Ív Sig 10II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Ívarr Ingimundarson, Sigurðarbálkr 10’ 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. 507-8.
Gerðu ‘conducted’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
skírslu ‘the ordeal’
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skírsla (noun f.; °-u; -ur): [ordeal]
[1] skírslu: skírsli FskAˣ, skírslur Kˣ, 39, F
of ‘concerning’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
skjǫldungs ‘the lord’s’
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skjǫldungr (noun m.): king
kyn ‘kinship’
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1. kyn (noun n.; °-s; -): kin
fimm ‘Five’
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fimm (num. cardinal): five
byskupar ‘bishops’
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1. byskup (noun m.; °-s/-(cf. [$489$]), dat. -i/-; -ar): bishop
framarst ‘most distinguished’
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framari (adj. comp.): more, most distinguished
þóttu ‘deemed’
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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think
Svá ‘’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
notes
[5] svá bar raunir ‘proofs were given’: The verb is used impersonally with raunir ‘proofs’ as the object.
bar ‘were given’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
notes
[5] svá bar raunir ‘proofs were given’: The verb is used impersonally with raunir ‘proofs’ as the object.
raunir ‘Proofs’
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raun (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): ordeal, proof, experience
[5] raunir: raun F
notes
[5] svá bar raunir ‘proofs were given’: The verb is used impersonally with raunir ‘proofs’ as the object.
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
ríks ‘mighty’
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ríkr (adj.): mighty, powerful, rich
konungs ‘king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
inn ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
[7] inn mildi: ins milda FskBˣ, FskAˣ, Kˣ, 39, F, E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, H, Hr
mildi ‘generous’
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mildr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): mild, gentle, gracious, generous
[7] inn mildi: ins milda FskBˣ, FskAˣ, Kˣ, 39, F, E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, H, Hr
Magnús ‘Magnús’
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2. Magnús (noun m.): Magnús
faðir ‘the father’
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faðir (noun m.): father
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Five bishops witnessed the ordeal which Sigurðr underwent to prove his paternity. According to Fsk, Hkr and H-Hr, this took place in Denmark and was reported back in Norway by Sigurðr and his men. Mork places the ordeal in Palestine, citing this st., and later adds a second ordeal in Denmark with prose similar to that of the other versions but without the st. (Mork 1928-32, 412).
For ordeals in medieval Scandinavia, see ‘Gudsdom’ in KLNM 5, 545-55 and the references to legal sections in NGL V: járn 3; járnburðr; skírsl. Such ordeals were finally prohibited in all the Scandinavian countries in 1247 in connection with the visit of the papal legate William of Sabina. Several Norw. kings and noblemen of dubious paternity are said to have undergone ordeals. Haraldr gilli walked barefoot on nine red-hot ploughshares (Hkr, ÍF 28, 266 and n. 4) and the half-brother of Sverrir Sigurðarson, Jarl Eiríkr, carried red-hot iron (Sv, ÍF 30, 92-3), as did Erlingr steinveggr ‘Stonewall’, the son of Magnús Erlingsson (Bǫgl 1988, II, 23). The mother of Hákon Hákonarson, Inga of Varteig, was the last to carry glowing iron to prove the paternity of her son (Hák, E 1916, 496-8; Hákon was elected king of Norway in 1217). — [6-8]: The variant reading in the other mss can be construed as follows: at Magnús vas faðir þess ríks konungs ins milda ‘that Magnús was the father of that mighty, generous king’. However, this adjectival construction is extremely awkward (see NN §1154). It could well be that the variant entered Hkr and H-Hr from Fsk, perhaps caused by the similar wording in st. 13 (see also st. 36).
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