Anon Eirm 9I
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Anonymous Poems, Eiríksmál 9’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1013.
Konungar ‘kings’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
eru ‘There are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
kenni ‘shall identify’
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kenna (verb): know, teach
notes
[2]: On Eiríkr’s failure to name the kings, and whether or not the poem is complete, see Introduction to the poem and Note to st. 8/4-6.
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
notes
[2]: On Eiríkr’s failure to name the kings, and whether or not the poem is complete, see Introduction to the poem and Note to st. 8/4-6.
þér ‘for you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
notes
[2]: On Eiríkr’s failure to name the kings, and whether or not the poem is complete, see Introduction to the poem and Note to st. 8/4-6.
nafn ‘the names’
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nafn (noun n.; °-s; *-): name
notes
[2]: On Eiríkr’s failure to name the kings, and whether or not the poem is complete, see Introduction to the poem and Note to st. 8/4-6.
allra ‘of all’
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allr (adj.): all
notes
[2]: On Eiríkr’s failure to name the kings, and whether or not the poem is complete, see Introduction to the poem and Note to st. 8/4-6.
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
em ‘am’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
inn ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
sétti ‘sixth’
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sétti (num. ordinal): [sixth]
sjalfr ‘myself’
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sjalfr (adj.): self
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As for st. 1 (Fsk).
[1] eru fimm konungar * ‘there are five kings *’: Here Eiríkr himself speaks at last. The phrase identifying him as such in the mss, however, is extrametrical and is omitted here; see Introduction to the poem.
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