Sigv Berv 18II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Bersǫglisvísur 18’ 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, p. 30.
auman ‘the poor’
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aumr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): wretched, poor
Nóregs ‘of Norway’
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Noregr (noun m.): Norway
kennings
Sinjórr Nóregs,‘Seigneur of Norway, ’
= Magnús
Seigneur of Norway, → Magnús
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
môl ‘promises’
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1. mál (noun n.; °-s; -): speech, matter
[3] môl: ‘ma[...]’ B, ‘ma’ 744ˣ
halt ‘keep’
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halda (verb): hold, keep
[3] halt *: halt ek R(39r), Tˣ(41r), ‘[...]lt ek’ B, ‘hallt ek’ 744ˣ, ml helt ek C(8v), ml helt Tˣ(42r)
* ‘’
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[3] halt *: halt ek R(39r), Tˣ(41r), ‘[...]lt ek’ B, ‘hallt ek’ 744ˣ, ml helt ek C(8v), ml helt Tˣ(42r)
svá ‘as well’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
[3] svá sem sælan: svá sælan B, nú sem sælan C(8v), sem sælan Tˣ(42r)
sem ‘as’
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sem (conj.): as, which
[3] svá sem sælan: svá sælan B, nú sem sælan C(8v), sem sælan Tˣ(42r)
sælan ‘the prosperous’
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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed
[3] svá sem sælan: svá sælan B, nú sem sælan C(8v), sem sælan Tˣ(42r)
sinjórr ‘Seigneur’
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senjórr (noun m.): [Seigneur]
kennings
Sinjórr Nóregs,‘Seigneur of Norway, ’
= Magnús
Seigneur of Norway, → Magnús
notes
[4] sinjórr ‘seigneur’: This is the ON variant of OFr. seignor ‘lord’. The word is first used by Sigvatr here and in ErfÓl 8/4I (synjórr), and he was most likely the one who introduced the term into ON (Bugge 1875, 232). See also Sigvatr’s use of greifar ‘counts’ in st. 14/8 above.
laga ‘laws’
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lag (noun n.; °-s; *-): layer; (pl.) law
þinna ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
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In SnE (Skm), sinjórr ‘seigneur’ is given as an ókennt nafn ‘noun without periphrasis’ for ‘ruler’.
Because B is damaged and difficult to read, 744ˣ (AM 744 4°ˣ) has been used selectively.
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