Ásb Ævkv 1VIII (OStór 4)
Peter Jorgensen (ed.) 2017, ‘Orms þáttr Stórólfssonar 4 (Ásbjǫrn, Ævikviða 1)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 608.
Segiz ‘be told’
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segja (verb): say, tell
[1] Segiz þat minni móður: ‘Segi ek minni mætri mœðr’ 554h βˣ
þat ‘Let it’
[1] Segiz þat minni móður: ‘Segi ek minni mætri mœðr’ 554h βˣ
minni ‘to my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
[1] Segiz þat minni móður: ‘Segi ek minni mætri mœðr’ 554h βˣ
móður ‘mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
[1] Segiz þat minni móður: ‘Segi ek minni mætri mœðr’ 554h βˣ
mun ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
hon ‘she’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
syni ‘of her son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
kemba ‘comb’
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kemba (verb)
svarðar ‘of the scalp’
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svǫrðr (noun m.; °svarðar, dat. sverði; sverðir, acc. svǫrðu): scalp
kennings
láð svarðar‘the land of the scalp ’
= HEAD
the land of the scalp → HEAD
kennings
láð svarðar‘the land of the scalp ’
= HEAD
the land of the scalp → HEAD
í ‘this’
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í (prep.): in, into
sumri ‘summer’
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sumar (noun n.; °-s; sumur/sumar): summer
notes
[4] svanhvít ‘swan-white’: Taken as an adj. here, but it could be the name of Ásbjǫrn’s mother, to whom the poem is to be conveyed. In Vǫl 2/5 Svanhvít is the name of one of the three swan-maidens who are said in the poem’s prose introduction to appear to Vǫlundr and his brothers, although in this introductory prose (NK 116) the word is used both as an epithet and a pers. n.
hvít ‘white’
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hvítr (adj.; °-an; -ari, -astr): white < svanhvítr (adj.)
notes
[4] svanhvít ‘swan-white’: Taken as an adj. here, but it could be the name of Ásbjǫrn’s mother, to whom the poem is to be conveyed. In Vǫl 2/5 Svanhvít is the name of one of the three swan-maidens who are said in the poem’s prose introduction to appear to Vǫlundr and his brothers, although in this introductory prose (NK 116) the word is used both as an epithet and a pers. n.
Danmörku ‘Denmark’
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Danmǫrk (noun f.): [Denmark]
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
[5] Hafði ek: hafðak 2845, hef ek 554h βˣ; ek: ek aptr 554h βˣ
henni ‘her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
heitit ‘promised’
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2. heita (verb): be called, promise
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
heim ‘home’
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heim (adv.): home, back
koma ‘come’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
munda ‘would’
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munu (verb): will, must
segg ‘the warrior’s’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
[7] nú mun segg á síðu: en nú mun ek ei 554h βˣ
síðu ‘side’
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1. síða (noun f.; °-u; -ur): side
[7] nú mun segg á síðu: en nú mun ek ei 554h βˣ
sverðs ‘the sword’s’
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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword
egg ‘edge’
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1. egg (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -ju/-): edge, blade
[8] egg dregin verða: ‘rander reina’ 554h βˣ
dregin ‘drawn’
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2. draga (verb; °dregr; dró, drógu; dreginn/droget(Hirð NKS 1642 4° 146v²⁹; cf. [$962$])): drag, pull, draw
[8] egg dregin verða: ‘rander reina’ 554h βˣ
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The first of nine stanzas spoken by Ásbjǫrn after the giant Brúsi has torn out Ásbjǫrn’s intestines and wound them round an iron pillar. The stanzas are introduced with the words Ásbjörn kvað þá vísur þessar jafnframmi ‘Ásbjǫrn spoke these verses at the same time [as his intestines were being wound round the pillar]’.
[5]: This line has three alliterating staves.
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