Sigv Tryggfl 1I
Judith Jesch (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Tryggvaflokkr 1’ 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. 644.
Tír ‘Urged on’
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tírr (noun m.; °-s): glory, honour < tíreggjaðr (adj.): [fame-spurred]
[1] Tír‑: geir‑ Tóm
notes
[1] tíreggjaðr ‘urged on to glory’: Cf. Sigvatr’s use of tírfylgjandi ‘follower of glory’ in Víkv 12/2. — [1] tíreggjaðr fór Tryggvi ‘urged on to glory, Tryggvi went’: Stúfr Stúfdr 7/1II has the closely similar Tíreggjaðr hjó tyggi ‘the glory-urged ruler cut down’, which may explain the variants in 53. Tiggi, the 53 variant on Tryggvi, is the basis for Hellberg’s argument (1972, 24-30) that this stanza is not about Tryggvi at all, but since the variant is found only in 53, a not especially reliable ms., the case is unconvincing.
Tír ‘Urged on’
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tírr (noun m.; °-s): glory, honour < tíreggjaðr (adj.): [fame-spurred]
[1] Tír‑: geir‑ Tóm
notes
[1] tíreggjaðr ‘urged on to glory’: Cf. Sigvatr’s use of tírfylgjandi ‘follower of glory’ in Víkv 12/2. — [1] tíreggjaðr fór Tryggvi ‘urged on to glory, Tryggvi went’: Stúfr Stúfdr 7/1II has the closely similar Tíreggjaðr hjó tyggi ‘the glory-urged ruler cut down’, which may explain the variants in 53. Tiggi, the 53 variant on Tryggvi, is the basis for Hellberg’s argument (1972, 24-30) that this stanza is not about Tryggvi at all, but since the variant is found only in 53, a not especially reliable ms., the case is unconvincing.
eggjaðr ‘to glory’
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-eggjaðr (adj.): [to glory] < tíreggjaðr (adj.): [fame-spurred]
[1] ‑eggjaðr: ‑eggaðr 325VI, ‑eggjar Bb(109vb)
notes
[1] tíreggjaðr ‘urged on to glory’: Cf. Sigvatr’s use of tírfylgjandi ‘follower of glory’ in Víkv 12/2. — [1] tíreggjaðr fór Tryggvi ‘urged on to glory, Tryggvi went’: Stúfr Stúfdr 7/1II has the closely similar Tíreggjaðr hjó tyggi ‘the glory-urged ruler cut down’, which may explain the variants in 53. Tiggi, the 53 variant on Tryggvi, is the basis for Hellberg’s argument (1972, 24-30) that this stanza is not about Tryggvi at all, but since the variant is found only in 53, a not especially reliable ms., the case is unconvincing.
eggjaðr ‘to glory’
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-eggjaðr (adj.): [to glory] < tíreggjaðr (adj.): [fame-spurred]
[1] ‑eggjaðr: ‑eggaðr 325VI, ‑eggjar Bb(109vb)
notes
[1] tíreggjaðr ‘urged on to glory’: Cf. Sigvatr’s use of tírfylgjandi ‘follower of glory’ in Víkv 12/2. — [1] tíreggjaðr fór Tryggvi ‘urged on to glory, Tryggvi went’: Stúfr Stúfdr 7/1II has the closely similar Tíreggjaðr hjó tyggi ‘the glory-urged ruler cut down’, which may explain the variants in 53. Tiggi, the 53 variant on Tryggvi, is the basis for Hellberg’s argument (1972, 24-30) that this stanza is not about Tryggvi at all, but since the variant is found only in 53, a not especially reliable ms., the case is unconvincing.
notes
[1] fór ‘went’: The verb is the implied predicate of Sveinn konungr ‘King Sveinn’ (l. 3) as well as of Tryggvi (l. 1). — [1] tíreggjaðr fór Tryggvi ‘urged on to glory, Tryggvi went’: Stúfr Stúfdr 7/1II has the closely similar Tíreggjaðr hjó tyggi ‘the glory-urged ruler cut down’, which may explain the variants in 53. Tiggi, the 53 variant on Tryggvi, is the basis for Hellberg’s argument (1972, 24-30) that this stanza is not about Tryggvi at all, but since the variant is found only in 53, a not especially reliable ms., the case is unconvincing.
notes
[1] fór ‘went’: The verb is the implied predicate of Sveinn konungr ‘King Sveinn’ (l. 3) as well as of Tryggvi (l. 1). — [1] tíreggjaðr fór Tryggvi ‘urged on to glory, Tryggvi went’: Stúfr Stúfdr 7/1II has the closely similar Tíreggjaðr hjó tyggi ‘the glory-urged ruler cut down’, which may explain the variants in 53. Tiggi, the 53 variant on Tryggvi, is the basis for Hellberg’s argument (1972, 24-30) that this stanza is not about Tryggvi at all, but since the variant is found only in 53, a not especially reliable ms., the case is unconvincing.
notes
[1] tíreggjaðr fór Tryggvi ‘urged on to glory, Tryggvi went’: Stúfr Stúfdr 7/1II has the closely similar Tíreggjaðr hjó tyggi ‘the glory-urged ruler cut down’, which may explain the variants in 53. Tiggi, the 53 variant on Tryggvi, is the basis for Hellberg’s argument (1972, 24-30) that this stanza is not about Tryggvi at all, but since the variant is found only in 53, a not especially reliable ms., the case is unconvincing.
tóksk ‘arose’
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2. taka (verb): take
morð ‘killing’
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1. morð (noun n.; °-s; -): killing, battle
en ‘while’
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4. en (conj.): than
Sveinn ‘Sveinn’
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2. Sveinn (noun m.): Sveinn
konungr ‘King’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
sinni ‘with his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
[3, 4] sinni sunnan: sunnan sinni 325V [3] sinni: ‘snni’ 61(129rb), sinnar Tóm
sunnan ‘from the south’
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sunnan (adv.): (from the) south
[3, 4] sinni sunnan: sunnan sinni 325V
ferð ‘troop’
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ferð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-arMork 196¹²)): host, journey
at ‘to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
Nær ‘near’
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nær (adv.): near, almost; when
vask ‘I was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
þausnum ‘tumult’
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þausn (noun f.; °; -ir): [tumult]
þeira ‘their’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
þat ‘that’
[6] þat: þar 61(74rb), 53, Bb(109vb)
bar ‘resulted’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
[6] bar: berst Bb(204va)
skjótt ‘swiftly’
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2. skjótr (adj.): quick(ly)
at ‘in’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
móti ‘an encounter’
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1. mót (noun n.; °; -): meeting
[6] móti: motti Bb(204va), Bb(109vb)
herr ‘the army’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
[7] herr: hár 61(129rb), hann Tóm
týnði ‘lost’
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týna (verb): lose, destroy
notes
[7] harða ‘in great numbers’: The adv. is here taken in the sense ‘powerfully, to a great extent’, qualifying the whole statement about loss of life (so also Skald; NN §§620, 646; ÍF 27; Jón Skaptason 1983). It could alternatively be taken with skjótt ‘swiftly’ in l. 6 (so Skj B), again resulting in more complex word order.
hjǫr ‘sword’
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hjǫrr (noun m.): sword < hjǫrgǫll (noun f.): [sword-din]
notes
[8] hjǫrgǫll ‘sword-clanging’: Cf. hjǫrdynr ‘sword-din’ in Sigv Nesv 5/4.
gǫll ‘clanging’
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gǫll (noun f.): shriek < hjǫrgǫll (noun f.): [sword-din]
[8] ‑gǫll vas þá (‘gꜹll var þa’): gǫll var þat J2ˣ, 325VI, 325V, Bb(204va), 61(74rb), 53, Bb(109vb), gǫll var þar Holm4, 325VII, gull vafðan 61(129rb), Tóm
notes
[8] hjǫrgǫll ‘sword-clanging’: Cf. hjǫrdynr ‘sword-din’ in Sigv Nesv 5/4.
vas ‘there was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[8] ‑gǫll vas þá (‘gꜹll var þa’): gǫll var þat J2ˣ, 325VI, 325V, Bb(204va), 61(74rb), 53, Bb(109vb), gǫll var þar Holm4, 325VII, gull vafðan 61(129rb), Tóm
þá ‘then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
[8] ‑gǫll vas þá (‘gꜹll var þa’): gǫll var þat J2ˣ, 325VI, 325V, Bb(204va), 61(74rb), 53, Bb(109vb), gǫll var þar Holm4, 325VII, gull vafðan 61(129rb), Tóm
fjǫrvi ‘life’
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fjǫr (noun n.): life
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Tryggvi, who claims to be the son of Óláfr Tryggvason, is killed in a battle at Bókn (Bokn in Boknafjorden, Rogaland) by King Sveinn Álfífuson.
[1-4]: The trope of two opponents approaching each other from different cardinal directions (norðan ‘from the north’, sunnan ‘from the south’) is common in the battle-poetry of the late C10th and the C11th. Examples where it is encompassed within a stanza include Hfr ErfÓl 17, Anon (ÓH) 1, Þfagr Sveinn 3II, Halli XI Fl 3II, and cf. Sigv Nesv 1, where the adverbs are austan ‘from the east’ and norðan ‘from the north’; see also Jesch (2001a, 206).
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