Rv Lv 31II
Judith Jesch (ed.) 2009, ‘Rǫgnvaldr jarl Kali Kolsson, Lausavísur 31’ 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. 607-8.
Ríðum ‘Let’s ride’
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1. ríða (verb): ride
Ræfils ‘of Ræfill’
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1. Ræfill (noun m.): Ræfill
kennings
Vakri Ræfils!‘the Vakr of Ræfill! ’
= SHIP
the Vakr of Ræfill! → SHIP
Vakri ‘the Vakr’
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Vakr (noun m.): Vakr
kennings
Vakri Ræfils!‘the Vakr of Ræfill! ’
= SHIP
the Vakr of Ræfill! → SHIP
Rekum ‘Let’s not drive’
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2. reka (verb): drive, force
plóg ‘the plough’
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plóg (noun n.): [crop, plough]
akri ‘the field’
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akr (noun m.; °akrs, dat. akri; akrar): field
Erjum ‘Let’s plough’
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erja (verb; °arði): to plough
notes
[3] erjum úrgu barði ‘let’s plough with a drenched prow’: With the exception of the Djulefors stone (Sö 65), this is the earliest surviving use in Scandinavian culture of the widespread metaphor in which a ship is figured as ‘ploughing’ the sea (Jesch 2001a, 177).
úrgu ‘with a drenched’
notes
[3] erjum úrgu barði ‘let’s plough with a drenched prow’: With the exception of the Djulefors stone (Sö 65), this is the earliest surviving use in Scandinavian culture of the widespread metaphor in which a ship is figured as ‘ploughing’ the sea (Jesch 2001a, 177).
barði ‘prow’
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barð (noun n.): prow, stern (of a ship)
notes
[3] erjum úrgu barði ‘let’s plough with a drenched prow’: With the exception of the Djulefors stone (Sö 65), this is the earliest surviving use in Scandinavian culture of the widespread metaphor in which a ship is figured as ‘ploughing’ the sea (Jesch 2001a, 177).
út ‘out’
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út (adv.): out(side)
at ‘to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
Miklagarði ‘Constantinople’
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Miklagarðr (noun m.): [Constantinople]
Þiggjum ‘Let’s receive’
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þiggja (verb): receive, get
þengils ‘of the prince’
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þengill (noun m.): prince, ruler
mála ‘the wages’
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1. mál (noun n.; °-s; -): speech, matter
Þokum ‘Let’s move’
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2. þoka (verb): [move, Let move]
framm ‘forward’
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fram (adv.): out, forth, forwards, away
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
gný ‘the din’
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gnýr (noun m.): din, tumult
kennings
gný stála!‘the din of weapons! ’
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the din of weapons! → BATTLE
stála ‘of weapons’
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1. stál (noun n.; °-s; -): steel, weapon, prow
kennings
gný stála!‘the din of weapons! ’
= BATTLE
the din of weapons! → BATTLE
Rjóðum ‘Let’s redden’
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rjóða (verb): to redden
góma ‘the gums’
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gómr (noun m.): gum, gums
Gerum ‘Let’s create’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
ríks ‘for the powerful’
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ríkr (adj.): mighty, powerful, rich
konungs ‘king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
sóma ‘the honour’
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sómi (noun m.; °-a): honour
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Ríðum Ræfils Vakri! |
Let’s ride the Vakr <horse> of Ræfill <sea-king> [SHIP]! Let’s not drive the plough from the field! Let’s plough with a drenched prow out to Constantinople! Let’s receive the wages of the prince! Let’s move forward in the din of weapons [BATTLE]! Let’s redden the gums of the wolf! Let’s create the honour for the powerful king!
Sailing north to Byzantium, Rǫgnvaldr’s fleet sail með prís miklum, sem þeir vissu, at gǫrt hafði Sigurðr Jórsalafari ‘in great style, as they knew Sigurðr jórsalafari had done’ (ÍF 34, 235).
For similar exhortatory sts from the C12th, see Nefari Lv and Blakkr Lv 1. The metre of this st. however is in minzta runhenda, as defined in SnE and exemplified in SnSt Ht 88III (SnE 1999, 35-6); see Notes to Hbreiðm Lv and Árm Lv 3. — [5-8]: In the following ch. (89) of Orkn, Rǫgnvaldr and his men are well received in Byzantium by Emperor Menelías (Manuel I) and it is even said that the jarl was given much money by the emperor, but there is no further detail about the ways in which the crusaders earned their keep.
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