Steinn Óldr 7II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Steinn Herdísarson, Óláfsdrápa 7’ 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. 373-4.
Sín ‘his [Óláfr’s]’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
[1] Sín óðǫl: Sína Kˣ, 39, F, E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, Sín óðal FskBˣ
óðǫl ‘ancestral properties’
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óðal (noun n.; °-s, dat. óð(a)li/óðrli; óðul, dat. óðlum/óðrlum): (hereditary) property
[1] Sín óðǫl: Sína Kˣ, 39, F, E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, Sín óðal FskBˣ
Sveini ‘Sveinn’
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2. Sveinn (noun m.): Sveinn
sóknstrangr ‘The battle-strong one’
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sóknstrangr (adj.): attack-strong
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
notes
[2] í Kaupangi ‘in Trondheim’: Kaupangr was the earliest name of the city of Trondheim (see Gade 1998). S. Óláfr was first interred in the Church of S. Clement, but he was later moved to Kristkirken (see Notes to Anon Nkt 31 [All] and 35 [All]). Steinn seems to imply that S. Óláfr will use his holy powers to block any threatened take-over by a foreign ruler.
Kaupangi ‘Trondheim’
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kaupangr (noun m.): Trondheim
notes
[2] í Kaupangi ‘in Trondheim’: Kaupangr was the earliest name of the city of Trondheim (see Gade 1998). S. Óláfr was first interred in the Church of S. Clement, but he was later moved to Kristkirken (see Notes to Anon Nkt 31 [All] and 35 [All]). Steinn seems to imply that S. Óláfr will use his holy powers to block any threatened take-over by a foreign ruler.
þars ‘where’
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þars (conj.): where
heilagr ‘the holy’
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
notes
[3] heilagr gramr ‘the holy ruler’: This is S. Óláfr. For the notion of Norway as Óláfr’s patrimony, see also Þloft Glækv 9/1-2, 4I, where Þórarinn gives the following advice to Sveinn Álfífuson: Bið láf at unni þér grundar sinnar ‘Ask Óláfr that he grant you his land’.
gramr ‘ruler’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
notes
[3] heilagr gramr ‘the holy ruler’: This is S. Óláfr. For the notion of Norway as Óláfr’s patrimony, see also Þloft Glækv 9/1-2, 4I, where Þórarinn gives the following advice to Sveinn Álfífuson: Bið láf at unni þér grundar sinnar ‘Ask Óláfr that he grant you his land’.
hvílir ‘rests’
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2. hvíla (verb): rest
hanns ‘he is’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
ríkr ‘mighty’
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ríkr (adj.): mighty, powerful, rich
notes
[4] jǫfurr (m. nom. sg.) ‘prince’: Can also be part of the subject in the first cl.: sóknstrangr jǫfurr ‘the battle-strong prince’ (so Skj B; ÍF 28; ÍF 29). However, if ll. of this type (Type A2k Verbal Even) contain a parenthetic cl., the sentence boundary falls after metrical position 4, not after position 2 (see Gade 1995a, 122-3; NN §§892).
Ætt ‘kin’
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1. ætt (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): family
sinni ‘his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
mun ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
unna ‘grant’
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1. unna (verb): love
Ôláfr ‘Óláfr’
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Óláfr (noun m.): Óláfr
notes
[6] Ôláfr ‘Óláfr’: The internal rhyme (l- : -l-) warrants the form láfr rather than Óláfr here (see Note to st. 5/8 above).
konungr ‘King’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
hôla ‘certainly’
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hála (adv.): vastly
Ulfs ‘Úlfr’s’
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3. Ulfr (noun m.): Úlfr
kennings
arfi Ulfs‘Úlfr’s heir ’
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Úlfr’s heir → Sveinn
þarfat ‘need not make’
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þarfa (verb): [need not make]
[7] þarfat: þarfa Kˣ, ‘þærfat’ FskBˣ
arfi ‘heir’
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arfi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): heir, heiress
kennings
arfi Ulfs‘Úlfr’s heir ’
= Sveinn
Úlfr’s heir → Sveinn
Nóregs ‘Norway’
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Noregr (noun m.): Norway
til ‘’
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til (prep.): to
kalla ‘a claim’
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kalla (verb): call
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As sts 6-11. In Mork, Fsk, and Hkr, this is the first st. (in Hkr the only st.) cited after Sveinn Úlfsson declared war on Norway. H-Hr constructs a new prose environment and moves the st. to document events that took place after Óláfr’s reconciliation with Sveinn.
Sveinn Úlfsson was king of Denmark (r. 1047-1074/76). See ‘Royal Biographies’ in Introduction to this vol.
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