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.
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
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Óláfr (noun m.): Óláfr
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allr (adj.): all
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3. at (prep.): at, to
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land
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fimm (num. cardinal): five
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3. at (prep.): at, to
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
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Faðmir (noun m.): [snake, Faðmir]
[4] faðmis: ‘fadmnis’ or ‘fadmins’ Flat
[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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1. galli (noun m.): destruction
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
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Eiríkr (noun m.): Eiríkr
[5] Eirekr ‘Eiríkr’: Eiríkr jarl Hákonarson (see sts 22-4), the son of Hákon jarl (see sts 17-18).
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með (prep.): with
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ofrlið (noun n.): overwhelming force
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ræsir (noun m.): ruler
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róma (noun f.): battle
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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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