Ív Sig 15II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Ívarr Ingimundarson, Sigurðarbálkr 15’ 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. 510-11.
Drifu ‘rushed’
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2. drífa (verb; °drífr; dreif, drifu; drifinn): drive, rush
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
reipa ‘the ropes’
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reip (noun n.; °-s; -): rope
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
notes
[2] í rotuveðri ‘in the roaring rainstorm’: The ms. readings (‘roþo’ Mork, ‘rꜹðo’ F) cannot be construed to make any sense.
rotu ‘the roaring’
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rota (noun f.; °-u): rainstorm, roaring < rotuveðr (noun n.)
[2] rotu‑: ‘roþo’ Mork, ‘rꜹðo’ F
notes
[2] í rotuveðri ‘in the roaring rainstorm’: The ms. readings (‘roþo’ Mork, ‘rꜹðo’ F) cannot be construed to make any sense.
veðri ‘rainstorm’
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2. veðr (noun n.; °-s; -): weather, wind, storm < rotuveðr (noun n.)
notes
[2] í rotuveðri ‘in the roaring rainstorm’: The ms. readings (‘roþo’ Mork, ‘rꜹðo’ F) cannot be construed to make any sense.
reyndir ‘tested’
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reyna (verb): test, try, experience
at ‘in’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
risnu ‘magnanimity’
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risna (noun f.; °-u): munificence
ræsis ‘The ruler’s’
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ræsir (noun m.): ruler
þegnar ‘retainers’
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þegn (noun m.; °dat. -/-i; -ar): thane, man, franklin
Urðu ‘had’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
seggir ‘Men’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
segls ‘the sail’
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segl (noun n.; °-s; -): sail
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
gæta ‘tend’
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2. gæta (verb): look after, care for
þá ‘then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
vas ‘it was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
svalt ‘cold’
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svalr (adj.): cool
á ‘at’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
sæ ‘sea’
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sjór (noun m.): sea
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
sumir ‘some’
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2. sumr (pron.): some
jósu ‘bailed’
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2. ausa (verb; °eyss; jós, jósu/jusu; ausinn): sprinkle, bail
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Stanzas 15-17 describe Sigurðr’s sailing from Norway to Sweden in 1137.
The prose of Mork (and F) is clearly derived from the poetry here. Hkr (ÍF 28, 309), which does not cite any sts, has Sigurðr travelling from Norway to Denmark.
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