ESk Sigdr I 1II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Sigurðardrápa I 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, p. 538.
Vás ‘The’
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vás (noun n.; °-s; dat. -um): hardship < vásǫflugr (adj.)
auðigr ‘’
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auðigr (adj.; °auðgan/auðigan; compar. auðgari/auðigri, superl. auðgastr/auðigastr): wealthy
ǫflugr ‘tireless’
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ǫflugr (adj.): mighty, strong < vásǫflugr (adj.)
[1] ‑ǫflugr: ‘ꜹfligr’ J2ˣ, ‑auðigr H, Hr
réð ‘went’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
vísir ‘’
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2. vísir (noun m.): ruler
vestr ‘west’
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2. vestr (adv.): west, in the west
helmingi ‘unit’
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helmingr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): unit, troop
notes
[2] helmingi ‘unit’: See Note to Valg Har 4/1.
mestum ‘with the largest’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
óð ‘advanced’
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vaða (verb): advance, wade
at ‘toward’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
ægis ‘of the ocean’
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2. ægir (noun m.): ocean, sea
kennings
marr ægis‘the horse of the ocean ’
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the horse of the ocean → SHIP
marr ‘the horse’
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2. marr (noun m.): horse
kennings
marr ægis‘the horse of the ocean ’
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the horse of the ocean → SHIP
viðr ‘’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
við ‘’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
und ‘beneath’
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3. und (prep.): under, underneath
[4] und: við 39, F, E, J2ˣ, viðr 42ˣ, ‘udir’ Hr
harra ‘the lord’
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1. harri (noun m.; °-a): lord
Stôl ‘the prows’
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1. stál (noun n.; °-s; -): steel, weapon, prow
notes
[5] stôl ‘the prows’: See Note to Bǫlv Harðdr 5/3, 4.
lét ‘let’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
hilmir ‘prince’
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hilmir (noun m.): prince, protector
hvílask ‘rest’
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2. hvíla (verb): rest
heipt ‘The war’
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heift (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): hatred, enmity < heiftglaðr (adj.)
glaðr ‘happy’
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2. glaðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): cheerful, glad < heiftglaðr (adj.)
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
þaðra ‘there’
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þaðra (adv.): there
né ‘not’
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né (conj.): nor
gramr ‘ruler’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
at ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
á ‘’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
Val ‘Valr’
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Valr (noun m.; °; -ir): Valr, ?horse
kennings
Val Vimrar.‘Valr of Vimur.’
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Valr of Vimur. → SHIP
notes
[7] Val ‘a Valr <horse>’: For this horse-name, see Note to Arn Hryn 19/4.
Vimrar ‘of Vimur’
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Vimur (noun f.): Vimur
kennings
Val Vimrar.‘Valr of Vimur.’
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Valr of Vimur. → SHIP
vetr ‘all winter’
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vetr (noun m.; °vetrar/vetrs(HómHauksb³ 173²³), dat. vetri; vetr): winter < vetrlengis (adv.)
notes
[8] vetrlengis ‘all winter long’: Sigurðr stayed in England 1008-9, although the ON sources traditionally date his arrival in England to one or two years earlier (1006 or 1007; see McDougall and McDougall 1998, 113 n. 318).
lengis ‘long’
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lengi (adv.): for a long time < vetrlengis (adv.)
notes
[8] vetrlengis ‘all winter long’: Sigurðr stayed in England 1008-9, although the ON sources traditionally date his arrival in England to one or two years earlier (1006 or 1007; see McDougall and McDougall 1998, 113 n. 318).
kemr ‘’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
betri ‘a better’
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betri (adj. comp.; °superl. beztr/baztr; pos. góðr adj.): better, best
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Sigurðr set out on his journey to Palestine and wintered with King Henry I in England on the first leg of the journey.
For Sigurðr’s journey to England, see also Þstf Stuttdr 3.
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