Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 53’ 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. 794.
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nú (adv.): now
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
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heldr (adv.): rather
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svát (conj.): so that, so as
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halla (verb): turn sideways, sway, lean
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2. taka (verb): take
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ævilok (noun n.): [death]
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
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telja (verb): tell, count
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2. heita (verb): be called, promise
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2. Magnús (noun m.): Magnús
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mǫgr (noun m.; °; megir, acc. mǫgu): son, boy
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Sigurðr (noun m.): Sigurðr
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heiftargjarn (adj.): vengeance-eager
[7] heiptargjarn ‘the vengeance-eager’: See Note to st. 11/3. Magnús could indeed be characterised as ‘vengeance-eager’ because he had been mutilated by Haraldr gilli (see the next st.).
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2. en (conj.): but, and
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Haraldr (noun m.): Haraldr
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[3] ævilok ‘deaths’: See Note to st. 18/3.
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