Sigv Austv 5I
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Austrfararvísur 5’ 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. 590.
Gakkat ‘Do not come’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
inn ‘in’
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1. inn (adv.): in, inside
kvað ‘said’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
ekkjan ‘’
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1. ekkja (noun f.; °-u; -ur, gen. ekkna): widow, woman
ekkja ‘the woman’
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1. ekkja (noun f.; °-u; -ur, gen. ekkna): widow, woman
[1] ekkja: ekkjan Holm4, 75c, 325VII, Flat, Tóm
armr ‘’
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2. armr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): wretched
armi ‘wretched’
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2. armr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): wretched
[2] armi: armr R686ˣ, 972ˣ, arm 68
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[2] armi drengr ‘wretched fellow’: The collocation is unusual, since drengr most often means ‘warrior, worthy man’ (see Jesch 1993a, Jesch 2001a, 216-32, and Goetting 2006 for discussions). The word is used, probably with mock-heroic tone, to refer to the skald and his companions in sts 11/7, 14/1, 14/2, 18/7, as is the derived adv. fulldrengila ‘most bravely’, st. 15/8.
drengrinn ‘’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior
drengr ‘fellow’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior
[2] drengr en: so R686ˣ, 972ˣ, J2ˣ, 325VI, 75a, Kˣ, Bb, drengr in Holm2, drengrinn 73aˣ, 68, 61, Holm4, 75c, 325VII, Flat, Tóm
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[2] armi drengr ‘wretched fellow’: The collocation is unusual, since drengr most often means ‘warrior, worthy man’ (see Jesch 1993a, Jesch 2001a, 216-32, and Goetting 2006 for discussions). The word is used, probably with mock-heroic tone, to refer to the skald and his companions in sts 11/7, 14/1, 14/2, 18/7, as is the derived adv. fulldrengila ‘most bravely’, st. 15/8.
en ‘any’
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4. en (conj.): than
[2] drengr en: so R686ˣ, 972ˣ, J2ˣ, 325VI, 75a, Kˣ, Bb, drengr in Holm2, drengrinn 73aˣ, 68, 61, Holm4, 75c, 325VII, Flat, Tóm
lengra ‘farther’
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lengra (adv.): longer, further
hræðumk ‘fear’
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3. hræða (verb): fear, be afraid
vér ‘’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
við ‘’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
Óðins ‘of Óðinn’
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Óðinn (noun m.): Óðinn
erum ‘are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[4] erum: corrected from ‘arrum’ 325VII
heiðan ‘’
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4. heiðr (adj.): bright
heiðinn ‘’
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heiðinn (adj.): heathen
heiðnir ‘’
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heiðinn (adj.): heathen
heiðin ‘heathen’
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heiðinn (adj.): heathen
[4] heiðin: so 73aˣ, 61, Holm4, Flat, Tóm, Bb, heiðnir Holm2, 972ˣ, J2ˣ, 68, 75c, Kˣ, heiðan R686ˣ, heiðinn 75a
við ‘’
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2. vit (pron.): we two
vel ‘’
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vel (adv.): well, very
vér ‘we’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
[4] vér: vel J2ˣ, við 68, 61, om. Tóm
reiði ‘the wrath’
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2. reiði (noun f.; °-): anger
hryggr ‘’
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2. hryggr (adj.; °-van/-jan; compar. -vari/-ari/-ri; superl. -astr): sorrowful, sad
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[5] rýgr ‘female’: Rýgr (or Rýgi) appears among the giantess-heiti in Þul Trollkvenna 5/7III, and it is glossed mægtig kvinde ‘powerful woman’ in LP: rýgr; but the word may not always connote any particular power or trollishness (cf. Hallberg 1975, 166; Turville-Petre 1976, 82; Jón Skaptason 1983, 239), and it also appears among woman-heiti in Þul Kvenna I 1/5III .
kvezk ‘’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
kvazk ‘said’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
[5] kvazk: kvezk R686ˣ, 325VI, 75a, 73aˣ, 61, Flat
inni ‘inside’
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2. inni (adv.): in, inside, indoors
eiga ‘they were holding’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
áþekk ‘’
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áþekkr (adj.): [similar]
óþekk ‘The disagreeable’
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óþekkr (adj.): [disagreeable]
[6] óþekk: áþekk 972ˣ, ‘oþegt’ Flat
sús ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
mér ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
hnekkði ‘drove’
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hnekkja (verb): drive off, reject
alba ‘’
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alba (noun ?)
alfa ‘a sacrifice’
[7] alfa‑: ‘alba’ Holm4
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[7] alfablót ‘a sacrifice to the elves’: This is the only reference to this practice in Old Norse poetry, and its nature and that of the minor mythological beings called álfar is elusive (see Turville-Petre 1964, 230-2, Gunnell 2006 and Hall 2007 for elves in Old English and Old Norse tradition).
blót ‘to the elves’
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[7] alfablót ‘a sacrifice to the elves’: This is the only reference to this practice in Old Norse poetry, and its nature and that of the minor mythological beings called álfar is elusive (see Turville-Petre 1964, 230-2, Gunnell 2006 and Hall 2007 for elves in Old English and Old Norse tradition).
sem ‘like’
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sem (conj.): as, which
ylfi ‘’
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Ylfi (noun f.)
ulfi ‘a wolf’
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1. ulfr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): wolf
[7] ulfi: ylfi R686ˣ, J2ˣ, ylfi corrected from ulfi 325VII
óttum ‘’
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2. ótta (verb): fear
vin ‘’
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend
ótt ‘’
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2. óðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): raging, furious
otuíns ‘’
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ótvínn (adj.): unwavering
víns ‘’
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vín (noun n.; °-s; -): wine
eirlaust ‘’
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eirlauss (adj.): ruthlessly
vín ‘’
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend
vt ‘’
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út (adv.): out(side)
ótvín ‘without hesitation’
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ótvínn (adj.): unwavering
[8] ótvín: óttum R686ˣ, ótt vin 972ˣ, 325VII, ‘otuíns’ 73aˣ, ‘ót vín’ 68, ‘ot víns’ 61, eirlaust Holm4, ‘vt vín’ 75c, Flat, Tóm, Bb
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[8] ótvín ‘without hesitation’: (a) The present analysis (ó- + tví- as in tví-ræðr ‘ambiguous’) was implicit already in Hkr 1777-1826, VI, 85 and n., and it is advocated at length by Jón Þorkelsson (1884, 66-7); see also Note to Þjóð Magnfl 18/2II. Hallberg (1975, 167) would construe it not with mér hnekkði ‘drove me away’ in l. 6 but with kvazk ‘said’ in l. 5. (b) Ternström (1871, 45), following the analysis of the word given by Sveinbjörn Egilsson in LP (1860): óttvin, relating ót- to ætt ‘family’, reads ótvin and interprets this as a vocative, ‘friend of the people’, addressed to Óláfr.
á ‘’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
frá ‘’
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frá (prep.): from
ór ‘’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
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[8] í ‘inside’: Noreen (1923, 37) would adopt ór ‘from’, the reading of Kˣ (cf. Holm4: frá ‘from’), and connect the prepositional phrase with hnekkði ‘drove away’ in l. 6. Certainly, ór would simplify the word order in regard to the final line, but it seems characteristic of Sigvatr’s style to end the main clause beginning in l. 5 in the final line, rather than to end it in l. 7. At all events, it is easier to explain why a copyist should have altered í to ór than the reverse.
bœ ‘farmhouse’
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bœr (noun m.; °-jar/-ar, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja/-a, dat. -jum/-um/bjóm/-am/-m, acc. -i/-ja/-a/bǿ): farm, homestead
þeirra ‘’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
sínum ‘her’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
[8] sínum: þeirra Holm4
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Sigvatr comes to another farm, where the woman of the house stands in the doorway and tells him he cannot enter, saying they are holding a sacrifice to the elves.
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