Sigv Lv 22I
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Lausavísur 22’ 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. 727.
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
of ‘’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
þvert ‘away’
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þverr (adj.): across
frá ‘from’
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frá (prep.): from
þengils ‘of the prince’
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þengill (noun m.): prince, ruler
kennings
þengils rekka;‘of the prince of warriors; ’
= RULER = Sveinn/Magnús
the prince of warriors; → RULER = Sveinn/Magnús
notes
[1, 2] þengils rekka ‘of the prince of warriors [RULER = Sveinn/Magnús]’: (a) This is taken here, as by most eds, as a kenning. It refers to King Sveinn judging by Hkr but to Magnús according to the interpolated ÓH texts (see Context). (b) Rekka could alternatively depend on verðungar ‘of the bodyguard’ in l. 4 rather than þengils ‘of the prince’ in l. 1, and in fact Konráð Gíslason (1892, 188; see also Nj 1875-8, II, 368) forms a cpd verðungar-rekka.
þróask ‘grow’
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þróa (verb): increase, flourish, grow
ekki ‘sobbing sorrows’
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1. ekki (noun m.; °-a): sorrow
rekka ‘of warriors’
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rekkr (noun m.; °; -ar): man, champion
kennings
þengils rekka;‘of the prince of warriors; ’
= RULER = Sveinn/Magnús
the prince of warriors; → RULER = Sveinn/Magnús
notes
[1, 2] þengils rekka ‘of the prince of warriors [RULER = Sveinn/Magnús]’: (a) This is taken here, as by most eds, as a kenning. It refers to King Sveinn judging by Hkr but to Magnús according to the interpolated ÓH texts (see Context). (b) Rekka could alternatively depend on verðungar ‘of the bodyguard’ in l. 4 rather than þengils ‘of the prince’ in l. 1, and in fact Konráð Gíslason (1892, 188; see also Nj 1875-8, II, 368) forms a cpd verðungar-rekka.
emk ‘I am’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[3] emk (‘em ek’): so F, J2ˣ, E, Tóm, því em ek Kˣ, er ek 39, 73aˣ, 71ˣ, 76aˣ
sem ‘as’
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sem (conj.): as, which
bast ‘bast’
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bast (noun n.; °; dat. -um): [hilt, bast]
notes
[3] bast ‘bast’: The pale-coloured inner bark of a tree, often birch.
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
brjósti ‘breast’
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brjóst (noun n.; °-s; -): breast, chest
bleikr ‘pale’
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2. bleikr (adj.): pale
verðungar ‘of the bodyguard’
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verðung (noun f.): troop, retinue
[4] verðungar: vex þyngð af Tóm
leiki ‘the game’
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1. leikr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -/-i; -ar): sport, play
Minnumk ‘recall’
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1. minna (verb): remind, remember, recall
[5] Minnumk: munda Tóm, ‘minnunst’ 76aˣ
manna ‘people’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
minn ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
dróttinn ‘lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
notes
[6] lék ‘played’: A sg. verb with coordinate subject; cf. Note to Lv 18/2.
sinna ‘of his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
[6] sinna: sínum J2ˣ, Tóm, 76aˣ, sínu E, sinnum Flat, 73aˣ, 71ˣ
opt ‘often’
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opt (adv.): often
notes
[7] opt ‘often’: Konráð Gíslason (1892, 188) remarks that the word (ofst in his note) more naturally modifies lék ‘played’ in l. 6 than minnumk ‘I remember’ in l. 5.
á ‘at’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
óðals ‘the ancestral’
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óðal (noun n.; °-s, dat. óð(a)li/óðrli; óðul, dat. óðlum/óðrlum): (hereditary) property < óðalstóft (noun f.)
[7] óðals‑: óðal 39, F, aðal‑ Tóm
toptum ‘homesteads’
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tóft (noun f.; °; -ir): homestead, building plot < óðalstóft (noun f.)
[7] ‑toptum: toptir 73aˣ, 71ˣ, 76aˣ
orð ‘praise’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word < orðsæll (adj.): praise-blessed
sæll ‘blessed’
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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed < orðsæll (adj.): praise-blessed
[8] ‑sæll: ‑sælstr Flat, 73aˣ, 71ˣ, 76aˣ, ‘sælltt’ Tóm
vér ‘we’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
[8] vér: var J2ˣ, E, Flat, Tóm
forðum ‘in the past’
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forðum (adv.): formerly, once
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According to Hkr, Sigvatr reaches Kaupangr (Trondheim), where he meets the new ruler, King Sveinn Álfífuson/Knútsson. The king invites him to join his court, because Sigvatr had been with his father in Denmark. Sigvatr says he would like to go home to his farmstead. One day while walking in the street he sees the king’s men at their games, and he delivers this stanza. The interpolated versions of ÓH say that Sigvatr was with King Magnús Óláfsson (after Sveinn’s departure from Norway), and he continually grieved for Óláfr, as it says in this stanza.
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