Stúfsdrápa §

Gekk ‘went’

2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go

sem ‘like’

sem (conj.): as, which

vind ‘the wind’

1. vindr (noun m.; °-s/-ar; -ar): wind

sás ‘who’

sás (conj.): the one who

vættki ‘not at all’

vættki (noun n.; °vettugis/vettergis, dat. vettugi): nothing

[1] vættki ‘not at all’: Most earlier eds emend to vekki ‘not at all’ to achieve internal rhyme (so Skj B; ÍF 29), but this assimilation occurred considerably later (see ANG §274.1).

varðandi ‘The warden’

nom.

varðandi (noun m.): defender, warden, guardian

fjǫr ‘life’

fjǫr (noun n.): life

sparði ‘heeded’

2. spara (verb): spare, withhold

geira ‘of spears’’

geirr (noun m.): spear

geira ‘of spears’’

geirr (noun m.): spear

regns ‘rain’

gen.

regn (noun n.; °-s; -): rain

regns ‘rain’

gen.

regn (noun n.; °-s; -): rain

í ‘’

í (prep.): in, into

gǫgnum ‘through’

gegnum (prep.): through

glaðr ‘exultant’

2. glaðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): cheerful, glad

orrostu ‘battle’

orrusta (noun f.; °-u; -ur): battle

[4] orrostu (f. dat. sg.) ‘battle’: Orrostur (f. nom. or acc. pl.) ‘battles’ (so Mork, H, FskBˣ) is ungrammatical (the prep. í gǫgnum ‘through’ takes the dat.).

þaðra ‘there’

þaðra (adv.): there

Gramr ‘prince’

1. gramr (noun m.): ruler

flýðit ‘fled’

flýja (verb): to flee, take flight

sá ‘that’

1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

síðan ‘Later’

síðan (adv.): later, then

[5] síðan ‘then’: Skj B takes this adv. with the following cl., which creates a more convoluted w. o. (see NN §806) and violates the w. o. in an independent cl. (the finite verb must appear in syntactic positions 1 or 2).

sœm ‘fitting’

sœmr (adj.): fitting

[6] eru sœm of dœmi þess ‘there are fitting proofs of that’: So Hr, which offers the best reading. Ef eru sœm dœmi þess ‘if there are fitting proofs of that’ (so Mork, H) makes little sense. That also holds true for the FskAˣ variant (ef væri sœm dœmi þess ‘if there were fitting proofs of that’), which, in addition, is hypermetrical. The Flat variant must represent an attempt to restore the meaning (en eru sœm dœmi þess ‘and there are fitting proofs of that’).

eru ‘there are’

2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

[6] eru sœm of dœmi þess ‘there are fitting proofs of that’: So Hr, which offers the best reading. Ef eru sœm dœmi þess ‘if there are fitting proofs of that’ (so Mork, H) makes little sense. That also holds true for the FskAˣ variant (ef væri sœm dœmi þess ‘if there were fitting proofs of that’), which, in addition, is hypermetrical. The Flat variant must represent an attempt to restore the meaning (en eru sœm dœmi þess ‘and there are fitting proofs of that’).

þess ‘of that’

1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

[6] eru sœm of dœmi þess ‘there are fitting proofs of that’: So Hr, which offers the best reading. Ef eru sœm dœmi þess ‘if there are fitting proofs of that’ (so Mork, H) makes little sense. That also holds true for the FskAˣ variant (ef væri sœm dœmi þess ‘if there were fitting proofs of that’), which, in addition, is hypermetrical. The Flat variant must represent an attempt to restore the meaning (en eru sœm dœmi þess ‘and there are fitting proofs of that’).

of ‘’

3. of (prep.): around, from; too

[6] eru sœm of dœmi þess ‘there are fitting proofs of that’: So Hr, which offers the best reading. Ef eru sœm dœmi þess ‘if there are fitting proofs of that’ (so Mork, H) makes little sense. That also holds true for the FskAˣ variant (ef væri sœm dœmi þess ‘if there were fitting proofs of that’), which, in addition, is hypermetrical. The Flat variant must represent an attempt to restore the meaning (en eru sœm dœmi þess ‘and there are fitting proofs of that’).

dœmi ‘proofs’

dœmi (noun n.; °-s; -): judgement, example

[6] eru sœm of dœmi þess ‘there are fitting proofs of that’: So Hr, which offers the best reading. Ef eru sœm dœmi þess ‘if there are fitting proofs of that’ (so Mork, H) makes little sense. That also holds true for the FskAˣ variant (ef væri sœm dœmi þess ‘if there were fitting proofs of that’), which, in addition, is hypermetrical. The Flat variant must represent an attempt to restore the meaning (en eru sœm dœmi þess ‘and there are fitting proofs of that’).

éls ‘of the storm’

él (noun n.; °; dat. -um): storm

[7] und erkistóli éls ‘under the archiepiscopal seat of the storm [HEAVEN]’: It is interesting that this poem is much more strongly Christian in tenor than the other poems about Haraldr (see also the content of the klofastef ‘split refrain’). Stúfr’s grandmother, Guðrún Ósvífrsdóttir, is said to have been the first nun and anchoress in Iceland (see ÍF 5, 228), and it could well be that Stúfr grew up in a pious environment.

und ‘under’

3. und (prep.): under, underneath

[7] und erkistóli éls ‘under the archiepiscopal seat of the storm [HEAVEN]’: It is interesting that this poem is much more strongly Christian in tenor than the other poems about Haraldr (see also the content of the klofastef ‘split refrain’). Stúfr’s grandmother, Guðrún Ósvífrsdóttir, is said to have been the first nun and anchoress in Iceland (see ÍF 5, 228), and it could well be that Stúfr grew up in a pious environment.

erki ‘the archiepiscopal’

erki- ((prefix)): arch- < erkistóll (noun m.): archbishopric

[7] und erkistóli éls ‘under the archiepiscopal seat of the storm [HEAVEN]’: It is interesting that this poem is much more strongly Christian in tenor than the other poems about Haraldr (see also the content of the klofastef ‘split refrain’). Stúfr’s grandmother, Guðrún Ósvífrsdóttir, is said to have been the first nun and anchoress in Iceland (see ÍF 5, 228), and it could well be that Stúfr grew up in a pious environment.

stóli ‘seat’

dat.

1. stóll (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): seat, throne < erkistóll (noun m.): archbishopric

[7] und erkistóli éls ‘under the archiepiscopal seat of the storm [HEAVEN]’: It is interesting that this poem is much more strongly Christian in tenor than the other poems about Haraldr (see also the content of the klofastef ‘split refrain’). Stúfr’s grandmother, Guðrún Ósvífrsdóttir, is said to have been the first nun and anchoress in Iceland (see ÍF 5, 228), and it could well be that Stúfr grew up in a pious environment.

eld ‘fire’

eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹‰(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire

né ‘nor’

né (conj.): nor

jarn ‘iron’

járn (noun n.; °-s; -): iron, weapon

[8] it fellda jarn ‘the pure iron’: Felldr is the p. p. of the weak verb fella ‘purify iron’ (Fritzner: fellujarn; Falk 1914, 1-2). Finnur Jónsson suggests ‘the drawn sword’ (LP: fella 2; so also ÍF 29), which is not immediately obvious.

it ‘the’

2. inn (art.): the

[8] it fellda jarn ‘the pure iron’: Felldr is the p. p. of the weak verb fella ‘purify iron’ (Fritzner: fellujarn; Falk 1914, 1-2). Finnur Jónsson suggests ‘the drawn sword’ (LP: fella 2; so also ÍF 29), which is not immediately obvious.

fellda ‘pure’

felldr (adj.): killed

[8] it fellda jarn ‘the pure iron’: Felldr is the p. p. of the weak verb fella ‘purify iron’ (Fritzner: fellujarn; Falk 1914, 1-2). Finnur Jónsson suggests ‘the drawn sword’ (LP: fella 2; so also ÍF 29), which is not immediately obvious.