Sigv Austv 7I
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Austrfararvísur 7’ 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. 593.
Fórk ‘I went’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
en ‘’
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4. en (conj.): than
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
[1] at: so 325VI, 73aˣ, 68, 61, Holm4, 325VII, Flat, Tóm, Kˣ, Bb, om. Holm2, J2ˣ, en R686ˣ, 972ˣ, 75a
finna ‘find’
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2. finna (verb): find, meet
bôðum ‘’
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báðir (pron.; °gen. beggja (báðra), nom./acc. n. bǽði): both
kennings
brjót bliks bôru,‘a breaker of the gleam of the wave, ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the gleam of the wave, → GOLD
a breaker of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
kennings
brjót bliks bôru,‘a breaker of the gleam of the wave, ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the gleam of the wave, → GOLD
a breaker of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
frið ‘’
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friðr (noun m.): peace
fríðs ‘something fine’
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fríðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): beautiful, fair
[2] fríðs: ‘frið’ 325VII, Flat, Tóm, Bb
notes
[2] fríðs ‘something fine’: So Konráð Gíslason (1892). Turville-Petre (1976, 82) renders this ‘friendliness’. Noreen (1923, 38) suggests that the word is m. rather than n.: ‘someone fine’, though this would be slightly awkward with mér ‘for myself’.
vættak ‘I expected’
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vætta (verb): expect
mér ‘for myself’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
síðan ‘afterwards’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
notes
[2] síðan ‘afterwards’: The word could instead depend on vættak ‘I expected’ in l. 2 (so Jón Skaptason 1983, 88).
brjót ‘a breaker’
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brjótr (noun m.): breaker
kennings
brjót bliks bôru,‘a breaker of the gleam of the wave, ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the gleam of the wave, → GOLD
a breaker of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
þanns ‘one whom’
[3] þanns (‘þann er’): ‘þaun er’ 972ˣ
brognar ‘’
burgnar ‘’
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borg (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -; -ir): city, stronghold
bragnar ‘warriors’
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bragnar (noun m.): men, warriors
[3] bragnar: ‘burgnar’ R686ˣ, ‘brognar’ 972ˣ
hętv ‘’
bliks ‘of the gleam’
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blik (noun n.): gleam
kennings
brjót bliks bôru,‘a breaker of the gleam of the wave, ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the gleam of the wave, → GOLD
a breaker of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
bliks ‘of the gleam’
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blik (noun n.): gleam
kennings
brjót bliks bôru,‘a breaker of the gleam of the wave, ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the gleam of the wave, → GOLD
a breaker of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
vildustann ‘’
vildastan ‘the most excellent’
[4] vildastan: ‘vildostann’ J2ˣ
miklu ‘by far’
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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large
gerfs ‘’
graps ‘’
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gráp (noun n.): hail
grepps ‘’
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greppr (noun m.; °; -ar): poet, man
Grefs ‘of the hoe’
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gref (noun n.): [hoe, hoes]
[5] Grefs: ‘gerfs’ R686ˣ, grepps J2ˣ, Flat, Bb, ‘graps’ 68
kennings
Gætir grefs‘The minder of the hoe ’
= FARMER
The minder of the hoe → FARMER
lét ‘’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
leit ‘looked’
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líta (verb): look, see; appear
[5] leit: so 972ˣ, 325VI, 73aˣ, 68, 61, Holm4, Tóm, lét Holm2, R686ˣ, J2ˣ, 75a, Flat, Bb, leit corrected from ‘let’ 325VII
við ‘at’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
mér ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
gættir ‘’
gettir ‘’
kennings
Gætir grefs‘The minder of the hoe ’
= FARMER
The minder of the hoe → FARMER
gest ‘’
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gestr (noun m.): guest, stranger
gerst ‘’
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gerstr (adj.): [possible, annoyed]
gestr ‘’
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gestr (noun m.): guest, stranger
gerstr ‘annoyed’
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gerstr (adj.): [possible, annoyed]
[6] gerstr: so 75a, Holm4, Kˣ, gerst Holm2, J2ˣ, gest R686ˣ, 972ˣ, gestr 325VI, 73aˣ, 68, 61, 325VII, Flat, Tóm, Bb
notes
[6] gerstr ‘annoyed’: ‘Annoyed’ is the literal meaning, and by extension, ‘sour, dismal’. The reading gerst of Holm2 and others makes sense as an adverbial n. meaning ‘bitterly, hardly, cruelly’ (Turville-Petre 1976, 83), but the distribution of variants favours gerstr.
var ‘’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
illr ‘bad [indeed]’
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illr (adj.): bad, evil, unwell
inn ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
vesti ‘’
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verri (adj. comp.): worse, worst
lítt ‘little’
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lítill (adj.; °lítinn): little
reyfi ‘’
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1. reyfa (verb)
lof ‘’
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lof (noun n.; °-s; -): praise, leave, permission
þá ‘’
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2. þá (adv.): then
þó ‘yet’
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þó (adv.): though
[7] þó: so 325VI, 73aˣ, 68, 61, Holm4, 325VII, Tóm, Kˣ, Bb, þó apparently corrected from lof Holm2, lof R686ˣ, 972ˣ, J2ˣ, 75a, þá Flat
lýða ‘people’s’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
læst ‘’
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læstr (adj.): [locked]
laist ‘’
lest ‘’
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1. lest (noun f.; °; -ir): cargo
last ‘’
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last (noun n.; °-): fault, sin, vice
lǫst ‘faults’
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last (noun n.; °-): fault, sin, vice
[8] lǫst: ‘laist’ R686ˣ, læst 972ˣ, lest 75a, last 73aˣ, 61, 325VII, ‘lost’ Flat
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
inn ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
bazti ‘best’
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betri (adj. comp.; °superl. beztr/baztr; pos. góðr adj.): better, best
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Fórk at finna bôru |
I went afterwards to find a breaker of the gleam of the wave [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN], one whom warriors counted by far the most excellent; for myself I expected something fine. The minder of the hoe [FARMER] looked at me annoyed; then the worst is bad [indeed], if this is the best; yet I broadcast people’s faults little.
That same evening, the most prominent local man also bars them entry to his house, and Sigvatr delivers this and the following stanza.
The present interpretation of the stanza owes much to Konráð Gíslason (1866b, 194-7).
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