Anon (FoGT) 26III
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Stanzas from the Fourth Grammatical Treatise 26’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 603.
Mætr ‘Excellent’
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mætr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): honoured, respected
Hákon ‘Hákon’
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Hákon (noun m.): Hákon
vann ‘won’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
en ‘but’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
Magnús ‘Magnús’
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2. Magnús (noun m.): Magnús
fann ‘gained’
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2. finna (verb): find, meet
hans ‘his’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
bróðir ‘brother’
[4] bróðir giekk: ‘bro. g.’ W
giekk ‘was busied’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
[4] bróðir giekk: ‘bro. g.’ W
að ‘with’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
refsa ‘punishing’
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1. refsa (verb): punish
þjóð ‘people’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
á ‘upon’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
rítar ‘the shield’s’
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rít (noun f.): shield
kennings
slóð rítar;‘the shield’s track; ’
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the shield’s track; → ARM
slóð ‘track’
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slóð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): path, track
kennings
slóð rítar;‘the shield’s track; ’
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the shield’s track; → ARM
lögvizku ‘of legal learning’
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lǫgvizka (noun f.): [legal learning]
[7] lögvizku: ‘lǫgvizlv’ W
notes
[7] lögvizku ‘of legal learning’: Ms. W’s ‘lǫgvizlv’ is probably an error caused by the scribe anticipating the following word, lund ‘disposition’.
lund ‘a disposition’
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lund (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(Rém 301³¹)): mind, way
langfeðra ‘his paternal ancestors’’
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langfeðgi (noun m.): ancestors on the father’s side, forefathers
grund ‘land’
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grund (noun f.): earth, land
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As for st. 25.
Since this is a rearrangement of st. 25, ll. 3-4 are abbreviated in the ms. See st. 25 above for Notes applying to both stanzas.
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