Ív Sig 44II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Ívarr Ingimundarson, Sigurðarbálkr 44’ 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. 526-7.
Sǫng ‘sang’
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syngja (verb): sing
notes
[1] sǫng saltara ‘sang the psalter’: This must mean that he sang from the psalter, not that he sang the entire psalter. Cf. also Saxo (2005, II, 14, 29, 4, p. 316): quasi in ocio psalterium relegens ‘as if he leisurely reread the psalter’.
saltara ‘the psalter’
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saltari (noun m.; °-a; -ar): [psalter]
notes
[1] sǫng saltara ‘sang the psalter’: This must mean that he sang from the psalter, not that he sang the entire psalter. Cf. also Saxo (2005, II, 14, 29, 4, p. 316): quasi in ocio psalterium relegens ‘as if he leisurely reread the psalter’.
meðan ‘while’
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meðan (conj.): while
Sigurð ‘Sigurðr’
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Sigurðr (noun m.): Sigurðr
pínðu ‘tortured’
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3. pína (verb): torture, torment
jǫfurs ‘the prince’s’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
óvinir ‘enemies’
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óvinr (noun m.): enemy
ýta ‘of men’
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ýtr (noun m.): man; launcher
kennings
Dróttinn ýta‘The lord of men ’
= KING = Sigurðr
The lord of men → KING = Sigurðr
dróttinn ‘The lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
kennings
Dróttinn ýta‘The lord of men ’
= KING = Sigurðr
The lord of men → KING = Sigurðr
fyr ‘for’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
brǫgnum ‘the men’
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bragnar (noun m.): men, warriors
bǫðfrœkn ‘The battle-brave’
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bǫðfrœkn (adj.): [battle-brave]
jǫfurr ‘prince’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
vellskata ‘upon the generous chieftain’
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vellskati (noun m.): generous chieftain
notes
[7] vellskata ‘the generous chieftain’: The first element of this cpd, vell-, means ‘gold’, while the second, -skati, is a poetic word for ‘man, chieftain’, preserved in ModNorw. skate ‘tree-trunk without branches’ and ModSwed. skate ‘tree-top’ or ‘tail’ (see AEW: skata).
veittu ‘inflicted’
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2. veita (verb): grant, give
píslir ‘torments’
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písl (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(Maurit 650²²)): torture
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