Re: [norse_course] Need help: Eireks saga víðförla

Hi I have come up against that odd little letter am o with a squiggle - cannot do that one so I'll do an ö

Right that's that settled

In the Glossary of the New Introduction to Old Norse it gives for vextr see vöxtr went there and found

vöxtr ( gen - vaxtar)dat.sing vexti - in size at vexti in shape

so might it be that since drengiligr - certainly given here as Valiant the phrase you give

drengiligr í vexti. signifies some one of Noble or Valiant proportions or of appearance, it could be saying he was of such noble appearance that he looked like he was made to commemorate something

I trust this helps

Patricia

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From: kunphuzil

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Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 6:18 AM

Subject: [norse_course] Need help: Eireks saga víðförla - Chapter 1

I am working through the Haukur's glossed version of Eireks saga víðförla and I got to this line: Hann var rammr at afli, frækn ok framr at öllu, drengiligr í vexti. But the glosses stop at öllu. I believe drengligr is "brave" but I cannot find "vextr" or "vext" in Zoëga's dictionary. Does anyone know what this means? Thanks for the help! This list sure is valuable.

Re: [norse_course] Need help: Eireks saga víðförla - Chapter 1