Sigv Knútdr 4I
Matthew Townend (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Knútsdrápa 4’ 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. 655.
Þurðu ‘rushed’
þyrja (verb): race, rush, rage
[1] Þurðu: þorðu Holm2, 68, 61, 325V, 325VII, DG8, þorðut Bb, Flat, þurði FskBˣ
notes
[1] þurðu ‘rushed’: Some mss appear to have substituted þorðu ‘dared’ (from þora, a common word) for þurðu (from þyrja, a word used only in poetry).
norðan ‘from the north’
þat ‘that’
[2] namsk þat: þat namsk 73aˣ, ‘nanizs þat’ Bb
gram ‘the ruler [Óláfr]’
til ‘to’
notes
[3] slétts ‘level’: A popular adj. to qualify place names in skaldic verse: see LP: sléttr.
svalir ‘Cool’
Silunds ‘Zealand’
Selund (noun n.): Zealand, Sjælland
[4] Silunds: ‘silur’ Holm2, Selunds J2ˣ, 73aˣ, 325V, Bb, ‘salundz’ 61
notes
[4] Silunds ‘Zealand’: The Danish island of Zealand (Dan. Sjælland). The usual ON form is (nom. sg.) Selund, as witnessed by several ms. readings here and elsewhere (see LP: Selund for references). However, Silund is evidently an acceptable variant, deployed here to form an aðalhending on kilir. The name also varies between f. and n. gender; here the gen. sg. ‑s implies n. gender.
En ‘And’
annan ‘another’
1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
[5] með annan: meðan Tóm, á annan veg DG8
notes
[6] Ǫnundr: King of the Swedes c. 1021-c. 1050 in succession to his father, Óláfr Eiríksson, and brother-in-law of Óláfr Haraldsson.
á ‘against’
há ‘the oars’
1. hár (noun m.; °; -ir): oarport
[7] at há: fara 61, Bb, hônum Flat, FskBˣ, á Tóm, ‘hætte’ DG8
notes
[7] at há ‘at the oars’: Hár ‘rowlock, oarport’ is a m. i-stem noun with endingless dat. sg. Here it has pl. or collective meaning and possibly gives the broader sense of ‘by ship’ (cf. Jesch 2001a, 155-6).
her ‘army’
herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
[8] her: herr 61, 325V, Flat, DG8
sœnskan ‘Swedish’
[8] sœnskan: svænskan 73aˣ, DG8, senn skóg Tóm, ‘svænkan’ FskBˣ
ferr ‘travels’
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