Ótt Hfl 15I
Matthew Townend (ed.) 2012, ‘Óttarr svarti, Hǫfuðlausn 15’ 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. 760.
Eigi ‘You were not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
fóruð ‘travelled across’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
[2] fóruð: fór 68
sæ ‘sea’
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sjór (noun m.): sea
stóran ‘a great’
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stórr (adj.): large, great
allvaldr ‘mighty ruler’
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allvaldr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): mighty ruler
kennings
engi allvaldr aldar‘no mighty ruler of men ’
= RULER
no mighty ruler of men → RULER
of ‘gains’
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4. of (particle): (before verb)
getr ‘’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
[3] getr: sitr 68
kennings
engi allvaldr aldar‘no mighty ruler of men ’
= RULER
no mighty ruler of men → RULER
engi ‘no’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
kennings
engi allvaldr aldar‘no mighty ruler of men ’
= RULER
no mighty ruler of men → RULER
nýtri ‘abler’
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nýtr (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. nýztr/nýtastr): useful, able
drengi ‘warriors’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior
notes
[4] drengi ‘warriors’: On the important term drengr ‘warrior, worthy or manly man’, see Note to Anon Sveinfl 1/6.
Opt ‘often’
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opt (adv.): often
notes
[5] varð ‘was’: Var (normalised vas) ‘was’, the reading of the ÓH mss, is equally acceptable here.
fars ‘The ship’
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far (noun n.; °-s; *-): travel, vessel, trace, life, conduct
[5] fars: ‘fyrs’ 61
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
forsi ‘cataract’
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fors (noun m.): torrent
hratt ‘threw’
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1. hrinda (verb): launch, propell
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
sér ‘itself’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
brǫttum ‘the steep’
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brattr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): steep
neytt ‘tested’
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neyta (verb): use, enjoy
[7] neytt: nautt 61, nýtt 325V, nýtr Bb, ‘neyd’ Tóm
notes
[7] neytt ‘tested’: An impersonal construction, with gen. fars ‘vessel, ship’.
Nóreg ‘of Norway’
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Noregr (noun m.): Norway
beittuð ‘you beat’
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2. beita (verb; °-tt-): beat, tack
[7] beittuð: hittuð J1ˣ, J2ˣ, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, 325V
notes
[7] beittuð ‘you beat’: A technical term, meaning ‘to sail to windward’ (Jesch 2001a, 174).
kennings
niðjungr Haralds,‘descendant of Haraldr, ’
= Óláfr
descendant of Haraldr, → Óláfr
notes
[8] niðjungr Haralds ‘descendant of Haraldr [= Óláfr]’: The Haraldr alluded to could be either Óláfr’s father Haraldr grenski ‘from Grenland’, or his putative great-great-grandfather Haraldr hárfagri ‘Fair-hair’; see Note to Sigv Knútdr 3/2, 3.
kennings
niðjungr Haralds,‘descendant of Haraldr, ’
= Óláfr
descendant of Haraldr, → Óláfr
notes
[8] niðjungr Haralds ‘descendant of Haraldr [= Óláfr]’: The Haraldr alluded to could be either Óláfr’s father Haraldr grenski ‘from Grenland’, or his putative great-great-grandfather Haraldr hárfagri ‘Fair-hair’; see Note to Sigv Knútdr 3/2, 3.
miðjan ‘to the middle’
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miðr (adj.): middle, less, hardly
notes
[8] miðjan ‘to the middle’: Snorri (ÍF 27, 36) identifies the destination as the island of Sæla … út frá Staði ‘Selja, off the coast of Stad’ (see Note to Sigv Lv 11/8).
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