Blakkr Lv 1II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Blakkr, Lausavísur 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, p. 649.
Reisum ‘Let’s raise’
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rísa (verb): rise, raise
fyr ‘before’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
vísa ‘the leader’
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vísi (noun m.; °-a): leader
Verum ‘Let’s be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
þungir ‘hostile’
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þungr (adj.): heavy
Kuflungum ‘to the Kuflungar’
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kuflungr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): one of the Kuflungar
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[2] Kuflungum ‘the Kuflungar’: The followers of the royal pretender Jón kuflungr ‘Monk’ lit. ‘the cowled one’ (d. 1188), who claimed to be the son of King Ingi Haraldsson (d. 1161).
Lǫtum ‘Let’s make’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
brýndan ‘the sharpened’
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brýna (verb; °-nd-): sharpen, whet
hjǫr ‘sword’
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hjǫrr (noun m.): sword
bíta ‘bite’
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bíta (verb; °bítr; beit, bitu; bitinn): bite
Bolum ‘Let’s chop’
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bola (verb; °-að-): [Let chop]
tafn ‘carrion’
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tafn (noun n.; °-s; *-): carrion
kló ‘the claw’
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kló (noun f.; °-; klǿr): claw
hrafni ‘of the raven’
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hrafn (noun m.; °hrafns; dat. hrafni; hrafnar): raven
fjanda ‘of enemies to flight’
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fjándi (noun m.; °-a; fjándr/fjándar/fjándir): enemy, devil
flokki ‘the flock’
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flokkr (noun m.): group, flock
Friðum ‘Let’s pacify’
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friða (verb): pacify
land ‘land’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land
jǫfurs ‘the prince’s’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
brandi ‘with the sword’
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brandr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sword, prow; fire
Rjóðum ‘Let’s redden’
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rjóða (verb): to redden
dǫrr ‘spears’
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dǫrr (noun m.): spear
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[7] dǫrr ‘spears’: See Note to Gísl Magnkv 12/8.
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
dreyra ‘gore’
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dreyri (noun m.; °-a): blood
Drepum ‘Let’s kill’
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drepa (verb; °drepr; drap, drápu; drepinn): kill, strike
meira ‘the greater’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
[8] meira hlut þeira: þeira lið fleira Flat
hlut ‘part’
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hlutr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -i/-u): part, thing
[8] meira hlut þeira: þeira lið fleira Flat
þeira ‘of them’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[8] meira hlut þeira: þeira lið fleira Flat
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Reisum vé fyr vísa! |
Let’s raise banners before the leader! Let’s be hostile to the Kuflungar! Let’s make the sharpened sword bite! Let’s chop carrion beneath the claw of the raven! Let’s put the flock of enemies to flight! Let’s pacify the prince’s land with the sword! Let’s redden spears in gore! Let’s kill the greater part of them!
During the summer of 1187, Jón kuflungr and his men again travel north to Trondheim with a large fleet to attempt to catch Sverrir and the Birkibeinar unawares (for the previous expedition, see Nefari Lv). Sverrir sets sail south to meet them, and Blakkr, who was among Sverrir’s men on this occasion, recites this st.
The metre is áttmælt ‘eight-times spoken’ (see SnSt Ht 10III, SnE 1999, 9), in which a st. contains eight independent clauses, each of which occupies one l. — For a similar cry to battle from the faction of the Kuflungar, see Nefari Lv above. Blakkr clearly imitates the content and style of Nefari’s st., which was composed the year before. — [3] lǫtum ‘let’s’: See Note to Nefari Lv ll. 3, 7.
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