Sigv Víkv 12I
Judith Jesch (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Víkingarvísur 12’ 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. 551.
Tǫnn ‘the tooth’
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tǫnn (noun f.; °tannar; tenn/tennr/tennar): tooth
í ‘’
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í (prep.): in, into
réð ‘’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
tolfta ‘for the twelfth’
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tolfti (num. ordinal): twelfth
sinni ‘time’
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2. sinni (noun n.; °-s;): time, occasion; company, following
tír ‘The glory’
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tírr (noun m.; °-s): glory, honour < tírfylgjandi (noun m.)tírr (noun m.; °-s): glory, honour
kennings
Tírfylgjandi‘The glory-follower ’
= WARRIOR
The glory-follower → WARRIOR
fylgjaði ‘’
fylgjandi ‘follower’
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fylgjandi (noun m.; °; fylgjendr/fylgendr): [Helping, follower] < tírfylgjandi (noun m.)
[2] ‑fylgjandi: ‘fylgiadi’ R686ˣ
kennings
Tírfylgjandi‘The glory-follower ’
= WARRIOR
The glory-follower → WARRIOR
ylgjar ‘of the she-wolf’
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ylgr (noun f.; °acc. -i): she-wolf
varð ‘was’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
notes
[3] í Fetlafirði ‘in Fetlafjǫrðr’: Johnsen (1916, 16-17) suggests this is (Lat.) Flavium Brigantium, now Betanzos, in Galicia, north-west Spain, which lies at the head of the fjord-like estuary of the Ría de Betanzos. Kock (NN §615) takes the phrase with the rest of ll. 3-4, producing a more straightforward word order.
Fetlafirði ‘Fetlafjǫrðr’
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Fetlafjǫrðr (noun m.): Fetlafjǫrðr
notes
[3] í Fetlafirði ‘in Fetlafjǫrðr’: Johnsen (1916, 16-17) suggests this is (Lat.) Flavium Brigantium, now Betanzos, in Galicia, north-west Spain, which lies at the head of the fjord-like estuary of the Ría de Betanzos. Kock (NN §615) takes the phrase with the rest of ll. 3-4, producing a more straightforward word order.
feyr ‘’
kennings
fjǫrbann‘a life-ban ’
= DEATH
a life-ban → DEATH
bann ‘ban’
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bann (noun n.; °-s; *-): ban < fjǫrbann (noun n.)bann (noun n.; °-s; *-): ban
kennings
fjǫrbann‘a life-ban ’
= DEATH
a life-ban → DEATH
m(an)ni ‘’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
manna ‘’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
mǫnnum ‘on men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
[4] mǫnnum: ‘m(an)ni’(?) R686ˣ, manna J2ˣ, 68, 61
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Óláfr’s next battle was west in Fetlafjǫrðr. The stanza follows on from st. 9, with only a brief prose link.
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