Steinn Óldr 12II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Steinn Herdísarson, Óláfsdrápa 12’ 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. 378.
Lǫnd ‘lands’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land
vill ‘wants’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
þengill ‘lord’
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þengill (noun m.): prince, ruler
[1] þengill Þrœnda: so all others, Þrœnda þengill Mork
kennings
Eggdjarfr þengill Þrœnda‘The blade-daring lord of the Þrœndir ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Óláfr
The blade-daring lord of the Þrœndir → NORWEGIAN KING = Óláfr
Þrœnda ‘of the Þrœndir’
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Þrœndr (noun m.; °; þrǿndir/þrǿndr): people from Tröndelag
[1] þengill Þrœnda: so all others, Þrœnda þengill Mork
kennings
Eggdjarfr þengill Þrœnda‘The blade-daring lord of the Þrœndir ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Óláfr
The blade-daring lord of the Þrœndir → NORWEGIAN KING = Óláfr
líkar ‘pleases’
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4. líka (verb): please
vel ‘really’
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vel (adv.): well, very
skǫtnum ‘people’
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skati (noun m.; °-a; -nar): chieftan, prince
ǫll ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
œrna ‘great’
[3] œrna: ‘yrna’ 39, ‘ekna’ E, J2ˣ
snilli ‘wisdom’
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snilli (noun f.): eloquence
eggdjarfr ‘The blade-daring’
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eggdjarfr (adj.): edge-daring
kennings
Eggdjarfr þengill Þrœnda‘The blade-daring lord of the Þrœndir ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Óláfr
The blade-daring lord of the Þrœndir → NORWEGIAN KING = Óláfr
frið ‘peace’
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friðr (noun m.): peace
leggja ‘to establish’
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leggja (verb): put, lay
Hugnar ‘like’
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hugna (verb): please
þjóð ‘Men’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
þats ‘that’
[5] þats (‘þat er’): er H, en Hr
notes
[5] þats ‘that’: For this conjunction, see Note to Ill Har 1/1.
þegna ‘people’
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þegn (noun m.; °dat. -/-i; -ar): thane, man, franklin
þrályndr ‘the obstinate-minded’
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þrályndr (adj.): [obstinate-minded]
kennings
þrályndr œgir Engla‘the obstinate-minded intimidator of the English ’
= Óláfr
the obstinate-minded intimidator of the English → Óláfr
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
friðmála ‘peace-talks’
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friðmál (noun n.): peace-talk
kúgar ‘forces’
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kúga (verb): force
Engla ‘of the English’
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Englar (noun m.): English people
kennings
þrályndr œgir Engla‘the obstinate-minded intimidator of the English ’
= Óláfr
the obstinate-minded intimidator of the English → Óláfr
kennings
þrályndr œgir Engla‘the obstinate-minded intimidator of the English ’
= Óláfr
the obstinate-minded intimidator of the English → Óláfr
Óláfr ‘Óláfr’
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Óláfr (noun m.): Óláfr
borinn ‘born’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
sólu ‘sun’
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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun
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In Mork and Fsk the st. follows the description of the peace negotiations between Óláfr and Sveinn Úlfsson. In Hkr and H-Hr it is appended to a description of Óláfr’s physical and mental attributes that follows the account of the peace treaty.
[8]: For this l. of the split refrain (klofastef), see Note to st. 1/8 above.
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