Sigv Knútdr 11I
Matthew Townend (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Knútsdrápa 11’ 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. 663.
Svá ‘thus’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
fár ‘Few’
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3. fár (adj.; °compar. fǽrri/fárri(Mág² 11), superl. fǽstr): few
[1] fár: ‘farr’ FskAˣ
kennings
Fár hringdrífr‘Few ring-distributors ’
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Few ring-distributors → GENEROUS RULERS
notes
[1] fár ‘few’: As with fæst ‘minimal’ in st. 9/6, fár may here be a litotes for ‘none at all’. The noun (hringdrífr ‘ring-distributor’) and verb (mun ‘will’) are both sg.
feril ‘the route’
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ferill (noun m.; °dat. ferli): route, track
[1] feril: so FskAˣ, ferill all others
fetum ‘their steps’
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fet (noun n.; °-s; -): paw, step
suðr ‘south’
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2. suðr (adv.): south, in the south
metinn ‘measured’
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2. meta (verb): measure, value, assess
notes
[2] metinn ‘measured’: Hofmann (1955, 92-3) suggests influence here from OE metan ‘to measure, traverse’: ‘to traverse’ is a meaning distinctive to poetry in OE (see e.g. Beowulf ll. 514, 917, 1633, Beowulf 2008, 20, 32, 55).
hring ‘ring’
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1. hringr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): ring; sword < hringdrífr (noun m.): [ring-distributors]
kennings
Fár hringdrífr‘Few ring-distributors ’
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Few ring-distributors → GENEROUS RULERS
drífr ‘distributors’
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1. drífr (noun m.): [strewer] < hringdrífr (noun m.): [ring-distributors]
kennings
Fár hringdrífr‘Few ring-distributors ’
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Few ring-distributors → GENEROUS RULERS
hafa ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
Hǫfuð ‘The most’
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hǫfuð (noun n.; °-s; -): head < hǫfuðfremri (adj. comp.): most eminent
fremstr ‘eminent’
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framr (adj.; °compar. framari/fremri, superl. framastr/fremstr): outstanding, foremost < hǫfuðfremri (adj. comp.): most eminent
[4] ‑fremstr: fremst 20dˣ
jǫfurr ‘prince’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
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The stanza is quoted (in Fsk immediately after st. 10) as part of an account of Knútr’s pilgrimage to Rome.
[8]: The line completes the klofastef ‘split refrain’; see Note to st. 3/1.
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