Anon Nkt 54II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 54’ 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. 794-5.
Þeir ‘Those’
[1] Þeir *: þeir mjǫk Flat
rógsamt ‘a discordant’
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rógsamr (adj.): [a discordant]
ríki ‘reign’
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ríki (noun n.; °-s; -): kingdom, power
hǫfðu ‘had’
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hafa (verb): have
nánir ‘close’
frændr ‘kinsmen’
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frændi (noun m.): kinsman, male relative
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
Nóregi ‘Norway’
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Noregr (noun m.): Norway
Allt ‘Everything’
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allr (adj.): all
fór ‘went’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
verr ‘worse’
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4. verr (adv.): worse
an ‘than’
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2. an (conj.): than
vesa ‘have’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
skyldi ‘it should’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
galt ‘paid’
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1. gjalda (verb): pay, repay
margr ‘many’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
á ‘’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
meðal ‘between’
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meðal (prep.): between
þeira ‘them’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
unz ‘until’
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2. unz (conj.): until
Magnús ‘Magnús’
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2. Magnús (noun m.): Magnús
missti ‘lost’
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2. missa (verb): lose, lack
beggja ‘both’
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báðir (pron.; °gen. beggja (báðra), nom./acc. n. bǽði): both
sœmðarlaust ‘without honour’
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sœmðarlauss (adj.): [without honour]
sigrs ‘victory’
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sigr (noun m.; °sigrs/sigrar, dat. sigri; sigrar): victory
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
heilsu ‘health’
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1. heilsa (noun f.; °-u): health
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The joint reign of Haraldr gilli and his nephew, Magnús inn blindi, was turbulent. Shortly after Christmas 1134 Haraldr captured Magnús in Bergen, blinded and castrated him, and cut off one of his legs. See Mork 1928-32, 401-2, Fsk (ÍF 29, 324-6), MbHgHkr (ÍF 28, 285-8). See also Hskv Hardr 1, 4, ESk Hardr II, 2. — [1] mjǫk ‘very’ (so Flat): The intensifier makes the l. hypermetrical and has been omitted in accordance with earlier eds.
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