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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Mark Frag 2III/2 — baztan ‘to be the best’

Hjartfœrra veit harri
hreinvazta sik baztan.

Harri hjartfœrra hreinvazta veit sik baztan.

The lord of deer-traversed reindeer-seas [EARTH > RULER] knows himself to be the best.

notes

[1, 2] veit sik baztan ‘knows himself to be the best’: This formula also occurs in the split refrain (klofastef) of Steinn ÓldrII (for that refrain, see Note to Steinn Óldr 1/8II).

grammar

Strong form: in -r

note the u-mutation in certain forms

masc.fem.neut.
sing. N
A
G
D
langr
langan
langs
lǫngum
lǫng
langa
langrar
langri
langt
langt
langs
lǫngu
pl. N
A
G
D
langir
langa
langra
lǫngum
langar
langar
langra
lǫngum
lǫng
lǫng
langra
lǫngum
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