Sigv Austv 13I
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Austrfararvísur 13’ 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. 601.
Attȧ ‘’
Átt ‘had’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
[1] Átt: ‘Attȧ’ Tóm
hafr ‘’
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hafr (noun m.; °hafrs/-s(SnEU 56¹⁹), dat. hafri; hafrar): goat
sóttu ‘sought out’
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sœkja (verb): seek, attack
sendimenn ‘The messengers’
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sendimaðr (noun m.): messenger
af ‘’
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af (prep.): from
hendi ‘their hands’
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand
Sygni ‘’
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Sygnir (noun m.; °; -ir): the Sygnir
kennings
grams Sygna,‘of the lord of the Sygnir, ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Óláfr
the lord of the Sygnir, → NORWEGIAN KING = Óláfr
notes
[3] grams Sygna ‘of the lord of the Sygnir [NORWEGIAN KING = Óláfr]’: The phrase is here construed with sendimenn ‘messengers’ in l. 2, and sagnir in l. 3 is understood as their messages. However, E. Noreen (1923, 40; also Kock, NN §2473) is quite possibly right that grams Sygna depends on sagnir, which could have the sense ‘troop of men’, here ‘messengers’.
grams ‘of the lord’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
kennings
grams Sygna,‘of the lord of the Sygnir, ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Óláfr
the lord of the Sygnir, → NORWEGIAN KING = Óláfr
notes
[3] grams Sygna ‘of the lord of the Sygnir [NORWEGIAN KING = Óláfr]’: The phrase is here construed with sendimenn ‘messengers’ in l. 2, and sagnir in l. 3 is understood as their messages. However, E. Noreen (1923, 40; also Kock, NN §2473) is quite possibly right that grams Sygna depends on sagnir, which could have the sense ‘troop of men’, here ‘messengers’.
við ‘’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
[3] með: so 325VI, 68, 61, Holm4, 325VII, Flat, Tóm, Kˣ, við Holm2, R686ˣ, 972ˣ, J2ˣ, 75a, 73aˣ, Bb
notes
[3] grams Sygna ‘of the lord of the Sygnir [NORWEGIAN KING = Óláfr]’: The phrase is here construed with sendimenn ‘messengers’ in l. 2, and sagnir in l. 3 is understood as their messages. However, E. Noreen (1923, 40; also Kock, NN §2473) is quite possibly right that grams Sygna depends on sagnir, which could have the sense ‘troop of men’, here ‘messengers’.
sagnir ‘messages’
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sǫgn (noun f.; °sagnar; sagnir): narrative, message; troop, men
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[3] grams Sygna ‘of the lord of the Sygnir [NORWEGIAN KING = Óláfr]’: The phrase is here construed with sendimenn ‘messengers’ in l. 2, and sagnir in l. 3 is understood as their messages. However, E. Noreen (1923, 40; also Kock, NN §2473) is quite possibly right that grams Sygna depends on sagnir, which could have the sense ‘troop of men’, here ‘messengers’.
siklinga ‘lords’
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siklingr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, ruler
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[4] siklinga ‘lords’: Ternström (1871, 47) regards this as gen. pl., depending on sagnir ‘messages’.
fǫr ‘journey’
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fǫr (noun f.): journey, fate; movement
[4] fǫr: so J2ˣ, 75a, 68, 61, Holm4, Tóm, Kˣ, ‘for’ Holm2, R686ˣ, 972ˣ, 325VI, 73aˣ, 325VII, Flat, Bb
mikka ‘’
spǫrðusk ‘’
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2. spara (verb): spare, withhold
spurðusk ‘’
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spyrja (verb; spurði): ask; hear, find out
spurðisk ‘’
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spyrja (verb; spurði): ask; hear, find out
spurðumk ‘’
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spyrja (verb; spurði): ask; hear, find out
spurðu ‘’
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spyrja (verb; spurði): ask; hear, find out
Spǫrðumk ‘I spared myself’
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2. spara (verb): spare, withhold
[5] Spǫrðumk: spurðumk 972ˣ, J2ˣ, 75a, Holm4, Tóm, Bb, spurðusk 73aˣ, spurðisk 61, spǫrðusk 325VII, spurðu Flat
fest ‘’
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3. fár (adj.; °compar. fǽrri/fárri(Mág² 11), superl. fǽstr): few
færst ‘’
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3. fár (adj.; °compar. fǽrri/fárri(Mág² 11), superl. fǽstr): few
flest ‘’
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fleiri (adj. comp.; °superl. flestr): more, most
fæst ‘very little’
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3. fár (adj.; °compar. fǽrri/fárri(Mág² 11), superl. fǽstr): few
[5] fæst: flest 75a, 73aˣ, Holm4, 325VII, Flat, Tóm, færst 61, fest Bb
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
né ‘’
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né (conj.): nor
furða ‘’
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1. furða (noun f.): marvel
fyrðar ‘’
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2. fyrðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): man
fyrða ‘men’s’
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2. fyrðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): man
[5] fyrða: furða 68, Bb, fyrðar Flat
fǫng ‘baggage’
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fang (noun n.; °-s; *-): grasp, tunic
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[6] fǫng ‘baggage’: Alternative semantic interpretations are possible here. (a) The analysis of Noreen (1923, 40), followed here, is that Sigvatr means to say that although he pampered himself little, and thus he brought along few provisions, the baggage nonetheless was a source of difficulty. Thus, stór ‘large’ in l. 6 would imply ‘heavy’: so Jón Skaptason (1983, 94); Hkr 1991. This interpretation is in keeping with the comedic elements of some of the preceding stanzas. (b) Finnur Jónsson (LP: 2. fang 4) takes this to mean ‘difficulties’, and though Noreen is right that the word is not otherwise attested in this sense, it does commonly mean ‘grappling, wrestling’, which seems close enough in meaning to Finnur’s intent.
eru ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
stœrst ‘’
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stórr (adj.): large, great
við ‘along’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
gǫngur ‘’
gǫngu ‘the way’
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1. ganga (noun f.): way
[6] gǫngu: so R686ˣ, 972ˣ, J2ˣ, 75a, 73aˣ, 68, 61, Bb, corrected from ‘gaundo’ Holm2, gǫngur Holm4, 325VII, Flat, Tóm, Kˣ
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[6] gǫngu ‘the way’: The Kˣ reading, pl. gǫngur, is preferred by Noreen (1923, 40).
vǫrðr ‘guardian’
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vǫrðr (noun m.; °varðar, dat. verði/vǫrð; verðir, acc. vǫrðu): guardian, defender
kennings
nýtr vǫrðr Nóregs‘the able guardian of Norway ’
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the able guardian of Norway → Óláfr
veldr ‘’
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valda (verb): cause
nitur ‘’
nítr ‘’
nýtr ‘the able’
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nýtr (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. nýztr/nýtastr): useful, able
[7] nýtr: ‘nitur’ 972ˣ, nítr Kˣ
kennings
nýtr vǫrðr Nóregs‘the able guardian of Norway ’
= Óláfr
the able guardian of Norway → Óláfr
fyrir ‘’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
et ‘’
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2. inn (art.): the
þvís ‘that’
[7] þvís (‘þvi er’): fyrir 75a, er 73aˣ, þat et 68, því Holm4
norðan ‘from the north’
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norðan (adv.): from the north
norígs ‘’
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Noregr (noun m.): Norway
Nóreg ‘’
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Noregr (noun m.): Norway
kennings
nýtr vǫrðr Nóregs‘the able guardian of Norway ’
= Óláfr
the able guardian of Norway → Óláfr
þung ‘’
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þungr (adj.): heavy
þannig ‘’
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þannig (adv.): thus, there, that way
þinig ‘in that direction’
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þannig (adv.): thus, there, that way
[8] þinig: þung R686ˣ, þannig 325VI, Flat, Tóm
forvund ‘’
fóru ‘’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
fǫrum ‘’
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fǫr (noun f.): journey, fate; movement
fórum ‘we went’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
[8] fórum: fóru 68, fǫrum Flat, ‘forvund’ Bb
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Átt hafa sér, þeirs sóttu, |
The messengers of the lord of the Sygnir [NORWEGIAN KING = Óláfr], who sought out lords with messages, have had a big journey on their hands. I spared myself very little, but men’s baggage is large along the way; the able guardian of Norway [= Óláfr] determined that we went from the north in that direction.
When they have arrived at Rǫgnvaldr jarl’s residence, the jarl says they must have had a difficult journey, and Sigvatr responds with this and the following stanza.
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