Anon Mhkv 6III
Roberta Frank (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Poems, Málsháttakvæði 6’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1220.
Fylki ‘a prince’
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fylkir (noun m.): leader
skal ‘One shall’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
til ‘for’
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til (prep.): to
frægðar ‘glory’
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frægð (noun f.): fame
hafa ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
fregna ‘to hear’
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1. fregna (verb): hear of
eigum ‘we ought’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
langt ‘from far off’
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langr (adj.; °compar. lengri, superl. lengstr): long
til ‘’
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til (prep.): to
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[2] gafa ‘a fool’: M. nom. sg. gafi ‘buffoon, griffon’: a crux. See LP, LP (1860), AEW: gafi; Fritzner IV: gafe. The word gafi ‘griffon’ translates Lat. gryps ‘griffon’, the four-footed bird of fable, in Stjórn (Unger 1862, 316; Levit XI.12-13). Cf. ON gafi ‘gull’ < Lat. gavia ‘sea-bird’, and especially Isidore, Etym. 12.2.17 on the dreaded gripes, part lion, part eagle, born in the distant Hyperborean mountains, which ‘tear humans apart when they see them’. For gafi ‘buffoon’, cf. OE gaff, gegaf ‘foolish behaviour’, gafspræc ‘gossip, ribaldry’ and saga-proverbs such as in Grettis saga (Gr ch. 59, ÍF 7, 189): spyrja mun þér bezt þykkja við hann at eiga ‘hearsay will be the safest way for you to handle him’; Hœnsa Þóris saga (ch. 6, ÍF 3, 18): spyrja er bezt til váligra þegna ‘it is best only to hear about wicked men’; also Fóstbrœðra saga (Fbr ch. 4, ÍF 6, 137); so Möbius (1874) followed by Wisén (1886-9, I): ‘vir improbus’.
oddar ‘spears’
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oddr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): point of weapon
gerva ‘give’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
jarli ‘to a jarl’
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jarl (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): poet, earl
megin ‘strength’
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1. megin (noun n.; °-s, dat. magni/megni/megin(HirðB 398¹⁹); -): might, strength; very
útsker ‘outer skerries’
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útsker (noun n.): [outer skerries]
verða ‘are’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
af ‘by’
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af (prep.): from
bárum ‘waves’
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1. bára (noun f.; °-u; -ur): wave
þvegin ‘washed’
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þveginn (adj.): [washed]
Ýmsir ‘Many’
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ýmiss (adj.): various, alternate
bjóða ‘offer’
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bjóða (verb; °býðr; bauð, buðu; boðinn (buð- Thom¹ 5²n.)): offer, order, invite
ǫðrum ‘to another’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
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[5] ǫðrum ‘to another’: This could also be pl. (‘to others’).
fár ‘harm’
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2. fár (noun n.; °-s): harm, danger
ormar ‘snakes’
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ormr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): serpent
skríða ‘slither’
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skríða (verb): creep, glide
ór ‘from’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
hamsi ‘their slough’
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hams (noun m.; °dat. -i; dat. *-um): slough
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
vár ‘spring’
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3. vár (noun n.): spring
vel ‘well’
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vel (adv.): well, very
hefr ‘comes off’
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hafa (verb): have
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
líða ‘pass by’
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1. líða (verb): move, glide
lætr ‘lets’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
langar ‘long’
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langr (adj.; °compar. lengri, superl. lengstr): long
eiga ‘have’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
bersi ‘a bear and his kind’
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bersi (noun m.): little bear
nætr ‘nights’
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nátt (noun f.; °náttar/nǽtr, dat. -/-u; nǽtr): night
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[1]: A saying attributed to Magnús berfœttr in Magnúss saga berfœtts (MberfHkr, ÍF 28, 237): til frægðar skal konung hafa, en ekki til langlífis ‘one shall have a king for glory and not for long life’. — [3]: Jarls are depicted here as elsewhere as the prototype of violent behaviour. — [8]: The ‘night of a bear’ is a kenning for winter: cf. HSt Rst 13/1I. Wisén (1886-9, I, 74) emends þeir bersi ‘the bear and his kind’ to bersar ‘bears’.
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