Hharð Lv 2aII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Lausavísur 2a’ 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. 43-4.
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
notes
[1] en benjar blœða ‘and the wounds bled’: Lit. ‘and the wounds bleed’. Skj B connects this cl. with the following cl. and translates blœða as an inf.: sák … en benjar blœða ‘I saw … and (I saw) the wounds bleed’. That construction creates an impossible cl. arrangement (see Kuhn 1983, 190). Kock (NN §3227) suggests that the pres. tense of the verb was caused by the internal rhyme and should be translated as a pret. That suggestion has been adopted in the present edn.
benjar ‘the wounds’
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1. ben (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -; -jar , gen. -a(var. EiðKrC 402¹³: AM 77 4° D)): wound
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[1] en benjar blœða ‘and the wounds bled’: Lit. ‘and the wounds bleed’. Skj B connects this cl. with the following cl. and translates blœða as an inf.: sák … en benjar blœða ‘I saw … and (I saw) the wounds bleed’. That construction creates an impossible cl. arrangement (see Kuhn 1983, 190). Kock (NN §3227) suggests that the pres. tense of the verb was caused by the internal rhyme and should be translated as a pret. That suggestion has been adopted in the present edn.
blœða ‘bled’
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blœða (verb; °-dd-): bleed
notes
[1] en benjar blœða ‘and the wounds bled’: Lit. ‘and the wounds bleed’. Skj B connects this cl. with the following cl. and translates blœða as an inf.: sák … en benjar blœða ‘I saw … and (I saw) the wounds bleed’. That construction creates an impossible cl. arrangement (see Kuhn 1983, 190). Kock (NN §3227) suggests that the pres. tense of the verb was caused by the internal rhyme and should be translated as a pret. That suggestion has been adopted in the present edn.
búþegna ‘farmers’
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búþegn (noun m.; °; -ar): farmer, landowner
sák ‘I saw’
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2. sjá (verb): see
megna ‘strengthen’
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megna (verb): strengthen
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[2] megna ‘strengthen’: For this verb, see LP: megna. The host of farmers from Trøndelag opposed and outnumbered Haraldr and Óláfr at Stiklestad (see also Hharð Lv 1, Hharð Gamv 1, ÞjóðA Sex 1 and Bǫlv Hardr 1/1-4). Earlier eds emend to vegna (m. acc. pl.) ‘slain’ (‘I saw the host of slain farmers’), which is not supported by the ms. witnesses.
lið ‘host’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
fekk ‘dealt’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
lindar ‘of the linden-shield’
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1. lind (noun f.): linden-shield, linden tree
kennings
váði lindar‘the distress of the linden-shield ’
= SWORD
the distress of the linden-shield → SWORD
notes
[3] váði lindar ‘the distress of the linden-shield [SWORD]’: Skj B emends váði (m. nom. sg.) ‘distress’ to váða (m. dat. sg.) and treats it as an instr.: lið fekk lífs-grand lindar váða ‘the company received death by the sword’. Kock (NN §1137) rejected that emendation and chose rather to take váði lindar as the subject: váði lindar fekk lið lífs grand ‘the sword gave death to the company’. However, the verb fá ‘give, receive’ (fekk 3rd pers. sg. pret. indic.) takes the dat. of the recipient, and lið ‘company’ cannot be be construed as a dat. (see ANG §361 Anm. 2). In the present edn, lið is taken with the preceding cl., which obviates the need for emendation. For fá ‘provide sth.’ with an acc. object but without a dat. recipient, see Fritzner: fá 7.
váði ‘the distress’
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váði (noun m.; °-a): danger
kennings
váði lindar‘the distress of the linden-shield ’
= SWORD
the distress of the linden-shield → SWORD
notes
[3] váði lindar ‘the distress of the linden-shield [SWORD]’: Skj B emends váði (m. nom. sg.) ‘distress’ to váða (m. dat. sg.) and treats it as an instr.: lið fekk lífs-grand lindar váða ‘the company received death by the sword’. Kock (NN §1137) rejected that emendation and chose rather to take váði lindar as the subject: váði lindar fekk lið lífs grand ‘the sword gave death to the company’. However, the verb fá ‘give, receive’ (fekk 3rd pers. sg. pret. indic.) takes the dat. of the recipient, and lið ‘company’ cannot be be construed as a dat. (see ANG §361 Anm. 2). In the present edn, lið is taken with the preceding cl., which obviates the need for emendation. For fá ‘provide sth.’ with an acc. object but without a dat. recipient, see Fritzner: fá 7.
lífs ‘’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
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[8] grand lífs ‘death’: Lit. ‘life’s damage’.
grand ‘death’
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grand (noun n.): injury
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[8] grand lífs ‘death’: Lit. ‘life’s damage’.
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
bǫð ‘battle’
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bǫð (noun f.; °-s; -): battle
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With the help of Jarl Rǫgnvaldr Brúsason of Orkney, Haraldr escapes wounded from the battle of Stiklestad, and takes shelter with a farmer who heals him. The farmer’s son accompanies Haraldr on his way from Norway to Sweden, when Haraldr recites this and the following helmingr (Lv 2b).
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