Stúfsdrápa §
Edited by Kari Ellen Gade
Mægð ‘the marriage’
mægð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): kinship by marriage
[1] mægð ‘the marriage’: Lit. ‘in-lawship’. This refers to Haraldr’s ties to Jaroslav.
Closegat ‘got’
2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
Closeǫðlingr ‘monarch’
ǫðlingr (noun m.; °; -ar): prince, ruler
[1] ǫðlingr ‘monarch’: The Hkr variant allvaldr Egða ‘the mighty ruler of the Egðir’ is equally possible but could have been occasioned by the attempt to improve the internal rhyme (-ægð : Egð- rather than -ægð : eig-).
Closemildr ‘generous’
mildr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): mild, gentle, gracious, generous
Closegauta ‘of the people’
[3] spjalli gauta ‘the confidant of the people [KING]’: The Hkr variant spjalli gumna ‘the confidant of the people’ is possible both metrically and syntactically. The variant gumna ‘of the people’ could have been chosen because it is less ambiguous than gauta ‘of the people’, which could have been understood as the ethnic Gauta ‘of the Gautar’ (Haraldr was not the confidant of the Swed. Gautar) or as m. gen. sg. of the Óðinn-heiti Gauti. See LP: Gautar; Gautr 1; Gauti.
Closespjalli ‘the confidant’
nom.
[3] spjalli gauta ‘the confidant of the people [KING]’: The Hkr variant spjalli gumna ‘the confidant of the people’ is possible both metrically and syntactically. The variant gumna ‘of the people’ could have been chosen because it is less ambiguous than gauta ‘of the people’, which could have been understood as the ethnic Gauta ‘of the Gautar’ (Haraldr was not the confidant of the Swed. Gautar) or as m. gen. sg. of the Óðinn-heiti Gauti. See LP: Gautar; Gautr 1; Gauti.
Closedóttur ‘daughter’
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