Steinn Nizv 2II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Steinn Herdísarson, Nizarvísur 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 361.
Hætti ‘put himself at risk’
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2. hætta (verb): risk
[1] Hætti: ‘Hæitu’ FskAˣ, Hitti Flat, ‘Hrætiz’ H, ‘Huattíz’ Hr
hersa ‘hersar’
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hersir (noun m.; °-is; -ar): cheiftan
[1] hersa: ‘hær sa’ FskBˣ, ‘hærr sa’ FskAˣ, hǫlda Flat
kennings
hugstrangr dróttinn hersa,‘The strong-minded lord of hersar ’
= KING = Haraldr
The strong-minded lord of hersar → KING = Haraldr
dróttinn ‘lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
kennings
hugstrangr dróttinn hersa,‘The strong-minded lord of hersar ’
= KING = Haraldr
The strong-minded lord of hersar → KING = Haraldr
hugstrangr ‘The strong-minded’
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hugstrangr (adj.): [strong-minded]
kennings
hugstrangr dróttinn hersa,‘The strong-minded lord of hersar ’
= KING = Haraldr
The strong-minded lord of hersar → KING = Haraldr
skipa ‘ships’
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skip (noun n.; °-s; -): ship
langra ‘long’
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langr (adj.; °compar. lengri, superl. lengstr): long
[2] langra: ‘længra’ FskAˣ
notes
[3, 4] halft annat hundrað ‘hundred and fifty’: Most likely the long hundred, i.e. ‘hundred and eighty’.
beið ‘awaited’
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bíða (verb; °bíðr; beið, biðu; beðit): wait, suffer, experience
annat ‘fifty’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
notes
[3, 4] halft annat hundrað ‘hundred and fifty’: Most likely the long hundred, i.e. ‘hundred and eighty’.
hundrað ‘a hundred’
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hundrað (noun n.; °-s; hundruð/-): hundred
notes
[3, 4] halft annat hundrað ‘hundred and fifty’: Most likely the long hundred, i.e. ‘hundred and eighty’.
Dana ‘with the Danes’
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Danr (noun m.; °dat. -; -ir): Dane
Næst ‘Next’
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næst (adv.): next
vas ‘it happened’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
rísta ‘cut’
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rísta (verb): carve, raise
reiðr ‘the furious’
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4. reiðr (adj.; °superl. -astr): angry
kennings
reiðr atseti Hleiðrar‘the furious resident of Lejre ’
= DANISH KING = Sveinn
the furious resident of Lejre → DANISH KING = Sveinn
atseti ‘resident’
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atseti (noun m.): [resident]
kennings
reiðr atseti Hleiðrar‘the furious resident of Lejre ’
= DANISH KING = Sveinn
the furious resident of Lejre → DANISH KING = Sveinn
kennings
reiðr atseti Hleiðrar‘the furious resident of Lejre ’
= DANISH KING = Sveinn
the furious resident of Lejre → DANISH KING = Sveinn
notes
[6] Hleiðrar ‘of Lejre’: Located near present-day Roskilde on the island of Sjælland, Denmark. Lejre was the ancient residence of the Dan. kings (see Chronicon Lethrense in Scriptores Minores historiæ Danicæ 1917-18, I, 34-54).
kennings
láð þangs‘the kelp’s land ’
= SEA
the kelp’s land → SEA
láð ‘land’
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2. láð (noun n.): earth, land
kennings
láð þangs‘the kelp’s land ’
= SEA
the kelp’s land → SEA
kennings
þrimr hundruðum mǫrum sunda.‘with three hundred steeds of the sea.’
= SHIPS
with three hundred steeds of the sea. → SHIPS
þingat ‘thither’
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þangat (adv.): there, thither
[7] þingat: þangat E, Mork, ‘þengat’ FskAˣ
kennings
þrimr hundruðum mǫrum sunda.‘with three hundred steeds of the sea.’
= SHIPS
with three hundred steeds of the sea. → SHIPS
notes
[8] þrimr hundruðum ‘with three hundred’: As above (ll. 3, 4), i.e. ‘with three hundred and sixty’.
hundruðum ‘hundred’
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hundrað (noun n.; °-s; hundruð/-): hundred
kennings
þrimr hundruðum mǫrum sunda.‘with three hundred steeds of the sea.’
= SHIPS
with three hundred steeds of the sea. → SHIPS
notes
[8] þrimr hundruðum ‘with three hundred’: As above (ll. 3, 4), i.e. ‘with three hundred and sixty’.
sunda ‘of the sea’
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sund (noun n.; °-s; -): sound, strait; swimming
[8] sunda: sunnan H, Hr
kennings
þrimr hundruðum mǫrum sunda.‘with three hundred steeds of the sea.’
= SHIPS
with three hundred steeds of the sea. → SHIPS
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Hætti hersa dróttinn |
The strong-minded lord of hersar [KING = Haraldr] put himself at risk, he who awaited the encounter with the Danes with a hundred and fifty long ships. Next it happened that the furious resident of Lejre [DANISH KING = Sveinn] cut the kelp’s land [SEA] thither with three hundred steeds of the sea [SHIPS].
The st. documents the number of ships in each fleet at the battle of the Nissan.
[5] þats ‘that’: For this conjunction, see Note to Ill Har 1/1.
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