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Sigv Lv 6^I

R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Lausavísur 6’ 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. 706.

Sigvatr Þórðarson Lausavísur

Nú ‘Now’

nú (adv.): now

sitt ‘sit’

sitja (verb): sit

heill ‘in good health’

3. heill (adj.; °heilan; compar. heilli, superl. -astr/-str): healthy, hale, hail

en ‘and’

2. en (conj.): but, and

[1] en: ok 325VI, 75a

hallar ‘hall’

1. hǫll (noun f.; °hallar, dat. -u/-; hallir): hall

[1] hallar: hallir 972ˣ, 325VI, 75a, 73aˣ, hollir 68, 61

notes

[1] hallar ‘hall’: See Note to Sigv Austv 16/8.

hér ‘here’

hér (adv.): here

finnumk ‘we shall meet’

2. finna (verb): find, meet

[2] finnumk: finnum ok J2ˣ, ‘finumk’ 325VII, finnimk Tóm, finnusk Kˣ

meir ‘again’

meir (adv.): further, again

[2] meir: nú 73aˣ, vér 325VII, meir enn Flat

þinnar ‘your’

þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your

at ‘at’

3. at (prep.): at, to

[3] at: aptr 73aˣ, 68, 61, áttu Bb

unz ‘until’

2. unz (conj.): until

enn ‘again’

2. enn (adv.): still, yet, again

[3] enn: so J2ˣ, om. Holm2, R686ˣ, 972ˣ, 325VI, 75a, 73aˣ, 68, 61, Holm4, 75c, 325VII, Flat, Kˣ, Bb, er Tóm

kømk ‘I come’

koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come

[3] kømk (‘ec kem’): so 972ˣ, J2ˣ, 325VI, 75a, 73aˣ, 68, 61, Holm4, 75c, 325VII, Flat, Tóm, Bb, ek kom Holm2, R686ˣ, Kˣ

vitja ‘to claim fulfilment’

vitja (verb): visit

[3] vitja: vitta 325VII

Ôleifr ‘Óláfr’

Óláfr (noun m.): Óláfr

[4] Ôleifr: Óláfs R686ˣ, 972ˣ, Óláf 325VII

notes

[4] Ôleifr ‘Óláfr’: On the form of the name, see Note to Sigv Austv 17/2.

konungr ‘King’

konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king

[4] konungr: konungs R686ˣ, 972ˣ, J2ˣ, 325VI, konung 325VII

mála ‘of [our] agreement’

1. mál (noun n.; °-s; -): speech, matter

notes

[4] mála ‘agreement’: The word is probably gen. sg. of máli m. ‘agreement, contract’ rather than gen. pl. of mál n. ‘speech’ (Finnur Jónsson 1934a, 39), although pl. môl/mál can refer to formal agreements, e.g. in the compounds griðamál, trygðamál, referring to truces (see CVC: grið, tryggð).

Skald ‘The poet’

skáld (noun n.; °-s; -): poet

[5] Skald: om. R686ˣ

biðr ‘asks’

biðja (verb; °biðr; bað, báðu; beðinn (beiþ- Martin¹ 573, bỏþ- HákEirsp 661, cf. ed. intr. xl)): ask for, order, pray

hins ‘this’

2. inn (art.): the

[5] hins: húns Bb

at ‘that’

4. at (conj.): that

haldi ‘may keep hold of’

halda (verb): hold, keep

[5] haldi: haldisk 972ˣ, halda 68, halda corrected from ‘ek halda’ 61

hjalm ‘of the helmet’

1. hjalmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): helmet < hjalmdrífa (noun f.)

[6] hjalm‑: hring‑ R686ˣ, 972ˣ, 325VI, 75a, 73aˣ, hjǫr Holm4

kennings

viðr hjalmdrífu
‘the tree of the helmet-storm ’
= WARRIOR
the helmet-storm → BATTLE
the tree of the BATTLE → WARRIOR

hjalm ‘of the helmet’

1. hjalmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): helmet < hjalmdrífa (noun f.)

[6] hjalm‑: hring‑ R686ˣ, 972ˣ, 325VI, 75a, 73aˣ, hjǫr Holm4

kennings

viðr hjalmdrífu
‘the tree of the helmet-storm ’
= WARRIOR
the helmet-storm → BATTLE
the tree of the BATTLE → WARRIOR

drífu ‘storm’

1. drífa (noun f.; °-u): snow-storm < hjalmdrífa (noun f.)

[6] ‑drífu: so 68, 61, Holm4, Kˣ, ‑drifi Holm2, R686ˣ, 972ˣ, J2ˣ, 75c, Flat, Tóm, Bb, ‑drífr 325VI, 75a, 73aˣ, 325VII

kennings

viðr hjalmdrífu
‘the tree of the helmet-storm ’
= WARRIOR
the helmet-storm → BATTLE
the tree of the BATTLE → WARRIOR

drífu ‘storm’

1. drífa (noun f.; °-u): snow-storm < hjalmdrífa (noun f.)

[6] ‑drífu: so 68, 61, Holm4, Kˣ, ‑drifi Holm2, R686ˣ, 972ˣ, J2ˣ, 75c, Flat, Tóm, Bb, ‑drífr 325VI, 75a, 73aˣ, 325VII

kennings

viðr hjalmdrífu
‘the tree of the helmet-storm ’
= WARRIOR
the helmet-storm → BATTLE
the tree of the BATTLE → WARRIOR

viðr ‘the tree’

1. viðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -u/-i): wood, tree

[6] viðr: frǫmu 325VI, 75a, 73aˣ, stafr 61, þú 325VII, gramr Flat, Tóm

kennings

viðr hjalmdrífu
‘the tree of the helmet-storm ’
= WARRIOR
the helmet-storm → BATTLE
the tree of the BATTLE → WARRIOR

lífi ‘life’

líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life

endisk ‘ends’

1. enda (verb; °-að-): end, last

notes

[7] leyfð endisk ‘the praise ends’: Presumably ‘praise’ means ‘poem of praise’. Konráð Gíslason (1892, 175) takes endisk to be subj. (and leyfð to mean ‘portion of a poem’), expressing a wish, roughly ‘May this prayer be fulfilled’.

leyfð ‘the praise’

leyfð (noun f.): praise

notes

[7] leyfð endisk ‘the praise ends’: Presumably ‘praise’ means ‘poem of praise’. Konráð Gíslason (1892, 175) takes endisk to be subj. (and leyfð to mean ‘portion of a poem’), expressing a wish, roughly ‘May this prayer be fulfilled’.

ok ‘and’

3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

[7] ok: ór 68, 61, í Tóm, at Bb

landi ‘land’

land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land

lýkk ‘I close’

1. lúka (verb): end, close

vísu ‘my verse’

1. vísa (noun f.; °-u; -ur): verse

nú ‘now’

nú (adv.): now

[8] nú: svá 972ˣ, þar J2ˣ, 325VI, 75a

þvísa ‘this’

1. sjá (pron.; °gen. þessa dat. þessum/þeima, acc. þenna; f. sjá/þessi; n. þetta, dat. þessu/þvísa; pl. þessir): this

[8] þvísa: ‘þisa’ R686ˣ

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At the onset of winter, the poet Sigvatr and two others set out from Borg (Sarpsborg), going east through Markir (Marker) to Gautland (Västergötland). Before he departs, Sigvatr delivers this and the following stanza to King Óláfr.

On the purpose of the mission, dated c. 1019 or possibly 1018, see Introduction to Sigv Austv. Finnur Jónsson (1932, 9) had difficulty deciding whether to include this and the following stanza in Sigv Austv. Sahlgren (1927-8, I, 200-2, 205) would include them in that poem, reversing their order and placing them last. — [1-4]: The syntax of the helmingr can be construed in various ways. (a) Finnur Jónsson in Skj B makes an intercalary clause of en … hér finnumk meir ‘and we shall meet here again’, but as Kock (NN §672) points out, this isolates en oddly. (b) Finnur Jónsson (1934a, 39) eventually came to favour the present arrangement, which is also adopted in ÍF 27, Jón Skaptason (1983) and Hkr 1991. At ‘at’ is construed with gen. sg. hallar þinnar ‘your hall’ (cf. LP: at C for further examples of at with gen., though the examples involve genitives referring to persons). The seeming isolation of at in l. 3 is signalled and compensated for by metrical stress on the word. (Finnur Jónsson, 1934a, 39, wonders whether Sigvatr gave at a long vowel as in Norw. åt, since the initial lift should be a heavy syllable.) (c) Kock urges instead that at should be construed with kømk ‘I return’ or ‘I get through’, analogous to at kom ‘came there’ in Anon (TGT) 38/1^III.

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