Sigvatr Þórðarson, Bersǫglisvísur 2

Kari Ellen Gade

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Sigv Berv 2^II

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Bersǫglisvísur 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 14-15.

Sigvatr Þórðarson Bersǫglisvísur

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[3] nafn: so Flat, vápn H, Hr

fekk ‘gained’

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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive

hann ‘he’

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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...

en ‘and’

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2. en (conj.): but, and

hrǫfnum ‘to the ravens’

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hrafn (noun m.; °hrafns; dat. hrafni; hrafnar): raven

hræ ‘carrion’

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hræ (noun n.; °; -): corpse, carrion

[4] hræ þess: ‘hræþus’ Flat

þess ‘of that’

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1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

[4] hræ þess: ‘hræþus’ Flat

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[4] ævi þess konungs ‘throughout the lifetime of that king’: Skj B takes this nominal phrase with the preceding cl. and reads: en ævi þess konungs fekk hrǫfnum hræ ‘and the lifetime of that king gave carrion to the ravens’. That interpretation is very awkward syntactically (see NN §2259).

kon ‘king’

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(non-lexical) < konungr (noun m.): king

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ungs ‘’

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(non-lexical) < konungr (noun m.): king

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ævi ‘the lifetime’

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ævi (noun f.; °-/-ar): life

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Full ‘the most’

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2. fullr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): full, complete < fullkerskr (adj.)

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[5] fullkerska (f. acc. sg.) ‘most valiant’: Fullkerskum (m. or n. dat. sg. or dat. pl.) has been emended to f. acc. sg. to agree with verðung ‘troop’. Kock (NN §§1113A, 2463) retains the dat. and posits a meaning of the verb falla + dat. ‘be killed by sby’ (lit. ‘fall for sby’; so also Jón Skaptason 1983). Kock’s argument, based on a controversial passage in Beowulf (ll. 168-70), is not persuasive (see Beowulf 2008, 126-7 n. 168f).

keskum ‘’

kǫrskum ‘’

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karskr (adj.; °superl. -astr): °djærv, dristig, frygtløs

kerskum ‘’

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kerska (noun f.; °-u): [valiant]

kerska ‘valiant’

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kerska (noun f.; °-u): [valiant] < fullkerskr (adj.)

[5] ‑kerska: kerskum H, ‘keskum’ Hr, ‘‑koskum’ Flat

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sák ‘I saw’

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2. sjá (verb): see

falla ‘fall’

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falla (verb): fall

frán ‘keen-’

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2. fránn (adj.): bright, shining < fráneygr (adj.)2. fránn (adj.): bright, shining < fráneggr (adj.)

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[6] fráneygjum ‘keen-eyed’: Cf. Fáfn 5/4 (NK 181). Most earlier eds adopt the Flat variant fráneggjum ‘keen-edged’ (hap. leg.) which is taken with sverðum ‘swords’ (l. 8). This is also possible but would appear to be a lectio facilior.

eggjum ‘’

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-eggr (adj.) < fráneggr (adj.)

eygjum ‘eyed’

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eygr (adj.): eyed < fráneygr (adj.)

[6] ‑eygjum: ‑eggjum Flat

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son ‘’

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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son

sonr ‘the son’

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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son

[6] sonr: son all

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[6] sonr (m. nom. sg.) ‘son’: The later form son (m. nom. sg.) ‘son’ has been replaced here by the more archaic form.

grônum ‘to the grey’

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grár (adj.; °gráan/grán): grey

gaf ‘gave’

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gefa (verb): give

margan ‘many’

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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many

val ‘a slain warrior’

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1. valr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ir): corpse, the slain

vargi ‘wolf’

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vargr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): wolf

verð ‘troop’

-und ‘’

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1. und (noun f.; °; -ir): wound < verðund (noun f.)

ung ‘’

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(non-lexical) < verðung (noun f.): troop, retinue

[8] ‑ung: ‘‑und’ Flat

konungr ‘’

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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king

konungs ‘of the king’

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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king

[8] konungs: konungr Flat

sverðum ‘by means of swords’

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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword

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The king referred to in the st. is Óláfr Haraldsson (S. Óláfr), Magnús’s father. Sigvatr had been his court poet, marshal and emissary.

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Sigv Berv 2II

Vask ‘I was’

með ‘with’

gram ‘the lord’

þeim ‘’

s ‘who’

gumnum ‘men’

goll ‘gold’

bauð ‘gave’

dróttin ‘’

hollum ‘to his loyal’

vápn ‘’

nafn ‘fame’

fekk ‘gained’

hann ‘he’

en ‘and’

hrǫfnum ‘to the ravens’

hræ ‘carrion’

þess ‘of that’

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kon ‘king’

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ungs ‘’

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ævi ‘the lifetime’

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Full ‘the most’

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keskum ‘’

kǫrskum ‘’

kerskum ‘’

kerska ‘valiant’

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sák ‘I saw’

falla ‘fall’

frán ‘keen-’

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eggjum ‘’

eygjum ‘eyed’

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son ‘’

sonr ‘the son’

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grônum ‘to the grey’

gaf ‘gave’

margan ‘many’

val ‘a slain warrior’

vargi ‘wolf’

verð ‘troop’

-und ‘’

ung ‘’

konungr ‘’

konungs ‘of the king’

sverðum ‘by means of swords’

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