Sigm Lv 2II
Judith Jesch (ed.) 2009, ‘Sigmundr ǫngull, Lausavísur 2’ 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. 627-8.
Knút ‘a knot’
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knútr (noun m.; °-s; dat. -i/-; -ar): knot, Cnut; ?scorpion
mun ‘I will’
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munu (verb): will, must
k ‘’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
þembi ‘swollen’
notes
[1] þembiþrjóti ‘the swollen stubborn fellow’: Most eds agree that this must refer to Sveinn Ásleifarson, Sigmundr’s step-father. Though the first element is not otherwise recorded, it appears to be related to the adj. þambr ‘swollen’ (LP; AEW). Finnbogi Guðmundsson (ÍF 34, 232) suggests that Sveinn had a beer-belly.
þrjóti ‘stubborn fellow’
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þrjótr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): obstinate one < þembiþrjótr (noun m.)
notes
[1] þembiþrjóti ‘the swollen stubborn fellow’: Most eds agree that this must refer to Sveinn Ásleifarson, Sigmundr’s step-father. Though the first element is not otherwise recorded, it appears to be related to the adj. þambr ‘swollen’ (LP; AEW). Finnbogi Guðmundsson (ÍF 34, 232) suggests that Sveinn had a beer-belly.
es ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
nú ‘is now’
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nú (adv.): now
sitr ‘sitting’
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sitja (verb): sit
heima ‘at home’
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2. heima (adv.): at home
satt ‘it is true’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
s ‘’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
heldr ‘rather’
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heldr (adv.): rather
hǫfum ‘we have’
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hafa (verb): have
hættan ‘risked’
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2. hætta (verb): risk
hans ‘his’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
kind ‘offspring’
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kind (noun f.; °-ar; -r): offspring, race
í ‘today’
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í (prep.): in, into
dag ‘’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
binda ‘tie’
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binda (verb; °bindr; batt/bant(cf. [$332$]), bundu; bundinn): bind, tie
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Rǫgnvaldr’s troop arrives in Jerusalem and visits all the ‘most sacred sites’ there (Orkn ch. 88, ÍF 34, 231). When they go to bathe in the Jordan, Rǫgnvaldr and Sigmundr swim across the river and tie large knots in some brushwood.
Sigmundr’s st. is cited between Rv Lv 27-8, with similar content. — For this practice of tying a knot on the far side of the Jordan, to taunt or challenge a competitor, see Rv Lv 27 and Note to [All]. — [2]: Echoes Árm Lv 2/8.
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