Máni Lv 1II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Máni, Lausavísur 1’ 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. 641-2.
Byr ‘fair wind’
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byrr (noun m.; °-jar/-s; -ir, acc. -i/-u(SigrVal 188¹³)): favourable wind
brátt ‘quickly’
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bráðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): quick(ly)
inn ‘’
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2. inn (art.): the
kennings
Inn ǫrvi konungr þungstóls sólar,‘Generous king of the heavy seat of the sun, ’
= God
the heavy seat of the sun, → SKY/HEAVEN
Generous king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
ǫrvi ‘Generous’
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ǫrr (adj.): generous, brave
kennings
Inn ǫrvi konungr þungstóls sólar,‘Generous king of the heavy seat of the sun, ’
= God
the heavy seat of the sun, → SKY/HEAVEN
Generous king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
Bjǫrgynjar ‘Bergen’
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Bjǫrgyn (noun f.): [Bergen]
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
mǫrgum ‘many’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
vér ‘we’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
þjóðum ‘people’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
þung ‘of the heavy’
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þungr (adj.): heavy < þungstóll (noun m.)
kennings
Inn ǫrvi konungr þungstóls sólar,‘Generous king of the heavy seat of the sun, ’
= God
the heavy seat of the sun, → SKY/HEAVEN
Generous king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[4] þungstóls ‘of the heavy seat’: Þungstáls ‘of the heavy steel’ (so 327) violates the full rhyme and makes no sense in the present context.
þung ‘of the heavy’
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þungr (adj.): heavy < þungstóll (noun m.)
kennings
Inn ǫrvi konungr þungstóls sólar,‘Generous king of the heavy seat of the sun, ’
= God
the heavy seat of the sun, → SKY/HEAVEN
Generous king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[4] þungstóls ‘of the heavy seat’: Þungstáls ‘of the heavy steel’ (so 327) violates the full rhyme and makes no sense in the present context.
stóls ‘seat’
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1. stóll (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): seat, throne < þungstóll (noun m.)
[4] ‑stóls: ‑stáls 327
kennings
Inn ǫrvi konungr þungstóls sólar,‘Generous king of the heavy seat of the sun, ’
= God
the heavy seat of the sun, → SKY/HEAVEN
Generous king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[4] þungstóls ‘of the heavy seat’: Þungstáls ‘of the heavy steel’ (so 327) violates the full rhyme and makes no sense in the present context.
stóls ‘seat’
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1. stóll (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): seat, throne < þungstóll (noun m.)
[4] ‑stóls: ‑stáls 327
kennings
Inn ǫrvi konungr þungstóls sólar,‘Generous king of the heavy seat of the sun, ’
= God
the heavy seat of the sun, → SKY/HEAVEN
Generous king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[4] þungstóls ‘of the heavy seat’: Þungstáls ‘of the heavy steel’ (so 327) violates the full rhyme and makes no sense in the present context.
konungr ‘king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
kennings
Inn ǫrvi konungr þungstóls sólar,‘Generous king of the heavy seat of the sun, ’
= God
the heavy seat of the sun, → SKY/HEAVEN
Generous king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
sólar ‘of the sun’
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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun
kennings
Inn ǫrvi konungr þungstóls sólar,‘Generous king of the heavy seat of the sun, ’
= God
the heavy seat of the sun, → SKY/HEAVEN
Generous king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
sólar ‘of the sun’
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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun
kennings
Inn ǫrvi konungr þungstóls sólar,‘Generous king of the heavy seat of the sun, ’
= God
the heavy seat of the sun, → SKY/HEAVEN
Generous king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
Angrar ‘It grieves’
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angra (verb; °-að-): anger, trouble
oss ‘us’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
þats ‘that’
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þats (conj.): that, which
lengi ‘long’
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lengi (adv.): for a long time
útnyrðingr ‘the north-western wind’
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útnyrðingr (noun m.): north-western wind
heldr ‘keeps’
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halda (verb): hold, keep
fyrðum ‘men’
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2. fyrðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): man
vindrs ‘wind is’
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1. vindr (noun m.; °-s/-ar; -ar): wind
notes
[7] vindrs til seinn at sundi ‘the wind is too slow [in coming] across the sea’: Skj B translates this as den sydlige vind er for langsom over havet ‘the southern wind is too slow across the sea’. It is more likely, however, that til seinn ‘too slow’ refers to the fact that the wind is slow to appear rather than to the actual force of the wind (see NN §3120).
til ‘too’
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til (prep.): to
notes
[7] vindrs til seinn at sundi ‘the wind is too slow [in coming] across the sea’: Skj B translates this as den sydlige vind er for langsom over havet ‘the southern wind is too slow across the sea’. It is more likely, however, that til seinn ‘too slow’ refers to the fact that the wind is slow to appear rather than to the actual force of the wind (see NN §3120).
seinn ‘slow’
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seinn (adj.; °seinan; compar. seinni, superl. seinstr/seinastr): slow, late
notes
[7] vindrs til seinn at sundi ‘the wind is too slow [in coming] across the sea’: Skj B translates this as den sydlige vind er for langsom over havet ‘the southern wind is too slow across the sea’. It is more likely, however, that til seinn ‘too slow’ refers to the fact that the wind is slow to appear rather than to the actual force of the wind (see NN §3120).
at ‘across’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
notes
[7] vindrs til seinn at sundi ‘the wind is too slow [in coming] across the sea’: Skj B translates this as den sydlige vind er for langsom over havet ‘the southern wind is too slow across the sea’. It is more likely, however, that til seinn ‘too slow’ refers to the fact that the wind is slow to appear rather than to the actual force of the wind (see NN §3120).
notes
[7] sundi (n. dat. sg.) ‘the sea’: The ms. reading ‘suði’ (at súði ‘toward the ship’ (?)) lacks internal rhyme and has been emended to sundi in keeping with earlier eds. — [7] vindrs til seinn at sundi ‘the wind is too slow [in coming] across the sea’: Skj B translates this as den sydlige vind er for langsom over havet ‘the southern wind is too slow across the sea’. It is more likely, however, that til seinn ‘too slow’ refers to the fact that the wind is slow to appear rather than to the actual force of the wind (see NN §3120).
notes
[7] sundi (n. dat. sg.) ‘the sea’: The ms. reading ‘suði’ (at súði ‘toward the ship’ (?)) lacks internal rhyme and has been emended to sundi in keeping with earlier eds. — [7] vindrs til seinn at sundi ‘the wind is too slow [in coming] across the sea’: Skj B translates this as den sydlige vind er for langsom over havet ‘the southern wind is too slow across the sea’. It is more likely, however, that til seinn ‘too slow’ refers to the fact that the wind is slow to appear rather than to the actual force of the wind (see NN §3120).
sunnrœnn ‘the southern’
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sunnrœnn (adj.): [southern]
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
notes
[8] í Unnardys ‘in Hummerdus’: A small island off Farsund near Lista in southern Norway. The p. n. lit. translates as ‘wave’s cairn’. Separation of the two elements in a cpd p. n. (í dys Unnar) is not uncommon in skaldic poetry if the form of the name makes it difficult for the skald to accommodate it in a poetic l. (see, e.g. Gísl Magnkv 11/3 Ǫnguls við ey ‘near Anglesey’).
dys ‘dus’
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dys (noun f.; °-jar; -jar): [dus]
notes
[8] í Unnardys ‘in Hummerdus’: A small island off Farsund near Lista in southern Norway. The p. n. lit. translates as ‘wave’s cairn’. Separation of the two elements in a cpd p. n. (í dys Unnar) is not uncommon in skaldic poetry if the form of the name makes it difficult for the skald to accommodate it in a poetic l. (see, e.g. Gísl Magnkv 11/3 Ǫnguls við ey ‘near Anglesey’).
Unnar ‘Hummer’
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2. unnr (noun f.): wave
notes
[8] í Unnardys ‘in Hummerdus’: A small island off Farsund near Lista in southern Norway. The p. n. lit. translates as ‘wave’s cairn’. Separation of the two elements in a cpd p. n. (í dys Unnar) is not uncommon in skaldic poetry if the form of the name makes it difficult for the skald to accommodate it in a poetic l. (see, e.g. Gísl Magnkv 11/3 Ǫnguls við ey ‘near Anglesey’).
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After joining Magnús’s retinue, Máni accompanies the king on his final voyage from Tønsberg to Bergen. There is no wind, and the fleet is held up for a week in Hummerdus off Lista. Máni comments on the situation with the following st.
After having been laid up in Hummerdus, Magnús sailed north along the coast with his fleet. The forces of Magnús and Sverrir joined battle at Fimreite in Sogndal (western Norway), and Magnús fell in that battle (15 June 1184).
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