Sigv Lv 23I
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Lausavísur 23’ 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. 728.
Hafa ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
láti ‘let’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
mik ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
heitan ‘hot’
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heitr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): hot, ardent
[1] heitan: ‘heitann’ 972ˣ, Flat, J2ˣ, heita 61
Hvíta ‘White’
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hvítr (adj.; °-an; -ari, -astr): white < Hvítakristr (noun m.)
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[2] Hvíta-Kristr ‘White-Christ’: The only other skaldic occurrence of this name for Christ is Þdís SaintIII; for other examples, see CVC: hvítr B. II. 1. In medieval Celtic texts, Christ is often called ‘white’, since the words for ‘white’ (Irish bán, Welsh gwyn) also mean ‘holy’, and this may be the origin of the Norse usage. Alternatively, ‘white’ may arise from the wearing of white baptismal garments by converts.
Kristr ‘Christ’
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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ < Hvítakristr (noun m.)
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[2] Hvíta-Kristr ‘White-Christ’: The only other skaldic occurrence of this name for Christ is Þdís SaintIII; for other examples, see CVC: hvítr B. II. 1. In medieval Celtic texts, Christ is often called ‘white’, since the words for ‘white’ (Irish bán, Welsh gwyn) also mean ‘holy’, and this may be the origin of the Norse usage. Alternatively, ‘white’ may arise from the wearing of white baptismal garments by converts.
eld ‘fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
[3] eld ef: ‘el[…]’ 325VI
Ôleif ‘Óláfr’
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Óláfr (noun m.): Óláfr
[3] Ôleif vildak (‘ek Olaf villda’): so 972ˣ, 321ˣ, 61, 325VII, Bb, Kˣ, ek Óláf vildak Holm2, 325V, Holm4, Flat, Tóm, F, J2ˣ, E, ek Óláf vildi 73aˣ, Óláf vildag 325VI, 39
vildak ‘I wanted’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
[3] Ôleif vildak (‘ek Olaf villda’): so 972ˣ, 321ˣ, 61, 325VII, Bb, Kˣ, ek Óláf vildak Holm2, 325V, Holm4, Flat, Tóm, F, J2ˣ, E, ek Óláf vildi 73aˣ, Óláf vildag 325VI, 39
emk ‘I am’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[4] emk (‘ek em’): er ek 325VI, Flat, ek er 39
of ‘about’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
[4] of þat (‘om þat’): so 972ˣ, 73aˣ, 61, 325VI, Flat, Tóm, Kˣ, 39, F, E, at því Holm2, 325V, J2ˣ, E, af því Holm4, 325VII, Bb
þat ‘that’
[4] of þat (‘om þat’): so 972ˣ, 73aˣ, 61, 325VI, Flat, Tóm, Kˣ, 39, F, E, at því Holm2, 325V, J2ˣ, E, af því Holm4, 325VII, Bb
firrask ‘to abandon’
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2. firra (verb): keep (from), remove
Vatn ‘water’
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vatn (noun n.; °-s; -*): water, lake < vatnœrinn (adj./verb p.p.)
[5] Vatn‑: vant Kˣ
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[5] vatnœrin ‘abundant-as-water’: Seemingly a hap. leg. (LP: vatnœrinn).
œrin ‘abundant-as-’
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œrinn (adj.): ample, sufficient < vatnœrinn (adj./verb p.p.)
[5] ‑œrin: so 321ˣ, 73aˣ, Holm4, 325VI, Flat, Kˣ, F, J2ˣ, E, œrit Holm2, 972ˣ, 325VII, Bb, œrinn 325V, Tóm, œrins 61, ‘yrin’ 39
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[5] vatnœrin ‘abundant-as-water’: Seemingly a hap. leg. (LP: vatnœrinn).
hefk ‘I have’
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hafa (verb): have
[5] hefk (‘hefi ec’): berrek 61, hœfi 325VII, ‘hofr ek’ 39
vitni ‘testimonies’
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2. vitni (noun n.; °-s; -): witness
vask ‘I was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[6] vask (‘vasc’): ‘vareker’ 325V, ‘vársk’ Holm4, ‘vask ek’ 61, Flat, W
til ‘on the way to’
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til (prep.): to
Rúms ‘Rome’
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Róm (noun n.): Rome
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
haska ‘peril’
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háski (noun m.; °-a; -ar): danger
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[6] haska ‘peril’: A short form of hásk-, indicated by the aðalhending on vask; cf. Note to l. 4 skirr.
ǫld ‘from people’
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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age
leynik ‘shall I conceal’
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1. leyna (verb): hide, conceal
[7] leynik (‘leyni ec’): leynir 61, leyfi ek Bb, leyni Flat, Tóm, ‘læni ec’ 39
aldri ‘never’
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aldri (adv.): never
annarra ‘of other’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
þau ‘those’
[8] þau: þo 73aˣ, þau with ‘svo’ written above 325VII, því Bb, svá Flat
manna ‘people’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
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In ÓH and Hkr, Sigvatr then goes to his farmstead. He hears many people accuse him of deserting King Óláfr (since he was on a pilgrimage to Rome at the time of the battle of Stiklastaðir (Stiklestad); cf. Þorm Lv 20 and Context). He speaks this stanza. In Flat and in 73a (ÓH 1941, II, 830-1), the stanza is a response to the same criticism, but the incident immediately follows when he has returned from Denmark, fleeing in the middle of the night after having been warned that he has been recognized by his poetry (see Lv 27 and Context) and will be captured and killed because of King Knútr’s enmity to the friends of Óláfr. In TGT, l. 6 is quoted in the section on metaplasmus to provide an example of sineresis (vas ek > vask).
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