Sigv Nesv 8I
Russell Poole (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Nesjavísur 8’ 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. 568.
drifum ‘pressed’
2. drífa (verb; °drífr; dreif, drifu; drifinn): drive, rush
[1] drifum: so Holm2, R686ˣ, 972ˣ, J1ˣ, J2ˣ, 325VI, 75a, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, 68, 61, Holm4, 325V, 325VII, Bb, Flat, drifu Kˣ, papp18ˣ, drápum Tóm
hvatt ‘keenly’
hvatr (adj.; °-ari, -an; -astr): keen, brave
[1] hvatt: ‘huart’ papp18ˣ, J1ˣ, hvat R686ˣ, 68, 325VII, Tóm, hart 325VI, 75a, 73aˣ, 78aˣ
ed ‘’
þar ‘’
enn ‘’
þars ‘where’
[1] þars (‘þar er’): ‘þar ed’ papp18ˣ, enn Holm2, R686ˣ, 972ˣ, J1ˣ, J2ˣ, 325VI, 75a, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, 68, 61, Holm4, at 325V, 325VII, Bb, Flat, Tóm
notes
[1] þars ‘where’: The variant enn, here ‘and’, has widespread ms. support and is also possible; it is adopted by Kock in Skald.
mátti ‘’
tnatti ‘’
knátti ‘could’
knega (verb): to know, understand, be able to
[2] knátti: ‘tnatti’ Holm2, mátti 972ˣ, 73aˣ, 68, 61, Bb
rǫnd ‘the shield’
rǫnd (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; rendr/randir): shield, shield-rim
[3] rǫnd: rendr 325VI, 75a, 73aˣ, 78aˣ
klufu ‘split’
roðrir ‘’
upp ‘up’
á ‘on to’
[4] á: í Holm2, R686ˣ, 972ˣ, J1ˣ, J2ˣ, 325VI, 75a, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, 68, Holm4, 325V, 325VII, Bb
skiðir ‘’
skeiðar ‘the ships’
1. skeið (noun f.; °-ar; -r/-ar/-ir): ship
[4] skeiðar: skeiðir 325VI, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, 61, 325VII, Flat, Tóm, ‘skiðir’ 325V
borð ‘board’
borð (noun n.; °-s; -): side, plank, board; table
[5] borð þars (‘borð þar er’): so Holm2, R686ˣ, 972ˣ, J1ˣ, J2ˣ, 325VI, 75a, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, 68, 61, Holm4, 325V, Bb, Flat, Tóm, om. Kˣ, papp18ˣ, borð þeir er 325VII
þars ‘where’
[5] borð þars (‘borð þar er’): so Holm2, R686ˣ, 972ˣ, J1ˣ, J2ˣ, 325VI, 75a, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, 68, 61, Holm4, 325V, Bb, Flat, Tóm, om. Kˣ, papp18ˣ, borð þeir er 325VII
bǫrðusk ‘they fought’
2. berja (verb; °barði; barðr/bariðr/barinn): fight
[5] bǫrðusk: bǫrðumsk Holm2, 972ˣ, 75a, Holm4, Bb
búin ‘the well-appointed’
[6] búin: so Holm2, R686ˣ, 972ˣ, J1ˣ, J2ˣ, 325VI, 75a, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, 68, Holm4, 325V, 325VII, Bb, Flat, Tóm, búinn Kˣ, papp18ˣ, 61
fengusk ‘were captured’
2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
[6] fengusk: fengu Holm4, Flat, Tóm
skip ‘ships’
narr ‘’
nerr ‘’
nár ‘corpses’
nár (noun m.; °-s; -ir): corpse
[7] nár: ‘narr’ 325VI, 78aˣ, nær 68, 61, 325V, Bb, Flat, ‘nerr’ 61
flaut ‘floated’
ǫrt ‘swiftly’
[7] ǫrt: so Holm2, R686ˣ, 972ˣ, J1ˣ, J2ˣ, 68, 61, 325VII, Bb, Tóm, út Kˣ, papp18ˣ, 75a, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, Holm4, Flat, om. 325VI, autt 325V
notes
[7] ǫrt ‘swiftly’: Syntactically, the adv. could modify bǫrðusk ‘they fought’ (so Finnur Jónsson in Skj B), or gengu (fyr borð) ‘went (overboard)’, or flaut ‘floated’. On grounds of word order the latter is favoured here, following Kock (NN §620). Kock (NN §2988C) compares fljóta hvatt ‘float briskly’ in KormǪ Lv 42/1-2V (Korm 61). The reading út ‘out’ in Kˣ and other mss gives equally good sense and is adopted in Hkr 1893-1901 and ÍF 27.
eyri ‘the land-spit’
notes
[7] eyri ‘the land-spit’: This has been identified with Mølen (Hkr 1893-1901, IV), a prominent location at the entrance to Nevlunghavn (see Note to st. 2/4).
ófáir ‘’
ámir ‘’
búendr ‘farmers’
[8] búendr: gumar 325V, ‘ámer’ 325VII, hrutu Tóm
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