FriðÞ Lv 27VIII (Frið 33)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Friðþjófs saga ins frœkna 33 (Friðþjófr Þorsteinsson, Lausavísur 27)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 231.
Sigldum ‘sailed’
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2. sigla (verb): sail
vér ‘We’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
ór ‘out’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
Sogni ‘of Sogn’
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Sogn (noun m.): Sogn-
svá ‘that way’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
fórum ‘travelled’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
vér ‘we’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
næstum ‘last time’
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næstum (adv.)
þá ‘then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
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[3] þá lék eldr it efra ‘then fire played high above’: Lit. ‘then fire played higher up’. It efra is adverbial here, ‘in the upper part, high above’.
lék ‘played’
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3. leika (verb): play
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[3] þá lék eldr it efra ‘then fire played high above’: Lit. ‘then fire played higher up’. It efra is adverbial here, ‘in the upper part, high above’.
eldr ‘fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
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[3] þá lék eldr it efra ‘then fire played high above’: Lit. ‘then fire played higher up’. It efra is adverbial here, ‘in the upper part, high above’.
it ‘high’
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2. inn (art.): the
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[3] þá lék eldr it efra ‘then fire played high above’: Lit. ‘then fire played higher up’. It efra is adverbial here, ‘in the upper part, high above’.
efra ‘above’
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efri (adj. comp.; °superl. efstr/øfstr (eft- [$1653$] 13r²³, etc.)): higher, highest
í ‘’
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í (prep.): in, into
óðali ‘family homestead’
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óðal (noun n.; °-s, dat. óð(a)li/óðrli; óðul, dat. óðlum/óðrlum): (hereditary) property
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[4] óðali ‘family homestead’: In early Norway, óðal ‘allodial lands, patrimony, homestead’ was the inalienable property of a family, inherited in the patriline (cf. Foote and Wilson 1980, 81-2). Here Friðþjófr, who should have enjoyed his father Þorsteinn’s óðal, was forced to watch it burn.
váru ‘our’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
En ‘But’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
nú ‘now’
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nú (adv.): now
tekr ‘begins’
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2. taka (verb): take
bál ‘the conflagration’
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bál (noun n.; °-s; -): fire
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
brenna ‘burn’
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2. brenna (verb; °brennr/brenn; brann, brunnu; brunninn): (strong, intransitive)
miðjan ‘the middle’
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miðja (noun f.; °-u): the middle
því ‘for that reason’
[7] því: þat 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
mun ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
vargr ‘an outlaw’
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vargr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): wolf
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[7] vargr ‘an outlaw’: Lit. ‘a wolf’. The noun has a dual semantic significance, like the OE wearg ‘wolf, accursed one, outlaw’. The phrase vargr í véum ‘outcast in the sanctuaries’ applies particularly to those who have broken the tabu of sanctuary, as is the case here, although the more usual crime so designated was that of killing at an assembly (Foote and Wilson 1980, 402).
at ‘certainly’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
[7] at vísu: so all others, í véum corrected from at vísu in a later hand papp17ˣ
vísu ‘’
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1. víss (adj.): wise, certain(ly)
[7] at vísu: so all others, í véum corrected from at vísu in a later hand papp17ˣ
veit ‘know’
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1. vita (verb): know
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
því ‘be’
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[8] mun heitit því ‘it will be promised’: That is, the brothers Helgi and Hálfdan will bring Friðþjófr to court and declare him an outlaw.
mun ‘it will’
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munu (verb): will, must
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[8] mun heitit því ‘it will be promised’: That is, the brothers Helgi and Hálfdan will bring Friðþjófr to court and declare him an outlaw.
heitit ‘promised’
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2. heita (verb): be called, promise
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[8] mun heitit því ‘it will be promised’: That is, the brothers Helgi and Hálfdan will bring Friðþjófr to court and declare him an outlaw.
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Friðþjófr recites this stanza as he and his companions sail out of Sognefjorden.
This stanza is only in the B redaction mss, and is in an irregular variant of dróttkvætt.
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