Ásb Ævkv 9VIII (OStór 12)
Peter Jorgensen (ed.) 2017, ‘Orms þáttr Stórólfssonar 12 (Ásbjǫrn, Ævikviða 9)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 615.
Mundi ‘would’
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munu (verb): will, must
Ormr ‘Ormr’
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Ormr (noun m.): Ormr
ófrýnn ‘displeased’
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ófrýnn (adj.): frowning, grimacing
notes
[2] ófrýnn ‘displeased’: Lit. ‘frowning’. Uncommon in skaldic poetry; cf. Anon Brúðv 13/2VII, where the adj. is used of the Virgin Mary’s displeasure with one of her devotees.
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
á ‘upon’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
kynni ‘could’
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kunna (verb): know, can, be able
[4] kynni at líta: ‘kappmenn fæe’ 554h βˣ
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
gjalda ‘pay back’
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1. gjalda (verb): pay, repay
þursi ‘the giant’
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þurs (noun m.; °þurs, dat. þursi/þurs; þursar): giant, ogre, monster
várar ‘for our [my]’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
[7] várar: ‘vor’ 554h βˣ
viðfarar ‘treatment’
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viðfǫr (noun f.)
víst ‘certainly’
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1. víss (adj.): wise, certain(ly)
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
næði ‘could’
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1. ná (verb): reach, get, manage
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The final stanza spoken by Ásbjǫrn as Brúsi the giant leads him around an iron pillar, and Ásbjǫrn’s intestines wind onto it. He dies immediately afterwards.
[1]: This line contains only three syllables, making it likely that desyllabification of final ‑r has occurred. The line probably contained four syllables, with Ormr disyllabic (Ormur).
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