Eyv Hák 9I
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Eyvindr skáldaspillir Finnsson, Hákonarmál 9’ 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. 184.
Sôtu ‘were sitting’
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sitja (verb): sit
þá ‘Then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
dǫglingar ‘kings’
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dǫglingr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, ruler
notes
[1] dǫglingar ‘kings’: In Skm (SnE 1998, I, 103), Snorri explains Daglingar or Dǫglingar as descendants of Dagr, a legendary king, but this is unlikely (LP: dǫglingr). Höfler (1952a, 33-7) argues that the word is to be connected with the personified Dagr ‘Day’ mentioned in Vafþr 25/2 (NK 49) and SnE 2005, 13. Sahlgren (1927-8, I, 89) proposes that the word describes the sons of Eiríkr rather than Hákon, but cf. Wolf (1969, 19).
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
sverðum ‘’
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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword
sverð ‘swords’
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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword
[2] sverð of (‘sverð um’): sverðum J1ˣ, J2ˣ
notes
[2] of togin ‘drawn’: Although it might appear strange for the kings to sit with their swords drawn (and Sahlgren 1927-8, I, 78 proposes emendation), Wolff (1952, 105) argues that the point is that the kings are so fierce that even in death they are prepared for battle. Of is the expletive particle.
togin ‘drawn’
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tjúga (verb): draw
notes
[2] of togin ‘drawn’: Although it might appear strange for the kings to sit with their swords drawn (and Sahlgren 1927-8, I, 78 proposes emendation), Wolff (1952, 105) argues that the point is that the kings are so fierce that even in death they are prepared for battle. Of is the expletive particle.
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
skarða ‘hacked’
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skara (verb): jut out, poke
skjǫldu ‘shields’
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skjǫldr (noun m.; °skjaldar/skildar, dat. skildi; skildir, acc. skjǫldu): shield
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
skornar ‘’
brynjur ‘mail-shirt’
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1. brynja (noun f.; °-u (dat. brynnoni Gibb 38⁹); -ur): mailcoat
Vasa ‘was not’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
herr ‘army’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
hugum ‘good spirits’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
[6] ok: so F, J1ˣ, J2ˣ, ok corrected from er Kˣ, er 761bˣ
notes
[6] ok ‘and’: Ok is likely to be original, as the reading of F and the J transcripts, from the two branches of the Hkr stemma. Kock (NN §1054) suggests translating as ‘who’ and points out that Kˣ has er (which is adopted by Nygaard 1875, 321 and Lindquist 1929, 14), but this is presumably a copyist’s interpretation.
átti ‘was on its’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
Val ‘Val’
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1. valr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ir): corpse, the slain < Valhǫll (noun f.): Valhǫll
hallar ‘hǫll’
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1. hǫll (noun f.; °hallar, dat. -u/-; hallir): hall < Valhǫll (noun f.): Valhǫll
vega ‘way’
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1. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-; -ar/-ir, gen. -a/-na, acc. -a/-i/-u): way, path, side
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As for st. 1.
[5-7]: Here the metre changes from málaháttr to ljóðaháttr. Emendations to put the entire stanza into ljóðaháttr were proposed by Ettmüller (1858, 26; 1861, 26).
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