Steinn Óldr 16II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Steinn Herdísarson, Óláfsdrápa 16’ 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. 380-1.
Óláfr ‘Óláfr’
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Óláfr (noun m.): Óláfr
gefr ‘gives’
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gefa (verb): give
svát ‘as’
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svát (conj.): so that, so as
jǫfra ‘princes’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
má ‘can’
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mega (verb): may, might
snjallra ‘undaunted’
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snjallr (adj.): quick, resourceful, bold
hǫggvit ‘cut’
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hǫggva (verb): to strike, put to death, cut, hew
gull ‘gold’
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gull (noun n.): gold
til ‘in exchange for’
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til (prep.): to
hylli ‘loyalty’
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hylli (noun f.; °-): favour
hildinga ‘of lords’
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hildingr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, ruler
kennings
mildi konr hildinga,‘the generous kinsman of lords, ’
= KING
the generous kinsman of lords, → KING
notes
[4] mildi konr hildinga (m. nom. sg.) ‘the generous kinsman of lords [KING]’: For the present version, see NN §§894, 1853D. Skj B emends to kon hildinga (m. acc. sg.) and construes the following: svát alls engi snjallra jǫfra má mildi hildinga kon ‘so that absolutely none [of the other] undaunted princes can measure up to the kinsman of lords in terms of generosity’. That reading presupposes an unattested use of the verb mega (má mildi e-m ‘can measure up to sby in terms of generosity’; see LP: mildi 1).
konr ‘kinsman’
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konr (noun m.; °-ar): kind, descendant
kennings
mildi konr hildinga,‘the generous kinsman of lords, ’
= KING
the generous kinsman of lords, → KING
notes
[4] mildi konr hildinga (m. nom. sg.) ‘the generous kinsman of lords [KING]’: For the present version, see NN §§894, 1853D. Skj B emends to kon hildinga (m. acc. sg.) and construes the following: svát alls engi snjallra jǫfra má mildi hildinga kon ‘so that absolutely none [of the other] undaunted princes can measure up to the kinsman of lords in terms of generosity’. That reading presupposes an unattested use of the verb mega (má mildi e-m ‘can measure up to sby in terms of generosity’; see LP: mildi 1).
mildi ‘generous’
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mildr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): mild, gentle, gracious, generous
kennings
mildi konr hildinga,‘the generous kinsman of lords, ’
= KING
the generous kinsman of lords, → KING
notes
[4] mildi konr hildinga (m. nom. sg.) ‘the generous kinsman of lords [KING]’: For the present version, see NN §§894, 1853D. Skj B emends to kon hildinga (m. acc. sg.) and construes the following: svát alls engi snjallra jǫfra má mildi hildinga kon ‘so that absolutely none [of the other] undaunted princes can measure up to the kinsman of lords in terms of generosity’. That reading presupposes an unattested use of the verb mega (má mildi e-m ‘can measure up to sby in terms of generosity’; see LP: mildi 1).
es ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
heiðum ‘clear’
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4. heiðr (adj.): bright
himni ‘sky’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
hanns ‘he is’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
fremstr ‘foremost’
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framr (adj.; °compar. framari/fremri, superl. framastr/fremstr): outstanding, foremost
konungmanna ‘of kings’
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konungmaðr (noun m.): king
spyr ‘ask’
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spyrja (verb; spurði): ask; hear, find out
hverr ‘who’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
glíkt ‘in such a way’
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glíkr (adj.; °-jan/-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): like, alike
[7] glíkt: slíkt Hr
mun ‘might’
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munu (verb): will, must
gerva ‘act’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
gjǫflund ‘munificent disposition’
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gjǫflund (noun f.): generous disposition
borin* ‘carried’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
[8] borin*: borinn all
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As sts 13-15 above.
[5-8]: In the present edn, gramr (m. nom. sg.) ‘ruler’ (l. 5) has been emended to grams (gen. sg.) as a determinant for gjǫflund (f. nom. sg.) ‘munificent disposition’ (l. 8), and borinn (m. nom. sg) ‘carried’ (l. 8) has been emended to borin (f. nom. sg.) to agree with gjǫflund (f. nom. sg.) (see NN §895). Skj B’s rendering of this helmingr is extremely convoluted syntactically and requires the emendation of hanns ‘he is’ to hann ‘he’ (l. 6): spyr þú hverr gramr mun gerva glíkt; hann es borinn fremstr konungmanna gjǫflund undir heiðum himni ‘ask, what ruler may act in such a way; he is born the foremost of kings beneath the clear sky with regard to munificent disposition’.
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