Busla Busl 5VIII (Bós 5)
Wilhelm Heizmann (ed.) 2017, ‘Bósa saga 5 (Busla, Buslubæn 5)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 32.
Ef ‘If’
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3. ef (conj.): if
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
siglir ‘are sailing’
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2. sigla (verb): sail
slitni ‘tear’
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slitna (verb): tear, break
reiði ‘the rigging’
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3. reiði (noun n.; °-s): tackle, rigging
notes
[2-3] en krókar stökkvi af stýri ‘and the clamps spring from the steering rudder’: These lines refer to the stern rudder. In this context the clamps are attached to the rudder. Were they to spring off, the rudder would become dislodged from the stern (Falk 1912, 77).
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[2-3] en krókar stökkvi af stýri ‘and the clamps spring from the steering rudder’: These lines refer to the stern rudder. In this context the clamps are attached to the rudder. Were they to spring off, the rudder would become dislodged from the stern (Falk 1912, 77).
stýri ‘the steering rudder’
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stýri (noun n.; °-s; -): rudder
[3] stýri: stýrir 577, 361ˣ
notes
[2-3] en krókar stökkvi af stýri ‘and the clamps spring from the steering rudder’: These lines refer to the stern rudder. In this context the clamps are attached to the rudder. Were they to spring off, the rudder would become dislodged from the stern (Falk 1912, 77).
stökkvi ‘spring’
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1. støkkva (verb): (str.) leap, spring; scatter
notes
[2-3] en krókar stökkvi af stýri ‘and the clamps spring from the steering rudder’: These lines refer to the stern rudder. In this context the clamps are attached to the rudder. Were they to spring off, the rudder would become dislodged from the stern (Falk 1912, 77).
krókar ‘the clamps’
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krókr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): hook
notes
[2-3] en krókar stökkvi af stýri ‘and the clamps spring from the steering rudder’: These lines refer to the stern rudder. In this context the clamps are attached to the rudder. Were they to spring off, the rudder would become dislodged from the stern (Falk 1912, 77).
rifni ‘be torn to tatters’
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rífa (verb): tear
reflar ‘your canvas’
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refill (noun m.; °; reflar/reflir): [wallhangings]
segl ‘the sail’
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segl (noun n.; °-s; -): sail
ofan ‘down’
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ofan (adv.): down
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
ak ‘the bra’
[7] ak‑: akt 577
notes
[7] aktaumar ‘the braces’: The rope by means of which the sail is controlled (Falk 1912, 64-5; cf. Þul Skipa 10/3III).
taumar ‘ces’
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[7] aktaumar ‘the braces’: The rope by means of which the sail is controlled (Falk 1912, 64-5; cf. Þul Skipa 10/3III).
allir ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
slitni ‘break’
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slitna (verb): tear, break
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
Herrauð ‘Herrauðr’
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Herrauðr (noun m.)
heipt ‘towards’
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heift (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): hatred, enmity
upp ‘forego’
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upp (adv.): up
gefir ‘your hatred’
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gefa (verb): give
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
sátta ‘forgiveness’
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sátt (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): settlement
[12] sátta: ‘sætta’ 577, 340ˣ, 361ˣ
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The curse is now directed against the king’s ability to travel and begins with the realm of seafaring.
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