Ásb Ævkv 2VIII (OStór 5)
Peter Jorgensen (ed.) 2017, ‘Orms þáttr Stórólfssonar 5 (Ásbjǫrn, Ævikviða 2)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 609.
Annat ‘different’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
[1] Annat var þá er inni: so 2845, Annat var þá ek inni Flat, Önnr var þá æfi 554h βˣ
var ‘It used to be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[1] Annat var þá er inni: so 2845, Annat var þá ek inni Flat, Önnr var þá æfi 554h βˣ
þá ‘’
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2. þá (adv.): then
[1] Annat var þá er inni: so 2845, Annat var þá ek inni Flat, Önnr var þá æfi 554h βˣ
er ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
[1] Annat var þá er inni: so 2845, Annat var þá ek inni Flat, Önnr var þá æfi 554h βˣ
inni ‘inside’
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2. inni (adv.): in, inside, indoors
[1] Annat var þá er inni: so 2845, Annat var þá ek inni Flat, Önnr var þá æfi 554h βˣ
Öl ‘with ale’
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ǫl (noun n.; °-s; -): ale < ǫlkátr (adj.)
kátir ‘merry’
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kátr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): cheerful, glad < ǫlkátr (adj.)
vér ‘We’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
sátum ‘would sit’
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sitja (verb): sit
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
fley ‘a fast’
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2. fley (noun n.; °-s): ship < fleyskip (noun n.)
skipi ‘ship’
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skip (noun n.; °-s; -): ship < fleyskip (noun n.)
fórum ‘sail’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
fjörð ‘the fjord’
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fjǫrðr (noun m.): fjord
[4] fjörð af Hörðalandi: ‘rfer fiǫrðu, harða jǫrðu’ 554h βˣ
af ‘away from’
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af (prep.): from
[4] fjörð af Hörðalandi: ‘rfer fiǫrðu, harða jǫrðu’ 554h βˣ
Hörðalandi ‘Hordaland’
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Hǫrðaland (noun n.)
[4] fjörð af Hörðalandi: ‘rfer fiǫrðu, harða jǫrðu’ 554h βˣ
Drukkum ‘We drank’
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2. drekka (verb; °drekkr; drakk, drukku; drukkinn/drykkinn): drink
mjöð ‘mead’
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mjǫðr (noun m.; °dat. miði): mead
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
mæltum ‘spoke’
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1. mæla (verb): speak, say
mart ‘many a’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
orð ‘word’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
saman ‘together’
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saman (adv.): together
forðum ‘in days gone by’
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forðum (adv.): formerly, once
nú ‘now’
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nú (adv.): now
emk ‘I have’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
einn ‘alone’
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1. einn (num. cardinal; °f. ein, n. eitt; pl. einir; superl. debil. -asti(Anna238(2001) 155³²)): one; alone
í ‘into’
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í (prep.): in, into
notes
[7-8] í öngvar þröngvar jötna ‘into the confining straits of giants’: It is assumed here that öngr ‘narrow, cramped, confining’ is an adj. and þröng is a f. pl. noun ‘narrowing, straits’ (as with LP: ǫngr, þrǫng f., 2), but it is possible, as Faulkes (2011b, 95 n.) points out, that the reverse is the case, with öngvar as a f. pl. noun, and þröng as an adj. The meaning would be the same in both cases.
öngvar ‘the confining’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
notes
[7-8] í öngvar þröngvar jötna ‘into the confining straits of giants’: It is assumed here that öngr ‘narrow, cramped, confining’ is an adj. and þröng is a f. pl. noun ‘narrowing, straits’ (as with LP: ǫngr, þrǫng f., 2), but it is possible, as Faulkes (2011b, 95 n.) points out, that the reverse is the case, with öngvar as a f. pl. noun, and þröng as an adj. The meaning would be the same in both cases.
jötna ‘of giants’
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jǫtunn (noun m.; °jǫtuns, dat. jǫtni; jǫtnar): giant
notes
[7-8] í öngvar þröngvar jötna ‘into the confining straits of giants’: It is assumed here that öngr ‘narrow, cramped, confining’ is an adj. and þröng is a f. pl. noun ‘narrowing, straits’ (as with LP: ǫngr, þrǫng f., 2), but it is possible, as Faulkes (2011b, 95 n.) points out, that the reverse is the case, with öngvar as a f. pl. noun, and þröng as an adj. The meaning would be the same in both cases.
þröngvar ‘straits’
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þrǫng (noun f.; °dat. -u/-; -var): crush, oppression
notes
[7-8] í öngvar þröngvar jötna ‘into the confining straits of giants’: It is assumed here that öngr ‘narrow, cramped, confining’ is an adj. and þröng is a f. pl. noun ‘narrowing, straits’ (as with LP: ǫngr, þrǫng f., 2), but it is possible, as Faulkes (2011b, 95 n.) points out, that the reverse is the case, with öngvar as a f. pl. noun, and þröng as an adj. The meaning would be the same in both cases.
genginn ‘come’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
[8] genginn: gengit 2845
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[1]: The first line of sts 5-11 is unvarying, constituting a kind of initial line refrain, similar to the practice of another ævikviða, Anon Krm’s Hjuggu vér með hjörvi ‘We hewed with the sword’. The purpose of these refrains is to draw attention to the contrast between the speaker’s present situation and his former heroic life. This edn, along with Skj B, adopts 2845’s version of l. 1, which is also found verbatim in Gr (ÍF 7, 52; Grett Lv 6/1V (Gr 14)), where inni ‘inside’ is definitely used adverbially. Kock (NN §2495A and Skald) emends to þat er inni ‘which I relate’ (following Flat’s ek inni), treating inni as 1st pers. sg. pres. indic. of inna ‘tell, relate’ on the ground that the adverbial sense of inni does not suit five of the seven stanzas (6-8, 10 and 11) in which it occurs. However, if one assumes imitation from Gr, or even a general imitation of the practice of other ævikviður, the loose fit of this refrain line is probably acceptable (cf. Faulkes 2011b, 94-5 n.). Ms. 554h ßˣ has the same alternative reading of l. 1 in sts 7-11 as here. — [6] emk ‘I have’: Lit. ‘I am’. The ms. reads er ek, which reflects C14th usage, when the 3rd pers. sg. form of the pres. tense of vera ‘be’ was often generalised to the 1st pers. sg. (cf. ANG §531.1). The non-cliticised form of the pron. ek has also been normalised here to give a metrically regular line. — [7-8]: These lines are omitted in 554h ßˣ, which follows l. 6 with two lines that correspond loosely to OStór 6/3-4. The rest of OStór 6 is missing in 554h ßˣ.
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