FriðÞ Lv 19VIII (Frið 25)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Friðþjófs saga ins frœkna 25 (Friðþjófr Þorsteinsson, Lausavísur 19)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 223.
Drukkum ‘drank’
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2. drekka (verb; °drekkr; drakk, drukku; drukkinn/drykkinn): drink
[1] Drukkum: Drukku Holm10 VI, 568ˣ
forðum ‘Once we’
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forðum (adv.): formerly, once
[1] forðum: fyrr papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
Framnesi ‘Framnes’
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Framnes (noun n.)
fræknir ‘bold’
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frœkn (adj.): brave, bold
drengir ‘warriors’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
mínum ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
Nú ‘Now’
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nú (adv.): now
sé ‘see’
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2. sjá (verb): see
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
brendan ‘burnt’
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3. brenna (verb; (weak, transitive)): to burn (weak, intr.)
vera ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
á ‘have’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
[7] á ek: ‘[…]’ 568ˣ
öðlingum ‘the princes’
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ǫðlingr (noun m.; °; -ar): prince, ruler
ilt ‘for that evil deed’
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illr (adj.): bad, evil, unwell
[8] ilt: illt written above the line 510
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
gjalda ‘pay back’
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1. gjalda (verb): pay, repay
[8] gjalda: launa papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
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After his stay with the jarl of Orkney, who refuses to pay tribute to the brothers Helgi and Hálfdan, but willingly gives money to Friðþjófr himself, the latter, with his men, returns to Norway, bringing Hallvarðr with them. There they find that Helgi and Hálfdan have burnt down the dwellings at Framnes and married Ingibjǫrg off to King Hringr. Friðþjófr recites this stanza after having seen the burnt ruins at Framnes.
The metre of this stanza is regular fornyrðislag, as is that of the following stanza.
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