Íms Lv 1VIII (Gautr 5)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Gautreks saga 5 (Ímsigull Skafnǫrtungsson, Lausavísa 1)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 249.
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
spell ‘devastation’
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2. spjall (noun n.; °; -*): destruction, loss
[1] spell: spells 152, spjöll papp11ˣ, 194cˣ, sjell 164hˣ
um ‘caused’
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4. of (particle): (before verb)
[2] um: so 152, 590b‑cˣ, papp11ˣ, 164hˣ, of 567XIV γ, om. 194cˣ
notes
[2, 6] um vann; um trega ‘caused; grieve’: The later form (um) of the pleonastic particle of has been preferred in both these cases. On the normalisation of of to um in post-1250 texts, see Ásm 1/3, 5 and Note there.
notes
[2, 6] um vann; um trega ‘caused; grieve’: The later form (um) of the pleonastic particle of has been preferred in both these cases. On the normalisation of of to um in post-1250 texts, see Ásm 1/3, 5 and Note there.
akri ‘field’
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akr (noun m.; °akrs, dat. akri; akrar): field
Axi ‘An ear of corn’
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ax (noun n.; °; *-): [ear of corn]
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
skatt ‘destroyed’
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skeðja (verb)
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
korn ‘the grain’
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korn (noun n.; °-s; -): [corn, grain]
þat ‘that’
[6] þat: því slíkt papp11ˣ
æ ‘grieve’
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2. æ (adv.): always, forever
[6] æ: ‘ꜳ’ 152, om. papp11ˣ, 164hˣ, ‘ockr faa’ 194cˣ
Tötru ‘Tǫtra’s’
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Tǫtra (noun f.): [rags]
[6] Tötru ætt: so 152, 590b‑cˣ, Tötru 567XIV γ, ætt vór papp11ˣ, Tötru mög 164hˣ, trega Hjötru 194cˣ
ætt ‘family’
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1. ætt (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): family
[6] Tötru ætt: so 152, 590b‑cˣ, Tötru 567XIV γ, ætt vór papp11ˣ, Tötru mög 164hˣ, trega Hjötru 194cˣ
um ‘’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
[6] um trega: so 152, 590b‑cˣ, of trega 567XIV γ, trega papp11ˣ, tregaz 164hˣ, vinkonu 194cˣ
trega ‘for ever’
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1. trega (verb): distress
[6] um trega: so 152, 590b‑cˣ, of trega 567XIV γ, trega papp11ˣ, tregaz 164hˣ, vinkonu 194cˣ
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Another brother, Ímsigull, was inspecting his cornfields when he noticed that a sparrow had plucked a single grain from one of the ears of corn. He thought this such serious damage that he decided to plunge over the family cliff, taking his wife with him. Before he did so he spoke this stanza.
The stanza is a rather amusing example of hyperbole, pointing up the ridiculous lack of proportion in the Skafnǫrtungr family’s view of their trivial losses. Ms. 567XIV γ has been used as base ms. here, as it offers the most conservative text.
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