Anon Nkt 19II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 19’ 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. 774.
Missti ‘lacked’
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2. missa (verb): lose, lack
lítt ‘little’
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lítill (adj.; °lítinn): little
sús ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
lǫgum ‘the laws’
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lag (noun n.; °-s; *-): layer; (pl.) law
notes
[2] lǫgum ‘the laws’: Lǫg could also mean ‘law districts, conditions’ (see Fritzner: lǫg). The men who controlled the laws would be men with executive power. Cf. Sigv Berv 12/8 and Note.
stýrði ‘controlled’
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stýra (verb): steer, control
rekka ‘of heroes’
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rekkr (noun m.; °; -ar): man, champion
kind ‘The offspring’
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kind (noun f.; °-ar; -r): offspring, race
notes
[4] ráðs (n. gen. sg.) ‘counsel’: Ráð (nom./acc. sg.) has been emended to agree with the adj. ins bezta ‘the best’ (gen. sg.).
ins ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
bezta ‘best’
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betri (adj. comp.; °superl. beztr/baztr; pos. góðr adj.): better, best
þá ‘’
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2. þá (adv.): then
es ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
norðr ‘north’
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2. norðr (adv.): north
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
Nóregi ‘Norway’
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Noregr (noun m.): Norway
kristinn ‘a Christian’
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kristinn (adj.; °superl. kristnastr): Christian
mann ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
til ‘’
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til (prep.): to
konungs ‘king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
tóku ‘they elected’
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2. taka (verb): take
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Óláfr Tryggvason was elected king of Norway at a general assembly (allsherjarþing) in Trøndelag in 995. See ÓTHkr (ÍF 26, 299). — [1] missti lítt ‘little lacked’: I.e. ‘had the best’. One of several examples of litotes in Nkt (e.g. sts 29/5, 71/4).
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