Ásb Ævkv 4VIII (OStór 7)
Peter Jorgensen (ed.) 2017, ‘Orms þáttr Stórólfssonar 7 (Ásbjǫrn, Ævikviða 4)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 611.
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
Ormr ‘Ormr’
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Ormr (noun m.): Ormr
at ‘to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
Hildar ‘of Hildr’
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2. Hildr (noun f.): Hildr
kennings
stormi Hildar‘the storm of Hildr ’
= BATTLE
the storm of Hildr → BATTLE
stormi ‘the storm’
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stormr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): storm
kennings
stormi Hildar‘the storm of Hildr ’
= BATTLE
the storm of Hildr → BATTLE
gekk ‘went’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
gráðgum ‘to the greedy’
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gráðugr (adj.; °gráðugan/gráðgan; superl. gráðugastr/gráðgastr): [greedy, to greedy]
[3] gráðgum: ‘af bräkuðum’ 554h βˣ
kennings
gráðgum blakki Geitis‘to the greedy horse of Geitir. ’
= WOLF
to the greedy horse of Geitir. → WOLF
notes
[2-3] gráðgum blakki Geitis ‘to the greedy horse of Geitir <giant> [WOLF]’: Usually determinants of wolf-kennings of this type are names for giantesses rather than male giants. Geitir is given as the name of one of Ásbjǫrn’s companions in OStór 10/8. It appears as a giant name in Þul Jotna I 3/3III and as a sea-king name in Þul Sækonunga 1/7III.
blakki ‘horse’
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1. blakkr (noun m.): horse
kennings
gráðgum blakki Geitis‘to the greedy horse of Geitir. ’
= WOLF
to the greedy horse of Geitir. → WOLF
notes
[2-3] gráðgum blakki Geitis ‘to the greedy horse of Geitir <giant> [WOLF]’: Usually determinants of wolf-kennings of this type are names for giantesses rather than male giants. Geitir is given as the name of one of Ásbjǫrn’s companions in OStór 10/8. It appears as a giant name in Þul Jotna I 3/3III and as a sea-king name in Þul Sækonunga 1/7III.
kennings
gráðgum blakki Geitis‘to the greedy horse of Geitir. ’
= WOLF
to the greedy horse of Geitir. → WOLF
notes
[2-3] gráðgum blakki Geitis ‘to the greedy horse of Geitir <giant> [WOLF]’: Usually determinants of wolf-kennings of this type are names for giantesses rather than male giants. Geitir is given as the name of one of Ásbjǫrn’s companions in OStór 10/8. It appears as a giant name in Þul Jotna I 3/3III and as a sea-king name in Þul Sækonunga 1/7III.
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
veita ‘give’
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2. veita (verb): grant, give
rómu ‘battle’
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róma (noun f.): battle
dökkri ‘dark’
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døkkr (adj.; °-van; compar. -vari/-ari/-ri, superl. -vastr/-astr): dark
raun ‘very’
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raun (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): ordeal, proof, experience < raunmargr (adj.)
[6] raun‑: ‘run’ 2845
margan ‘many a’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many < raunmargr (adj.)
vargi ‘the wolf’
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vargr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): wolf
seggr ‘warrior’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
sárt ‘hard’
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sárr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): sore, painful; wounded
höggva ‘blows’
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hǫgg (noun n.; °-s, dat. hǫggvi/hǫggi; -): blow
[7] nam höggva: ‘mun sǫggva’ 554h βˣ
at ‘at’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
notes
[8] at minni Ífu ‘at the mouth of the Ífa’: The river Ífa is unknown and is otherwise only mentioned in Anon Krm 4/5. The form minni ‘mouth, estuary’ is a late alternative to mynni, with the same meaning.
notes
[8] at minni Ífu ‘at the mouth of the Ífa’: The river Ífa is unknown and is otherwise only mentioned in Anon Krm 4/5. The form minni ‘mouth, estuary’ is a late alternative to mynni, with the same meaning.
minni ‘the mouth’
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1. minni (noun n.; °-s; -): memory
notes
[8] at minni Ífu ‘at the mouth of the Ífa’: The river Ífa is unknown and is otherwise only mentioned in Anon Krm 4/5. The form minni ‘mouth, estuary’ is a late alternative to mynni, with the same meaning.
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