Halli XI Fl 5II
Russell Poole (ed.) 2009, ‘Halli stirði, Flokkr 5’ 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. 342.
Ofreiði ‘The excessive anger’
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ofreiði (noun f.): [excessive anger]
[1] Ofreiði: Ófriði E, H, Hr
verðr ‘becomes’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
jǫfra ‘of the kings’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
allhætt ‘most dangerous’
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
skal ‘there must be’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
sættask ‘a settlement’
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sætta (verb): reconcile, settle
menn ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
þeirs ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
miðla ‘mediate’
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miðla (verb): mediate, share out
môl ‘the issues’
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1. mál (noun n.; °-s; -): speech, matter
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[4] vega ǫll môl í skôlum ‘weigh all the issues in the balance’: The metaphor derives from the portable scales used by Scandinavian and other traders to determine the value of currency and precious metals (Foote and Wilson, 1970, 196-7).
ǫll ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
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[4] vega ǫll môl í skôlum ‘weigh all the issues in the balance’: The metaphor derives from the portable scales used by Scandinavian and other traders to determine the value of currency and precious metals (Foote and Wilson, 1970, 196-7).
vega ‘weigh’
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2. vega (verb): lift, weigh
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[4] vega ǫll môl í skôlum ‘weigh all the issues in the balance’: The metaphor derives from the portable scales used by Scandinavian and other traders to determine the value of currency and precious metals (Foote and Wilson, 1970, 196-7).
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
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[4] vega ǫll môl í skôlum ‘weigh all the issues in the balance’: The metaphor derives from the portable scales used by Scandinavian and other traders to determine the value of currency and precious metals (Foote and Wilson, 1970, 196-7).
skôlum ‘the balance’
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skál (noun f.; °-ar, acc. -/-u; -ir/-ar): scales, cup
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[4] vega ǫll môl í skôlum ‘weigh all the issues in the balance’: The metaphor derives from the portable scales used by Scandinavian and other traders to determine the value of currency and precious metals (Foote and Wilson, 1970, 196-7).
Dugir ‘It is good’
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duga (verb; °dugir; dugði; dugat): help, befit
siklingum ‘princes’
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siklingr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, ruler
[5] siklingum: siglingum 39
segja ‘to tell’
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segja (verb): say, tell
slíkt ‘such things’
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2. slíkr (adj.): such
allt ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
es ‘as’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
her ‘the people’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
líkar ‘please’
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4. líka (verb): please
veldr ‘causes’
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valda (verb): cause
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
verr ‘on worse terms’
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4. verr (adv.): worse
skulu ‘must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
hauldar ‘the freeholders’
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hǫlðr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): man
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[6] hauldar ‘freeholders’: Although rhymes of -ld- : -lð- are an occasional licence, here we probably see the poet using the Norw. form hauldar, not Icel. hǫlðar, as indicated by the internal rhyme and the ms. readings ‘hꜵldar’ (Kˣ, F, J2ˣ) and ‘haulldar’ 39, E. See also Note to Anon Nkt 15/2.
vili ‘an inclination’
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vili (noun m.; °-ja): will, wish
skiljask ‘part’
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1. skilja (verb): separate, understand
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Ofreiði verðr jǫfra |
The excessive anger of the kings becomes most dangerous, if there must be a settlement; men, who know how to mediate, weigh all the issues in the balance. It is good to tell princes all such things as please the people; an inclination to evil-doing causes it if the freeholders must part on worse terms.
As for st. 4 in Hkr. In H-Hr the first helmingr of st. 5 is all that is quoted and it is prefaced by the formula Ok enn kvað skáldit ‘And in addition the skald said’.
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