SnSt Ht 29III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Snorri Sturluson, Háttatal 29’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1135.
notes
[1, 2] tvær ... heimsvistir ‘two ... home-visits’: So all other mss. The R reading, ‘heims vist er’, is syntactically unclear and a line was later added between the last two words (R*). During his stay in mainland Scandinavia (1218-20), Snorri also visited magnates in Sweden, among them the lawman Áskell Magnússon and his wife, Kristín (see Stu 1878, I, 238). He stayed at the Norwegian court before (in Tønsberg) and after (in Bergen) his other travels.
notes
[1] mank ‘I remember’: Muna e-m e-t has the sense ‘remember sby for sth. so that one can give sth. in return’ (see Heggstad et al. 2008: muna). See also st. 95/1, 4 below.
hilmi ‘prince’
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hilmir (noun m.): prince, protector
hýrum ‘the cheerful’
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2. hýrr (adj.): cheerful, mild, glad
heims ‘home’
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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world < heimsvist (noun f.)
notes
[1, 2] tvær ... heimsvistir ‘two ... home-visits’: So all other mss. The R reading, ‘heims vist er’, is syntactically unclear and a line was later added between the last two words (R*). During his stay in mainland Scandinavia (1218-20), Snorri also visited magnates in Sweden, among them the lawman Áskell Magnússon and his wife, Kristín (see Stu 1878, I, 238). He stayed at the Norwegian court before (in Tønsberg) and after (in Bergen) his other travels.
vistir ‘visits’
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vist (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): abode, lodging, provisions < heimsvist (noun f.)
[2] ‑vistir: so all others, ‘vist er’ R
notes
[1, 2] tvær ... heimsvistir ‘two ... home-visits’: So all other mss. The R reading, ‘heims vist er’, is syntactically unclear and a line was later added between the last two words (R*). During his stay in mainland Scandinavia (1218-20), Snorri also visited magnates in Sweden, among them the lawman Áskell Magnússon and his wife, Kristín (see Stu 1878, I, 238). He stayed at the Norwegian court before (in Tønsberg) and after (in Bergen) his other travels.
ótvistar ‘not unpleasant’
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ótvistr (adj.): [not unpleasant]
hlautk ‘I got’
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hljóta (verb): alot, gain
ásamt ‘together with’
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ásamt (adv.): [together with]
notes
[3] ásamt ‘together with’: Note that the full stress falls on the second syllable here and that the first is unstressed.
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
sitja ‘sit’
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sitja (verb): sit
seim ‘gold’
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2. seimr (noun m.; °dat. -i): gold < seimgildir (noun m.): [gold-increaser]
kennings
fémildum seimgildi.‘the generous gold-increaser. ’
= GENEROUS MAN = Hákon
the generous gold-increaser. → GENEROUS MAN = Hákon
notes
[4] seimgildi ‘gold-increaser [GENEROUS MAN = Hákon]’: The second element in this cpd is an agent noun derived from the weak verb gilda ‘make strong, increase the worth of sth.’ (LP: gildir).
gildi ‘increaser’
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gildir (noun m.): payer, supporter < seimgildir (noun m.): [gold-increaser]
kennings
fémildum seimgildi.‘the generous gold-increaser. ’
= GENEROUS MAN = Hákon
the generous gold-increaser. → GENEROUS MAN = Hákon
notes
[4] seimgildi ‘gold-increaser [GENEROUS MAN = Hákon]’: The second element in this cpd is an agent noun derived from the weak verb gilda ‘make strong, increase the worth of sth.’ (LP: gildir).
fémildum ‘the generous’
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fémildr (adj.; °superl. -astr): generous
kennings
fémildum seimgildi.‘the generous gold-increaser. ’
= GENEROUS MAN = Hákon
the generous gold-increaser. → GENEROUS MAN = Hákon
Fúss ‘eager’
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fúss (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): eager, willing
fylkir ‘The leader’
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fylkir (noun m.): leader
hnossir ‘treasures’
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1. hnoss (noun f.; °; -ir): treasure
flein ‘to the spear’
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fleinn (noun m.; °dat. fleini): spear < fleinstýrir (noun m.)
[6] flein‑: so all others, ‘flen‑’ R
kennings
fleinstýri‘to the spear-controller; ’
= WARRIOR = Snorri
to the spear-controller; → WARRIOR = Snorri
notes
[6] flein- ‘spear-’: So all other mss. In R ‘flen-’ (not an Old Norse word) has been altered to flein- (R*).
stýri ‘controller’
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stýrir (noun m.): ruler, controller < fleinstýrir (noun m.)
[6] ‑stýri: ‘‑stori’ Tˣ, ‑stýrir W, U
kennings
fleinstýri‘to the spear-controller; ’
= WARRIOR = Snorri
to the spear-controller; → WARRIOR = Snorri
margdýrar ‘most precious’
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margdýrr (adj.): most precious
hollr ‘loyal’
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hollr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): loyal
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
hersa ‘of hersar’
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hersir (noun m.; °-is; -ar): cheiftan
kennings
stilli hersa‘to the lord of hersar, ’
= RULER
to the lord of hersar, → RULER
notes
[7] hersa ‘of hersar’: See Note to st. 27/5.
stilli ‘to the lord’
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stillir (noun m.): ruler
kennings
stilli hersa‘to the lord of hersar, ’
= RULER
to the lord of hersar, → RULER
notes
[7] stilli (m. dat. sg.) ‘the lord’: Altered in R to stillir (nom. sg.) (R*).
hodd ‘the hoard’
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1. hodd (noun f.): gold, treasure < hoddspennir (noun m.): [hoard-spender]
[8] hoddspennir fjǫlmennum: ‘hatt spenn fiolni ennvm’ U
kennings
hoddspennir‘the hoard-spender ’
= GENEROUS MAN = Snorri
the hoard-spender → GENEROUS MAN = Snorri
spennir ‘spender’
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spennir (noun m.): clasper < hoddspennir (noun m.): [hoard-spender]
[8] hoddspennir fjǫlmennum: ‘hatt spenn fiolni ennvm’ U
kennings
hoddspennir‘the hoard-spender ’
= GENEROUS MAN = Snorri
the hoard-spender → GENEROUS MAN = Snorri
fjǫlmennum ‘strong in number’
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fjǫlmennr (adj.): with many men
[8] hoddspennir fjǫlmennum: ‘hatt spenn fiolni ennvm’ U
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Tvær mank hilmi hýrum |
I remember the cheerful prince for two not unpleasant home-visits; I got to sit together with the generous gold-increaser [GENEROUS MAN = Hákon]. The leader gave, eager, most precious treasures to the spear-controller [WARRIOR = Snorri]; the hoard-spender [GENEROUS MAN = Snorri] was loyal to the lord of hersar [RULER], strong in number.
The stanza offers an example of detthent ‘stumbling-rhymed, falling-rhymed’, a variant of dróttkvætt in which all even lines end in a trisyllabic compound with the aðalhending on the second syllable.
The headings are xxij. ‘the twenty-second’ (Tˣ) and detthent (U(47r)). The term detthent most likely refers to the fact that the full stress at the end of the even lines fell on the hending in position 5, which was preceded by the first, usually short nominal syllable (ó-, fé-, fjǫl-) in a trisyllabic cpd carrying secondary, rather than primary stress. See also RvHbreiðm Hl 35-6, Kuhn (1983, 177-8) and Gade (1995a, 96).
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