Ólhv Hák 1II
Lauren Goetting (ed.) 2009, ‘Óláfr hvítaskáld Þórðarson, Poem about Hákon 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. 657-8.
Vígstorma ‘of battle-storms’
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vígstormr (noun m.): [battle-storms]
kennings
Valdr vígstorma,‘Controller of battle-storms, ’
= WARRIOR = Hákon
Controller of battle-storms, → WARRIOR = Hákon
namt ‘’
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1. nema (verb): to take
Vermum ‘the Vermir’
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vermir (noun m.): vermir
kennings
Valdr vígstorma,‘Controller of battle-storms, ’
= WARRIOR = Hákon
Controller of battle-storms, → WARRIOR = Hákon
fláræði ‘for their treason’
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fláræði (noun n.): treachery, treason
gjalda ‘you repaid’
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1. gjalda (verb): pay, repay
notes
[3] lézt ‘you made’: The pret. indic. form of the verb láta ‘let, allow’ that is used to address Hákon switches from the informal lézt (2nd pers. sg.) ‘you made’ to the formal létuð (2nd pers. pl.) ‘you made’ (l. 7).
ræsir ‘ruler’
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ræsir (noun m.): ruler
geisa ‘rage’
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geisa (verb): rage
gekk ‘rose’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
notes
[4] eldr gekk of sjǫt rekka ‘flames rose above men’s houses’: Cf. Arn Hardr 1/2, eldr rann of sjǫt manna ‘flames ran through men’s houses’.
eldr ‘flames’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
notes
[4] eldr gekk of sjǫt rekka ‘flames rose above men’s houses’: Cf. Arn Hardr 1/2, eldr rann of sjǫt manna ‘flames ran through men’s houses’.
of ‘above’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
notes
[4] eldr gekk of sjǫt rekka ‘flames rose above men’s houses’: Cf. Arn Hardr 1/2, eldr rann of sjǫt manna ‘flames ran through men’s houses’.
sjǫt ‘houses’
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sjǫt (noun n.): dwelling
notes
[4] eldr gekk of sjǫt rekka ‘flames rose above men’s houses’: Cf. Arn Hardr 1/2, eldr rann of sjǫt manna ‘flames ran through men’s houses’.
rekka ‘men’s’
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rekkr (noun m.; °; -ar): man, champion
notes
[4] eldr gekk of sjǫt rekka ‘flames rose above men’s houses’: Cf. Arn Hardr 1/2, eldr rann of sjǫt manna ‘flames ran through men’s houses’.
hlutu ‘suffered’
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hljóta (verb): alot, gain
kyndisk ‘was kindled’
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kynda (verb): kindle
[5] kyndisk: so F, 81a, Flat, ‘kyndis’ E, 42ˣ
kapps ‘the tremendously’
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kapp (noun n.; °-s; *-): strength, vigour, courage
notes
[6] kapps ‘tremendously’: Used adverbially as an intensifier (see LP: kapp). See also Gísl Magnkv 12/7.
logi ‘blaze’
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logi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): flame
sára ‘bitter’
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sárr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): sore, painful; wounded
[6] sára: om. F
gegn ‘righteous’
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1. gegn (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. -astr/-str): reliable
[7] gegn: gagn Flat
kennings
gegn frǫmuðr hjaldréls,‘righteous promoter of the battle-shower, ’
= WARRIOR = Hákon
righteous promoter of the battle-shower, → WARRIOR = Hákon
hyr ‘fire’
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hyrr (noun m.): fire
hegna ‘punish’
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hegna (verb): punish
hjaldr ‘of the battle’
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2. hjaldr (noun n.): battle < hjaldrél (noun n.)
[8] hjaldr‑: hjǫr F
kennings
gegn frǫmuðr hjaldréls,‘righteous promoter of the battle-shower, ’
= WARRIOR = Hákon
righteous promoter of the battle-shower, → WARRIOR = Hákon
éls ‘shower’
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él (noun n.; °; dat. -um): storm < hjaldrél (noun n.)
kennings
gegn frǫmuðr hjaldréls,‘righteous promoter of the battle-shower, ’
= WARRIOR = Hákon
righteous promoter of the battle-shower, → WARRIOR = Hákon
frǫmuðr ‘promoter’
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frǫmuðr (noun m.): promoter
kennings
gegn frǫmuðr hjaldréls,‘righteous promoter of the battle-shower, ’
= WARRIOR = Hákon
righteous promoter of the battle-shower, → WARRIOR = Hákon
vélar ‘their deceits’
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1. vél (noun f.; °-ar; -ar/-ir): deceit, trick; device
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Vígstorma, namt Vermum, |
Controller of battle-storms [WARRIOR = Hákon], you repaid the Vermir for their treason; ruler, you made fire rage; flames rose above men’s houses. Farmers suffered bitter torment when the tremendously high blaze was kindled; righteous promoter of the battle-shower [WARRIOR = Hákon], you made fire punish their deceits.
In 1225 King Hákon and his retinue marched into Värmland, Sweden, to punish the people for supporting the Ribbungar and sending men to harry in Norway. On the Saturday before Lent, Hákon burned the farms in the parish of Eda, located in south-western Värmland, which had been abandoned by the time of his arrival.
For Hákon’s campaign in Värmland, see also Sturl Hákkv 7-8 and Sturl Hákfl 4.
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