Anon Nkt 75II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 75’ 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. 806.
Nú ‘Now’
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nú (adv.): now
Krist ‘Christ’
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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
konungs ‘of the king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
notes
[2] spjalli konungs ‘the confidant of the king’: Jón Loptsson was in Norway in 1163, and, according to MErlHkr (ÍF 28, 395), King Magnús Erlingsson acknowledged their kinship. Jón returned to Iceland the following year, but he may have been present at Magnús’s coronation in 1164 (see Hungrv 1953, 28).
spjalli ‘the confidant’
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spjalli (noun m.): confidant
notes
[2] spjalli konungs ‘the confidant of the king’: Jón Loptsson was in Norway in 1163, and, according to MErlHkr (ÍF 28, 395), King Magnús Erlingsson acknowledged their kinship. Jón returned to Iceland the following year, but he may have been present at Magnús’s coronation in 1164 (see Hungrv 1953, 28).
hafi ‘should have’
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hafa (verb): have
allt ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
œskir ‘he wishes’
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œska (noun f.; °-u): youth
sér ‘for himself’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
giptudrjúgr ‘the one of lasting good luck’
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giftudrjúgr (adj.): lasting in good luck
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
guði ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
sjǫlfum ‘himself’
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sjalfr (adj.): self
allan ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
aldr ‘his life’
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aldr (noun m.; °aldrs, dat. aldri; aldrar): life, age
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
unaðs ‘bliss’
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unað (noun n.; °-s): happiness
njóti ‘that he should enjoy’
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njóta (verb): enjoy, use
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