Ásb Lv 2VIII (OStór 3)
Peter Jorgensen (ed.) 2017, ‘Orms þáttr Stórólfssonar 3 (Ásbjǫrn, Lausavísur 2)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 607.
Sinni ‘in his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
má ‘may’
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mega (verb): may, might
íþrótt ‘own accomplishment’
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íþrótt (noun f.): skill, accomplishment
treysta ‘trust’
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treysta (verb): trust, believe in
aldri ‘never’
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aldri (adv.): never
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
svá ‘so’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
notes
[4] stórr í huga ‘courageous’: Lit. ‘great in mind’.
í ‘’
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í (prep.): in, into
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[4] stórr í huga ‘courageous’: Lit. ‘great in mind’.
huga ‘’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage
notes
[4] stórr í huga ‘courageous’: Lit. ‘great in mind’.
Svá ‘Thus to’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
bregz ‘fail’
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bregða (verb; °bregðr/brigðr; brá, brugðu; brugðinn/brogðinn): pull, jerk, break; change
[5] bregz: bregdaz 2845
hverjum ‘every man’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
bana ‘his death’
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bani (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death, killer < banadœgr (noun n.): °day of (sby’s) death
dægri ‘day’
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dœgr (noun n.; °-s; -): day and night; 24h period < banadœgr (noun n.): °day of (sby’s) death
[6] ‑dægri: ‘deige’ 554h βˣ
hjarta ‘heart’
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hjarta (noun n.; °-; *-u): heart
[7] hjarta ok megin: ‘hiartamegne’ 554h βˣ
megin ‘strength’
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1. megin (noun n.; °-s, dat. magni/megni/megin(HirðB 398¹⁹); -): might, strength; very
[7] hjarta ok megin: ‘hiartamegne’ 554h βˣ
sem ‘as’
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sem (conj.): as, which
heill ‘good fortune’
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1. heill (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): good fortune
notes
[8] heill ‘good fortune’: This noun could be a personification in the sense ‘guardian spirit’; cf. Faulkes (2011b, 93-4 n.).
bilar ‘fails’
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bila (verb; °-að-): fail
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Ormr returns to Iceland after he has heard news of his father’s death, but Ásbjǫrn becomes eager to go north to the Sauðeyjar off the coast of Møre. Leaving his men on the coast of the outer of the two islands, Ásbjǫrn goes inland to the giant Brúsi’s cave, where the giant snatches him up and dashes him to the ground as soon as he enters. After having been effortlessly overpowered by Brúsi, Ásbjǫrn utters this stanza.
[3-4]: These two lines are unmetrical in their present state, unless l. 3 sterkr is desyllabified to sterkur and l. 4 is treated as málaháttr.
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