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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon Nkt 21II

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 21’ 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. 775.

Anonymous PoemsNóregs konungatal
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Óláfr ‘Óláfr’

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Óláfr (noun m.): Óláfr

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alls ‘altogether’

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allr (adj.): all

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at ‘in’

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3. at (prep.): at, to

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landi ‘the country’

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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land

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fimm ‘five’

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fimm (num. cardinal): five

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fimm galla faðmis,
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at ‘’

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3. at (prep.): at, to

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faðmis ‘of the snake’

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Faðmir (noun m.): [snake, Faðmir]

[4] faðmis: ‘fadmnis’ or ‘fadmins’ Flat

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fimm galla faðmis,
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five destructions of the snake → WINTERS

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[4] faðmis (m. gen. sg.) ‘snake’: Skj B and Skald emend ‘fadmnis’ (or ‘fadmins’; the word is difficult to read) to Fáfnis ‘Fáfnir’s’, i.e. the snake killed by Sigurðr the Dragon-slayer (see Fáfn in NK 180-8). In LP (faðmins) Finnur Jónsson regards ‘faðmins’ as a scribal error for faðmnis (gen. of faðmnir). Fáfnir and faðmir are variant forms of Proto-Scandinavian *faðmnir ‘snake’ (lit. ‘the one who encloses’; see AEW: faðmr), and the variant form faðmir also occurs in Háttalykill (RvHbreiðm Hl 7/3III and 47/3III).

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galla ‘destructions’

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1. galli (noun m.): destruction

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fimm galla faðmis,
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áðr ‘before’

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áðr (adv.; °//): before

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Eirekr ‘Eiríkr’

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Eiríkr (noun m.): Eiríkr

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[5] Eirekr ‘Eiríkr’: Eiríkr jarl Hákonarson (see sts 22-4), the son of Hákon jarl (see sts 17-18).

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með ‘with’

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með (prep.): with

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ofrliði ‘an overwhelming host’

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ofrlið (noun n.): overwhelming force

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ræsi ‘ruler’

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ræsir (noun m.): ruler

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rómu ‘battle’

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róma (noun f.): battle

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beiddi ‘offered’

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beiða (verb; °-dd-): ask, request

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Óláfr Tryggvason ruled Norway 995-1000 (or 994-9; see Ólafía Einarsdóttir 1964, 174, 176-8).

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