Ótt Hfl 3I
Matthew Townend (ed.) 2012, ‘Óttarr svarti, Hǫfuðlausn 3’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 745.
Ungr ‘[when] young’
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ungr (adj.): young
hratt ‘you launched’
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1. hrinda (verb): launch, propell
[1] hratt (‘hraztu’): bart J1ˣ, J2ˣ, helt 325VI, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, ‘hreztv’ Bb
á ‘towards’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
vit ‘’
kennings
blakki dreyra vengis‘the steed of the blood of the land ’
= SHIP
the blood of the land → SEA
the steed of the SEA → SHIP
kennings
blakki dreyra vengis‘the steed of the blood of the land ’
= SHIP
the blood of the land → SEA
the steed of the SEA → SHIP
víg ‘Battle’
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víg (noun n.; °-s; -): battle < vígrakkr (adj.): [Battle-bold]
rakkr ‘bold’
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rakkr (adj.; °compar. -ari): bold < vígrakkr (adj.): [Battle-bold]
konungr ‘king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
[2] konungr: á vit 68, konungi Bb, konungr konungr Flat
blakki ‘the steed’
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1. blakkr (noun m.): horse
kennings
blakki dreyra vengis‘the steed of the blood of the land ’
= SHIP
the blood of the land → SEA
the steed of the SEA → SHIP
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
hefr ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
dýrum ‘to splendid’
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dýrr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -str/-astr): precious
þrek ‘valour’
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þrek (noun n.): courage, strength
dreyra ‘of the blood’
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dreyri (noun m.; °-a): blood
[3] dreyra: so Holm2, J1ˣ, J2ˣ, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, 68, 61, 325V, Bb, Flat, Tóm, 325XI 2 i, ‘drøra’ Kˣ, ‘dreyr[…]’ 325VI
kennings
blakki dreyra vengis‘the steed of the blood of the land ’
= SHIP
the blood of the land → SEA
the steed of the SEA → SHIP
dreyra ‘of the blood’
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dreyri (noun m.; °-a): blood
[3] dreyra: so Holm2, J1ˣ, J2ˣ, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, 68, 61, 325V, Bb, Flat, Tóm, 325XI 2 i, ‘drøra’ Kˣ, ‘dreyr[…]’ 325VI
kennings
blakki dreyra vengis‘the steed of the blood of the land ’
= SHIP
the blood of the land → SEA
the steed of the SEA → SHIP
Dan ‘Den’
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Danr (noun m.; °dat. -; -ir): Dane < Danmǫrk (noun f.): [Denmark]
markar ‘mark’
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1. mǫrk (noun f.; °merkr, dat. -u/-; merkr/markir): mark (unit) < Danmǫrk (noun f.): [Denmark]
[4] ‑markar: ‑marka 325V
þik ‘yourself’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
vanðan ‘accustomed’
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2. venja (verb): accustom, train
nýtligust ‘most successful’
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nýtligr (adj.): [most successful]
norðan ‘from the north’
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norðan (adv.): from the north
st ‘you’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[6] núst (‘nu ert’): nú er 78aˣ, Tóm
ríkr ‘are powerful’
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ríkr (adj.): mighty, powerful, rich
af ‘on account of’
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af (prep.): from
hvǫt ‘boldness’
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hvǫt (noun f.; °; dat. -um): boldness
[6] hvǫt: corrected from ‘for’ in a later hand 61, ‘hnod’ Tóm
slíkri ‘such’
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2. slíkr (adj.): such
til ‘about’
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til (prep.): to
þess ‘this’
fóruð ‘you travelled’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
fǫr ‘journey’
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fǫr (noun f.): journey, fate; movement
þín ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
konungr ‘King’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
gǫrva ‘clearly’
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gǫrva (adv.): fully
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Battle-bold king, you launched [when] young the steed of the blood of the land [SEA > SHIP] towards Denmark; you have accustomed yourself to splendid valour. King, your journey from the north became most successful; I heard clearly about this, that you travelled; now you are powerful on account of such boldness.
When the twelve-year-old Óláfr first goes to sea as a viking, he and his men sail east along the coast and to Denmark.
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