Ótt Hfl 7I
Matthew Townend (ed.) 2012, ‘Óttarr svarti, Hǫfuðlausn 7’ 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. 749.
Gildir ‘Supporter’
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gildir (noun m.): payer, supporter
[1] Gildir: gildr J1ˣ, J2ˣ, Bb, Flat, Tóm, mildr 325VI, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, gildis 68, 325V
kennings
Gildir flotna,‘Supporter of seafarers, ’
= RULER
Supporter of seafarers, → RULER
komt ‘you forced’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
[1] komt (‘comtu’): ‘komtu gar’ J1ˣ, J2ˣ, komtu gramr 325VI, 73aˣ, 78aˣ
gjaldi ‘[pay] tribute’
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gjald (noun n.): payment, reward, return
[1] gjaldi: gjalda J1ˣ, J2ˣ, 325VI, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, 325V, Tóm, gildi Bb
her ‘host’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
kennings
Gildir flotna,‘Supporter of seafarers, ’
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Supporter of seafarers, → RULER
þorðut ‘did not dare’
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þora (verb): dare
þér ‘against you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
[3] þér: þeir Bb, Flat
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
þjóð ‘the nation’s’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people < þjóðland (noun n.): empire
[4] þjóð‑: þat Holm2, J1ˣ, J2ˣ, 325VI, 73aˣ, 78aˣ
lǫnd ‘lands’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land < þjóðland (noun n.): empire
[4] ‑lǫnd: land Holm2, J2ˣ, 78aˣ, Tóm, lǫnd or land J1ˣ, 325VI, 73aˣ, 68, 61, Bb
firar ‘the men’
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firar (noun m.): men
[4] firar: jǫfurr Holm2, J1ˣ, J2ˣ, 325VI, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, fyrir 68, farar Tóm
rǫndu ‘shield’
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rǫnd (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; rendr/randir): shield, shield-rim
[4] rǫndu: brandi Holm2, J1ˣ, J2ˣ, 325VI, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, 61, rǫndum 325V
Rann ‘ran’
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2. renna (verb): run (strong)
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
of ‘’
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4. of (particle): (before verb)
notes
[6] býr of ‘possesses’: See LP: búa 4.
minna ‘less’
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3. minni (adj. comp.; °superl. minnstr): less, least
margr ‘many’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
býr ‘possesses’
[6] býr: om. Tóm
notes
[6] býr of ‘possesses’: See LP: búa 4.
þrek ‘courage’
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þrek (noun n.): courage, strength
austr ‘in the east’
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3. austr (adv.; °compar. -ar, superl. -ast): east, in the east
an ‘than’
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2. an (conj.): than
[7] an (‘enn’): so Holm2, J1ˣ, J2ˣ, 325VI, 68, 61, 325V, Bb, Flat, Tóm, hinn Kˣ, 73aˣ, 78aˣ
yngvi ‘the king’
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Yngvi (noun m.): Yngvi, prince
[7] yngvi: ungi Holm2, J1ˣ, J2ˣ, 325VI, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, 325V, ‘yngni’ 61, ‘vngvi’ Bb
Eysýslu ‘of Saaremaa’
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Eysýsla (noun f.): [Saaremaa]
þeyja ‘to be diminished’
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þeyja (verb): [to be diminished]
[8] þeyja: þeysa 325VI, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, heyja 68, 325V, deyja 61, þreyja Tóm
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Gildir, komt at gjaldi |
Supporter of seafarers [RULER], you forced the Gotland host to [pay] tribute; the men did not dare to defend the nation’s lands against you with the shield. The people of Saaremaa ran, and many a man possesses less courage than the king; I heard the hunger of the wolves to be diminished in the east.
Óláfr proceeds to Gotland and prepares to raid there, but the Gotlanders send a delegation with an offer of tribute which is accepted.
The attack on Eysýsla (Saaremaa), though not on Gotland, is also commemorated in Sigv Víkv 2. — [3-4]: The A-class mss of ÓH read instead þorðut þér at varða | þat land, jǫfurr, brandi ‘they did not dare to defend that land against you, prince, with the sword’. — [5-8]: The Prose order above follows that of ÍF 27. Skj B takes the clause following en ‘and/but’ to be frák ... ‘I heard ...’ rather than margr maðr ... ‘many a man …’. Kock (NN §726) adopts the reading þeysa ‘to make rush’ for þeyja (and hinn for an), and construes hinn yngvi rann lið Eysýslu þeysa, with a proposed meaning ‘the king went to put the people of Eysýsla to flight’ (but see NN §2780 for second thoughts). One problem with this is that it leaves frák … without an inf. (‘I heard about the wolves’ hunger in the east’), and the construction renna ‘run, go’ + þeysa ‘make rush’ does not convince. — [8] Eysýsla ‘Saaremaa’: Lit. ‘Island-district’. The Estonian island known as Ösel in Swedish.
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