Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 72’ 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. 804-5.
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2. en (conj.): but, and
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Sæmundr (noun m.): Sæmundr
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
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1. vita (verb): know
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Sigfúss (noun m.): Sigfúss
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
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snilli (noun f.): eloquence
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jafnan (adv.): always
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faðir (noun m.): father
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Loftr (noun m.): [Loptr, loft]
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sás (conj.): the one who
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firar (noun m.): men
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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think
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hǫfuðsmaðr (noun m.): leader
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2. við (prep.): with, against
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hlutr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -i/-u): part, thing
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allr (adj.): all
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Sæmundr Sigfússon (1054/6-1133) was one of the most learned men in Iceland in his day. He studied in France (or the Rhineland; see Foote 1975, 67-70) and returned to Iceland in 1076. He was a priest and presumably the founder of the school at Oddi. See Halldór Hermannsson 1932b.
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