Ólhelg Lv 7I
Russell Poole (ed.) 2012, ‘Óláfr inn helgi Haraldsson, Lausavísur 7’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 526.
Lítt ‘Little’
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lítill (adj.; °lítinn): little
mun ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
heldr ‘’
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heldr (adv.): rather
haal ‘deceitful’
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háll (adj.; °[af e-u]): slippery, deceitful
hallr? ‘Hallr’
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4. Hallr (noun m.): Hallr
halfr ‘Halfr?’
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Halfr (noun m.): Hálfr
hauldr ‘man?’
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hǫlðr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): man
halr ‘warrior’
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halr (noun m.; °-s): man
[1] halr: halfr Holm2, hauldr 325V, Flat(187va), DG8, hallr 325VII, ‘haal’ Tóm, heldr FskBˣ, FskAˣ
notes
[1] inn hvíti halr ‘the pale warrior’: This may be one of Erlingr’s sons (Hkr 1893-1901, IV), but Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson prefers to identify him with Erlingr himself (see Note to l. 4 below). Line 1 may be formulaic (cf. Egill Lv 31/2V, 34/8V (Eg 60, 63), Hfr Lv 17/1V (Hallfr 20) and GunnlI Lv 8/5V (Gunnl 13); cf. Fidjestøl 1982, 68), with the adj. used pejoratively.
inn ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
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[1] inn hvíti halr ‘the pale warrior’: This may be one of Erlingr’s sons (Hkr 1893-1901, IV), but Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson prefers to identify him with Erlingr himself (see Note to l. 4 below). Line 1 may be formulaic (cf. Egill Lv 31/2V, 34/8V (Eg 60, 63), Hfr Lv 17/1V (Hallfr 20) and GunnlI Lv 8/5V (Gunnl 13); cf. Fidjestøl 1982, 68), with the adj. used pejoratively.
hvíti ‘pale’
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hvítr (adj.; °-an; -ari, -astr): white
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[1] inn hvíti halr ‘the pale warrior’: This may be one of Erlingr’s sons (Hkr 1893-1901, IV), but Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson prefers to identify him with Erlingr himself (see Note to l. 4 below). Line 1 may be formulaic (cf. Egill Lv 31/2V, 34/8V (Eg 60, 63), Hfr Lv 17/1V (Hallfr 20) and GunnlI Lv 8/5V (Gunnl 13); cf. Fidjestøl 1982, 68), with the adj. used pejoratively.
hrasn ‘’
hrafn ‘the raven’
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hrafn (noun m.; °hrafns; dat. hrafni; hrafnar): raven
[2] hrafn: ‘hrasn’ 972ˣ
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[2] hrafn etr af getnum ná ‘the raven eats from the corpse it has got’: Like Lv 6/2, a stereotypical ‘raven’ motif, and the line has an almost exact counterpart in Þjsk Hák 1/6 (ÍF 27; cf. Fidjestøl 1982, 68). The corpse is presumably that of Erlingr (Hkr 1893-1901, IV).
etr ‘eats’
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2. eta (verb; °; -ur): eat
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[2] hrafn etr af getnum ná ‘the raven eats from the corpse it has got’: Like Lv 6/2, a stereotypical ‘raven’ motif, and the line has an almost exact counterpart in Þjsk Hák 1/6 (ÍF 27; cf. Fidjestøl 1982, 68). The corpse is presumably that of Erlingr (Hkr 1893-1901, IV).
ár ‘early?’
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2. ár (noun n.; °-s; -): year, year’s abundance
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[2] hrafn etr af getnum ná ‘the raven eats from the corpse it has got’: Like Lv 6/2, a stereotypical ‘raven’ motif, and the line has an almost exact counterpart in Þjsk Hák 1/6 (ÍF 27; cf. Fidjestøl 1982, 68). The corpse is presumably that of Erlingr (Hkr 1893-1901, IV).
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
ná ‘the corpse’
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nár (noun m.; °-s; -ir): corpse
[2] af ná getnum: af 321ˣ, ‘ar af gottnum’ FskAˣ
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[2] hrafn etr af getnum ná ‘the raven eats from the corpse it has got’: Like Lv 6/2, a stereotypical ‘raven’ motif, and the line has an almost exact counterpart in Þjsk Hák 1/6 (ÍF 27; cf. Fidjestøl 1982, 68). The corpse is presumably that of Erlingr (Hkr 1893-1901, IV).
gotnum ‘the men’
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gotnar (noun m.): men
getnum ‘it has got’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
[2] af ná getnum: af 321ˣ, ‘ar af gottnum’ FskAˣ
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[2] hrafn etr af getnum ná ‘the raven eats from the corpse it has got’: Like Lv 6/2, a stereotypical ‘raven’ motif, and the line has an almost exact counterpart in Þjsk Hák 1/6 (ÍF 27; cf. Fidjestøl 1982, 68). The corpse is presumably that of Erlingr (Hkr 1893-1901, IV).
unnum ‘made’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
gný ‘the clamour’
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gnýr (noun m.): din, tumult
kennings
gný Gunnar.‘the clamour of Gunnr. ’
= BATTLE
the clamour of Gunnr. → BATTLE
gynnar ‘???’
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ginnarr (noun m.): [deceiver]
gumnar ‘of men’
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gumi (noun m.; °-a; gumar/gumnar): man
geira ‘of spears’
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geirr (noun m.): spear
Gunnar ‘of Gunnr’
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Gunnr (noun f.): Gunnr
[3] Gunnar: geira 325V, gumnar Tóm, ‘gynnar’ FskAˣ
kennings
gný Gunnar.‘the clamour of Gunnr. ’
= BATTLE
the clamour of Gunnr. → BATTLE
glaðir ‘’
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2. glaðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): cheerful, glad
glaðr ‘be glad’
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2. glaðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): cheerful, glad
[4] glaðr: glaðir 325VII, Flat(119rb), 325XI 2 b, FskBˣ
í ‘to’
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í (prep.): in, into
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[4] í nótt á Jaðri ‘tonight in Jæren’: Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson (ÍF 27) suggests that this reference to night-time at Jæren may owe its force to the ancestral belief that the dead sought their lifetime homes upon death.
nótt ‘night’
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nátt (noun f.; °náttar/nǽtr, dat. -/-u; nǽtr): night
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[4] í nótt á Jaðri ‘tonight in Jæren’: Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson (ÍF 27) suggests that this reference to night-time at Jæren may owe its force to the ancestral belief that the dead sought their lifetime homes upon death.
af ‘’
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af (prep.): from
fyrir ‘’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
[4] á: af 73aˣ, fyrir 61, 75c, Bb, Flat(119rb), Tóm, 325XI 2 b
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[4] í nótt á Jaðri ‘tonight in Jæren’: Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson (ÍF 27) suggests that this reference to night-time at Jæren may owe its force to the ancestral belief that the dead sought their lifetime homes upon death.
Jaðri ‘Jæren’
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2. Jaðarr (noun m.): Jæren
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[4] í nótt á Jaðri ‘tonight in Jæren’: Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson (ÍF 27) suggests that this reference to night-time at Jæren may owe its force to the ancestral belief that the dead sought their lifetime homes upon death.
hefr ‘’
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hafa (verb): have
ǫllungis ‘an entirely’
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ǫllungis (adv.): completely
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[5] ǫllungis illa ‘an entirely bad outcome’: Cf. Note to Lv 6/5.
illa ‘bad outcome’
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illr (adj.): bad, evil, unwell
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[5] ǫllungis illa ‘an entirely bad outcome’: Cf. Note to Lv 6/5.
egg ‘blade’
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1. egg (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -ju/-): edge, blade
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
[6] ek gekk reiðr: gekk ek reiðr FskBˣ, ‘ægg ræiðr gegk’ FskAˣ
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[6] ek gekk reiðr of skeiðar ‘I walked enraged across warships’: Another apparently formulaic line that has a close counterpart in Sigv Erlfl 2/2, describing the same battle.
reiðr ‘swings’
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2. reiða (verb): carry
gekk ‘walked’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
[6] ek gekk reiðr: gekk ek reiðr FskBˣ, ‘ægg ræiðr gegk’ FskAˣ
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[6] ek gekk reiðr of skeiðar ‘I walked enraged across warships’: Another apparently formulaic line that has a close counterpart in Sigv Erlfl 2/2, describing the same battle.
gegk ‘’
reiðr ‘enraged’
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4. reiðr (adj.; °superl. -astr): angry
[6] ek gekk reiðr: gekk ek reiðr FskBˣ, ‘ægg ræiðr gegk’ FskAˣ
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[6] ek gekk reiðr of skeiðar ‘I walked enraged across warships’: Another apparently formulaic line that has a close counterpart in Sigv Erlfl 2/2, describing the same battle.
gram ‘’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
af ‘’
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af (prep.): from
af ‘’
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af (prep.): from
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[6] ek gekk reiðr of skeiðar ‘I walked enraged across warships’: Another apparently formulaic line that has a close counterpart in Sigv Erlfl 2/2, describing the same battle.
skeiðir ‘’
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1. skeið (noun f.; °-ar; -r/-ar/-ir): ship
skeiði ‘’
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2. skeið (noun n.; °; -): race, course
skeiðar ‘warships’
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1. skeið (noun f.; °-ar; -r/-ar/-ir): ship
[6] skeiðar: skeiðir 321ˣ, 73aˣ, 325V, Bb, Tóm, skeiði DG8
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[6] ek gekk reiðr of skeiðar ‘I walked enraged across warships’: Another apparently formulaic line that has a close counterpart in Sigv Erlfl 2/2, describing the same battle.
jǫrð ‘land’
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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304)): ground, earth
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[7] jǫrð ‘land’: The sense is presumably that desire for land or strife over land is a cause of killings.
veldr ‘causes’
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valda (verb): cause
manna ‘of men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
morði ‘the death’
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1. morð (noun n.; °-s; -): killing, battle
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[8] rán mitt ‘robbing me’: Lit. ‘my robbery’. The contention is that Erlingr has gained no benefit from his robbery of Óláfr’s tenure of kingship (cf. Hkr 1893-1901, IV).
ráð ‘’
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ráð (noun n.; °-s; -): advice, plan, control, power
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[8] rán mitt ‘robbing me’: Lit. ‘my robbery’. The contention is that Erlingr has gained no benefit from his robbery of Óláfr’s tenure of kingship (cf. Hkr 1893-1901, IV).
gefit ‘’
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gefa (verb): give
gefisk ‘’
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gefa (verb): give
getit ‘has brought’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
[8] getit: gefisk J2ˣ, 972ˣ, 321ˣ, 73aˣ, Flat(187va), gefit Holm2
hônum ‘him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
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Flat introduces its second text of Lv 7, within one of the Styrmir extracts, with a brief note that Óláfr helgi composed the stanza after the fall of Erlingr Skjálgsson. In the other sources, the context is similar to that for Lv 6.
The ascription of the stanza is less than fully vouched for by the prose compilers (with the exception of Flat, noted in the Context above). Fsk and ÓHLeg introduce it as kennd Óláfi konungi ‘attributed to King Óláfr’, while Hkr has Svá segja menn, at hann orti þá vísu þessa ‘People say that he then composed this stanza’ (ÓH similar; cf. Note to Lv 6 [All]).
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