Anon Nkt 67II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 67’ 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. 801-2.
dǫglings ‘of the monarch’
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dǫglingr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, ruler
dóttir ‘The daughter’
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dóttir (noun f.; °dóttur, dat. dóttur/dǿtr/dóttir, acc. dóttur/dóttir, nom. dóttir/dóttur; dǿtr, gen. dǿtra (cf. [$1592$])): daughter
Þóra ‘Þóra’
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Þóra (noun f.): Þóra
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
gipt ‘married’
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2. gifta (verb): marry
gǫfgum ‘to a noble’
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gǫfugr (adj.; °gǫfgan/gǫfugan; compar. gǫfgari/gǫfugri, superl. gǫfgastr/gǫfugstr/gǫfugastr): noble, glorious
manni ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
Allra ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
helzt ‘above’
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heldr (adv.): rather
sús ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
Jóan ‘to Jón’
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Jón (noun m.): John, Jón
fœddi ‘gave birth’
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2. fœða (verb): to feed, give food to, bring up, bear, give birth to
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
sonsæl ‘son-blessed’
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sonsæll (adj.): [son-blessed]
systir ‘The sister’
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systir (noun f.; °systur; systur): sister
jǫfra ‘of princes’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
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At this point, the poet has ‘come down close to the whale’, so to speak (see Note to st. 2/1-4), and the remainder of the poem focuses on the family of the Oddaverjar. He also reverts to the style of st. 1, with concatenations of non-verbal elements obliterating the helmingr boundaries (e.g. allra helzt ‘above all’ (l. 5); cf. sts 1/5 and 68/7). — [1] *: Ein (f. nom. sg) ‘one’ (so Flat) makes the l. unmetrical, and the numeral has been omitted in accordance with most earlier eds.
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