Sigv Ást 3I
Judith Jesch (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Poem about Queen Ástríðr 3’ 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. 649.
Mildr ‘Generous’
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mildr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): mild, gentle, gracious, generous
mennsku ‘for her bold deed’
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mennska (noun f.; °-u): human
notes
[1] mennsku ‘her bold deed’: This word has connotations of ‘manly behaviour’ and is translated by Jón Skaptason (1983, 126) as ‘manhood’, though assigned to Magnús rather than Ástríðr. Here, it is taken to refer to Ástríðr’s actions, because she has acted like a man, in speaking successfully at a public assembly.
gjalda ‘repay’
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1. gjalda (verb): pay, repay
Magnús ‘Magnús’
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2. Magnús (noun m.): Magnús
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
fǫgnum ‘we are glad’
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fagna (verb; °-að-): welcome, rejoice
þat ‘it’
notes
[3] þat ‘it’: This n. pron. appears to refer to the situation in general (as does n. dat. sg. því ‘that’ in l. 2), rather than specifically back to the f. noun mennsku.
gerði ‘gave’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
notes
[3-4] gerði vin virða víðlendan ‘gave the friend of men [RULER = Magnús] a broad realm’: Lit. ‘made the friend of men broad-realmed’.
vin ‘the friend’
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend
kennings
vin virða‘the friend of men ’
= RULER = Magnús
the friend of men → RULER = Magnús
notes
[3-4] gerði vin virða víðlendan ‘gave the friend of men [RULER = Magnús] a broad realm’: Lit. ‘made the friend of men broad-realmed’.
virða ‘of men’
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virðr (noun m.): man
kennings
vin virða‘the friend of men ’
= RULER = Magnús
the friend of men → RULER = Magnús
notes
[3-4] gerði vin virða víðlendan ‘gave the friend of men [RULER = Magnús] a broad realm’: Lit. ‘made the friend of men broad-realmed’.
víð ‘a broad’
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víðr (adj.): far < víðlendr (adj.): widely-landed
notes
[3-4] gerði vin virða víðlendan ‘gave the friend of men [RULER = Magnús] a broad realm’: Lit. ‘made the friend of men broad-realmed’.
lendan ‘realm’
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lendr (adj.): landed < víðlendr (adj.): widely-landed
notes
[3-4] gerði vin virða víðlendan ‘gave the friend of men [RULER = Magnús] a broad realm’: Lit. ‘made the friend of men broad-realmed’.
Ástríði ‘Ástríðr’
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Ástríðr (noun f.): Ástríðr
Hón ‘She’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
svá ‘in such a way’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
komit ‘helped’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
sínum ‘her’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
sǫnn ‘true’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
at ‘as’
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4. at (conj.): that
fô ‘few’
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3. fár (adj.; °compar. fǽrri/fárri(Mág² 11), superl. fǽstr): few
mun ‘would’
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munu (verb): will, must
ǫnnur ‘others’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
orð ‘words’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
gerik ‘I make’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
drós ‘the lady’s’
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drós (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): lady
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
dýrðar ‘glory’
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dýrð (noun f.; °-ar/-a(NoDipl(1279) 44²); -ir): glory
djúprôð ‘a deeply decisive’
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djúpráðr (adj.): [a deeply decisive]
notes
[8] djúprôð kona ‘a deeply decisive woman’: See Note to st. 2/3 above. The phrase is taken here in apposition with hón in l. 5, but it could alternatively be construed with fô ǫnnur (f. nom. sg.) ‘few other(s)’ in l. 6.
kona ‘woman’
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kona (noun f.; °-u; -ur/-r(KlmA1980 116¹¹), gen. pl. kvenna/kvinna): woman
notes
[8] djúprôð kona ‘a deeply decisive woman’: See Note to st. 2/3 above. The phrase is taken here in apposition with hón in l. 5, but it could alternatively be construed with fô ǫnnur (f. nom. sg.) ‘few other(s)’ in l. 6.
stjúpi ‘stepson’
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stjúpi (noun m.): [stepson]
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