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Ásb Ævkv 3^VIII (OStór 6)

Peter Jorgensen (ed.) 2017, ‘Orms þáttr Stórólfssonar 6 (Ásbjǫrn, Ævikviða 3)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 610.

Ásbjǫrn Ævikviða

Annat ‘It used to be different’

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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second

var ‘’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

þá ‘when’

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2. þá (adv.): then

er ‘’

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2. er (conj.): who, which, when

inni ‘inside’

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2. inni (adv.): in, inside, indoors

All ‘We’

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all- ((prefix)): very < allstórr (adj.): very large

stórir ‘mighty ones’

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stórr (adj.): large, great < allstórr (adj.): very large

saman ‘together’

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saman (adv.): together

fórum ‘travelled’

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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel

[2] fórum: so 2845, fóru Flat

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[2] fórum ‘we … travelled’: The reading of 2845 has been chosen here over Flat’s fóru ‘they travelled’, because it accords better with the 1st pers. pl. verbs at OStór 5/3, 9/2, 10/2 and 11/2.

stóð ‘stood’

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standa (verb): stand

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[3] stóð þar upp í stafni ‘stood up there at the prow’: Cf. Egill Lv 3/5^V (Eg 7), standa upp í stafni ‘stand up in the prow’.

þar ‘there’

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þar (adv.): there

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[3] stóð þar upp í stafni ‘stood up there at the prow’: Cf. Egill Lv 3/5^V (Eg 7), standa upp í stafni ‘stand up in the prow’.

upp ‘up’

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upp (adv.): up

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[3] stóð þar upp í stafni ‘stood up there at the prow’: Cf. Egill Lv 3/5^V (Eg 7), standa upp í stafni ‘stand up in the prow’.

í ‘at’

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í (prep.): in, into

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[3] stóð þar upp í stafni ‘stood up there at the prow’: Cf. Egill Lv 3/5^V (Eg 7), standa upp í stafni ‘stand up in the prow’.

stafni ‘the prow’

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stafn (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): prow

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[3] stóð þar upp í stafni ‘stood up there at the prow’: Cf. Egill Lv 3/5^V (Eg 7), standa upp í stafni ‘stand up in the prow’.

Stórólfs ‘of Stórólfr’

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Stórolfr (noun m.): [Stórólfr]

[4] Stórólfs: stórum 2845, stor var 554h βˣ

kennings

inn frækni burr Stórólfs
‘the brave son of Stórólfr ’
= Ormr
the brave son of Stórólfr → Ormr

burr ‘son’

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burr (noun m.; °; -ir): son

[4] burr inn frækni: ‘byr hiä frigðum’ 554h βˣ

kennings

inn frækni burr Stórólfs
‘the brave son of Stórólfr ’
= Ormr
the brave son of Stórólfr → Ormr

inn ‘the’

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2. inn (art.): the

[4] burr inn frækni: ‘byr hiä frigðum’ 554h βˣ

kennings

inn frækni burr Stórólfs
‘the brave son of Stórólfr ’
= Ormr
the brave son of Stórólfr → Ormr

frækni ‘brave’

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frœkn (adj.): brave, bold

[4] burr inn frækni: ‘byr hiä frigðum’ 554h βˣ

kennings

inn frækni burr Stórólfs
‘the brave son of Stórólfr ’
= Ormr
the brave son of Stórólfr → Ormr

þá ‘when’

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2. þá (adv.): then

er ‘’

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2. er (conj.): who, which, when

lang ‘the war’

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langr (adj.; °compar. lengri, superl. lengstr): long < langskip (noun n.): longship

skipum ‘ships’

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skip (noun n.; °-s; -): ship < langskip (noun n.): longship

lagði ‘sailed’

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leggja (verb): put, lay

lundr ‘the tree’

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1. lundr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ar): grove, tree

[6] lundr: ‘lunz’ 2845

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[6] lundr ‘the tree <warrior>’: Commonly the base-word of a kenning for ‘man’ or ‘warrior’, here a half-kenning for ‘man, warrior’. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emends þá er (l. 5) to hjǫrs ‘of the sword’ to give a two-part warrior kenning lund hjǫrs ‘tree of the sword’, but this is unjustified both palaeographically and from the point of view of late skaldic diction, where such half-kennings are common (cf. Meissner 78-80; NN §184 and Faulkes 2011b, 95 n.).

at ‘towards’

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3. at (prep.): at, to

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[6] at Eyrasundi ‘towards the Øresund’: The strait that separates the Danish island of Sjælland from the present-day Swedish province of Skåne.

Eyrasundi ‘the Øresund’

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eyrasund (noun n.; °-s)

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[6] at Eyrasundi ‘towards the Øresund’: The strait that separates the Danish island of Sjælland from the present-day Swedish province of Skåne.

nú ‘now’

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nú (adv.): now

mun ‘will’

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munu (verb): will, must

ek ‘I’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

tældr ‘betrayed’

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tæla (verb): entice

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[7] tældr í tryggðum ‘betrayed under truce’: The reference of this phrase is unknown and does not match the prose context, which gives no indication that Brúsi has lured Ásbjǫrn to his cave on any pretext whatsoever.

í ‘under’

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í (prep.): in, into

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[7] tældr í tryggðum ‘betrayed under truce’: The reference of this phrase is unknown and does not match the prose context, which gives no indication that Brúsi has lured Ásbjǫrn to his cave on any pretext whatsoever.

tryggðum ‘truce’

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tryggð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar): security, oath

notes

[7] tældr í tryggðum ‘betrayed under truce’: The reference of this phrase is unknown and does not match the prose context, which gives no indication that Brúsi has lured Ásbjǫrn to his cave on any pretext whatsoever.

trolla ‘of trolls’

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troll (noun n.; °-s; -): troll

byggðir ‘the dwellings’

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byggð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): dwelling, settlement

kanna ‘explore’

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3. kanna (verb): know, be able

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[1]: See Note to OStór 5/1.

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