Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 40’ 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. 787.
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2. taka (verb): take
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friðsamr (adj.): peaceful
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til (prep.): to
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fǫðurleifð (noun f.): patrimony
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
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ársæll (adj.; °-sǽlan; compar. -sǽlli, superl. -sǽlstr): prosperous, season-blessed
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Óláfr (noun m.): Óláfr
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kyrr (adj.): calm, quiet
[4] kyrri ‘(“the Quiet”)’: Óláfr’s nickname is also recorded in Mork (Mork 1928-32, 288) and in ÓlkyrrHkr (ÍF 28, 208). He is also known as bóndi ‘Farmer’ (so Fsk, ÍF 29, 296; ÓlkyrrHkr, ÍF 28, 208). Both nicknames reflect the peace and prosperity of Óláfr’s reign. See also Steinn Óldr.
[5] réð* ‘ruled’: The Flat form of this verb, ræðr, is 3rd pers. sg. pres. indic. (‘rules’), which makes no sense in the context.
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
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grýttr (adj.): stony, graveled
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fold (noun f.): land
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samfast (adv.): [continuously]
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vetr (noun m.; °vetrar/vetrs(HómHauksb³ 173²³), dat. vetri; vetr): winter
[7] ve*tr: vestr Flat
[7] ve*tr ‘years’: Vestr ‘in the west’ (so Flat) makes no sense in the context, and the emendation follows earlier eds.
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sjau (num. cardinal): seven
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
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tuttugu (num. cardinal): twenty
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Óláfr kyrri Haraldsson ruled Norway jointly with his brother Magnús (d. 28 April 1069) for two years and was sole ruler until his death in 1093.
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