Sigv Austv 12I
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Austrfararvísur 12’ 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. 600.
Út ‘out’
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út (adv.): out(side)
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[1]: A nearly identical line depicting a female onlooker begins Anon Liðs 8, which Poole (1987, 282-3) dates to 1017. A similar line occurs in ÞjóðA Har 2/3II, composed c. 1060.
manu ‘’
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[1]: A nearly identical line depicting a female onlooker begins Anon Liðs 8, which Poole (1987, 282-3) dates to 1017. A similar line occurs in ÞjóðA Har 2/3II, composed c. 1060.
ekkjur ‘ladies’
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1. ekkja (noun f.; °-u; -ur, gen. ekkna): widow, woman
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[1]: A nearly identical line depicting a female onlooker begins Anon Liðs 8, which Poole (1987, 282-3) dates to 1017. A similar line occurs in ÞjóðA Har 2/3II, composed c. 1060.
líta ‘look’
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líta (verb): look, see; appear
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[1]: A nearly identical line depicting a female onlooker begins Anon Liðs 8, which Poole (1987, 282-3) dates to 1017. A similar line occurs in ÞjóðA Har 2/3II, composed c. 1060.
all ‘very’
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all- ((prefix)): very < allsnúðula (adv.)all- ((prefix)): veryall- ((prefix)): veryall- ((prefix)): veryall- ((prefix)): very
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[2] allsnúðula ‘very quickly’: The adv. is here construed with ríðum ‘we ride’ in l. 3, an interpretation supported by rôs ‘race, rush’ in l. 7. It can alternatively be connected with líta út ‘look out’ in l. 1, producing simpler word order but less transparent sense (assuming, perhaps, the women are dashing to the window; so E. Noreen 1923, 39 and several other eds).
smiðula ‘’
snvþarla ‘’
suðula ‘’
snudalla ‘’
snúðula ‘quickly’
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snúðula (adv.): [quickly] < allsnúðula (adv.)
[2] ‑snúðula: ‘snvþarla’ 325V, 68, Tóm, ‘‑smiðula’ 78aˣ, ‘suðula’ Holm4, ‘snudalla’ Flat
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[2] allsnúðula ‘very quickly’: The adv. is here construed with ríðum ‘we ride’ in l. 3, an interpretation supported by rôs ‘race, rush’ in l. 7. It can alternatively be connected with líta út ‘look out’ in l. 1, producing simpler word order but less transparent sense (assuming, perhaps, the women are dashing to the window; so E. Noreen 1923, 39 and several other eds).
prýðar ‘’
brúðr ‘’
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brúðr (noun f.; °brúðar, dat. & acc. brúði; brúðir): woman, bride
flóð ‘’
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1. flóð (noun f.): lady
ferð ‘’
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ferð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-arMork 196¹²)): host, journey
sá ‘’
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2. sjá (verb): see
sér ‘’
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2. sjá (verb): see
sjái ‘’
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2. sjá (verb): see
reyk ‘the dust-cloud’
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reykr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -i/-; -ir): smoke
hvé ‘’
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hvé (adv.): how
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
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[3] hvar ‘where’: The clause which begins with this word is attached to fljóð séa reyk ‘the women will see the dust-cloud’ in l. 3 by Kock (NN §1862), followed by Jón Skaptason (1983, 93).
ríðum ‘we ride’
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1. ríða (verb): ride
Regn ‘’
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regn (noun n.; °-s; -): rain < regnvaldr (noun m.)
Rǫgn ‘Rǫgn’
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rǫgn (noun n.): the gods (in names) < Rǫgnvaldr (noun m.): Rǫgnvaldr
[4] Rǫgn‑: Regn‑ 325VII
valds ‘valdr’s’
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valdr (noun m.): ruler < Rǫgnvaldr (noun m.): Rǫgnvaldrvaldr (noun m.): ruler < regnvaldr (noun m.)
í ‘’
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í (prep.): in, into
gǫngum ‘’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
Keyrum ‘Let’s spur’
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keyra (verb): drive, whip, fling
hvatt ‘’
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hvatr (adj.; °-ari, -an; -astr): keen, brave
hest ‘’
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hestr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): horse, stallion
svát ‘so that’
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svát (conj.): so that, so as
heyrum ‘’
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2. heyra (verb): hear
harðla ‘’
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harðla (adv.): very, highly, greatly
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[6] harða langt ‘at a very great distance’: So Hallberg (1975, 167). The sense could instead be temporal (so Ternström 1871, 11). Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) takes harða to be an adj. ‘hard’, qualifying rôs ‘race, rush’ in l. 7. Jón Skaptason (1983, 93) takes the sense of the passage to be that the woman will hear the galloping ‘from far inside the halls’.
langt ‘great distance’
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langr (adj.; °compar. lengri, superl. lengstr): long
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[6] harða langt ‘at a very great distance’: So Hallberg (1975, 167). The sense could instead be temporal (so Ternström 1871, 11). Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) takes harða to be an adj. ‘hard’, qualifying rôs ‘race, rush’ in l. 7. Jón Skaptason (1983, 93) takes the sense of the passage to be that the woman will hear the galloping ‘from far inside the halls’.
frá ‘’
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frá (prep.): from
ór ‘’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
at ‘to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
[6] at: so 68, 61, Holm4, 75c, 325VII, Flat, Tóm, Kˣ, Bb, ór Holm2, 325V, frá R686ˣ, 972ˣ, 325VI, 75a, 73aˣ, 78aˣ
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[6] at garði ‘to the manor’: Kock (NN §486) points out that the phrase has been taken to modify keyrum ‘we spur’ (l. 5), heyri ‘hear’ (l. 5), or rôs ‘race’ (l. 7). He disapproves of the first choice (that of Finnur Jónsson, Skj B) and discards the second (that of E. Noreen 1923, 39); his favoured option of rás/rôs at garði ‘race to the manor’ is also adopted here. The eds of ÍF 27 and Hkr 1991 instead connect it with langt ‘at a distance’ (or ‘a long way’). The present interpretation of the syntax of this helmingr is in agreement with that of Konráð Gíslason (1892, 175).
garði ‘the manor’
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garðr (noun m.): enclosure, yard
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[6] at garði ‘to the manor’: Kock (NN §486) points out that the phrase has been taken to modify keyrum ‘we spur’ (l. 5), heyri ‘hear’ (l. 5), or rôs ‘race’ (l. 7). He disapproves of the first choice (that of Finnur Jónsson, Skj B) and discards the second (that of E. Noreen 1923, 39); his favoured option of rás/rôs at garði ‘race to the manor’ is also adopted here. The eds of ÍF 27 and Hkr 1991 instead connect it with langt ‘at a distance’ (or ‘a long way’). The present interpretation of the syntax of this helmingr is in agreement with that of Konráð Gíslason (1892, 175).
hesta ‘[our] steeds’’
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hestr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): horse, stallion
rôs ‘race’
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rás (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): running, course, company
at ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
húsum ‘the buildings’
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hús (noun n.; °-s; -): house
hugsvinn ‘a wise-minded’
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hugsvinnr (adj.): wise-minded, Hugsvinnr
[8] hugsvinn: om. Tóm
konan ‘’
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kona (noun f.; °-u; -ur/-r(KlmA1980 116¹¹), gen. pl. kvenna/kvinna): woman
kona ‘woman’
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kona (noun f.; °-u; -ur/-r(KlmA1980 116¹¹), gen. pl. kvenna/kvinna): woman
[8] kona: so 75a, Holm4, Kˣ, konan Holm2, 325V, R686ˣ, 972ˣ, 325VI, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, 68, 61, 75c, 325VII, Flat, Tóm, Bb
inan ‘’
inni ‘’
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2. inni (adv.): in, inside, indoors
innan ‘from inside’
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innan (prep.): inside, within
[8] innan: ‘inan’ 325V, inni 75c, 325VII
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The travellers enter Skarar (Skara) and approach the residence of Rǫgnvaldr jarl.
Fidjestøl (1997a, 339-40) finds this stanza paradigmatic of the treatment of women in Old Norse literature.
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