Balti Sigdr 1II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Bǫðvarr balti, Sigurðardrápa 1’ 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. 533-4.
Nú ‘now’
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nú (adv.): now
skal ‘it shall’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
lýst ‘be described’
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2. ljósta (verb): strike
hvé ‘how’
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hvé (conj.): how
notes
[1, 4] hvé hefndir fǫður þíns ‘how you avenged your father’: Haraldr gilli, Sigurðr’s father, was murdered by Sigurðr slembidjákn and his men on 13 December 1136.
Lista ‘of Lista’
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Listi (noun m.): [Lista]
kennings
Læskjarr konungr Lista,‘Deceit-shy king of Lista, ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Sigurðr munnr Haraldsson
Deceit-shy king of Lista, → NORWEGIAN KING = Sigurðr munnr Haraldsson
læskjarr ‘Deceit-shy’
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læskjarr (adj.): [Deceit-shy]
kennings
Læskjarr konungr Lista,‘Deceit-shy king of Lista, ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Sigurðr munnr Haraldsson
Deceit-shy king of Lista, → NORWEGIAN KING = Sigurðr munnr Haraldsson
konungr ‘king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
kennings
Læskjarr konungr Lista,‘Deceit-shy king of Lista, ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Sigurðr munnr Haraldsson
Deceit-shy king of Lista, → NORWEGIAN KING = Sigurðr munnr Haraldsson
harra ‘of the lord’s’
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1. harri (noun m.; °-a): lord
gerðisk ‘took place’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
afreksorða ‘words of courage’
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afreksorð (noun n.): [words of courage]
notes
[3] afreksorða ‘words of courage’: Otherwise found only in ESk Geisl 8/1VII, from approximately the same time.
efnd ‘the fulfilment’
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efnd (noun f.; °; -ir, gen. -a): fulfilment
þíns ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
notes
[1, 4] hvé hefndir fǫður þíns ‘how you avenged your father’: Haraldr gilli, Sigurðr’s father, was murdered by Sigurðr slembidjákn and his men on 13 December 1136.
fǫður ‘father’
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faðir (noun m.): father
notes
[1, 4] hvé hefndir fǫður þíns ‘how you avenged your father’: Haraldr gilli, Sigurðr’s father, was murdered by Sigurðr slembidjákn and his men on 13 December 1136.
hefndir ‘you avenged’
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hefna (verb): avenge
notes
[1, 4] hvé hefndir fǫður þíns ‘how you avenged your father’: Haraldr gilli, Sigurðr’s father, was murdered by Sigurðr slembidjákn and his men on 13 December 1136.
Létuð ‘you caused’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
notes
[5, 8] létuð Sigurð falla ‘you caused Sigurðr to fall’: This statement is not quite in keeping with the actual events that took place: Sigurðr slembidjákn was captured in the water, brought ashore, tortured and executed. Sigurðr munnr was only five years old at the time of this battle. See Note to Ív Sig 36/1, 3.
hjalms ‘of the helmet’
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1. hjalmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): helmet
kennings
sú hríð hjalms‘that storm of the helmet ’
= BATTLE
that storm of the helmet → BATTLE
at ‘near’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
notes
[5] at holmi ‘near the island’: Refers to Holmengrå (see Context above). This was a naval battle, hence the prep. at is taken in the meaning ‘near, by’ rather than ‘on’ (see Frtizner: at 10).
holmi ‘the island’
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holmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): island, islet
notes
[5] at holmi ‘near the island’: Refers to Holmengrå (see Context above). This was a naval battle, hence the prep. at is taken in the meaning ‘near, by’ rather than ‘on’ (see Frtizner: at 10).
hríð ‘storm’
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hríð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): time, storm
kennings
sú hríð hjalms‘that storm of the helmet ’
= BATTLE
that storm of the helmet → BATTLE
spurðisk ‘was heard of’
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spyrja (verb; spurði): ask; hear, find out
sú ‘that’
kennings
sú hríð hjalms‘that storm of the helmet ’
= BATTLE
that storm of the helmet → BATTLE
víða ‘far and wide’
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1. víða (adv.): widely
ofkúgi ‘the oppressor’
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ofkúgi (noun m.): [oppressor]
kennings
ofkúgi jǫfra‘the oppressor of princes ’
= Sigurðr slembidjákn
the oppressor of princes → Sigurðr slembidjákn
dó ‘died’
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1. deyja (verb; °deyr; dó, dó(u); dá(i)nn): die
jǫfra ‘of princes’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
kennings
ofkúgi jǫfra‘the oppressor of princes ’
= Sigurðr slembidjákn
the oppressor of princes → Sigurðr slembidjákn
allvaldr ‘Mighty ruler’
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allvaldr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): mighty ruler
Sigurð ‘Sigurðr’
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Sigurðr (noun m.): Sigurðr
notes
[5, 8] létuð Sigurð falla ‘you caused Sigurðr to fall’: This statement is not quite in keeping with the actual events that took place: Sigurðr slembidjákn was captured in the water, brought ashore, tortured and executed. Sigurðr munnr was only five years old at the time of this battle. See Note to Ív Sig 36/1, 3.
falla ‘to fall’
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falla (verb): fall
notes
[5, 8] létuð Sigurð falla ‘you caused Sigurðr to fall’: This statement is not quite in keeping with the actual events that took place: Sigurðr slembidjákn was captured in the water, brought ashore, tortured and executed. Sigurðr munnr was only five years old at the time of this battle. See Note to Ív Sig 36/1, 3.
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Nú skal lýst, hvé, Lista |
Deceit-shy king of Lista [NORWEGIAN KING = Sigurðr munnr Haraldsson], now it shall be described how you avenged your father; the fulfilment of the lord’s words of courage took place. Mighty ruler, you caused Sigurðr to fall; that storm of the helmet [BATTLE] near the island was heard of far and wide; the oppressor of princes [= Sigurðr slembidjákn] died.
The first three sts describe the battle of Holmengrå in Hvaler, present-day Sweden (12 November 1139), when the army of the sons of Haraldr gilli(-kristr) ‘Servant (of Christ)’, Ingi and Sigurðr munnr, overcame and killed Sigurðr slembidjákn ‘Fortuitous-deacon’ (?) Magnússon and Magnús inn blindi ‘the Blind’ Sigurðarson.
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