Busla Busl 6VIII (Bós 6)
Wilhelm Heizmann (ed.) 2017, ‘Bósa saga 6 (Busla, Buslubæn 6)’ 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
ríðr ‘ride’
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1. ríða (verb): ride
raskiz ‘become tangled’
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raska (verb): [are broken]
taumar ‘the reins’
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taumr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): reins
heltiz ‘limp’
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helta (verb)
hestar ‘the horses’
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hestr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): horse, stallion
[3] hestar: hestr 510
en ‘the’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
hrumiz ‘become decrepit’
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hruma (verb): [halt]
klárar ‘nags’
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1. klárr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): °øg, arbejdshest
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
götur ‘roads’
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gata (noun f.): path, road
allar ‘on all’
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allr (adj.): all
gagn ‘through’
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2. gagn (noun n.): (see ONP) < gagnstígr (noun m.)
stígar ‘routes’
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1. stígr (noun m.; °dat. -; -ar/-ir, acc. -a/-u): path < gagnstígr (noun m.)
troðiz ‘be driven’
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troða (verb): tread
notes
[8] í tröllhendr ‘into the hands of trolls’: In saga literature the etymologically uncertain ON trǫll (AEW: troll/trǫll) often signifies cave-dwelling, anthropomorphic creatures of abnormal size and ugliness who are equipped with magical abilities (cf. Schulz 2004, 45-6; Arnold 2005).
tröll ‘of trolls’
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troll (noun n.; °-s; -): troll < trollhǫnd (noun f.)
[8] í tröllhendr: í trölla hendr 510, 340ˣ
notes
[8] í tröllhendr ‘into the hands of trolls’: In saga literature the etymologically uncertain ON trǫll (AEW: troll/trǫll) often signifies cave-dwelling, anthropomorphic creatures of abnormal size and ugliness who are equipped with magical abilities (cf. Schulz 2004, 45-6; Arnold 2005).
hendr ‘the hands’
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand < trollhǫnd (noun f.)
[8] í tröllhendr: í trölla hendr 510, 340ˣ
notes
[8] í tröllhendr ‘into the hands of trolls’: In saga literature the etymologically uncertain ON trǫll (AEW: troll/trǫll) often signifies cave-dwelling, anthropomorphic creatures of abnormal size and ugliness who are equipped with magical abilities (cf. Schulz 2004, 45-6; Arnold 2005).
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
bjargir ‘freedom’
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bjǫrg (noun f.; °bjargar; bjargir): help, deliverance
[10] bjargir veitir: ‘bi vm w̄ vei.’ 577
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
Herrauð ‘Herrauðr’
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Herrauðr (noun m.)
heipt ‘your hatred’
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heift (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): hatred, enmity
[12] heipt: ‘hei’ 577, heyptir 340ˣ
upp ‘’
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upp (adv.): up
gefir ‘forego’
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gefa (verb): give
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This stanza has a number of metrical irregularities. Lines 1 and 11 are hypometrical, while l. 8 in the form of the majority of mss is unmetrical, though the version of 510 and 340ˣ is metrical. — By means of this stanza, the king’s opportunities to travel throughout the land on horseback are intended to be diminished or rendered impossible.
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