Sigv ErfÓl 5I
Judith Jesch (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Erfidrápa Óláfs helga 5’ 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. 671.
Fœddi ‘fed’
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2. fœða (verb): to feed, give food to, bring up, bear, give birth to
[1] Fœddi: leiddi 61, Flat, Tóm, ‘Heddi’ Bb
notes
[1] fœddi; meiddi ‘fed; maimed’: (a) In these lines the main topic of the stanza, Óláfr’s punishment of malefactors, is expressed in the rel. clause sás meiddi ‘who maimed’, while the subsidiary topic, his feeding of wolves (by slaying the enemy) is in the main clause. (b) This situation is reversed by Kock (NN §659), who argues that the line originally read Meiddi … fœddi (and duly emends in Skald), but as his only evidence for this is the reading Leiddi (for initial Meiddi) in three inferior mss, it seems unlikely. (c) Jón Skaptason (1983) does not emend, but adopts Kock’s suggestion that the rel. clause is sás fœddi varga ‘who fed wolves’. However, this reading assumes very convoluted syntax, in which the rel. sás is separated from its verb fœddi.
mest ‘the most’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
notes
[1] fœddi; meiddi ‘fed; maimed’: (a) In these lines the main topic of the stanza, Óláfr’s punishment of malefactors, is expressed in the rel. clause sás meiddi ‘who maimed’, while the subsidiary topic, his feeding of wolves (by slaying the enemy) is in the main clause. (b) This situation is reversed by Kock (NN §659), who argues that the line originally read Meiddi … fœddi (and duly emends in Skald), but as his only evidence for this is the reading Leiddi (for initial Meiddi) in three inferior mss, it seems unlikely. (c) Jón Skaptason (1983) does not emend, but adopts Kock’s suggestion that the rel. clause is sás fœddi varga ‘who fed wolves’. However, this reading assumes very convoluted syntax, in which the rel. sás is separated from its verb fœddi.
marg ‘The very’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many < margdýrr (adj.): most precious
[2] marg‑: mǫrg Flat
dýrr ‘glorious’
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dýrr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -str/-astr): precious < margdýrr (adj.): most precious
[2] ‑dýrr: ‑byr Bb
konungr ‘king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
varga ‘wolves’
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vargr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): wolf
[2] varga: vǫrgum 61, Bb, Flat, Tóm
hvinna ‘of pilferers’
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hvinnr (noun m.): thief, pilferer
[3] hvinna: hinna 61, vinna 325VII, himna Flat, Tóm
ætt ‘the race’
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1. ætt (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): family
hlenna ‘thieves’
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hlenni (noun m.): robber, thief
[3] hlenna: hlanna 61, Tóm, ‘hlęna’ Bb, hlamma Flat
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[4] hann: herr 68, 325VII, 325XI 2 g
svá ‘in this way’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
þýfðir ‘thefts’
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þýfð (noun f.; °-ar): [thefts]
[4] þýfðir: þýfða 61, Flat, Tóm, stýfða Bb
þermlask ‘to lack’
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þermla (verb): [to lack]
[5] þermlask: þornask 321ˣ, þarnask 73aˣ, 68, ‘þerflaz’ Holm4, 61, ‘þerblaz’ 325V, ‘þerfazt’ Bb, þrífask Tóm
bæði ‘both’
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báðir (pron.; °gen. beggja (báðra), nom./acc. n. bǽði): both
þjóf ‘thief’
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þjófr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): thief
hvern ‘each’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
konungr ‘king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
ernan ‘swift’
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ern (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): powerful
[6] ernan: erna Holm2, 73aˣ, enna 321ˣ, ‘ernin’ 325V
friðr ‘the peace’
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friðr (noun m.): peace
[7] friðr bœttisk: frið bœtti hann 61, Bb, Flat, Tóm
bœttisk ‘was improved’
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bœta (verb; °-tt-): better, emend, compensate
[7] friðr bœttisk: frið bœtti hann 61, Bb, Flat, Tóm
svá ‘in this way’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
fóta ‘feet’
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1. fótr (noun m.): foot, leg
fylkis ‘of the prince’s’
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fylkir (noun m.): leader
[8] fylkis: ‘fykir’ 61, fylkir Bb, Flat, fylki Tóm
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
handa ‘hands’
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand
[8] handa: lýða 73aˣ
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