Anon (HSig) 6II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísur from Haralds saga Sigurðarsonar 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. 819-20.
Vísts ‘It is certain’
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1. víss (adj.): wise, certain(ly)
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
allvaldr ‘the mighty ruler’
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allvaldr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): mighty ruler
austan ‘from the east’
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austan (adv.): from the east
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
leggja ‘arrange’
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leggja (verb): put, lay
við ‘with’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
notes
[3, 4] við marga prúða knútu ‘with many splendid knuckles’: Knútu m. acc. pl. ‘knuckles, knuckle bones’, used pars pro toto for ‘(dead) men’, anticipating the carnage after the battle.
marga ‘many’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
notes
[3, 4] við marga prúða knútu ‘with many splendid knuckles’: Knútu m. acc. pl. ‘knuckles, knuckle bones’, used pars pro toto for ‘(dead) men’, anticipating the carnage after the battle.
notes
[3, 4] við marga prúða knútu ‘with many splendid knuckles’: Knútu m. acc. pl. ‘knuckles, knuckle bones’, used pars pro toto for ‘(dead) men’, anticipating the carnage after the battle.
minn ‘my good’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
snúðr ‘fortune’
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snúðr (noun m.; °-ar; -ar): fortune, favour
es ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
prúða ‘splendid’
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prúðr (adj.; °superl. -astr): magnificent, proud
notes
[3, 4] við marga prúða knútu ‘with many splendid knuckles’: Knútu m. acc. pl. ‘knuckles, knuckle bones’, used pars pro toto for ‘(dead) men’, anticipating the carnage after the battle.
Kná ‘can’
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knega (verb): to know, understand, be able to
[5] Kná: þar á Mork, Flat, H, Hr, þar man Hb
notes
[5] valþiðurr kná velja ‘the carnage-grouse [RAVEN/EAGLE] can choose’: In the Mork, H, Hr variant (þar á valþiðurr velja ‘there the carnage-grouse can choose’), the verb á (3rd pers. sg. pres. indic. of eiga) is used as an auxiliary with the inf. velja ‘choose’. A þiðurr is a capercaillie or wood-grouse.
val ‘The carnage’
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1. valr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ir): corpse, the slain < valþiðurr (noun m.): [carnage-grouse]
kennings
Valþiðurr‘The carnage-grouse ’
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The carnage-grouse → RAVEN/EAGLE
notes
[5] valþiðurr kná velja ‘the carnage-grouse [RAVEN/EAGLE] can choose’: In the Mork, H, Hr variant (þar á valþiðurr velja ‘there the carnage-grouse can choose’), the verb á (3rd pers. sg. pres. indic. of eiga) is used as an auxiliary with the inf. velja ‘choose’. A þiðurr is a capercaillie or wood-grouse.
þiðurr ‘grouse’
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þiðurr (noun m.; °þiðurs; þiðrar): grouse, capercaillie < valþiðurr (noun m.): [carnage-grouse]
kennings
Valþiðurr‘The carnage-grouse ’
= RAVEN/EAGLE
The carnage-grouse → RAVEN/EAGLE
notes
[5] valþiðurr kná velja ‘the carnage-grouse [RAVEN/EAGLE] can choose’: In the Mork, H, Hr variant (þar á valþiðurr velja ‘there the carnage-grouse can choose’), the verb á (3rd pers. sg. pres. indic. of eiga) is used as an auxiliary with the inf. velja ‘choose’. A þiðurr is a capercaillie or wood-grouse.
velja ‘choose’
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velja (verb): choose
notes
[5] valþiðurr kná velja ‘the carnage-grouse [RAVEN/EAGLE] can choose’: In the Mork, H, Hr variant (þar á valþiðurr velja ‘there the carnage-grouse can choose’), the verb á (3rd pers. sg. pres. indic. of eiga) is used as an auxiliary with the inf. velja ‘choose’. A þiðurr is a capercaillie or wood-grouse.
œrna ‘ample’
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œrna (adv.): [ample]
sér ‘it has’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
beitu ‘food’
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1. beita (noun f.; °-u; -ur): food, meal
steik ‘steak’
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steik (noun f.; °-ar; -ar): steak, meat, roasting
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
notes
[7, 8] af haukum stafns stillis ‘from the hawks of the leader’s prow’: I.e. from the champions of the leader’s prow, from the leader’s forecastle-men (stafnbúar). Haukr ‘hawk’ was a term for a brave young man (see LP: 1. haukr 2 and Anon (MErl) l. 7) Skj B takes it as a base-word in a kenning for ‘ship’ (so also ÍF 28), which is also possible: af stillis haukum stafns ‘from the leader’s hawks of the prow’, i.e. ‘from the leader’s ships’. The variant in Hb and E, af stóði stafns Gjúka ‘from the stud-horses of the prow of Gjúki <sea-king>’, is hyperdetermined (stóð Gjúka ‘stud-horses of Gjúki’ and stóð stafns ‘stud-horses of the prow’ both mean ‘ship’) and is of little help.
stillis ‘of the leader’s’
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stillir (noun m.): ruler
[7] stillis haukum: stóði Gjúka E, Hb
notes
[7, 8] af haukum stafns stillis ‘from the hawks of the leader’s prow’: I.e. from the champions of the leader’s prow, from the leader’s forecastle-men (stafnbúar). Haukr ‘hawk’ was a term for a brave young man (see LP: 1. haukr 2 and Anon (MErl) l. 7) Skj B takes it as a base-word in a kenning for ‘ship’ (so also ÍF 28), which is also possible: af stillis haukum stafns ‘from the leader’s hawks of the prow’, i.e. ‘from the leader’s ships’. The variant in Hb and E, af stóði stafns Gjúka ‘from the stud-horses of the prow of Gjúki <sea-king>’, is hyperdetermined (stóð Gjúka ‘stud-horses of Gjúki’ and stóð stafns ‘stud-horses of the prow’ both mean ‘ship’) and is of little help.
haukum ‘the hawks’
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1. haukr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): hawk
[7] stillis haukum: stóði Gjúka E, Hb
notes
[7, 8] af haukum stafns stillis ‘from the hawks of the leader’s prow’: I.e. from the champions of the leader’s prow, from the leader’s forecastle-men (stafnbúar). Haukr ‘hawk’ was a term for a brave young man (see LP: 1. haukr 2 and Anon (MErl) l. 7) Skj B takes it as a base-word in a kenning for ‘ship’ (so also ÍF 28), which is also possible: af stillis haukum stafns ‘from the leader’s hawks of the prow’, i.e. ‘from the leader’s ships’. The variant in Hb and E, af stóði stafns Gjúka ‘from the stud-horses of the prow of Gjúki <sea-king>’, is hyperdetermined (stóð Gjúka ‘stud-horses of Gjúki’ and stóð stafns ‘stud-horses of the prow’ both mean ‘ship’) and is of little help.
stafns ‘prow’
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stafn (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): prow
[8] stafns fylgik því jafnan: repeated as l. 9 in Hb
notes
[7, 8] af haukum stafns stillis ‘from the hawks of the leader’s prow’: I.e. from the champions of the leader’s prow, from the leader’s forecastle-men (stafnbúar). Haukr ‘hawk’ was a term for a brave young man (see LP: 1. haukr 2 and Anon (MErl) l. 7) Skj B takes it as a base-word in a kenning for ‘ship’ (so also ÍF 28), which is also possible: af stillis haukum stafns ‘from the leader’s hawks of the prow’, i.e. ‘from the leader’s ships’. The variant in Hb and E, af stóði stafns Gjúka ‘from the stud-horses of the prow of Gjúki <sea-king>’, is hyperdetermined (stóð Gjúka ‘stud-horses of Gjúki’ and stóð stafns ‘stud-horses of the prow’ both mean ‘ship’) and is of little help.
fylgik ‘support’
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2. fylgja (verb): follow, accompany
[8] stafns fylgik því jafnan: repeated as l. 9 in Hb
því ‘that’
[8] stafns fylgik því jafnan: repeated as l. 9 in Hb; því: þar H, Hr, Hb
jafnan ‘always’
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jafnan (adv.): always
[8] stafns fylgik því jafnan: repeated as l. 9 in Hb
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The st. is spoken by a troll-woman sighted on Haraldr Sigurðarson’s expedition to England in 1066.
[8]: Repeated in Hb (see Anon (HSig) 7-9 below and SnH Lv 6).
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