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Ív Sig 16II

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Ívarr Ingimundarson, Sigurðarbálkr 16’ 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. 511-12.

Ívarr IngimundarsonSigurðarbálkr
151617

Skók ‘shook’

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2. skaka (verb): shake

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[1] skók ‘shook’: The verb skaka ‘shake’ (skók 3rd pers. sg. pret. indic.) is used impersonally with verðrvita ‘the weather-vane’ as the object.

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veðrvita ‘The weather-vane’

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veðrviti (noun m.): weather-vane

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[1] veðrvita ‘the weather-vane’: The weather-vane could be fastened either to the stem or stern of a ship to indicate the direction of the wind, and could be taken down. It could be gilded and decorated with incised patterns. Some have been preserved because they were reused on churches (see Graham-Campbell and Kidd 1980, 30-1). Merchant ships seem not to have been equipped with weather-vanes (see Falk 1912, 42).

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í ‘in’

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í (prep.): in, into

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vôtum ‘the wet’

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vátr (adj.): wet

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gulli ‘with gold’

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gull (noun n.): gold

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glæstan ‘adorned’

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glæsa (verb): adorn

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of ‘above’

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3. of (prep.): around, from; too

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grams ‘the lord’s’

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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler

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skipi ‘ship’

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skip (noun n.; °-s; -): ship

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Kløkkar ‘became pliable’

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kløkkr (adj.): flexible, humble

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[5] urðu kløkkar ‘became pliable’: I.e. the planks of the ship flexed with the motion of the turbulent sea.

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urðu ‘’

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1. verða (verb): become, be

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[5] urðu kløkkar ‘became pliable’: I.e. the planks of the ship flexed with the motion of the turbulent sea.

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en ‘and’

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2. en (conj.): but, and

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konungr ‘the king’

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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king

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stýrði ‘was steering’

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stýra (verb): steer, control

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snekkju ‘of the warship’

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snekkja (noun f.; °-u; -ur): warship

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[7] sneisar snekkju ‘the thin boards of the warship’: For snekkja, see Note to st. 12/2 above.

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sneisar ‘The thin planks’

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sneis (noun f.; °-ar): [thin planks]

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[7] sneisar snekkju ‘the thin boards of the warship’: For snekkja, see Note to st. 12/2 above.

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of ‘around’

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3. of (prep.): around, from; too

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[8] of Sigurði ‘around Sigurðr’: For this unmetrical form, see Note to st. 6/1. The l. echoes Guðr I, 1/4, 13/2, 27/8 (NK 202, 204, 206), where the name refers to Sigurðr the Dragon-slayer. There can be no doubt that the echoes in Sig of ll. from poems in the eddic Sigurðr-cycle were intentional, and that Ívarr eulogised Sigurðr slembidjákn by juxtaposing him to Sigurðr the Dragon-slayer (see Introduction above). For a similar device, see Ill Har above.

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Sigurði ‘Sigurðr’

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Sigurðr (noun m.): Sigurðr

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[8] of Sigurði ‘around Sigurðr’: For this unmetrical form, see Note to st. 6/1. The l. echoes Guðr I, 1/4, 13/2, 27/8 (NK 202, 204, 206), where the name refers to Sigurðr the Dragon-slayer. There can be no doubt that the echoes in Sig of ll. from poems in the eddic Sigurðr-cycle were intentional, and that Ívarr eulogised Sigurðr slembidjákn by juxtaposing him to Sigurðr the Dragon-slayer (see Introduction above). For a similar device, see Ill Har above.

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