Ív Sig 29II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Ívarr Ingimundarson, Sigurðarbálkr 29’ 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. 518-19.
Veitti ‘made’
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2. veita (verb): grant, give
vísi ‘The leader’
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vísi (noun m.; °-a): leader
fyr ‘off’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
notes
[2] fyr Valsnesi ‘off Valsneset’: Located on the peninsula Fosen in Nord-Trøndelag.
Valsnesi ‘Valsneset’
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Valsnes (noun n.): Valsneset
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[2] fyr Valsnesi ‘off Valsneset’: Located on the peninsula Fosen in Nord-Trøndelag.
sókn ‘attack’
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sókn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): attack, fight
snarpliga ‘a vigorous’
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snarpliga (adv.): [a vigorous]
Svína ‘on Svína’
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svín (noun n.; °-s; -): swine, pig < Svínagrímr (noun m.)
Grími ‘Grímr (‘Pig-Grímr’)’
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grímr (noun m.; °; -ar): Grímr; fierce < Svínagrímr (noun m.)
Hann ‘He’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
lét ‘caused’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
missa ‘to lose’
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2. missa (verb): lose, lack
mildings ‘of the generous one’
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mildingr (noun m.; °-s): ruler, generous one
kennings
*nefa mildings‘the nephew of the generous one ’
= Svína-Grímr
the nephew of the generous one → Svína-Grímr
notes
[6] mildings ‘of the generous one’: Mildingr usually denotes a (generous) ruler (see LP: mildingr 2), but none of the prose texts provides any information about the identity of Svína-Grímr’s uncle.
kennings
*nefa mildings‘the nephew of the generous one ’
= Svína-Grímr
the nephew of the generous one → Svína-Grímr
notes
[6] *nefa ‘the nephew’: The ms. reading hnefa ‘fist’ makes no sense in this context and must have been caused by the association with handar ‘hand’ (l. 7).
hœgri ‘his right’
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hœgri (adj. comp.): higher, highest
handar ‘hand’
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand
áðr ‘before’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
hjaldr ‘the fighting’
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1. hjaldr (noun m.): battle
lykisk ‘came to a close’
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1. lúka (verb): end, close
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When Sigurðr arrived at Valsneset in Trøndelag, he captured Svína-Grímr and had his right hand cut off.
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