Anon Nkt 69II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 69’ 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. 803.
Þats ‘It is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
ok ‘also’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
víst ‘certain’
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1. víss (adj.): wise, certain(ly)
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
Jóans ‘the honours’
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Jón (noun m.): John, Jón
verða ‘are’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
metorð ‘of Jón’
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metorð (noun n.): estimate, esteem
mest ‘the greatest’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
Mistar ‘of Mist’
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Mist (noun f.): Mist
kennings
runna Mistar,‘of the shrubs of Mist, ’
= WARRIORS
the shrubs of Mist, → WARRIORS
runna ‘of the shrubs’
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runnr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): bush, tree
kennings
runna Mistar,‘of the shrubs of Mist, ’
= WARRIORS
the shrubs of Mist, → WARRIORS
einarðlynds ‘the faithful-minded one’
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einarðlyndr (adj.): faithful-minded
þars ‘where’
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þars (conj.): where
eigusk ‘have’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
við ‘dealings with each other’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
merkismenn ‘noteworthy men’
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merkismaðr (noun m.): [noteworthy men]
môlum ‘cases’
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1. mál (noun n.; °-s; -): speech, matter
skipta ‘arbitrating’
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skipta (verb): share, divide, exchange
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Although he was never a lawspeaker, Jón Loptsson was the most powerful chieftain in Iceland in his day. His dealings with the Church are described in Oddaverja þáttr (Byskupa sögur 1953, I, 131-54). See also Halldór Hermannsson 1932b.
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