Ólhv Hryn 5II
Lauren Goetting (ed.) 2009, ‘Óláfr hvítaskáld Þórðarson, Hrynhenda 5’ 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. 662-3.
Snjallir ‘Good’
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snjallr (adj.): quick, resourceful, bold
[1] Snjallir: so F, 42ˣ, 304ˣ, Flat, ‘Snallir’ E, snjallr 81a
mága ‘the relatives’
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mágr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): brother-, father-, or son-in-law
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[1] mága ‘relatives’: Hákon married Skúli’s daughter Margrét in 1225, making them son-in-law and father-in-law.
menn ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
seldusk ‘exchanged’
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4. selja (verb): hand over, sell, give
þeir ‘they’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[2] þeir: þar F
gísla ‘hostages’
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1. gísl (noun m.): hostage
sætt ‘reconciliation’
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sætt (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): settlement
[3] þá sætt: sætt þá 42ˣ, sætt 81a
es ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
funnusk ‘met’
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2. finna (verb): find, meet
[3] funnusk: so F, 304ˣ, ‘fynnizt’ E, fundusk 42ˣ, 81a, Flat
snarir ‘the brave’
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snarr (adj.): gallant, bold
bragningar ‘leaders’
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bragningr (noun m.; °; -ar): prince, ruler
herr ‘people’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
magna ‘ensure’
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magna (verb): strengthen, increase
Nafnbœtr ‘the rank’
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nafnbót (noun f.): [rank]
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[5] nafnbœtr (f. acc. pl.) ‘rank’: Lit. ‘name-improvements’ (nafnbót, sg.). This is the only occurrence of the word in poetry.
jók ‘increased’
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1. auka (verb; °eykr; jók, jóku/juku): (str. intrans.) increase
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[5] sás gætir Nóregs ‘who protects Norway’: The verb gæta ‘protect, watch over’ takes a gen. object.
Nóregs ‘Norway’
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Noregr (noun m.): Norway
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[5] sás gætir Nóregs ‘who protects Norway’: The verb gæta ‘protect, watch over’ takes a gen. object.
gætir ‘protects’
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2. gæta (verb): look after, care for
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[5] sás gætir Nóregs ‘who protects Norway’: The verb gæta ‘protect, watch over’ takes a gen. object.
niðjum ‘descent’
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1. niðr (noun m.; °-s; niðjar/niðir, acc. niði): son, kinsman, relative
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[6] prýddr niðjum ‘of famous descent’: Lit. ‘adorned with ancestors’.
prýddr ‘of famous’
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prýða (verb): adorn
[6] prýddr: prýðisk 42ˣ, prýddusk 81a, ‘prudur’ 304ˣ
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[6] prýddr niðjum ‘of famous descent’: Lit. ‘adorned with ancestors’.
sikling ‘prince’
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siklingr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, ruler
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[6] skrýddi ‘provided’: Lit. ‘adorned’.
bjǫrtu ‘with an illustrious’
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bjartr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright
bǫðvar ‘the battle’
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bǫð (noun f.; °-s; -): battle
fljótan ‘swift’
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2. fljótr (adj.): quick
blíðs ‘of the well-disposed’
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blíðr (adj.; °n. sg. nom. & acc. blítt/blíðt; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): gentle, happy
[8] blíðs: blíðr Flat
hertoga ‘duke’
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hertogi (noun m.): duke
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[8] hertoga ‘of the duke’: The title hertogi ‘duke’ (lit. ‘army-leader’) is a late borrowing from MLG hertoge, hertoch ‘duke’. For the disputed origin and history of the word hertogi and its cognates in Gmc, see RGA 14: Herzog. See also Note to Sturl Hákkv 23/8.
gjǫfum ‘gifts’
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gjǫf (noun f.): gift
fríðum ‘with beautiful’
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fríðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): beautiful, fair
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Good men mediated between the relatives; they exchanged two hostages; people then set about to ensure a secure reconciliation when the brave leaders met. He who protects Norway, of famous descent, increased the rank of the well-disposed duke with an illustrious title and provided the battle-swift prince with beautiful gifts.
In the spring of 1237, Hákon conferred the title of hertogi ‘duke’, which no Norwegian had previously held, on Skúli at Øretinget in Trondheim.
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