Sigv ErfÓl 20I
Judith Jesch (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Erfidrápa Óláfs helga 20’ 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. 689.
vitu ‘recognise’
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1. vita (verb): know
eigi ‘did not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
[1] eigi meiðar: eigi meiðr J2ˣ, þat eigi 73aˣ, 325V
meiðar ‘The trees’
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meiðr (noun m.): beam, tree
[1] eigi meiðar: eigi meiðr J2ˣ, þat eigi 73aˣ, 325V
kennings
Meiðar skers ógnar‘The trees of the skerry of battle ’
= WARRIORS
the skerry of battle → SHIELD
The trees of the SHIELD → WARRIORS
kennings
Meiðar skers ógnar‘The trees of the skerry of battle ’
= WARRIORS
the skerry of battle → SHIELD
The trees of the SHIELD → WARRIORS
kennings
Meiðar skers ógnar‘The trees of the skerry of battle ’
= WARRIORS
the skerry of battle → SHIELD
The trees of the SHIELD → WARRIORS
skers ‘of the skerry’
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sker (noun n.; °-s; -, gen. -ja): skerry
[2] skers: skorts 321ˣ, setrs 73aˣ, 325V
kennings
Meiðar skers ógnar‘The trees of the skerry of battle ’
= WARRIORS
the skerry of battle → SHIELD
The trees of the SHIELD → WARRIORS
skers ‘of the skerry’
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sker (noun n.; °-s; -, gen. -ja): skerry
[2] skers: skorts 321ˣ, setrs 73aˣ, 325V
kennings
Meiðar skers ógnar‘The trees of the skerry of battle ’
= WARRIORS
the skerry of battle → SHIELD
The trees of the SHIELD → WARRIORS
né ‘nor’
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né (conj.): nor
hersa ‘hersar’
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hersir (noun m.; °-is; -ar): cheiftan
[2] hersa: hersar J2ˣ, Flat, þessa 325VII, herða Bb
þjóð ‘the people’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
notes
[3] þjóð réð dauða þengils ‘the people caused the death of the prince’: In st. 14/4, Óláfr was still the þjóðkonungr ‘mighty king’, lit. ‘nation-king’; now he has been felled by the very people he once ruled.
réð ‘caused’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
notes
[3] þjóð réð dauða þengils ‘the people caused the death of the prince’: In st. 14/4, Óláfr was still the þjóðkonungr ‘mighty king’, lit. ‘nation-king’; now he has been felled by the very people he once ruled.
þengils ‘of the prince’
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þengill (noun m.): prince, ruler
notes
[3] þjóð réð dauða þengils ‘the people caused the death of the prince’: In st. 14/4, Óláfr was still the þjóðkonungr ‘mighty king’, lit. ‘nation-king’; now he has been felled by the very people he once ruled.
dauða ‘the death’
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dauði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death
notes
[3] þjóð réð dauða þengils ‘the people caused the death of the prince’: In st. 14/4, Óláfr was still the þjóðkonungr ‘mighty king’, lit. ‘nation-king’; now he has been felled by the very people he once ruled.
styrk ‘strength’
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1. styrkr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -ir): strength
búand ‘of the farm’
[4] búand‑: ‘bond’ Flat, búanda Tóm
manna ‘ers’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person < búandmaðr (noun m.): landowner, farmer
es ‘by which’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
notes
[5] es ‘by which’: (a) Es is taken here as a rel. introducing a clause that appears to elaborate on þann styrk ‘that strength’ (l. 4). (b) It could alternatively be the conj. equivalent to at ‘that’ (LP: at 7). Skj B translates þann styrk ... es felldi as sådan magt ... at (mændene) fældede ‘such power that (the men) felled / could fell ...’. (c) Es could alternatively be the conj. ‘when, since, because’.
slíkan ‘such a’
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2. slíkr (adj.): such
[5] slíkan: so Holm2, J2ˣ, 321ˣ, 73aˣ, Holm4, 61, 325V, 325VII, Flat, Tóm, slíka Kˣ, slíkar Bb
gram ‘ruler’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
sóknum ‘in the onslaught’
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sókn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): attack, fight
sár ‘of the wound’
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2. sár (noun n.; °-s; -): wound < sáreldr (noun m.)
[6] sár‑: sárir 321ˣ
kennings
viðir sárelds‘the trees of the wound-fire ’
= WARRIORS
the wound-fire → SWORD
the trees of the SWORD → WARRIORS
sár ‘of the wound’
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2. sár (noun n.; °-s; -): wound < sáreldr (noun m.)
[6] sár‑: sárir 321ˣ
kennings
viðir sárelds‘the trees of the wound-fire ’
= WARRIORS
the wound-fire → SWORD
the trees of the SWORD → WARRIORS
elds ‘fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire < sáreldr (noun m.)
kennings
viðir sárelds‘the trees of the wound-fire ’
= WARRIORS
the wound-fire → SWORD
the trees of the SWORD → WARRIORS
elds ‘fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire < sáreldr (noun m.)
kennings
viðir sárelds‘the trees of the wound-fire ’
= WARRIORS
the wound-fire → SWORD
the trees of the SWORD → WARRIORS
viðir ‘the trees’
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1. viðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -u/-i): wood, tree
[6] viðir: við 321ˣ, viðar Bb, undir Flat
kennings
viðir sárelds‘the trees of the wound-fire ’
= WARRIORS
the wound-fire → SWORD
the trees of the SWORD → WARRIORS
felldi ‘could fell’
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3. fella (verb): fell, kill
[6] felldi: felldu J2ˣ, 73aˣ, Holm4, 325V, 325VII, foldu 321ˣ
notes
[6] felldi ‘could fell’: The subj. form of felldi ‘could fell, might fell’ expresses the fact that the outcome was unexpected.
mǫrg ‘many’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
lá ‘lay’
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liggja (verb): lie
dýr ‘a noble’
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dýrr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -str/-astr): precious
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
dreyra ‘the gore’
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dreyri (noun m.; °-a): blood
drótt ‘retinue’
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1. drótt (noun f.): troop
sem ‘as’
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sem (conj.): as, which
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Áðr vitu eigi meiðar |
The trees of the skerry of battle [SHIELD > WARRIORS] did not previously recognise that strength of the farmers nor of the hersar — the people caused the death of the prince — by which the trees of the wound-fire [SWORD > WARRIORS] could fell in the onslaught such a ruler as Óláfr was thought to be; many a noble retinue lay [dead] in the gore.
As for st. 19.
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