Anon Nkt 39II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 39’ 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, pp. 786-7.
Þá ‘Then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
gat ‘begot’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
notes
[1] gat (3rd pers. sg. pret. indic.) ‘begot’: The verb is sg., but the subject is pl. (see Note to st. 25/1). Here the sg. form is necessary because the pl. (gtu) would produce an unmetrical l.
son ‘a son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
Sigurðr ‘Sigurðr’
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Sigurðr (noun m.): Sigurðr
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
Ásta ‘Ásta’
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Ásta (noun f.): Ásta
Haralds ‘Haraldr’s’
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Haraldr (noun m.): Haraldr
heiti ‘name’
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heiti (noun n.): name, promise
átti ‘bore’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
einn ‘alone’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
allvitr ‘very wise’
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allvitr (adj.): [very wise]
konungr ‘king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
víðri ‘the wide’
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víðr (adj.): far
notes
[7] fold* (f. dat. sg.) ‘land’: Foldu (f. dat. sg.) ‘land’ (so Flat) makes the l. one syllable too long. Fold is a f. i-stem (dat. sg. foldu) that could be inflected as an ō-stem in the sg. (fold). For an identical dat. form, see st. 58/5.
vetr ‘years’
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vetr (noun m.; °vetrar/vetrs(HómHauksb³ 173²³), dat. vetri; vetr): winter
tuttugu ‘for twenty’
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tuttugu (num. cardinal): twenty
áðr ‘before’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
herfǫr ‘a war-expedition’
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herfǫr (noun f.): war-expedition
hilmir ‘the lord’
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hilmir (noun m.): prince, protector
gerði ‘made’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
Englands ‘England’
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England (noun n.): England
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
notes
[12] með ofstopa ‘with insolence’: The view emerging from the praise poetry about Haraldr is that some of his campaigns, in particular his final expedition to England, were prompted by ‘an excess of heroism’. See Note to Arn Hardr 12/1, as well as ÞjóðA Lv 11 and Þfagr Sveinn 6/6.
ofstopa ‘insolence’
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ofstopi (noun m.): [insolence]
notes
[12] með ofstopa ‘with insolence’: The view emerging from the praise poetry about Haraldr is that some of his campaigns, in particular his final expedition to England, were prompted by ‘an excess of heroism’. See Note to Arn Hardr 12/1, as well as ÞjóðA Lv 11 and Þfagr Sveinn 6/6.
Felldu ‘killed’
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3. fella (verb): fell, kill
vestr ‘in the west’
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2. vestr (adv.): west, in the west
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
vápn ‘weapon’
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vápn (noun n.; °-s; -): weapon < vápnþruma (noun f.): [weapon-thunder]
kennings
vápnþrumu.‘weapon-thunder.’
= BATTLE
weapon-thunder. → BATTLE
þrumu ‘thunder’
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1. þruma (noun f.; °; -ur): thunder-clap < vápnþruma (noun f.): [weapon-thunder]
kennings
vápnþrumu.‘weapon-thunder.’
= BATTLE
weapon-thunder. → BATTLE
enskir ‘English’
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enskr (adj.): English
menn ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
Óláfs ‘Óláfr’s’
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Óláfr (noun m.): Óláfr
kennings
bróður Óláfs‘Óláfr’s brother ’
= Haraldr
Óláfr’s brother → Haraldr
bróður ‘brother’
kennings
bróður Óláfs‘Óláfr’s brother ’
= Haraldr
Óláfr’s brother → Haraldr
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Sigurðr sýrr married Ásta Guðbrandsdóttir, the widow of Haraldr grenski and the mother of Óláfr inn helgi Haraldsson (S. Óláfr). Haraldr Sigurðarson ruled jointly with his nephew Magnús Óláfsson (d. 1047) for one year, and thereafter he was sole ruler of Norway for nineteen years. He fell at the battle of Stamford Bridge against Harold Godwineson of England on 25 September 1066. His body was brought back to Norway and was buried in Mariekirken (Máríukirkja, the Church of S. Mary) in Trondheim, which Haraldr himself had built (see Theodoricus, MHN 58). When that church was demolished by Archbishop Eysteinn c. 1170, Haraldr’s body was relocated to the Augustinian foundation of Elgeseter (see McDougall and MacDougall 1998, 105 n. 281). See Ágr (ÍF 29, 39-40), Mork 1928-32, 270-8, 284, Fsk (ÍF 29, 280-9), HSigHkr (ÍF 28, 183-91, 198). See also Hharð Lv 13-14, ÞjóðA Lv 10-11, Arn Hardr 7-16, Stúfr Stúfdr 8, Steinn Óldr 1-3, Anon Harst.
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