Ív Sig 5II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Ívarr Ingimundarson, Sigurðarbálkr 5’ 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, p. 505.
Ól ‘nourished’
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ala (verb; °elr; ól, ólu; alinn): to beget, produce, procreate
hertogi ‘The army-leader’
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hertogi (noun m.): duke
hrafna ‘ravens’
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hrafn (noun m.; °hrafns; dat. hrafni; hrafnar): raven
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
fjǫrðum ‘the fjords’
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fjǫrðr (noun m.): fjord
skulfu ‘shook’
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1. skjalfa (verb): shake - intrans.
notes
[3] skeyti skulfu ‘arrows shook’: For this l., see also st. 22/5 below. Etymologically related to skjóta ‘shoot’, skeyti ‘arrow’ could also denote a short spear that was thrown (see Falk 1914, 95).
skeyti ‘arrows’
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skeyti (noun n.; °; -): arrow, missile
notes
[3] skeyti skulfu ‘arrows shook’: For this l., see also st. 22/5 below. Etymologically related to skjóta ‘shoot’, skeyti ‘arrow’ could also denote a short spear that was thrown (see Falk 1914, 95).
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
Skota ‘of the Scots’
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Skotr (noun m.): Scot
blóði ‘the blood’
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blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood
þars ‘where’
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þars (conj.): where
fyr ‘before’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
jǫfri ‘the prince’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
austan ‘from the east’
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austan (adv.): from the east
komnum ‘who had come’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
morð ‘of the battle’
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1. morð (noun n.; °-s; -): killing, battle < morðáll (noun m.): [battle-eel]
kennings
metendr morðáls‘the testers of the battle-eel ’
= WARRIORS
the battle-eel → SWORD
the testers of the SWORD → WARRIORS
morð ‘of the battle’
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1. morð (noun n.; °-s; -): killing, battle < morðáll (noun m.): [battle-eel]
kennings
metendr morðáls‘the testers of the battle-eel ’
= WARRIORS
the battle-eel → SWORD
the testers of the SWORD → WARRIORS
áls ‘eel’
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1. áll (noun m.; °dat. ál; álar): eel < morðáll (noun m.): [battle-eel]
kennings
metendr morðáls‘the testers of the battle-eel ’
= WARRIORS
the battle-eel → SWORD
the testers of the SWORD → WARRIORS
áls ‘eel’
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1. áll (noun m.; °dat. ál; álar): eel < morðáll (noun m.): [battle-eel]
kennings
metendr morðáls‘the testers of the battle-eel ’
= WARRIORS
the battle-eel → SWORD
the testers of the SWORD → WARRIORS
metendr ‘the testers’
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metandi (noun m.; °; -endr): valuer
kennings
metendr morðáls‘the testers of the battle-eel ’
= WARRIORS
the battle-eel → SWORD
the testers of the SWORD → WARRIORS
merki ‘the standards’
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1. merki (noun n.; °-s: -): banner, sign
bôru ‘bore’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
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Stanzas 5-7 document battles in Scotland in which Sigurðr participated. The only battle fought by David that would fit the approximate time-frame is the battle of Stracathro against the men of Moray (1130). See Anderson 1922, II, 149, 173-4. The prose surrounding these sts appears to have been derived from the content of the poetry.
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