Anon Nkt 16II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 16’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 772.
Þá ‘Then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
hefk ‘I have’
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hafa (verb): have
heyrt ‘heard’
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2. heyra (verb): hear
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
Haraldr ‘Haraldr’
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Haraldr (noun m.): Haraldr
tœki ‘seized’
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2. taka (verb): take
óársæll ‘not blessed with prosperity’
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óársæll (adj.): not blessed with prosperity
jǫrð ‘land’
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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304)): ground, earth
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
ríki ‘realm’
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ríki (noun n.; °-s; -): kingdom, power
Réð ‘ruled’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
Gráfeldr ‘Gráfeldr (‘Grey-cloak’)’
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gráfeldr (noun m.): Grey-cloak
notes
[5] Gráfeldr ‘(“Grey-cloak”)’: Haraldr earned this nickname because he wore a grey cloak of sheepskin, which he had received as a gift from Icel. merchants. See HgráfHkr (ÍF 26, 211-12).
Gunnhildar ‘Gunnhildar’
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Gunnhildr (noun f.): Gunnhildr
son ‘son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
níu ‘for nine’
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níu (num. cardinal): nine
vetr ‘years’
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vetr (noun m.; °vetrar/vetrs(HómHauksb³ 173²³), dat. vetri; vetr): winter
fyr ‘’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
Nóregi ‘Norway’
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Noregr (noun m.): Norway
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Gorms ‘Gormr’s’
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Gormr (noun m.): [Gormr, Gorms]
sonr ‘son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
[9] sonr: ‘sun’ Flat
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
Gull ‘Gull’
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gull (noun n.): gold < Gullharaldr (noun m.)
Haraldr ‘Haraldr (‘Gold-Haraldr’)’
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Haraldr (noun m.): Haraldr < Gullharaldr (noun m.)
nafna ‘namesake’
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nafni (noun m.; °-a; -ar): namesake
sinn ‘their’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
at ‘into’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
nái ‘a corpse’
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ná (noun f.): carrion
gerði ‘turned’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
notes
[12] gerði (3rd pers. pl. pret. subj.) ‘turned into’: Most earlier eds emend to gerðu (3rd pers. pl. pret. indic.). That is unnecessary because both subj. and indic. occur in clauses introduced by áðr ‘before’ (l. 9) (see NS §302 Anm.).
Vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
siklingr ‘The ruler’
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siklingr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, ruler
suðr ‘south’
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2. suðr (adv.): south, in the south
at ‘by’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
Halsi ‘Hals’
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hals (noun m.; °hals, dat. -i; -ar): neck
lífi ‘of his life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
ræntr ‘robbed’
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ræna (verb): rob
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
Limafirði ‘Limfjorden’
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Limafjǫrðr (noun m.): [Limfjorden]
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Þá hefk heyrt, |
Then I have heard that Haraldr, not blessed with prosperity, seized land and realm. Gráfeldr (‘Grey-cloak’) Gunnhildarson ruled Norway for nine years before Gormr’s son and Gull-Haraldr (‘Gold-Haraldr’) turned their namesake into a corpse. The ruler was robbed of his life south by Hals in Limfjorden.
Haraldr Eiríksson was killed by Haraldr Gormsson of Denmark and Gull-Haraldr, a Dan. royal pretender, in Limfjorden, Denmark (c. 976), at the instigation of Hákon jarl. See Theodoricus (MHN 10-11), Ágr (ÍF 29, 14), Fsk (ÍF 29, 107-9), ÓTHkr (ÍF 26, 233-9). The nine years of his reign do not include the six years of struggle for power between the sons of Eiríkr blóðøx and Hákon jarl. ÓTHkr (ÍF 26, 239) and Ágr (ÍF 29, 13) give fifteen years, HN (MHN 107) fourteen years and Theodoricus (MHN 10) has twelve years. See also Ólafía Einarsdóttir 1964, 177-9. — [15-16]: These ll. echo Þjóð Yt 12/3-4I.
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