Ótt Hfl 10I
Matthew Townend (ed.) 2012, ‘Óttarr svarti, Hǫfuðlausn 10’ 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. 753.
Atgǫngu ‘attack’
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atganga (noun f.; °·gǫngu/gangu): [attack]
vannt ‘you made’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
[1] vannt: vatt J1ˣ, vann 325VI, 73aˣ, 78aˣ
siklinga ‘race of princes’
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siklingr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, ruler
[2] siklinga: siglinga Bb
mikla ‘a great’
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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large
blíðr ‘gracious’
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blíðr (adj.; °n. sg. nom. & acc. blítt/blíðt; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): gentle, happy
[3] blíðr: blíð 73aˣ
hilmir ‘ruler’
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hilmir (noun m.): prince, protector
rautt ‘you reddened’
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rjóða (verb): to redden
[3] rautt (‘rꜹðtu’): tóktu Holm2, J1ˣ, J2ˣ, 73aˣ, 68, 61, 75c, 325V, 325VII, Bb, Flat, Tóm, tóku 78aˣ
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[3] rautt ‘you reddened’: The majority (ÓH) reading tókt ‘you took’ is equally possible in the context.
breiða ‘broad’
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breiðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): broad, wide
[3] breiða: bæði 325VI, 78aˣ
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[3] breiða ‘broad’: As Jesch (2001a, 61) notes, Óttarr also collocates this adj. with the noun borg in Ótt Knútdr 5/5-6: í breiðri | borg Hemminga ‘in broad Hemingbrough’, ‘suggesting certainly that Óttarr liked an easy alliteration but possibly also that large towns were still an imposing sight to Scandinavians’.
borg ‘’
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borg (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -; -ir): city, stronghold < Kantaraborg (noun f.)
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[4] borg Kantara ‘Canterbury’: The ASC (s. a. 1011) records the capture of Canterbury by Þorkell’s army, including the martyrdom of Archbishop Ælfheah there, about which Óttarr and Sigvatr are silent, to judge from the extant poetry. The p. n. (OE Cantwaraburh ‘the stronghold of the Cantware, people of Kent’) has been slightly remodelled by Norse speakers, poetry and prose having alternative forms, and, here and in Sigv Víkv 8/6, the metre has encouraged mild tmesis for metrical reasons. See further Townend (1998, 46-9).
Kantara ‘Canterbury’
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kantari (noun m.): Kent, Canter(-bury) < Kantaraborg (noun f.)
[4] Kantara‑: ‘kantera’ 75c, Flat, ‘cantera’ 325VII
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[4] borg Kantara ‘Canterbury’: The ASC (s. a. 1011) records the capture of Canterbury by Þorkell’s army, including the martyrdom of Archbishop Ælfheah there, about which Óttarr and Sigvatr are silent, to judge from the extant poetry. The p. n. (OE Cantwaraburh ‘the stronghold of the Cantware, people of Kent’) has been slightly remodelled by Norse speakers, poetry and prose having alternative forms, and, here and in Sigv Víkv 8/6, the metre has encouraged mild tmesis for metrical reasons. See further Townend (1998, 46-9).
of ‘in the’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
morgin ‘morning’
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morginn (noun m.; °morgins, dat. morgni; morgnar): morning
[4] morgin: corrected from ‘morgon’ Holm2
við ‘against’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
rǫnn ‘the houses’
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rann (noun n.): house, hall
ríki ‘mightily’
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ríki (noun n.; °-s; -): kingdom, power
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[5] af ríki ‘mightily’: See LP: ríki 1 for parallels.
rétt ‘you gained’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
bragna ‘of chieftains’
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bragnar (noun m.): men, warriors
kennings
konr bragna,‘kinsman of chieftains, ’
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kinsman of chieftains, → RULER
konr ‘kinsman’
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konr (noun m.; °-ar): kind, descendant
[6] konr: vinr J1ˣ, J2ˣ, 325VI, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, konungr Bb
kennings
konr bragna,‘kinsman of chieftains, ’
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kinsman of chieftains, → RULER
gagni ‘victory’
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1. gagn (noun n.): victory
aldar ‘of people’
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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age
[7] aldar: aldir Holm2, 61, aldr 325V
frák ‘I heard’
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1. fregna (verb): hear of
at ‘that you’
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4. at (conj.): that
aldri ‘the life’
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aldr (noun m.; °aldrs, dat. aldri; aldrar): life, age
eldr ‘Fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
of ‘’
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4. of (particle): (before verb)
[8] of: so 325VI, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, 325VII, at þú Kˣ, Holm2, J1ˣ, J2ˣ, 68, 61, Bb, at 75c, 325V, Flat, Tóm
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[8] of beldir ‘you harmed’: There is a problem here in that no ms. reads of beldir. Those that read beldir have at þú rather than of, while those that read of have beldi (presumably an impersonal 3rd pers. sg. form). The best mss seem to point to a reading of at beldir (with þú a later, hypometrical addition), but this seems unlikely since the conj. at is already present in l. 7. The reading favoured here is also adopted in Skj B, Skald and ÍF 27. On the verb bella see NN §2218 .
beldir ‘harmed’
[8] beldir: beldi 325VI, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, 75c, 325V, 325VII, Flat, Tóm
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[8] of beldir ‘you harmed’: There is a problem here in that no ms. reads of beldir. Those that read beldir have at þú rather than of, while those that read of have beldi (presumably an impersonal 3rd pers. sg. form). The best mss seem to point to a reading of at beldir (with þú a later, hypometrical addition), but this seems unlikely since the conj. at is already present in l. 7. The reading favoured here is also adopted in Skj B, Skald and ÍF 27. On the verb bella see NN §2218 .
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Óláfr and his army sack Kantarabyrgi (Canterbury).
For the battle at Canterbury, see also Sigv Víkv 8.
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