Eyv Hák 18I
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Eyvindr skáldaspillir Finnsson, Hákonarmál 18’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 191.
Þá ‘then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
kynnðisk ‘was revealed’
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kynna (verb): make known, reveal
hvé ‘how’
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hvé (conj.): how
konungr ‘king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
hafði ‘had’
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hafa (verb): have
notes
[2-3] hafði of þyrmt véum ‘had revered the sanctuaries’: Hkr and Fsk, unsurprisingly, say nothing of Hákon’s reverence for heathen shrines, but they stress how he was forced not to practise Christianity publicly, and to participate in heathen rites. By contrast, it is said to have been a specific cause of discontent when his successors, the sons of Eiríkr and Gunnhildr, destroyed temples (ÍF 26, 203), and to the extent that this information is reliable, Hákon may be assumed to have shown respect for them. (Cf. Larsen 1943-6, II, 316, who, trusting Snorri’s account, regards these lines as poetic exaggeration.)
vel ‘well’
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vel (adv.): well, very
of ‘’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
notes
[2-3] hafði of þyrmt véum ‘had revered the sanctuaries’: Hkr and Fsk, unsurprisingly, say nothing of Hákon’s reverence for heathen shrines, but they stress how he was forced not to practise Christianity publicly, and to participate in heathen rites. By contrast, it is said to have been a specific cause of discontent when his successors, the sons of Eiríkr and Gunnhildr, destroyed temples (ÍF 26, 203), and to the extent that this information is reliable, Hákon may be assumed to have shown respect for them. (Cf. Larsen 1943-6, II, 316, who, trusting Snorri’s account, regards these lines as poetic exaggeration.)
þyrmt ‘revered’
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þyrma (verb): respect, spare, revere
notes
[2-3] hafði of þyrmt véum ‘had revered the sanctuaries’: Hkr and Fsk, unsurprisingly, say nothing of Hákon’s reverence for heathen shrines, but they stress how he was forced not to practise Christianity publicly, and to participate in heathen rites. By contrast, it is said to have been a specific cause of discontent when his successors, the sons of Eiríkr and Gunnhildr, destroyed temples (ÍF 26, 203), and to the extent that this information is reliable, Hákon may be assumed to have shown respect for them. (Cf. Larsen 1943-6, II, 316, who, trusting Snorri’s account, regards these lines as poetic exaggeration.)
véum ‘the sanctuaries’
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1. vé (noun n.): house, sanctuary
notes
[2-3] hafði of þyrmt véum ‘had revered the sanctuaries’: Hkr and Fsk, unsurprisingly, say nothing of Hákon’s reverence for heathen shrines, but they stress how he was forced not to practise Christianity publicly, and to participate in heathen rites. By contrast, it is said to have been a specific cause of discontent when his successors, the sons of Eiríkr and Gunnhildr, destroyed temples (ÍF 26, 203), and to the extent that this information is reliable, Hákon may be assumed to have shown respect for them. (Cf. Larsen 1943-6, II, 316, who, trusting Snorri’s account, regards these lines as poetic exaggeration.)
es ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
Hô ‘Há’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high < Hákon (noun m.): Hákon
kon ‘kon’
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1. kyn (noun n.; °-s; -): kin < Hákon (noun m.): Hákon
heilan ‘welcome’
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3. heill (adj.; °heilan; compar. heilli, superl. -astr/-str): healthy, hale, hail
notes
[5] koma heilan ‘welcome’: Lit. ‘come healthy’.
koma ‘’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
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[5] koma heilan ‘welcome’: Lit. ‘come healthy’.
rôð ‘the guiding’
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ráð (noun n.; °-s; -): advice, plan, control, power
ǫll ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
regni ‘’
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regn (noun n.; °-s; -): rain
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
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