Anon Nkt 55II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 55’ 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. 795.
veit ‘knows’
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1. vita (verb): know
hverr ‘Everyone’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
at ‘’
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4. at (conj.): that
Haraldr ‘Haraldr’
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Haraldr (noun m.): Haraldr
gilli ‘gilli (‘Servant’)’
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gilli (noun m.): servant
notes
[2] gilli ‘(“Servant”)’: Haraldr’s full nickname was gillikristr ‘Servant of Christ’, the first element of which is from OIr. gilla ‘servant’.
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
samfast ‘continuously’
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samfastr (adj.): [continuously]
sex ‘for six’
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sex (num. cardinal): six
vetr ‘years’
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vetr (noun m.; °vetrar/vetrs(HómHauksb³ 173²³), dat. vetri; vetr): winter
konungr ‘king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
lofðung ‘that lord’
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lofðungr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, leader
af ‘of’
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af (prep.): from
lífdǫgum ‘his life’
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lífdagr (noun m.): [his life]
tírarlaust ‘without glory’
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tírarlauss (adj.): [without glory]
tóku ‘deprived’
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2. taka (verb): take
fyrðar ‘men’
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2. fyrðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): man
s ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
at ‘in’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
Krists ‘Krist’
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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ
kirkju ‘kirken’
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kirkja (noun f.): church
jarðaðr ‘buried’
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jarða (verb): bury, inter
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
Bjǫrgyn ‘Bergen’
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Bjǫrgyn (noun f.): [Bergen]
jǫfra ‘of princes’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
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Haraldr gilli Magnússon was murdered in Bergen on 14 December 1136 by his half-brother, Sigurðr slembidjákn Magnússon, and Sigurðr’s men. See Mork 1928-32, 411-13, Fsk (ÍF 29, 327-9), MbHgHkr (ÍF 28, 300-2). Kristkirken (Kristskirkja, Christ’s Church) in Bergen was erected by Óláfr kyrri Haraldsson (see ÍF 28, 204).
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