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Máni Lv 2^II

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Máni, Lausavísur 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. 642-3.

Máni Lausavísur

Slœgr ‘The sly’

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2. slœgr (adj.): skilful

ferr ‘has’

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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel

gaurr ‘rascal’

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gaurr (noun m.): rascal, ruffian

með ‘’

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með (prep.): with

gígju ‘a fiddle’

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1. gígja (noun f.): fiddle

notes

[1] gígju ‘a fiddle’: Gígja ‘fiddle’ was a stringed instrument played with a bow, most likely a rebec (see Panum 1934, 56-7).

ginn ‘falsehood’

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ginn (noun n.): vast, mighty

s ‘has’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

hér ‘here’

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hér (adv.): here

komit ‘come’

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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come

inni ‘inside’

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2. inni (adv.): in, inside, indoors

meiðr ‘the tree’

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meiðr (noun m.): beam, tree

kennings

meiðr skóða skjaldar
‘the tree of the shield’s dangerous tools ’
= WARRIOR
the shield’s dangerous tools → SWORDS
the tree of SWORDS → WARRIOR

hefr ‘has’

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hafa (verb): have

skjaldar ‘of the shield’s’

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skjǫldr (noun m.; °skjaldar/skildar, dat. skildi; skildir, acc. skjǫldu): shield

kennings

meiðr skóða skjaldar
‘the tree of the shield’s dangerous tools ’
= WARRIOR
the shield’s dangerous tools → SWORDS
the tree of SWORDS → WARRIOR

skjaldar ‘of the shield’s’

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skjǫldr (noun m.; °skjaldar/skildar, dat. skildi; skildir, acc. skjǫldu): shield

kennings

meiðr skóða skjaldar
‘the tree of the shield’s dangerous tools ’
= WARRIOR
the shield’s dangerous tools → SWORDS
the tree of SWORDS → WARRIOR

skóða ‘dangerous tools’

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2. skóð (noun n.): harmer, scathe

kennings

meiðr skóða skjaldar
‘the tree of the shield’s dangerous tools ’
= WARRIOR
the shield’s dangerous tools → SWORDS
the tree of SWORDS → WARRIOR

skóða ‘dangerous tools’

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2. skóð (noun n.): harmer, scathe

kennings

meiðr skóða skjaldar
‘the tree of the shield’s dangerous tools ’
= WARRIOR
the shield’s dangerous tools → SWORDS
the tree of SWORDS → WARRIOR

skrípalôt ‘strange gestures’

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skrípalát (noun n.): [strange gestures]

ok ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

pípu ‘a flute’

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1. pípa (noun f.; °-u; -ur): flute

notes

[4] pípu (f. acc. or dat. sg.) ‘a flute’: Both Skj B and Skald have pípur (f. acc. pl.) ‘flutes’, which is not supported by the ms. reading. For this instrument, see Note to ESk Lv 3/6, 8.

Rekkr ‘The fine fellow’

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rekkr (noun m.; °; -ar): man, champion

lætr ‘lets’

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láta (verb): let, have sth done

rauða ‘a red’

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rauðr (adj.; °compar. -ari): red

notes

[5] rauða bikkju ‘a red bitch’: For dogs entertaining at a royal court, see also Þhorn Harkv 23^I. Minstrels with dogs and a bagpipe are also depicted in a painting from c. 1450 in the Husby-Sjutolfts church in Sweden (see Panum 1934, 67).

bikkju ‘bitch’

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1. bikkja (noun f.; °-u; -ur): bitch

notes

[5] rauða bikkju ‘a red bitch’: For dogs entertaining at a royal court, see also Þhorn Harkv 23^I. Minstrels with dogs and a bagpipe are also depicted in a painting from c. 1450 in the Husby-Sjutolfts church in Sweden (see Panum 1934, 67).

rækið ‘chase away’

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2. reka (verb): drive, force

[6] rækið: ‘reckit’ 327

notes

[6] rækið ‘chase away’: 2nd pers. pl. imp. of the weak verb rækja ‘chase away’ (so Skj B and Skald). ÍF 30 supplies the form rekit, which can only be n. nom. or acc. sg. of the p. p. of the strong verb reka ‘chase, reject’. As such, it could only modify skvaldr (n. nom. or acc. sg.) ‘stupid racket’, but the translation given (Burt með trúðslætin ‘Away with the magic noise’) suggests that rekit could be an error.

skvaldr ‘the stupid racket’

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skvaldr (noun n.): [stupid racket]

fyr ‘before’

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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.

aldir ‘the people’

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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age

skulut ‘must not’

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skulu (verb): shall, should, must

hlýða ‘listen’

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2. hlýða (verb): hear, listen; be able

[7] hlýða: ‘lyði’ 327

notes

[7] hlýða (inf.) ‘listen’: The ms. reading ‘lyði’ (lýði ‘to the people’ (?)) makes little sense and has been emended in accordance with earlier eds.

því ‘to that’

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1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

þjóðir ‘men’

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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people

þats ‘it is’

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1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

skaup ‘mockery’

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2. skaup (noun n.): mockery

of ‘over’

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3. of (prep.): around, from; too

staf ‘a staff’

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stafr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): staff, post, stave, stick

hlaupa ‘leap’

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hlaupa (verb): leap, run

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Máni arrives at Magnús’s court in Tønsberg, where the people are being entertained by two minstrels who make small dogs jump over staffs in front of Magnús’s retainers: the higher the rank of the spectator, the higher the dogs jump. At Magnús’s behest, Máni composes two sts about the spectacle.

For the status of minstrels in the Scandinavian Middle Ages, see Note to ESk Lv 5 [All].

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