Stúfr Stúfdr 6II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Stúfr inn blindi Þórðarson kattar, Stúfsdrápa 6’ 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. 355-6.
þeir ‘Those’
[1] þeir: þeir sem Hr
notes
[1] þeir á Þjóðu ‘those at Thy’: Þeir ‘those, they’ could perhaps also be a reference to people in some previous ll., now lost: þeir flýðu fund þengils á Þjóðu ‘they fled the encounter with the prince at Thy’. Thy is a district in north-western Jylland (Jutland).
á ‘at’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
notes
[1] þeir á Þjóðu ‘those at Thy’: Þeir ‘those, they’ could perhaps also be a reference to people in some previous ll., now lost: þeir flýðu fund þengils á Þjóðu ‘they fled the encounter with the prince at Thy’. Thy is a district in north-western Jylland (Jutland).
notes
[1] þeir á Þjóðu ‘those at Thy’: Þeir ‘those, they’ could perhaps also be a reference to people in some previous ll., now lost: þeir flýðu fund þengils á Þjóðu ‘they fled the encounter with the prince at Thy’. Thy is a district in north-western Jylland (Jutland).
þengils ‘with the prince’
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þengill (noun m.): prince, ruler
fund ‘the encounter’
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fundr (noun m.): discovery, meeting
stundu ‘once’
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stund (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): time, hour
stórt ‘completely’
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stórr (adj.): large, great
réð ‘prevailed’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
[3] réð: so Flat, H, FskAˣ, Kˣ, 39, F, E, J2ˣ, ‘rett’ Mork, ræðr Hr
hjarta ‘heart’
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hjarta (noun n.; °-; *-u): heart
Haralds ‘Haraldr’s’
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Haraldr (noun m.): Haraldr
ǫnd ‘spirit’
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2. ǫnd (noun f.; °andar, dat. ǫnd/ǫndu; andir): soul, breath
ofarr ‘above’
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ofarr (adv.): [above, higher up]
lǫndum ‘the lands’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land
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After Sveinn Úlfsson failed to appear at a stipulated meeting in the Götaälv, Haraldr retaliated by harrying Jylland and wasting Thy with fire.
For these events, see also Þfagr Sveinn and ÞjóðA Har 1-7. — [4]: For this part of the klofastef, see Note to st. 2/8 above.
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