Sigv Berv 3II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Bersǫglisvísur 3’ 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. 15.
Fylgðak ‘I followed’
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2. fylgja (verb): follow, accompany
þeim ‘that’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
es ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
fylgju ‘company’
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1. fylgja (noun f.): follower; fetch
fé ‘’
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fé (noun n.; °fjár/féar; -): cattle, money < fémildr (adj.): generous
mildum ‘generous’
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mildr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): mild, gentle, gracious, generous < fémildr (adj.): generous
gramr ‘’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
vildi ‘wanted’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
nú ‘now’
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nú (adv.): now
eru ‘are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
þegnar ‘people’
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þegn (noun m.; °dat. -/-i; -ar): thane, man, franklin
friðar ‘’
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friðr (noun m.): peace
fegnir ‘pleased’
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2. feginn (adj.; °compar. fegnari, superl. fegnastr): glad, happy
fóðr ‘fodder’
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1. fóðr (noun n.)
fǫður ‘’
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faðir (noun m.): father
þínum ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
vel ‘well’
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vel (adv.): well, very
Vasat ‘There was no’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
hæl ‘’
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1. hæll (noun m.; °hǽls, dat. hǽli; hǽlar): heel
hal ‘’
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halr (noun m.; °-s): man
her ‘the ranks’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
[5] her: hal H, Hr, hæl Flat
notes
[5] her ‘the ranks’: Lit. ‘army’. Following earlier eds, hal ‘man’ (so H, Hr; Flat hæl ‘heel’ or ‘pole’) has been emended to her which restores both the meaning and the internal rhyme.
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
hjǫrvi ‘my sword’
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hjǫrr (noun m.): sword
hlið ‘gap’
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2. hlið (noun n.; °-s; -): gate
millum ‘’
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millum (prep.): between
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
hrísi ‘brush’
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hrís (noun n.; °; -): [brushwood, brush]
hans ‘of his’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[8] hans flokki við þjokkva: hans flokki vel þokka Hr, ‘hers folke uit þocka’ Flat
flokki ‘men’
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flokkr (noun m.): group, flock
[8] hans flokki við þjokkva: hans flokki vel þokka Hr, ‘hers folke uit þocka’ Flat
við ‘the forest’
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1. viðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -u/-i): wood, tree
[8] hans flokki við þjokkva: hans flokki vel þokka Hr, ‘hers folke uit þocka’ Flat
þokka ‘’
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2. þokka (verb)
þjokkva ‘make’
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þjokkva (verb): [thick, make]
[8] hans flokki við þjokkva: hans flokki vel þokka Hr, ‘hers folke uit þocka’ Flat
notes
[8] þjokkva ‘make denser’: Lit. ‘thicken’. Hap. leg. formed from the adj. þjokkr ‘thick’. ‘One must make the forest denser with brush’ means that every warrior, no matter how insignificant, makes the army stronger, a veiled admonition to Magnús to avoid dissent among his men.
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