Gísl Magnkv 6II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Gísl Illugason, Erfikvæði about Magnús berfœttr 6’ 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. 420-1.
við ‘in’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
róstu ‘the tumult’
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1. rósta (noun f.; °-u; -ur): [tumult]
rymr ‘a roar’
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rymr (noun m.): roar
í ‘throughout’
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í (prep.): in, into
her ‘the army’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
helmingr ‘unit’
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helmingr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): unit, troop
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[3] helmingr ‘unit’: See Note to Valg Har 4/1.
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[3] Egils ‘Egill’s’: Í bǫð ‘in battle’ (so F) is metrically correct but repeats við róstu ‘in the tumult’ (l. 1). For Egill, see Note to SteigÞ Kv l. 1 and st. 2/2 above.
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[4] útan við Hlaðir ‘out by Lade’: Lade is located in the city of Trondheim.
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[4] útan við Hlaðir ‘out by Lade’: Lade is located in the city of Trondheim.
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[4] útan við Hlaðir ‘out by Lade’: Lade is located in the city of Trondheim.
Môttut ‘could not’
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mega (verb): may, might
[5] Môttut: mttu eigi Mork, H, Hr, ‘matto ei’ F
hersar ‘The hersar’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
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[6] við dróttni Haða ‘against the lord of the Haðar [NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús]’: Við gram Hǫrða ‘against the lord of the Hǫrðar’ (so F) is a possible reading. The Haðar were the people of Hadeland, the southern part of Oppland in south-eastern Norway.
kennings
láðgǫfguðum dróttni Haða.‘the land-endowed lord of the Haðar.’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
the land-endowed lord of the Haðar. → NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
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[6] við dróttni Haða ‘against the lord of the Haðar [NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús]’: Við gram Hǫrða ‘against the lord of the Hǫrðar’ (so F) is a possible reading. The Haðar were the people of Hadeland, the southern part of Oppland in south-eastern Norway.
dróttni ‘lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
[6] Haða dróttni: Hǫrða gram F
kennings
láðgǫfguðum dróttni Haða.‘the land-endowed lord of the Haðar.’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
the land-endowed lord of the Haðar. → NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
notes
[6] við dróttni Haða ‘against the lord of the Haðar [NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús]’: Við gram Hǫrða ‘against the lord of the Hǫrðar’ (so F) is a possible reading. The Haðar were the people of Hadeland, the southern part of Oppland in south-eastern Norway.
láð ‘the land-’
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2. láð (noun n.): earth, land < láðgǫfgaðr (adj./verb p.p.)
kennings
láðgǫfguðum dróttni Haða.‘the land-endowed lord of the Haðar.’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
the land-endowed lord of the Haðar. → NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
gǫfguðum ‘endowed’
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gǫfga (verb): endow, worship < láðgǫfgaðr (adj./verb p.p.)
[7] ‑gǫfguðum: ‑gǫfugum H
kennings
láðgǫfguðum dróttni Haða.‘the land-endowed lord of the Haðar.’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
the land-endowed lord of the Haðar. → NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
landi ‘the country’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land
ráða ‘hold’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
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In Mork and F, as st. 6. In H and Hr, the st. illustrates Magnús’s pursuit of Þórir and Egill, and it is placed after st. 4.
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