Anon (Hsona) 2II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísur from Haraldssona saga 2’ 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. 836-7.
Fátt ‘few’
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3. fár (adj.; °compar. fǽrri/fárri(Mág² 11), superl. fǽstr): few
eitt ‘Only’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
furu ‘the ship’
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1. fura (noun f.): fir vessel
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[2] furu ‘the ship’: Lit. ‘pine-tree’. Denoting a ship made out of pine; poetic word for ‘ship’ (see Falk 1912, 31, 87).
háleyskri ‘from Hålogaland’
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háleyskr (adj.): [from Hålogaland]
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[2] háleyskri ‘from Hålogaland’: District in North Norway.
segli ‘the sail’
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segl (noun n.; °-s; -): sail
sin ‘the sinew’
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1. sin (noun f.; °; -ar): sinew < sinbundinn (adj./verb p.p.)
[4] sin‑: ‘sím‑’ Hr
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[4] sinbundit skip ‘the sinew-bound boat’: The planking of the ship was joined together by sinews rather than by nails. Hkr (ÍF 28, 311) gives the following account: Þann vetr, er sagt, at Sigurðr léti Finna gera sér skútur tvær inn í fjǫrðum ok váru sini bundnar ok engi saumr í, en viðjar fyrir kné, ok røru tólf menn á borð hvárri ‘That winter, it is told that Sigurðr had the Saami make two ships for him in the innermost reach of the fjord. They were held together by sinews, and there was no iron rivet in them, and withies were used for brackets. Twelve men rowed on each side’. See also Falk 1912, 50.
bundit ‘-bound’
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binda (verb; °bindr; batt/bant(cf. [$332$]), bundu; bundinn): bind, tie < sinbundinn (adj./verb p.p.)
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[4] sinbundit skip ‘the sinew-bound boat’: The planking of the ship was joined together by sinews rather than by nails. Hkr (ÍF 28, 311) gives the following account: Þann vetr, er sagt, at Sigurðr léti Finna gera sér skútur tvær inn í fjǫrðum ok váru sini bundnar ok engi saumr í, en viðjar fyrir kné, ok røru tólf menn á borð hvárri ‘That winter, it is told that Sigurðr had the Saami make two ships for him in the innermost reach of the fjord. They were held together by sinews, and there was no iron rivet in them, and withies were used for brackets. Twelve men rowed on each side’. See also Falk 1912, 50.
skip ‘boat’
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skip (noun n.; °-s; -): ship
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[4] sinbundit skip ‘the sinew-bound boat’: The planking of the ship was joined together by sinews rather than by nails. Hkr (ÍF 28, 311) gives the following account: Þann vetr, er sagt, at Sigurðr léti Finna gera sér skútur tvær inn í fjǫrðum ok váru sini bundnar ok engi saumr í, en viðjar fyrir kné, ok røru tólf menn á borð hvárri ‘That winter, it is told that Sigurðr had the Saami make two ships for him in the innermost reach of the fjord. They were held together by sinews, and there was no iron rivet in them, and withies were used for brackets. Twelve men rowed on each side’. See also Falk 1912, 50.
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Sigurðr slembidjákn spends the winter of 1138-9 in Finnmark among the Saami, and they provide him with a ship that is held together by sinews.
For Sigurðr’s dealings with the Saami, see also Slembir Lv and Context. He commissioned two ships from them because he had cut the stem and the stern off his own ship and sunk it in Øksfjorden (Ægisfjǫrðr), presumably to avoid detection while he and his men were in hiding (ÍF 28, 311; Mork 1928-32, 425). He could have saved the stem and the stern because of their value (they needed to buy provisions for the winter).
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