Sigv Víkv 5I
Judith Jesch (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Víkingarvísur 5’ 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. 540.
Víg ‘battle’
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víg (noun n.; °-s; -): battle
vannt ‘you won’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
hlenna ‘of thieves’
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hlenni (noun m.): robber, thief
kennings
Hneigir hlenna,‘Oppressor of thieves, ’
= JUST RULER = Óláfr
Oppressor of thieves, → JUST RULER = Óláfr
h(n)ęgir ‘’
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hnœgja (verb)
hneigir ‘Oppressor’
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hneigir (noun m.): [giving, Oppressor]
[1] hneigir: ‘h(n)ęgir’(?) Bb
kennings
Hneigir hlenna,‘Oppressor of thieves, ’
= JUST RULER = Óláfr
Oppressor of thieves, → JUST RULER = Óláfr
hǫlðum ‘’
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hǫlðr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): man
hjǫlmum ‘to helmets’
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1. hjalmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): helmet
[2] hjǫlmum: hǫlðum 61
grimmt ‘dangerous’
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grimmr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): fierce
it ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
fimmta ‘fifth’
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fimmti (num. ordinal): fifth
þorldu ‘’
þolðut ‘’
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þola (verb): suffer, endure
hlýr ‘the bows’
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2. hlýr (noun n.; °-s; -): cheek, bow
á ‘’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
fyr ‘off’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
[3] fyr: á Holm2, R686ˣ, J2ˣ, 68, 325V, Bb, Flat, Tóm
hára ‘’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
hári ‘high’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
[3] hári: hára 325V
notes
[3, 4] hári Kinnlimasíðu ‘high Kinnlimasíða’: This is usually explained as Kennemerland, a coastal district in North Holland, with steep sand-dunes (Samplonius 1998, 93). Despite this, it is hard to imagine any Norwegian or Icelander describing anything in the Netherlands as ‘high’, or depicting the local army riding ‘down’ to the ships (l. 6). There are also philological difficulties; for further discussion, see Jesch (2001a, 82-3).
hríð ‘a storm’
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hríð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): time, storm
Kinnlima ‘Kinnlima’
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(non-lexical) < Kinnlimasíða (noun f.)(non-lexical)
notes
[3, 4] hári Kinnlimasíðu ‘high Kinnlimasíða’: This is usually explained as Kennemerland, a coastal district in North Holland, with steep sand-dunes (Samplonius 1998, 93). Despite this, it is hard to imagine any Norwegian or Icelander describing anything in the Netherlands as ‘high’, or depicting the local army riding ‘down’ to the ships (l. 6). There are also philological difficulties; for further discussion, see Jesch (2001a, 82-3).
suðu ‘’
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suða (noun f.; °-u): °?(glødende) svejsning
síðu ‘síða’
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1. síða (noun f.; °-u; -ur): side < Kinnlimasíða (noun f.)
[4] ‑síðu: ‘sudu’ Tóm
notes
[3, 4] hári Kinnlimasíðu ‘high Kinnlimasíða’: This is usually explained as Kennemerland, a coastal district in North Holland, with steep sand-dunes (Samplonius 1998, 93). Despite this, it is hard to imagine any Norwegian or Icelander describing anything in the Netherlands as ‘high’, or depicting the local army riding ‘down’ to the ships (l. 6). There are also philological difficulties; for further discussion, see Jesch (2001a, 82-3).
þar ‘’
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þar (adv.): there
þás ‘when’
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þás (conj.): when
[5] þás (‘þa er’): þar er Holm2, R686ˣ, 68, 325V, Bb, Flat, Tóm, þat er J2ˣ
við ‘’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
rausn ‘magnificently’
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1. rausn (noun f.): magnificence
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
at ‘to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
[5] at: so Holm2, R686ˣ, J2ˣ, 325VI, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, 68, 61, 325V, Bb, Tóm, at corrected from ok Kˣ, er Flat
ræsizt ‘’
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ræsa (verb): incite, rush
réð ‘’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
reiði ‘’
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2. reiði (noun f.; °-): anger
reiðr ‘’
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4. reiðr (adj.; °superl. -astr): angry
hverr ‘’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
ferð ‘’
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ferð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-arMork 196¹²)): host, journey
herr ‘the army’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
[6] herr: hverr 68, ferð 325V, Flat, Tóm
ófám ‘’
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ófár (adj.): not a few
sverðum ‘’
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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword
skeiðu ‘’
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1. skeið (noun f.; °-ar; -r/-ar/-ir): ship
skeiðum ‘warships’
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1. skeið (noun f.; °-ar; -r/-ar/-ir): ship
[6] skeiðum: sverðum 325V, skeiðu Flat
enn ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
notes
[7] enn ‘and’: The conj. en(n) ‘and, but’, rather than the adv. ‘again, further’, is indicated by the word order in ll. 7-8. Most eds including Skj B and ÍF 27 print the conj. in the form en, but enn is a possible form of the conj., produces a better rhyme with gunn- than en, and is the reading of all mss but Bb.
í ‘against’
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í (prep.): in, into
gegn ‘’
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2. gegn (prep.): against
at ‘in’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
gunn ‘’
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gunnr (noun f.): battle
gumnum ‘’
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gumi (noun m.; °-a; gumar/gumnar): man
grunni ‘’
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1. grunnr (noun m.): bottom, shallows
gekk ‘advanced’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
hilms ‘’
lið ‘troop’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
rekkinn ‘’
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rekkr (noun m.; °; -ar): man, champion
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Having sailed to Frísland (Frisia) and waited out a storm, Óláfr goes ashore with his troop and the inhabitants ride down to meet them in battle.
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