ÞjóðA Sex 25II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Sexstefja 25’ 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. 138-9.
reyndan ‘proven’
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reyna (verb): test, try, experience
ofsa ‘arrogance’
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ofsi (noun m.; °-a): arrogance, violence
ráð ‘The purpose’
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ráð (noun n.; °-s; -): advice, plan, control, power < ráðgegn (adj.)
gegn ‘ful’
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1. gegn (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. -astr/-str): reliable < ráðgegn (adj.)
þegnum ‘retainers’
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þegn (noun m.; °dat. -/-i; -ar): thane, man, franklin
hykk ‘I think’
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2. hyggja (verb): think, consider
at ‘’
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4. at (conj.): that
hilmis ‘the prince’s’
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hilmir (noun m.): prince, protector
rekkar ‘warriors’
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rekkr (noun m.; °; -ar): man, champion
haldi ‘are paying’
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halda (verb): hold, keep
upp ‘’
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upp (adv.): up
valda ‘they start’
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valda (verb): cause
kennings
Hljótendr sverðs‘The possessors of the sword ’
= WARRIORS
The possessors of the sword → WARRIORS
hafa ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
notes
[5, 8] hafa slíkar byrðar, es brjóta sér ‘have such burdens as they break off for themselves’: The sense seems to be that the rebels bring trouble on themselves and have to live with it; the specific reference of the idiom could be to gathering wood.
slíkar ‘such’
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2. slíkr (adj.): such
notes
[5, 8] hafa slíkar byrðar, es brjóta sér ‘have such burdens as they break off for themselves’: The sense seems to be that the rebels bring trouble on themselves and have to live with it; the specific reference of the idiom could be to gathering wood.
byrðar ‘burdens’
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byrðr (noun f.; °byrðar, acc. byrði/byrð(GrgKonᴵ 205¹¹); byrðar, acc. byrðar/byrðir): burden, load
notes
[5, 8] hafa slíkar byrðar, es brjóta sér ‘have such burdens as they break off for themselves’: The sense seems to be that the rebels bring trouble on themselves and have to live with it; the specific reference of the idiom could be to gathering wood.
sanns ‘what is right’
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1. sannr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i;): true
notes
[6] sanns ‘what is right’: This is gen. sg. (governed by the verb njóta ‘gain’) of sannr m. ‘truth, rectitude, fairness’. The exact sense is disputed, most eds assuming some variant on ‘justice’, while Kock argued for ‘decency’ (anständighet, skick, höviskhet) here and in the five other contexts for the noun listed in LP (NN §1228).
nýtr ‘gains’
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njóta (verb): enjoy, use
[6] nýtr: so 39, F, E, J2ˣ, H, Hr, lýtr Kˣ, papp18ˣ
hverr ‘each’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
við ‘from’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
annan ‘the other’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
Haraldr ‘Haraldr’
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Haraldr (noun m.): Haraldr
skiptir ‘deals out’
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skipta (verb): share, divide, exchange
svá ‘in this way’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
heiptum ‘hostility’
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heift (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): hatred, enmity
hljótendr ‘The possessors’
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hljótandi (noun m.): [possessors]
kennings
Hljótendr sverðs‘The possessors of the sword ’
= WARRIORS
The possessors of the sword → WARRIORS
es ‘as’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
notes
[5, 8] hafa slíkar byrðar, es brjóta sér ‘have such burdens as they break off for themselves’: The sense seems to be that the rebels bring trouble on themselves and have to live with it; the specific reference of the idiom could be to gathering wood.
notes
[5, 8] hafa slíkar byrðar, es brjóta sér ‘have such burdens as they break off for themselves’: The sense seems to be that the rebels bring trouble on themselves and have to live with it; the specific reference of the idiom could be to gathering wood.
brjóta ‘they break off’
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brjóta (verb; °brýtr; braut, brutu; brotinn): to break, destroy
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[5, 8] hafa slíkar byrðar, es brjóta sér ‘have such burdens as they break off for themselves’: The sense seems to be that the rebels bring trouble on themselves and have to live with it; the specific reference of the idiom could be to gathering wood.
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The purposeful Haraldr punishes his retainers for their proven arrogance; I think the prince’s warriors are paying for what they start. The possessors of the sword [WARRIORS] have such burdens as they break off for themselves; each gains what is right from the other; Haraldr deals out hostility in this way.
Continuing the epitaph to Haraldr (see previous Context), the author describes his imposing appearance and his ruthlessness in quelling opposition.
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