Mark Knútr 1III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Markús Skeggjason, Poem on Knútr Sveinsson 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 292.
Ríkr ‘mighty’
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ríkr (adj.): mighty, powerful, rich
notes
[1] ríkr ‘mighty’: This adj. could have been chosen consciously as a reference to Knútr inn ríki ‘the Mighty’ Sveinsson (Cnut the Great, d. 1035), thus eulogising Knútr by establishing a tie to his famous relative and namesake.
es ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
harra ‘of lords’
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1. harri (noun m.; °-a): lord
kennings
Hneykir harra‘The confounder of lords ’
= RULER
The confounder of lords → RULER
kennings
Hneykir harra‘The confounder of lords ’
= RULER
The confounder of lords → RULER
notes
[1] hneykir ‘the confounder’: For this base-word, see also ÞjóðA Sex 8/1II.
heldr ‘supports’
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halda (verb): hold, keep
goð ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
jǫfurs ‘prince’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
veldi ‘the power’
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veldi (noun n.): realm
notes
[2] veldi ‘the power’: Could also mean ‘realm’.
sanndyggs ‘of the truly loyal’
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sanndyggr (adj.): truly loyal
Sveins ‘Sveinn’s’
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2. Sveinn (noun m.): Sveinn
kennings
brœðr Sveins.‘Sveinn’s brother. ’
= Knútr Sveinsson
Sveinn’s brother. → Knútr Sveinsson
notes
[4] brœðr Sveins ‘Sveinn’s brother [= Knútr Sveinsson]’: Sveinn Úlfsson, Knútr’s father, had two sons called Sveinn, one with Gunnhildr, daughter of the Norwegian Sveinn jarl Hákonarson, and one with a concubine (see ÍF 35, 135 and Genealogy II). For Knútr inn helgi ‘the Holy’ Sveinsson (S. Knútr), see ÍF 35, 358.
brœðr ‘brother’
kennings
brœðr Sveins.‘Sveinn’s brother. ’
= Knútr Sveinsson
Sveinn’s brother. → Knútr Sveinsson
notes
[4] brœðr Sveins ‘Sveinn’s brother [= Knútr Sveinsson]’: Sveinn Úlfsson, Knútr’s father, had two sons called Sveinn, one with Gunnhildr, daughter of the Norwegian Sveinn jarl Hákonarson, and one with a concubine (see ÍF 35, 135 and Genealogy II). For Knútr inn helgi ‘the Holy’ Sveinsson (S. Knútr), see ÍF 35, 358.
konung ‘a king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
œðra ‘superior to’
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œðri (adj. comp.): nobler, higher
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The helmingr is cited in Skm to illustrate the poetic use of the names of the sons of the legendary king Hálfdan inn gamli ‘the Old’. His ninth son was Harri or Herra, which means ‘lord’.
In mss A and B this half-stanza replaces Mark Eirdr 1II, which is cited in the corresponding section of Skm in mss R, Tˣ, U, C to illustrate the poetic use of Harri.
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