Anon (Knýtl) 1II
Kari Ellen Gade and Diana Whaley (eds) 2009, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísa from Knýtlinga saga 1’ 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, pp. 826-7.
Stundum ‘are pondering’
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stunda (verb): proceed
[1] Stundum: so 20b I, 180b, Stundu JÓ, 20dˣ, 873ˣ
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[1] vér stundum til stikka ‘we are pondering a poem’: Stunda til e-s lit. means ‘look for sth., long for sth.’ (see Fritzner: stunda, stunda til).
vér ‘We’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
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[1] vér stundum til stikka ‘we are pondering a poem’: Stunda til e-s lit. means ‘look for sth., long for sth.’ (see Fritzner: stunda, stunda til).
til ‘’
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til (prep.): to
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[1] vér stundum til stikka ‘we are pondering a poem’: Stunda til e-s lit. means ‘look for sth., long for sth.’ (see Fritzner: stunda, stunda til).
stikka ‘a poem’
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stikk (noun n.): cloak-pin (?), poem
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[1] stikka ‘poem’: Used here as a generic term for ‘poem’ (see LP: stikki; NN §§2095, 2324). In Ht stikkalag ‘needle metre’ (?) is the name of a metre in which the main stave in the even ll. occurs further back than position 1 (SnE 1999, 38, 145). That is the case in the present st., which conforms structurally to SnSt Ht 67III háttlausa ‘lack of form’ (SnE 1999, 29). See also Anon Harst. — [1] vér stundum til stikka ‘we are pondering a poem’: Stunda til e-s lit. means ‘look for sth., long for sth.’ (see Fritzner: stunda, stunda til).
stikka ‘a poem’
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stikk (noun n.): cloak-pin (?), poem
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[1] stikka ‘poem’: Used here as a generic term for ‘poem’ (see LP: stikki; NN §§2095, 2324). In Ht stikkalag ‘needle metre’ (?) is the name of a metre in which the main stave in the even ll. occurs further back than position 1 (SnE 1999, 38, 145). That is the case in the present st., which conforms structurally to SnSt Ht 67III háttlausa ‘lack of form’ (SnE 1999, 29). See also Anon Harst. — [1] vér stundum til stikka ‘we are pondering a poem’: Stunda til e-s lit. means ‘look for sth., long for sth.’ (see Fritzner: stunda, stunda til).
styrr ‘strife’
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styrr (noun m.; °dat. -): battle
vex ‘grows’
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vaxa (verb): grow, increase
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
Danmǫrku ‘Denmark’
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Danmǫrk (noun f.): [Denmark]
esat ‘are not’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
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[3] esat (3rd pers. sg. pres. ind.) ‘are not’: Lit. ‘is not’. We should have expected a pl. form of the verb (erut ‘are not’; see NN §2741), especially since it directly precedes the subject (see NS §66 Anm. 3). All the mss have the sg., however, and similar constructions are attested in poetry (see ÍF 2, 231 n. c and Egill Lv 41/6V).
Sveins ‘Sveinn’s’
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2. Sveinn (noun m.): Sveinn
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[3] synir Sveins ‘Sveinn’s sons’: For Sveinn Úlfsson, see ‘Royal Biographies’ in Introduction to this vol.
synir ‘sons’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
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[3] synir Sveins ‘Sveinn’s sons’: For Sveinn Úlfsson, see ‘Royal Biographies’ in Introduction to this vol.
sáttir ‘reconciled’
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sáttr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): reconciled, at peace
at ‘after’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
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[4] at dauðan fǫður sinn ‘after their father’s death’: Lit. ‘after their dead father’.
sinn ‘their’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
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[4] at dauðan fǫður sinn ‘after their father’s death’: Lit. ‘after their dead father’.
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[4] at dauðan fǫður sinn ‘after their father’s death’: Lit. ‘after their dead father’.
dauðan ‘death’
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2. dauðr (adj.): dead
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[4] at dauðan fǫður sinn ‘after their father’s death’: Lit. ‘after their dead father’.
Haraldr ‘Haraldr’
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Haraldr (noun m.): Haraldr
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[5] Haraldr: Haraldr hein ‘Hone’ Sveinsson (r. 1074-80).
skal ‘must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
vígi ‘in battle’
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víg (noun n.; °-s; -): battle
verja ‘protect’
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3. verja (verb): defend
þás ‘now’
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þás (conj.): when
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[6] þás ‘now’: For this meaning, see LP: þá 2.
vel ‘suitably’
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vel (adv.): well, very
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[6] vel tamiðr ‘suitably prepared’: Lit. ‘well-tamed’.
tamiðr ‘prepared’
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tamiðr (adj./verb p.p.): accustomed, tamed
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[6] vel tamiðr ‘suitably prepared’: Lit. ‘well-tamed’.
stikki ‘the poem’
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stikk (noun n.): cloak-pin (?), poem
jǫrð ‘the land’
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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304)): ground, earth
af ‘with’
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af (prep.): from
œrnu ‘plenty’
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1. ǫrn (noun m.; °arnar, dat. erni; ernir, acc. ǫrnu): eagle
magni ‘of power’
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magn (noun n.; °-s): strength
fyr ‘against’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
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[8] fyr ellifu brœðrum ‘against eleven brothers’: These are the sons of Sveinn Úlfsson, being Knútr helgi ‘the Saint’ (r. 1080-6), Óláfr hungr ‘Hunger’ (r. 1086-95), Sveinn, Eiríkr inn góði ‘the Good’ (r. 1095-1103), Sigurðr, Benedikt, Bjǫrn, Guthormr, Eymundr, Nikulás (r. 1103-34) and Úlfr (or Ubbi). See ÍF 35, 135 and n. 1. See also Saxo 2005, II, 11, 7, 1, pp. 18-19.
ellifu ‘eleven’
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ellifu (num. cardinal): eleven
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[8] fyr ellifu brœðrum ‘against eleven brothers’: These are the sons of Sveinn Úlfsson, being Knútr helgi ‘the Saint’ (r. 1080-6), Óláfr hungr ‘Hunger’ (r. 1086-95), Sveinn, Eiríkr inn góði ‘the Good’ (r. 1095-1103), Sigurðr, Benedikt, Bjǫrn, Guthormr, Eymundr, Nikulás (r. 1103-34) and Úlfr (or Ubbi). See ÍF 35, 135 and n. 1. See also Saxo 2005, II, 11, 7, 1, pp. 18-19.
brœðrum ‘brothers’
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[8] fyr ellifu brœðrum ‘against eleven brothers’: These are the sons of Sveinn Úlfsson, being Knútr helgi ‘the Saint’ (r. 1080-6), Óláfr hungr ‘Hunger’ (r. 1086-95), Sveinn, Eiríkr inn góði ‘the Good’ (r. 1095-1103), Sigurðr, Benedikt, Bjǫrn, Guthormr, Eymundr, Nikulás (r. 1103-34) and Úlfr (or Ubbi). See ÍF 35, 135 and n. 1. See also Saxo 2005, II, 11, 7, 1, pp. 18-19.
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The st. describes the dissent between Sveinn Úlfsson’s sons after his death (1074/76).
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