make l. 4 metrical (Type A2k).
gnagi ‘are gnawing’
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1. gnaga (verb): gnaw
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[3-4] at höggormar gnagi hjarta þitt ‘as though adders are gnawing at your heart’: In this way King Gunnarr perishes in the snake pit according to the Nordic transmission of the Nibelung tradition (cf. Vǫls ch. 39, Olsen 1906-8, 101 and Oddrgr st. 32). Both Skj B and Skald emend höggormar (nom. pl.) to höggormr (nom. sg.) to make l. 4 metrical (Type A2k).
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
eyru ‘ears’
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eyra (noun n.; °eyra; eyru/eyrun, gen. eyrna): ear
þín ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
aldrigi ‘shall never’
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aldrigi (adv.): never
heyri ‘hear’
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2. heyra (verb): hear
augu ‘eyes’
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auga (noun n.; °auga; augu/augun, gen. augna): eye
þín ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
úthverf ‘outwards’
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úthverf (adv.)
snúiz ‘shall turn’
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snúa (verb): turn
nema ‘unless’
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2. nema (conj.): unless
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
björg ‘freedom’
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bjǫrg (noun f.; °bjargar; bjargir): help, deliverance
um ‘’
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2. um (particle): (particle)
veitir ‘grant’
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veitir (noun m.): giver
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
honum ‘towards’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[11] honum: om. 577, 510, 340ˣ, 361ˣ
Herrauð ‘Herrauðr’
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Herrauðr (noun m.)
heipt ‘hatred’
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heift (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): hatred, enmity
upp ‘your’
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upp (adv.): up
gefir ‘forego’
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gefa (verb): give
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The curse in this stanza is directed at the bodily welfare of the king. He will endure not only pains, but he will simultaneously be locked within himself to the extent that his eyes and ears, two vital sensory organs, will cease to function.
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