Hharð Gamv 1II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Gamanvísur 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, p. 36.
Fundr ‘The encounter’
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fundr (noun m.): discovery, meeting
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
Þrœndir ‘Þrœndir’
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Þrœndr (noun m.; °; þrǿndir/þrǿndr): people from Tröndelag
hǫfðu ‘had’
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hafa (verb): have
lið ‘troops’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
meira ‘more’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
varð ‘was’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
vér ‘we’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
of ‘’
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4. of (particle): (before verb)
gerðum ‘had’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
errilig ‘fierce’
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erriligr (adj.; °superl. -st-): [fierce]
snerra ‘the fight’
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1. snerra (noun f.; °-u): onslaught
Skilðumk ‘I parted’
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1. skilja (verb): separate, understand
ungr ‘young’
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ungr (adj.): young
notes
[5] ungr við ungan ‘young, from the young’: Whereas Haraldr was fifteen years old at the time of this battle, Óláfr was around thirty-five years old (see ÍF 27, lxxxviii) and could hardly be called ‘young’.
við ‘from’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
notes
[5] ungr við ungan ‘young, from the young’: Whereas Haraldr was fifteen years old at the time of this battle, Óláfr was around thirty-five years old (see ÍF 27, lxxxviii) and could hardly be called ‘young’.
ungan ‘the young’
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ungr (adj.): young
notes
[5] ungr við ungan ‘young, from the young’: Whereas Haraldr was fifteen years old at the time of this battle, Óláfr was around thirty-five years old (see ÍF 27, lxxxviii) and could hardly be called ‘young’.
allvald ‘overlord’
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allvaldr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): mighty ruler
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
styr ‘battle’
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styrr (noun m.; °dat. -): battle
fallinn ‘fallen’
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falla (verb): fall
kennings
Gerðr gollhrings‘the Gerðr of the gold ring ’
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the Gerðr of the gold ring → WOMAN
goll ‘of the gold’
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gull (noun n.): gold < gullhringr (noun m.): gold ring
[8] gollhrings: so Hr, om. Mork, goll H
kennings
Gerðr gollhrings‘the Gerðr of the gold ring ’
= WOMAN
the Gerðr of the gold ring → WOMAN
hrings ‘ring’
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1. hringr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): ring; sword < gullhringr (noun m.): gold ring
[8] gollhrings: so Hr, om. Mork, goll H
kennings
Gerðr gollhrings‘the Gerðr of the gold ring ’
= WOMAN
the Gerðr of the gold ring → WOMAN
mér ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
[8] við mér skolla: so H, Hr, om. Mork
skolla ‘ridicules’
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skolla (verb): ridicule, rock
[8] við mér skolla: so H, Hr, om. Mork
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The st. (ll. 1-6) alludes to the battle of Stiklestad (29 July 1030), in which Haraldr’s half-brother, Óláfr Haraldsson (S. Óláfr), was killed by the army of the farmers of Trøndelag. The fifteen-year-old Haraldr escaped wounded from the battle and sought refuge in Sweden. See also Hharð Lv 1-2a, 2b, ÞjóðA Sex 1 and Bǫlv Hardr 1/1-4. — [7-8]: The abbreviated variants here and elsewhere in the mss indicate that the scribes regarded the last cl. as a full-blown stef ‘refrain’. — [7] í Gǫrðum ‘in Russia’: Garðar technically comprised Novgorod (Hólmgarðr) and the surrounding territory including Kiev (Garðaríki), i.e. the whole area between Ladoga and Ilmen (see Melnikova 1996, 15 and Map 2; Sverrir Jakobsson 2006, 938). — [8] skolla ‘ridicules’: Lit. ‘ridicule’ (inf. with lætr 3rd pers. sg. pres. indic. ‘lets’ (l. 7)). The verb skolla can mean ‘dangle, swing, rock’. For the meaning ‘ridicule sby’, see Heggstad, Hødnebø and Simensen 1997: skolla 2; skolla við e-m.
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