Sigv Ást 2I
Judith Jesch (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Poem about Queen Ástríðr 2’ 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. 648.
hón ‘She’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
við ‘with’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
hættna ‘the daring’
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1. hættinn (adj.): virtuous
heilrôð ‘fully decisive’
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heilráðr (adj.): [fully decisive]
notes
[2] heilrôð ‘fully decisive’: LP: heilráðr gives two translations for the cpd: som giver oprigtige, gode, råd ‘who gives honest, good advice’ and som tager gode, hele, fuldstændige, råd, bestemmelser, som tænker og handler derefter fuldtud ‘who makes good, whole, complete plans, decisions, who thinks and acts accordingly in full’, assigning this example to the first meaning. While the giving of advice (both good and bad) is a proper female activity in Old Norse literature, Ástríðr’s persuasion of the Swedes seems more forceful. Elsewhere, Sigvatr uses the verb ráða in a more active sense (Sigv ErfÓl 20/3, Sigv Berv 12/2II, and arguably Sigv Lv 3/6, 5/7), and this stronger meaning of the adj. is also chosen here.
Svía ‘Swedes’
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Svíar (noun m.): Swedes
meir ‘better’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
þótt ‘even if’
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þótt (conj.): although
Magnús ‘Magnús’
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2. Magnús (noun m.): Magnús
væri ‘had been’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
margnenninn ‘the very energetic’
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margnenninn (adj./verb p.p.): [very energetic]
sonr ‘her’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
[4] sonr: so J2ˣ, E, son Kˣ, 39, F
hennar ‘son’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
Olli ‘reason’
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valda (verb): cause
hón ‘She’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
þvít ‘that’
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þvít (conj.): because, since
allri ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
átt ‘the inheritance’
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1. átt (noun f.; °; -ir): [inheritance] < áttleifð (noun f.)
[6] átt‑: so 39, F, ‘át‑’ Kˣ, ‘æt‑’ E
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[6] áttleifð Haralds ‘the inheritance of Haraldr’: Despite the unanimous agreement of previous eds and translators that this refers to Haraldr hárfagri ‘Fair-hair’, it is more likely that it refers to Magnús’s paternal grandfather Haraldr grenski ‘from Grenland’. Sigvatr regularly referred to Magnús’s father Óláfr as the ‘heir of Haraldr’, presumably meaning the father rather than the remote ancestor, while the concept of Norway as the inheritance of Haraldr hárfagri was not fully established until the time of Haraldr harðráði ‘Hard-rule’ (Krag 1989).
leifð ‘’
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-leifð (noun f.): [mony] < áttleifð (noun f.)
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[6] áttleifð Haralds ‘the inheritance of Haraldr’: Despite the unanimous agreement of previous eds and translators that this refers to Haraldr hárfagri ‘Fair-hair’, it is more likely that it refers to Magnús’s paternal grandfather Haraldr grenski ‘from Grenland’. Sigvatr regularly referred to Magnús’s father Óláfr as the ‘heir of Haraldr’, presumably meaning the father rather than the remote ancestor, while the concept of Norway as the inheritance of Haraldr hárfagri was not fully established until the time of Haraldr harðráði ‘Hard-rule’ (Krag 1989).
Haralds ‘of Haraldr’
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Haraldr (noun m.): Haraldr
notes
[6] áttleifð Haralds ‘the inheritance of Haraldr’: Despite the unanimous agreement of previous eds and translators that this refers to Haraldr hárfagri ‘Fair-hair’, it is more likely that it refers to Magnús’s paternal grandfather Haraldr grenski ‘from Grenland’. Sigvatr regularly referred to Magnús’s father Óláfr as the ‘heir of Haraldr’, presumably meaning the father rather than the remote ancestor, while the concept of Norway as the inheritance of Haraldr hárfagri was not fully established until the time of Haraldr harðráði ‘Hard-rule’ (Krag 1989).
knátti ‘could gladly’
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knega (verb): to know, understand, be able to
mest ‘was the main’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
môttkum ‘the mighty’
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máttigr (adj.; °compar. -ari/-ri, superl. -astr): mighty
Kristi ‘Christ’
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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ
Magnús ‘Magnús’
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2. Magnús (noun m.): Magnús
konungr ‘King’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
fagna ‘take up’
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fagna (verb; °-að-): welcome, rejoice
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