Sigv Austv 21I
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Austrfararvísur 21’ 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. 613.
Fast ‘fast’
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fastr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): firm, fast
skalt ‘You must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
ríkr ‘powerful’
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ríkr (adj.): mighty, powerful, rich
notes
[1] ríkr : ríkan: On the peculiar hending, see Konráð Gíslason (1877, 18).
við ‘with’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
ríkjan ‘’
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ríkr (adj.): mighty, powerful, rich
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[1] ríkr : ríkan: On the peculiar hending, see Konráð Gíslason (1877, 18).
Regn ‘’
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regn (noun n.; °-s; -): rain < regnvaldr (noun m.)
Rǫgn ‘Rǫgn’
[2] Rǫgn‑: ‘Regn‑’ 325VII
valdr ‘’
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valdr (noun m.): ruler < Rǫgnvaldr (noun m.): Rǫgnvaldr
vald ‘valdr’
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valdr (noun m.): ruler < Rǫgnvaldr (noun m.): Rǫgnvaldrvaldr (noun m.): ruler < regnvaldr (noun m.)
[2] ‑vald: ‑valdr FskBˣ
konungr ‘king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
halda ‘hold’
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halda (verb): hold, keep
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
stendr ‘’
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standa (verb): stand
notes
[3] es ‘is’: The reading stendr of Kˣ is adopted by Ternström (1871), but the passage is corrupt in Kˣ, where the remainder of the line is wanting.
þigðr ‘’
af ‘’
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af (prep.): from
at ‘to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
[3] at: so 325VI, 73aˣ, 68, Holm4, 325VII, Flat, Tóm, FskBˣ, Bb, FskAˣ, af Holm2, 325V, R686ˣ, 972ˣ, J2ˣ, 75a, 61, om. Kˣ
þǫrf ‘needs’
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þǫrf (noun f.; °þarfar; þarfar/þarfir): need
nôtt ‘night’
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nátt (noun f.; °náttar/nǽtr, dat. -/-u; nǽtr): night
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
dags ‘’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
dag ‘day’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
[4] dag: dags 73aˣ
sôttu ‘’
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sátt (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): settlement
ôttum ‘’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
sótta ‘’
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sótt (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): illness
sôttumsk ‘’
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sœkja (verb): seek, attack
sôttum ‘this covenant’
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sátt (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): settlement
[4] sôttum: sôttu R686ˣ, ôttum 73aˣ, sótta 68, sôttumsk Kˣ
veitt ‘’
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2. veita (verb): grant, give
k ‘know’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
þinga ‘of assemblies’
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þing (noun n.; °-s; -): meeting, assembly
kennings
kennir þinga,‘master of assemblies, ’
= RULER
master of assemblies, → RULER
kennr ‘’
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kennr (adj.)
kennings
kennir þinga,‘master of assemblies, ’
= RULER
master of assemblies, → RULER
notes
[5] kennir þinga ‘master of assemblies [RULER]’: Other possible meanings of kennir are ‘knower, connoisseur’, ‘instructor’ and ‘tester’. It is possible that kennir þinga is a warrior-kenning, since þing ‘assembly’ is occasionally used alone as a half-kenning to refer to battle (see LP: þing 3, and cf. ESk Geisl 29VII malmþings kennir ‘tester of the weapon-meeting [BATTLE > WARRIOR]’).
þín ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
baztan ‘the best’
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betri (adj. comp.; °superl. beztr/baztr; pos. góðr adj.): better, best
vin ‘friend’
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend
miklu ‘by far’
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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large
í ‘’
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í (prep.): in, into
notes
[7, 8] á austrvega allt með grœnu salti ‘in the east all along the green brine’: On the seeming word-play here in reference to the Baltic, and on the difficulty of locating Rǫgnvaldr’s domain, see the Introduction. Sahlgren (1927-8, I, 174-5) objects to the acc. after á, and he would read -vegum with the greater number of mss; but the better mss have -vega, and Finnur Jónsson (1932, 16) responds that a dat. form is unnecessary. He also argues that the reference is to ‘Sweden’ in the modern sense.
notes
[7, 8] á austrvega allt með grœnu salti ‘in the east all along the green brine’: On the seeming word-play here in reference to the Baltic, and on the difficulty of locating Rǫgnvaldr’s domain, see the Introduction. Sahlgren (1927-8, I, 174-5) objects to the acc. after á, and he would read -vegum with the greater number of mss; but the better mss have -vega, and Finnur Jónsson (1932, 16) responds that a dat. form is unnecessary. He also argues that the reference is to ‘Sweden’ in the modern sense.
vega ‘’
[7] ‑vega: vega with ‘v’ written above ‘a’ Holm2, ‑vegum 325V, 325VI, 75a, 73aˣ, Flat, ‑vegi R686ˣ, 972ˣ, J2ˣ, ‑vegu 61, Holm4
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[7, 8] á austrvega allt með grœnu salti ‘in the east all along the green brine’: On the seeming word-play here in reference to the Baltic, and on the difficulty of locating Rǫgnvaldr’s domain, see the Introduction. Sahlgren (1927-8, I, 174-5) objects to the acc. after á, and he would read -vegum with the greater number of mss; but the better mss have -vega, and Finnur Jónsson (1932, 16) responds that a dat. form is unnecessary. He also argues that the reference is to ‘Sweden’ in the modern sense.
eiga ‘to have’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
[7] eiga: eigu Tóm
allt ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
notes
[7, 8] á austrvega allt með grœnu salti ‘in the east all along the green brine’: On the seeming word-play here in reference to the Baltic, and on the difficulty of locating Rǫgnvaldr’s domain, see the Introduction. Sahlgren (1927-8, I, 174-5) objects to the acc. after á, and he would read -vegum with the greater number of mss; but the better mss have -vega, and Finnur Jónsson (1932, 16) responds that a dat. form is unnecessary. He also argues that the reference is to ‘Sweden’ in the modern sense.
með ‘along’
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með (prep.): with
notes
[7, 8] á austrvega allt með grœnu salti ‘in the east all along the green brine’: On the seeming word-play here in reference to the Baltic, and on the difficulty of locating Rǫgnvaldr’s domain, see the Introduction. Sahlgren (1927-8, I, 174-5) objects to the acc. after á, and he would read -vegum with the greater number of mss; but the better mss have -vega, and Finnur Jónsson (1932, 16) responds that a dat. form is unnecessary. He also argues that the reference is to ‘Sweden’ in the modern sense.
grœna ‘’
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2. grœnn (adj.; °superl. grǿnastr/grǿnstr): green
rauða ‘’
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rauðr (adj.; °compar. -ari): red
grœnu ‘the green’
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2. grœnn (adj.; °superl. grǿnastr/grǿnstr): green
[8] grœnu: grœna 325V, rauða 61
notes
[7, 8] á austrvega allt með grœnu salti ‘in the east all along the green brine’: On the seeming word-play here in reference to the Baltic, and on the difficulty of locating Rǫgnvaldr’s domain, see the Introduction. Sahlgren (1927-8, I, 174-5) objects to the acc. after á, and he would read -vegum with the greater number of mss; but the better mss have -vega, and Finnur Jónsson (1932, 16) responds that a dat. form is unnecessary. He also argues that the reference is to ‘Sweden’ in the modern sense.
salti ‘brine’
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salt (noun n.; °-s): sea, salt
notes
[7, 8] á austrvega allt með grœnu salti ‘in the east all along the green brine’: On the seeming word-play here in reference to the Baltic, and on the difficulty of locating Rǫgnvaldr’s domain, see the Introduction. Sahlgren (1927-8, I, 174-5) objects to the acc. after á, and he would read -vegum with the greater number of mss; but the better mss have -vega, and Finnur Jónsson (1932, 16) responds that a dat. form is unnecessary. He also argues that the reference is to ‘Sweden’ in the modern sense.
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In ÓH and Hkr, after his return from a trip to Rǫgnvaldr’s court, Sigvatr assures King Óláfr of the jarl’s loyalty. In Fsk, sts 18/1-4 and 21/5-8 comprise a stanza. See Context to st. 18 and Note to ll. 1-4 below.
[1-4]: The context provided in Fsk for the stanza formed by this helmingr and st. 18/5-8 (see Context to st. 18) raises the possibility that Sigvatr’s journey to Russia was separate from the visit to the Swedish court and hence, since Fsk (ÍF 29, 179) associates Austv with the Swedish visit, that the stanza may not belong to the poem. The Hkr context also gives confusing information about when this stanza was composed, since it describes a journey by Sigvatr to visit Rǫgnvaldr as if it were separate from the journey on which he composed Austv. However, the repetition of wording and narrative material (ÍF 27, 144, cf. 134), together with the evidence of the ÓH mss (ÓH 1941, I, 206) makes it clear that this is a recapitulation rather than a separate journey. Snorri’s separation of this stanza from the others cannot be motivated by the seeming allusion to the Baltic Sea contained in it (see below), since his prose gives no indication that Sigvatr went near the Baltic on this trip.
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