Anon Nkt 44II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 44’ 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. 789-90.
Fór ‘went’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
málsnjallr ‘Eloquent’
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málsnjallr (adj.): eloquent
Magnús ‘Magnús’
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2. Magnús (noun m.): Magnús
konungr ‘King ’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
Írlands ‘Ireland’
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Írland (noun n.): [Ireland]
ungr ‘young’
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ungr (adj.): young
notes
[4] ungr ‘young’: Magnús was close to thirty years old when he died (see ÍF 28, 237).
at ‘to ’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
herja ‘harry’
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2. herja (verb): harry, ravage
Varð ‘was’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
ágætr ‘The famous’
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ágætr (adj.; °compar. ágǽtari/ágǽtri, superl. ágǽtastr/ágǽztr): excellent
kennings
Ágætr faðir Eysteins‘The famous father of Eysteinn ’
= Magnús
The famous father of Eysteinn → Magnús
Eysteins ‘of Eysteinn’
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Eysteinn (noun m.): Eysteinn
kennings
Ágætr faðir Eysteins‘The famous father of Eysteinn ’
= Magnús
The famous father of Eysteinn → Magnús
faðir ‘father’
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faðir (noun m.): father
kennings
Ágætr faðir Eysteins‘The famous father of Eysteinn ’
= Magnús
The famous father of Eysteinn → Magnús
fleina ‘of spears’
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fleinn (noun m.; °dat. fleini): spear
kennings
þeiri flaug fleina.‘that flight of spears.’
= BATTLE
that flight of spears. → BATTLE
flaug ‘flight’
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flaug (noun f.): flight
kennings
þeiri flaug fleina.‘that flight of spears.’
= BATTLE
that flight of spears. → BATTLE
felldr ‘killed’
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felldr (adj.): killed
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
þeiri ‘that’
kennings
þeiri flaug fleina.‘that flight of spears.’
= BATTLE
that flight of spears. → BATTLE
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Magnús fell in battle in Ulster on 24 August 1103. See Theodoricus (MHN 63), Ágr (ÍF 29, 46-7), Mork 1928-32, 332-7, Fsk (ÍF 29, 312-15), MberfHkr (ÍF 28, 234-7), Þham Magndr 5.
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