Steinn Nizv 5II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Steinn Herdísarson, Nizarvísur 5’ 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, pp. 363-4.
Undrs ‘It is a marvel’
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2. undr (noun n.; °-s; -): wonder, marvel
[1] Undrs ef (‘Vndr er ef’): Undr var er Flat
eigi ‘did not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
reyndu ‘experience’
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reyna (verb): test, try, experience
[1] reyndu: fundu Mork, Flat, kenndu H, Hr
ǫr ‘of the arrow’
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ǫr (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; ǫrvar/ǫrar): arrow < ǫrmót (noun n.)
kennings
viðir ǫrmóts‘the trees of the arrow-meeting ’
= WARRIORS
the arrow-meeting → BATTLE
the trees of the BATTLE → WARRIORS
ǫr ‘of the arrow’
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ǫr (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; ǫrvar/ǫrar): arrow < ǫrmót (noun n.)
kennings
viðir ǫrmóts‘the trees of the arrow-meeting ’
= WARRIORS
the arrow-meeting → BATTLE
the trees of the BATTLE → WARRIORS
kennings
viðir ǫrmóts‘the trees of the arrow-meeting ’
= WARRIORS
the arrow-meeting → BATTLE
the trees of the BATTLE → WARRIORS
kennings
viðir ǫrmóts‘the trees of the arrow-meeting ’
= WARRIORS
the arrow-meeting → BATTLE
the trees of the BATTLE → WARRIORS
viðir ‘the trees’
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1. viðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -u/-i): wood, tree
[2] viðir: vinir Hr
kennings
viðir ǫrmóts‘the trees of the arrow-meeting ’
= WARRIORS
the arrow-meeting → BATTLE
the trees of the BATTLE → WARRIORS
gǫrva ‘fully’
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gǫrva (adv.): fully
bǫrðumk ‘fought’
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2. berja (verb; °barði; barðr/bariðr/barinn): fight
[3] bǫrðumk: bǫrðusk Flat
vér ‘we’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
[3] ok vǫrðum: so FskAˣ, ok vǫrðumk FskBˣ, þeir er vǫrðu Mork, H, þá er vǫrðum Flat, þeir vǫrðu Hr
vǫrðum ‘defended’
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2. varða (verb): defend
[3] ok vǫrðum: so FskAˣ, ok vǫrðumk FskBˣ, þeir er vǫrðu Mork, H, þá er vǫrðum Flat, þeir vǫrðu Hr
víða ‘the wide’
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víðr (adj.): far
grund ‘land’
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grund (noun f.): earth, land
of ‘’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
hugfylldir ‘the courage-filled’
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hugfylla (verb): [courage-filled]
[5] hugfylldir halda: herskildi seldu Mork, herskildi heldu Flat, H, Hr
halda ‘to protect’
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halda (verb): hold, keep
[5] hugfylldir halda: herskildi seldu Mork, herskildi heldu Flat, H, Hr
notes
[5] halda ‘protect’: For this meaning of halda (with the acc.), see Fritzner: halda 19. For a discussion of the st., see Fidjestøl 1982, 59-60.
hrafn ‘the raven’
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hrafn (noun m.; °hrafns; dat. hrafni; hrafnar): raven
[6] hrafn: hrafns Mork
í ‘at’
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í (prep.): in, into
óttu ‘dawn’
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1. ótta (noun f.; °-u): dawn
nás ‘of carrion’
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nár (noun m.; °-s; -ir): corpse
fyr ‘before’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
ósi ‘the mouth’
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óss (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): estuary, mouth
Norðmenn ‘Norwegians’
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Norðmaðr (noun m.): Norwegian
Harald ‘Haraldr’
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Haraldr (noun m.): Haraldr
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The Norwegians stood densely around Haraldr and fought bravely.
Kock (NN §1145) argues that the Mork version is secondary, because hvar herskildi heldu lit. ‘where with the war-shield protected’ (l. 5) echoes st. 7/7 below (þeirs herskildi heldu ‘those who held the war-shield’). However, because that st. is only transmitted in Knýtl, it is difficult to see how it could have found its way into Mork (see Fidjestøl 1982, 59-60). — Mork, Flat, H and Hr offer a different version of the st., which can be rendered as follows (with Mork as the main ms.):
Undrs, ef eigi fundu
ǫrmóts viðir gǫrva,
— bǫrðumk vér — þeirs vǫrðu
víða grund, of síðir,
hvar herskildi heldu
— hrafn fekk gnótt í óttu
nás fyr Nizar ósi —
Norðmenn Haraldr forðum.
Prose order: Undrs, ef viðir ǫrmóts, þeirs vǫrðu víða grund, fundu eigi gǫrva of síðir—vér bǫrðumk—, hvar Norðmenn heldu Harald herskildi forðum; hrafn fekk gnótt nás í óttu fyr Nizar ósi. Translation: It is a marvel if the trees of the arrow-meeting [WARRIORS], who defended the wide land, finally did not learn fully—we fought—, where the Norwegians protected Haraldr with the war-shield in olden times; the raven got plenty of carrion at dawn before the mouth of the Nissan.
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