ESk Lv 1II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Lausavísur 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. 568-9.
Þér ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
hefk ‘I have’
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hafa (verb): have
kennings
Þengill Mœra,‘Lord of the Mœrir, ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Sigurðr
Lord of the Mœrir, → NORWEGIAN KING = Sigurðr
Mœra ‘of the Mœrir’
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1. Mœrir (noun m.; °; -ir): pl. Mœrir
kennings
Þengill Mœra,‘Lord of the Mœrir, ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Sigurðr
Lord of the Mœrir, → NORWEGIAN KING = Sigurðr
þinns ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
vegr ‘glory’
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2. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -): honour
mikill ‘great’
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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large
segja ‘to tell’
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segja (verb): say, tell
ert ‘you are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
notes
[3] ert ‘you are’: This is one of the earliest attestations (c. 1115) of a rhotacised -r- in the sg. pres. indic. of the verb vera/vesa ‘to be’ (see Note to [All] above and also ESk Hardr 2/2 above).
svát ‘so that’
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svát (conj.): so that, so as
notes
[3] svát eigi skortir ‘so that there is no lack of it’: Skj B takes this cl. with vegr þinns mikill ‘your glory is great’, which complicates the w. o. unnecessarily.
eigi ‘there is no’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
notes
[3] svát eigi skortir ‘so that there is no lack of it’: Skj B takes this cl. with vegr þinns mikill ‘your glory is great’, which complicates the w. o. unnecessarily.
skortir ‘lack of it’
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2. skorta (verb): be short of, lack
notes
[3] svát eigi skortir ‘so that there is no lack of it’: Skj B takes this cl. with vegr þinns mikill ‘your glory is great’, which complicates the w. o. unnecessarily.
allfróðr ‘most wise’
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allfróðr (adj.): most wise, all-wise
sǫgu ‘tidings’
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1. saga (noun f.; °*-u; *-ur): story, saga
góða ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
Eigis ‘has not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
Ívarr ‘Ívarr’
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Ívarr (noun m.): Ívarr
bauga ‘of shields’
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baugr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): ring
kennings
Fægirjóðr bauga,‘Reddener of shields, ’
= WARRIOR
Reddener of shields, → WARRIOR
notes
[5, 7] fægirjóðr bauga ‘reddener of shields [WARRIOR]’: Lit. ‘a person who is occupied with reddening shields’ (in blood). Skj B and Skald emend to fægihrjóðr bauga ‘a person is occupied with destroying or dispensing rings’, i.e. ‘generous man’ (see also LP: fægirjóðr). The first element of the cpd is derived from the weak verb fægja ‘perform, be occupied with sth.’ (see LP: fægja). Baugr ‘ring’ was the boss of a shield, here used pars pro toto for ‘shield’ (see Falk 1914, 140-1).
enn ‘continue’
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2. enn (adv.): still, yet, again
sitt ‘to stay’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
kyrr ‘quietly’
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kyrr (adj.): calm, quiet
hjá ‘with’
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hjá (prep.): beside, with
henni ‘her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
fægi ‘’
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fægja (verb) < fægirjóðr (noun m.): [Reddener]
kennings
Fægirjóðr bauga,‘Reddener of shields, ’
= WARRIOR
Reddener of shields, → WARRIOR
notes
[5, 7] fægirjóðr bauga ‘reddener of shields [WARRIOR]’: Lit. ‘a person who is occupied with reddening shields’ (in blood). Skj B and Skald emend to fægihrjóðr bauga ‘a person is occupied with destroying or dispensing rings’, i.e. ‘generous man’ (see also LP: fægirjóðr). The first element of the cpd is derived from the weak verb fægja ‘perform, be occupied with sth.’ (see LP: fægja). Baugr ‘ring’ was the boss of a shield, here used pars pro toto for ‘shield’ (see Falk 1914, 140-1).
rjóðr ‘Reddener’
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1. rjóðr (noun m.): reddener < fægirjóðr (noun m.): [Reddener]
kennings
Fægirjóðr bauga,‘Reddener of shields, ’
= WARRIOR
Reddener of shields, → WARRIOR
notes
[5, 7] fægirjóðr bauga ‘reddener of shields [WARRIOR]’: Lit. ‘a person who is occupied with reddening shields’ (in blood). Skj B and Skald emend to fægihrjóðr bauga ‘a person is occupied with destroying or dispensing rings’, i.e. ‘generous man’ (see also LP: fægirjóðr). The first element of the cpd is derived from the weak verb fægja ‘perform, be occupied with sth.’ (see LP: fægja). Baugr ‘ring’ was the boss of a shield, here used pars pro toto for ‘shield’ (see Falk 1914, 140-1).
af ‘af’
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af (prep.): from
notes
[7] af Fljóðum ‘af Fljóðum (“from Fløan”)’: Located in Skatval, in Stjørdalen, Trøndelag, Norway.
notes
[7] af Fljóðum ‘af Fljóðum (“from Fløan”)’: Located in Skatval, in Stjørdalen, Trøndelag, Norway.
fingrmjór ‘slender-fingered’
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fingrmjór (adj.): [slender-fingered]
kominn ‘come’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
hingat ‘here’
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hingat (adv.): (to) here
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King Sigurðr jórsalafari ‘Jerusalem-farer’ Magnússon sends his retainer, Ívarr af Fljóðum, to Ireland on a mission, and in Ívarr’s absence he consorts with Sigríðr Hranadóttir, Ívarr’s wife. The st. is recited in response to Sigurðr’s question as to whether Ívarr has returned to Norway.
Mork is the main ms. In Mork and H-Hr, the st. is incorporated into Þinga saga or Þinga þáttr, an account of the legal dealings between Sigurðr and his brother, King Eysteinn Magnússon. The st. must have been recited before 1116, because Sigurðr’s brother, Óláfr (d. 22 December 1115), is one of the characters in the prose narrative.
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