Sigv Austv 8I
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Austrfararvísur 8’ 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. 594.
Mista ‘missed [felt the want of]’
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mista (verb): lose
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
fór ‘’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
ek ‘’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
fór ‘’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
fyr ‘’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
[1] fyr: so 972ˣ, 325VI, 68, 61, Holm4, 325VII, Flat, Tóm, Kˣ, Bb, fór Holm2, er ek fór R686ˣ, 75a
aistan ‘’
skógs ‘’
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skógr (noun m.; °-ar/-s, dat. -i; -ar): forest < Eiðaskógr (noun m.)
skóg ‘Eidskogen’
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skógr (noun m.; °-ar/-s, dat. -i; -ar): forest < Eiðaskógr (noun m.)
[2] ‑skóg: ‑skógs R686ˣ, 972ˣ, 75a, Flat
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
leiðum ‘’
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leið (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir/-ar): path, way
leiðu ‘the way’
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leið (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir/-ar): path, way
[2] leiðu: leiðum 73aˣ, 61, Flat
osta ‘’
Ásta ‘’
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Ásta (noun f.): Ásta
Ôstu ‘Ásta’s’
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Ásta (noun f.): Ásta
[3] Ôstu: so 325VI, 73aˣ, 68, 61, Holm4, Flat, Tóm, Kˣ, Ásta Holm2, R686ˣ, 972ˣ, 325VII, Bb, ‘osta’ 75a
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[3] bús Ôstu ‘Ásta’s farm’: (a) The reference seems to be to Ásta, King Óláfr’s mother, and hence to the king’s hospitality. Judging from ÓHLeg (1982, 80-1) she resided by the great lake of Mjǫrs (Mjøsa) in southern Norway, hence on the route that Toll (1924) and Sahlgren (1927-8, I, 181-2) believe Sigvatr took from the north, though Beckman (1934, 214 n. 2) is right that it is not necessary to assume that Sigvatr visited her on this particular journey. (b) Sveinbjörn Egilsson (LP (1860): buss) reads búss/buss in some mss as burs (nom. sg. burr ‘son’), hence ‘I longed for Ásta’s son [Óláfr]’. (c) Ternström (1871, 47) instead reads ástabús ‘loving farmstead’, in reference to desired lodging. The name Ásta may be a fiction (according to de Vries 1932-3, 173, like Ǫlvir in st. 6) chosen only for the ironic implications of its literal meaning.
búss ‘’
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búss (noun m.): box-tree
bús ‘farm’
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1. bú (noun n.; °-s, dat. -i/-(Landsl 39, DN III (1367) 279¹, DN XII (*1348AM 902 a) 73³⁰); -): homestead
[3] bús: bú 325VI, búss 75a, 61, Holm4, 325VII, Flat, Kˣ, býs Bb
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[3] bús Ôstu ‘Ásta’s farm’: (a) The reference seems to be to Ásta, King Óláfr’s mother, and hence to the king’s hospitality. Judging from ÓHLeg (1982, 80-1) she resided by the great lake of Mjǫrs (Mjøsa) in southern Norway, hence on the route that Toll (1924) and Sahlgren (1927-8, I, 181-2) believe Sigvatr took from the north, though Beckman (1934, 214 n. 2) is right that it is not necessary to assume that Sigvatr visited her on this particular journey. (b) Sveinbjörn Egilsson (LP (1860): buss) reads búss/buss in some mss as burs (nom. sg. burr ‘son’), hence ‘I longed for Ásta’s son [Óláfr]’. (c) Ternström (1871, 47) instead reads ástabús ‘loving farmstead’, in reference to desired lodging. The name Ásta may be a fiction (according to de Vries 1932-3, 173, like Ǫlvir in st. 6) chosen only for the ironic implications of its literal meaning.
þá ‘’
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2. þá (adv.): then
sem ‘’
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sem (conj.): as, which
ęst ‘’
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æsta (verb): ask, request
ókristin ‘’
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ókristinn (adj.): [unchristian]
ókristinn ‘the unchristian’
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ókristinn (adj.): [unchristian]
[4] ókristinn: ókristin R686ˣ, 972ˣ, Bb
hal ‘man’
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halr (noun m.; °-s): man
vista ‘’
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vist (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): abode, lodging, provisions
vistar ‘for lodging’
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vist (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): abode, lodging, provisions
[4] vistar: vista Flat
riz ‘’
fazka ‘’
fannka ‘I did not meet’
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2. finna (verb): find, meet
[5] fannka (‘fanka ec’): ‘fazka ec’ Tóm
sagði ‘’
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segja (verb): say, tell
son ‘the son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
[5] son: sagði R686ˣ
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[5] son Saxa ‘the son of Saxi’: Unidentified. Hildebrand (1869-71, II, 100, followed by Ternström 1871) maintains that saxi is an epithet for a wolf, and hence ‘Saxi’s son’ is Rǫgnvaldr Úlfsson (so also Tveiten 1966, 92); but cf. Toll (1924, 563 n. 1). Toll himself (1925, 157) proposes that son Saxa is Sigtryggr, a chieftain in Næríki (ÓH 1941, I, 500; ÍF 27, 328), though his father’s name is not known. Ellekilde (1933-4) proposes that whoever Saxi’s son is, it was Sigvatr’s intention to stay the night with him, but he could not because he had lost his way in Eidskogen.
slíkan ‘’
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2. slíkr (adj.): such
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[5] son Saxa ‘the son of Saxi’: Unidentified. Hildebrand (1869-71, II, 100, followed by Ternström 1871) maintains that saxi is an epithet for a wolf, and hence ‘Saxi’s son’ is Rǫgnvaldr Úlfsson (so also Tveiten 1966, 92); but cf. Toll (1924, 563 n. 1). Toll himself (1925, 157) proposes that son Saxa is Sigtryggr, a chieftain in Næríki (ÓH 1941, I, 500; ÍF 27, 328), though his father’s name is not known. Ellekilde (1933-4) proposes that whoever Saxi’s son is, it was Sigvatr’s intention to stay the night with him, but he could not because he had lost his way in Eidskogen.
saðr ‘truth’
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1. saðr (noun m.): [truth]
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[6] engr saðr ‘no truth’: Alternatively, saðr may be an adj. and engr a pron., hence ‘no one true’ (so Jón Skaptason 1983, 89). In either case, the meaning may be simply that Sigvatr was lied to, or more contextually, that he was treated unfairly.
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
engr ‘no’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
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[6] engr saðr ‘no truth’: Alternatively, saðr may be an adj. and engr a pron., hence ‘no one true’ (so Jón Skaptason 1983, 89). In either case, the meaning may be simply that Sigvatr was lied to, or more contextually, that he was treated unfairly.
fyrir ‘present’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
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[6] fyrir ‘present’: Or ‘at hand’; the word appears to be adverbial, modifying vas ‘was’.
þaðra ‘that place’
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þaðra (adv.): there
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[6, 8] þaðra inni ‘in that place’: Lit. ‘therein’. To simplify the word order, Kock (NN §151; so also de Vries 1932-3, 173) prefers the reading innan ‘from within’ of some mss to inni. The word must then depend on vask … heitinn ‘I was ordered’ in l. 7 rather than vas ‘was’ in l. 6.
út ‘out’
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út (adv.): out(side)
eitt ‘in one’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
kveld ‘evening’
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kveld (noun n.; °-s): evening
heitin ‘’
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2. heita (verb): be called, promise
heitinn ‘ordered’
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2. heita (verb): be called, promise
[7] heitinn: heitin R686ˣ, 972ˣ, 68, Bb
innan ‘’
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innan (prep.): inside, within
inni ‘in’
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2. inni (adv.): in, inside, indoors
[8] inni: so 68, 61, Holm4, 325VII, Flat, Tóm, Kˣ, Bb, innan Holm2, R686ˣ, 972ˣ, 325VI, 75a, 73aˣ
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[6, 8] þaðra inni ‘in that place’: Lit. ‘therein’. To simplify the word order, Kock (NN §151; so also de Vries 1932-3, 173) prefers the reading innan ‘from within’ of some mss to inni. The word must then depend on vask … heitinn ‘I was ordered’ in l. 7 rather than vas ‘was’ in l. 6.
fjórum ‘four’
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fjórir (num. cardinal): four
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[8] fjórum sinnum ‘four times’: This refers to the events in sts 6-7.
sínum ‘’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
sinnum ‘times’
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2. sinni (noun n.; °-s;): time, occasion; company, following
[8] sinnum: sínum Flat, Bb
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[8] fjórum sinnum ‘four times’: This refers to the events in sts 6-7.
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