Ólhv Lv 1II
Lauren Goetting (ed.) 2009, ‘Óláfr hvítaskáld Þórðarson, Lausavísur 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. 670-1.
Nús ‘Now’
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nú (adv.): now
notes
[1] nús, þats ‘now’: Lit. ‘now it is that’. Cf. Eskál Vell 2/1I, Sigv Austv 11/5I and Note to Ill Har 1/1.
þats ‘’
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þats (conj.): that, which
notes
[1] nús, þats ‘now’: Lit. ‘now it is that’. Cf. Eskál Vell 2/1I, Sigv Austv 11/5I and Note to Ill Har 1/1.
flaust ‘the ship’
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flaust (noun n.): ship
notes
[1-2] flaust ... flýtr ór festum ‘the ship ... dashes from its moorings’: Cf. Sturl Hrafn 15/7-8 flaust ... ór frónlæstum festum ‘ships ... from the land-secured moorings’.
ór ‘from’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
notes
[1-2] flaust ... flýtr ór festum ‘the ship ... dashes from its moorings’: Cf. Sturl Hrafn 15/7-8 flaust ... ór frónlæstum festum ‘ships ... from the land-secured moorings’.
festum ‘moorings’
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festr (noun f.; °dat. & acc. -i; -ar/-ir): mooring, betrothal
notes
[1-2] flaust ... flýtr ór festum ‘the ship ... dashes from its moorings’: Cf. Sturl Hrafn 15/7-8 flaust ... ór frónlæstum festum ‘ships ... from the land-secured moorings’.
flýtr ‘dashes’
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flýta (verb): hasten
notes
[1-2] flaust ... flýtr ór festum ‘the ship ... dashes from its moorings’: Cf. Sturl Hrafn 15/7-8 flaust ... ór frónlæstum festum ‘ships ... from the land-secured moorings’. — [2] flýtr ‘dashes’: Used intransitively (see Fritzner: flýta 2).
flýtr ‘dashes’
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flýta (verb): hasten
notes
[1-2] flaust ... flýtr ór festum ‘the ship ... dashes from its moorings’: Cf. Sturl Hrafn 15/7-8 flaust ... ór frónlæstum festum ‘ships ... from the land-secured moorings’. — [2] flýtr ‘dashes’: Used intransitively (see Fritzner: flýta 2).
hertoga ‘duke’
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hertogi (noun m.): duke
notes
[2] ins nýta hertoga ‘of the capable duke’: I.e. Skúli Bárðarson, who was the first Norwegian to bear the title hertogi ‘duke’. See Notes to Ólhv Hryn 5/8 and Sturl Hákkv 23/8.
ins ‘of the’
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2. inn (art.): the
notes
[2] ins nýta hertoga ‘of the capable duke’: I.e. Skúli Bárðarson, who was the first Norwegian to bear the title hertogi ‘duke’. See Notes to Ólhv Hryn 5/8 and Sturl Hákkv 23/8.
nýta ‘capable’
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nýtr (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. nýztr/nýtastr): useful, able
notes
[2] ins nýta hertoga ‘of the capable duke’: I.e. Skúli Bárðarson, who was the first Norwegian to bear the title hertogi ‘duke’. See Notes to Ólhv Hryn 5/8 and Sturl Hákkv 23/8.
né ‘has not’
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né (conj.): nor
fákr ‘horse’
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fákr (noun m.; °; -ar): horse
kennings
fákr víka‘horse of bays ’
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horse of bays → SHIP
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
ver ‘sea’
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1. ver (noun n.; °-s; dat. -jum/-um): sea
víka ‘of bays’
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vík (noun f.): bay
kennings
fákr víka‘horse of bays ’
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horse of bays → SHIP
veðrsollit ‘the storm-swollen’
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veðrsollinn (adj./verb p.p.): [storm-swollen]
kom ‘ventured’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
betri ‘a better’
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betri (adj. comp.; °superl. beztr/baztr; pos. góðr adj.): better, best
[4] betri: betra F
notes
[4] betri (comp. adj., m. nom. sg.) ‘better’: Betra (n. nom. sg., or oblique sg.; so F) ‘better’ has been emended to betri in order to agree with fákr (m. nom. sg.) ‘horse’ (l. 3). This emendation is in keeping with previous eds.
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In 1239 King Hákon Hákonarson sent word to Skúli Bárðarson to meet him in Bergen without his liegemen. Against the king’s orders, Skúli set out from Trøndelag to Bergen in the summer with twenty ships and a large force of armed men.
[4]: The l. lacks internal rhyme. The emendation vetrsollit ‘winter-swollen’ from veðrsollit ‘storm-swollen’ (so F) would restore the internal rhyme (vetrsollit : betri) but makes no sense in the present context (the ship set sail in the summertime, and, moreover, it is difficult to reconcile the ship’s swift movement with the icy condition of the sea that ‘winter-swollen’ might imply). Veðrsollit ‘storm-swollen’ is preferable with regard to context, and the poet uses a similar image of winds causing the sea to swell in Ólhv Hryn 9/5.
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