Sigv Nesv 13I
Russell Poole (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Nesjavísur 13’ 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. 575.
Né ‘I do not’
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né (conj.): nor
hœfilig ‘becoming’
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hœfiligr (adj.): [becoming]
kennings
viðir elds hreifa,‘trees of the fire of the hand, ’
= MEN
the fire of the hand, → GOLD
trees of the GOLD → MEN
notes
[1, 3, 4] viðir elds hreifa ‘trees of the fire of the hand [GOLD > MEN]’: The nom. pl. produces an apostrophe, presumably to the same listeners as those called sigrviðum (dat. pl.) ‘trees of victory [WARRIORS]’ in st. 1/5. Previous eds have emended, with some support from the variant reading viðr gram, to dat. pl. viðum, which provides an indirect object for þóttu ‘seemed’.
kennings
viðir elds hreifa,‘trees of the fire of the hand, ’
= MEN
the fire of the hand, → GOLD
trees of the GOLD → MEN
notes
[1, 3, 4] viðir elds hreifa ‘trees of the fire of the hand [GOLD > MEN]’: The nom. pl. produces an apostrophe, presumably to the same listeners as those called sigrviðum (dat. pl.) ‘trees of victory [WARRIORS]’ in st. 1/5. Previous eds have emended, with some support from the variant reading viðr gram, to dat. pl. viðum, which provides an indirect object for þóttu ‘seemed’.
hykk ‘think’
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2. hyggja (verb): think, consider
dróttinssvik ‘betrayal of one’s lord’
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dróttinsvik (noun n.): betrayal of lord
notes
[2] dróttinssvik ‘betrayal of one’s lord’: Sigvatr’s advocacy of Óláfr here focuses on the alleged perjury or treachery of Óláfr’s rivals based in Trøndelag.
þóttu ‘seemed’
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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think
[2] þóttu: so all others, corrected from ‘varo’ FskBˣ
notes
[2] þóttu ‘seemed’: Lit. ‘to have seemed’, a past inf. governed by hykk ‘I think’.
ællz ‘’
elds ‘of the fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
[3] elds: ‘ællz’ corrected from ‘ælz’ 301ˣ
kennings
viðir elds hreifa,‘trees of the fire of the hand, ’
= MEN
the fire of the hand, → GOLD
trees of the GOLD → MEN
notes
[1, 3, 4] viðir elds hreifa ‘trees of the fire of the hand [GOLD > MEN]’: The nom. pl. produces an apostrophe, presumably to the same listeners as those called sigrviðum (dat. pl.) ‘trees of victory [WARRIORS]’ in st. 1/5. Previous eds have emended, with some support from the variant reading viðr gram, to dat. pl. viðum, which provides an indirect object for þóttu ‘seemed’.
elds ‘of the fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
[3] elds: ‘ællz’ corrected from ‘ælz’ 301ˣ
kennings
viðir elds hreifa,‘trees of the fire of the hand, ’
= MEN
the fire of the hand, → GOLD
trees of the GOLD → MEN
notes
[1, 3, 4] viðir elds hreifa ‘trees of the fire of the hand [GOLD > MEN]’: The nom. pl. produces an apostrophe, presumably to the same listeners as those called sigrviðum (dat. pl.) ‘trees of victory [WARRIORS]’ in st. 1/5. Previous eds have emended, with some support from the variant reading viðr gram, to dat. pl. viðum, which provides an indirect object for þóttu ‘seemed’.
þeims ‘to those who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
allvel ‘very well’
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allvel (adv.): very well
heldu ‘kept’
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halda (verb): hold, keep
orð ‘word’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
sín ‘their’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
gram ‘’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
viðr ‘’
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1. viðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -u/-i): wood, tree
viðir ‘trees’
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1. viðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -u/-i): wood, tree
[4] viðir: viðr gram FskAˣ, 301ˣ
kennings
viðir elds hreifa,‘trees of the fire of the hand, ’
= MEN
the fire of the hand, → GOLD
trees of the GOLD → MEN
notes
[1, 3, 4] viðir elds hreifa ‘trees of the fire of the hand [GOLD > MEN]’: The nom. pl. produces an apostrophe, presumably to the same listeners as those called sigrviðum (dat. pl.) ‘trees of victory [WARRIORS]’ in st. 1/5. Previous eds have emended, with some support from the variant reading viðr gram, to dat. pl. viðum, which provides an indirect object for þóttu ‘seemed’.
forðum ‘in the past’
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forðum (adv.): formerly, once
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In Fsk, where it is uniquely attested, st. 13 follows immediately after st. 12 and is itself followed by the observation that it describes how the people of Trøndelag failed to abide by the oaths they had sworn to Óláfr.
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