Sigv Lv 11I
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Lausavísur 11’ 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. 712.
Seinn ‘late’
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seinn (adj.; °seinan; compar. seinni, superl. seinstr/seinastr): slow, late
[1] Seinn: Sveinn Tóm
mér ‘to me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
sunnan ‘from the south’
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sunnan (adv.): (from the) south
sókndjarfr ‘The attack-brave’
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sókndjarfr (adj.): battle-brave
kennings
Sókndjarfr arfi Haralds‘The attack-brave heir of Haraldr ’
= Óláfr
The attack-brave heir of Haraldr → Óláfr
Haralds ‘of Haraldr’
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Haraldr (noun m.): Haraldr
kennings
Sókndjarfr arfi Haralds‘The attack-brave heir of Haraldr ’
= Óláfr
The attack-brave heir of Haraldr → Óláfr
notes
[2] arfi Haralds ‘heir of Haraldr [= Óláfr]’: The reference is most likely to be to Óláfr’s father Haraldr grenski ‘from Grenland’, though a claim of descent from Haraldr hárfagri (so Jón Skaptason 1983, 321) is also possible; cf. Note to Sigv Knútdr 3/2, 3.
arfi ‘heir’
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arfi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): heir, heiress
kennings
Sókndjarfr arfi Haralds‘The attack-brave heir of Haraldr ’
= Óláfr
The attack-brave heir of Haraldr → Óláfr
notes
[2] arfi Haralds ‘heir of Haraldr [= Óláfr]’: The reference is most likely to be to Óláfr’s father Haraldr grenski ‘from Grenland’, though a claim of descent from Haraldr hárfagri (so Jón Skaptason 1983, 321) is also possible; cf. Note to Sigv Knútdr 3/2, 3.
langrs ‘long’
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langr (adj.; °compar. lengri, superl. lengstr): long
[3] langrs (‘langr er’): ‘laung er’ Tóm
notes
[3, 4] langrs morginn konungs ‘long is the king’s morning’: Cf. Anon Mhkv 13/8III for this expression.
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
[3] en lýðum: so 73aˣ, 71ˣ, at lýða Flat, Tóm, ‘enn lydinn’ 76aˣ
notes
[3] en … þrøngvir lýðum ‘and … presses on men’: There is a general consensus that only the Bæb reading represented in 73aˣ and 71ˣ gives sense here (Skj B; Skald; Jón Skaptason 1983, 196).
lýðum ‘on men’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
[3] en lýðum: so 73aˣ, 71ˣ, at lýða Flat, Tóm, ‘enn lydinn’ 76aˣ
notes
[3] en … þrøngvir lýðum ‘and … presses on men’: There is a general consensus that only the Bæb reading represented in 73aˣ and 71ˣ gives sense here (Skj B; Skald; Jón Skaptason 1983, 196).
þrøngvir ‘presses’
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þrøngva (verb): press, throng
[3] þrøngvir: so 73aˣ, 71ˣ, þengils Flat, þengil Tóm, þreyngir 76aˣ
notes
[3] en … þrøngvir lýðum ‘and … presses on men’: There is a general consensus that only the Bæb reading represented in 73aˣ and 71ˣ gives sense here (Skj B; Skald; Jón Skaptason 1983, 196).
lífs ‘life’s’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
sorg ‘sorrow’
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sorg (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sorrow, affliction
notes
[3, 4] langrs morginn konungs ‘long is the king’s morning’: Cf. Anon Mhkv 13/8III for this expression.
morginn ‘morning’
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morginn (noun m.; °morgins, dat. morgni; morgnar): morning
notes
[3, 4] langrs morginn konungs ‘long is the king’s morning’: Cf. Anon Mhkv 13/8III for this expression.
Hvatkis ‘Whatever’
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hvatki (pron.): [Whatever]
[5] Hvatkis (‘huatkí er’): so Tóm, 73aˣ, 71ˣ, hvatka ek Flat, 76aˣ
kennings
sælan heiðis gatna hyrtælanda,‘the fortunate destroyer of the flame of the paths of the hawk, ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the paths of the hawk, → ARMS
the flame of ARMS → GOLD
the fortunate destroyer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
kennings
sælan heiðis gatna hyrtælanda,‘the fortunate destroyer of the flame of the paths of the hawk, ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the paths of the hawk, → ARMS
the flame of ARMS → GOLD
the fortunate destroyer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
kennings
sælan heiðis gatna hyrtælanda,‘the fortunate destroyer of the flame of the paths of the hawk, ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the paths of the hawk, → ARMS
the flame of ARMS → GOLD
the fortunate destroyer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
gatna ‘of the paths’
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gata (noun f.): path, road
[5] gatna: gǫtva Flat, Tóm, gotna 73aˣ, 71ˣ, 76aˣ
kennings
sælan heiðis gatna hyrtælanda,‘the fortunate destroyer of the flame of the paths of the hawk, ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the paths of the hawk, → ARMS
the flame of ARMS → GOLD
the fortunate destroyer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[5] gatna ‘of the paths’: The emendation is defended by Björn Magnússon Ólsen (1902, 204) against the argument of Konráð Gíslason and Eiríkur Jónsson (Nj 1875-8, II, 86) that gǫtva in Flat is perhaps correct, representing the gen. pl. of an otherwise unattested f. noun from the stem *gatva-.
gatna ‘of the paths’
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gata (noun f.): path, road
[5] gatna: gǫtva Flat, Tóm, gotna 73aˣ, 71ˣ, 76aˣ
kennings
sælan heiðis gatna hyrtælanda,‘the fortunate destroyer of the flame of the paths of the hawk, ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the paths of the hawk, → ARMS
the flame of ARMS → GOLD
the fortunate destroyer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[5] gatna ‘of the paths’: The emendation is defended by Björn Magnússon Ólsen (1902, 204) against the argument of Konráð Gíslason and Eiríkur Jónsson (Nj 1875-8, II, 86) that gǫtva in Flat is perhaps correct, representing the gen. pl. of an otherwise unattested f. noun from the stem *gatva-.
gatna ‘of the paths’
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gata (noun f.): path, road
[5] gatna: gǫtva Flat, Tóm, gotna 73aˣ, 71ˣ, 76aˣ
kennings
sælan heiðis gatna hyrtælanda,‘the fortunate destroyer of the flame of the paths of the hawk, ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the paths of the hawk, → ARMS
the flame of ARMS → GOLD
the fortunate destroyer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[5] gatna ‘of the paths’: The emendation is defended by Björn Magnússon Ólsen (1902, 204) against the argument of Konráð Gíslason and Eiríkur Jónsson (Nj 1875-8, II, 86) that gǫtva in Flat is perhaps correct, representing the gen. pl. of an otherwise unattested f. noun from the stem *gatva-.
hyr ‘of the flame’
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hyrr (noun m.): fire < hyrtælandi (noun m.)
kennings
sælan heiðis gatna hyrtælanda,‘the fortunate destroyer of the flame of the paths of the hawk, ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the paths of the hawk, → ARMS
the flame of ARMS → GOLD
the fortunate destroyer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
hyr ‘of the flame’
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hyrr (noun m.): fire < hyrtælandi (noun m.)
kennings
sælan heiðis gatna hyrtælanda,‘the fortunate destroyer of the flame of the paths of the hawk, ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the paths of the hawk, → ARMS
the flame of ARMS → GOLD
the fortunate destroyer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
tælanda ‘destroyer’
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tælandi (noun m.): enticer < hyrtælandi (noun m.)
[6] ‑tælanda: ‑tælandi Tóm, tælandann 73aˣ, 71ˣ, ‘‑talandann’ 76aˣ
kennings
sælan heiðis gatna hyrtælanda,‘the fortunate destroyer of the flame of the paths of the hawk, ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the paths of the hawk, → ARMS
the flame of ARMS → GOLD
the fortunate destroyer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
kennings
sælan heiðis gatna hyrtælanda,‘the fortunate destroyer of the flame of the paths of the hawk, ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the paths of the hawk, → ARMS
the flame of ARMS → GOLD
the fortunate destroyer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
nú ‘now’
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nú (adv.): now
hefk ‘I have been’
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hafa (verb): have
í ‘to’
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í (prep.): in, into
dag ‘day’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
dróttins ‘[my] lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
dvelr ‘delays’
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dvelja (verb; °dvalði; dvalðr/dvalinn (præs. sg. 3. pers. dvel [$1138$], [$1140$])): delay, stay, dwell
bíðk ‘I await’
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bíða (verb; °bíðr; beið, biðu; beðit): wait, suffer, experience
[8] bíðk: býð ek 76aˣ
hans ‘him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[8] hans: hann Tóm
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
Selju ‘Selja’
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3. Selja (noun f.; °-u): Selja
notes
[8] Selju ‘Selja’: An island off the west coast of Norway, south of Stadlandet in northern Sogn og Fjordane, identified as the place where Óláfr Haraldsson landed on return from his English campaigns (see Note to Ótt Hfl 15/8). It became the site of a C12th Benedictine foundation and was associated with S. Sunnifa (see Note to Anon Mey 53VII [All]).
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Seinn þykki mér sunnan |
The attack-brave heir of Haraldr [= Óláfr] seems late to me [in coming] from the south; long is the king’s morning, and life’s sorrow presses on men. Whatever delays the fortunate destroyer of the flame of the paths of the hawk [ARMS > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN], I await him in Selja; now I have been expecting [my] lord today.
After King Óláfr’s death, Sigvatr, while anchored by an island called Selja, is composing a drápa about him. On the mainland nearby a farmer is ill, and his wife cares for him as his strength diminishes. The king appears to her in a dream, telling her that he will tend her husband if she will go to Sigvatr and tell him to intercalate the poem with allusions to Uppreistarsaga (perhaps the story of Creation; Flat and Tóm add that this was to replace allusions to the story of Sigurðr). She does so, and when she returns, the saint has healed her husband. Sigvatr does as he has been told, and then he falls ill. The king appears to him and tells him to come with him, and he names the day when that will happen. When the day comes, Sigvatr delivers this stanza. Then he dies.
By placing this stanza in the middle of Sigvatr’s lausavísur, previous eds presumably signal their belief that it alludes to an event earlier in Sigvatr’s life than the prose Context would suggest.
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