Sigv Lv 10I
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Lausavísur 10’ 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. 712.
Þrøngvisk ‘throng’
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þrøngva (verb): press, throng
[1] Þrøngvisk: þrøngvask 73aˣ, 71ˣ, 76aˣ
ér ‘You’
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ér (pron.; °gen. yðvar/yðar, dat./acc. yðr): you
[1] ér: ek Flat(92vb), eir Tóm, enn 73aˣ, 71ˣ, 76aˣ
of ‘about’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
[1] of: um Flat(92vb), Tóm, 73aˣ, 71ˣ, 76aˣ
ungan ‘young’
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ungr (adj.): young
ítr ‘glorious’
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ítr (adj.): glorious < ítrmenni (noun n.)
menni ‘crowd’
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menni (noun n.): -men < ítrmenni (noun n.)
[2] ‑menni: ‑nenninn Flat(92vb)
gram ‘ruler’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
bægisk ‘are pushing’
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2. bægja (verb; °-gð-): contend
ǫld ‘people’
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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age
eigi ‘cannot’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
Ôleifs ‘with Óláfr’
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Óláfr (noun m.): Óláfr
máli ‘speech’
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1. mál (noun n.; °-s; -): speech, matter
Mér ‘For me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
orð ‘a word’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
at ‘with’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
órum ‘our’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
[5] órum: orðum Tóm, ôrum 71ˣ, 76aˣ
auðsótt ‘easy to get’
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auðsóttr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): easy to get, conquer
frǫmum ‘outstanding’
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framr (adj.; °compar. framari/fremri, superl. framastr/fremstr): outstanding, foremost
dróttni ‘lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
[6] dróttni: drótti Tóm
þás ‘when’
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þás (conj.): when
mjǫk ‘quite’
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mjǫk (adv.): very, much
mjǫll ‘through the snow’
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mjǫll (noun f.; °dat. -/-u): fresh snow
Dofra ‘Dovre’
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dofri (noun m.): [Dovre, Dofri] < Dofrafjall (noun n.)
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[8] Dofrafjalli ‘Dovrefjell’: A mountain range in Opplandene, Norway.
fjalli ‘fjell’
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1. fjall (noun n.): mountain < Dofrafjall (noun n.)
[8] ‑fjalli: fjǫllum Tóm
notes
[8] Dofrafjalli ‘Dovrefjell’: A mountain range in Opplandene, Norway.
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One day Sigvatr has urgent business with King Óláfr, but there is such a throng of people around the king that Sigvatr cannot get to speak with him. Then Sigvatr speaks this stanza; it has the desired effect. In all the mss the incident comes at the end of the account of the journey through Dofrafjall (Dovrefjell) on which Sigvatr finds a way to give his cloak to the king, who is feeling the cold, without insulting him.
Sigvatr’s point is that there may be crowds jostling around the king now, but few of them shared the king’s hardships on his winter journey through Dovrefjell.
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