Stúfr Stúfdr 3II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Stúfr inn blindi Þórðarson kattar, Stúfsdrápa 3’ 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. 353-4.
rôð ‘The powers’
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ráð (noun n.; °-s; -): advice, plan, control, power
reiði ‘wrath’
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2. reiði (noun f.; °-): anger
rann ‘put an end’
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2. renna (verb): run (strong)
notes
[2] rann ‘put an end to’: For this meaning of rinna (rann 3rd pers. sg. pret. indic.), see LP: rinna 12.
svikamǫnnum ‘to the traitors’
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svikamaðr (noun m.): [to traitors]
[2] svikamǫnnum: svikum manna Kˣ, 39, F, E, J2ˣ
Egða ‘of the Egðir’
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Egðir (noun m.): the Egðir
kennings
grams Egða‘of the prince of the Egðir ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Haraldr
the prince of the Egðir → NORWEGIAN KING = Haraldr
grams ‘of the prince’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
kennings
grams Egða‘of the prince of the Egðir ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Haraldr
the prince of the Egðir → NORWEGIAN KING = Haraldr
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
orð ‘news’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
Jórðánar ‘of the River Jordan’
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Jórdán (noun f.): River Jordan
borðum ‘banks’
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borð (noun n.; °-s; -): side, plank, board; table
[4] borðum: borði FskBˣ
Enn ‘people’
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4. en (conj.): than
fyr ‘for’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
afgerð ‘crimes’
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afgerð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): crime, sin
sanna ‘proven’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
illa ‘in dire straits’
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1. illa (adv.): badly
notes
[6] gat illa ‘were in dire straits’: Lit. ‘got [it] harshly’. Gat (3rd pers. sg. pret. indic. of geta ‘get, obtain’), with the understood subject þjóð ‘people’ (l. 7) (so also Skj B; Skald; Andersson and Gade 2000). Other eds (ÍF 28; ÍF 29) give illa gt as ‘insubordination’ as a parallel construction to fyr sanna afgerð, illa gt ‘for proven crimes [and] insubordination’ (ll. 5-6). However, the ModIcel. noun gát ‘heed, attention’ is not attested in ON.
gat ‘they were’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
[6] gat: so FskBˣ, ‘gatt’ Mork, Hr, hátt Kˣ, J2ˣ, gát 39, F, galt E
notes
[6] gat illa ‘were in dire straits’: Lit. ‘got [it] harshly’. Gat (3rd pers. sg. pret. indic. of geta ‘get, obtain’), with the understood subject þjóð ‘people’ (l. 7) (so also Skj B; Skald; Andersson and Gade 2000). Other eds (ÍF 28; ÍF 29) give illa gt as ‘insubordination’ as a parallel construction to fyr sanna afgerð, illa gt ‘for proven crimes [and] insubordination’ (ll. 5-6). However, the ModIcel. noun gát ‘heed, attention’ is not attested in ON.
frá ‘because of’
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frá (prep.): from
stilli ‘the ruler’
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stillir (noun m.): ruler
þjóð ‘And’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
fekk ‘got’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
vísan ‘inevitable’
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1. víss (adj.): wise, certain(ly)
váða ‘punishment’
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váði (noun m.; °-a): danger
Vist ‘Residence’
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vist (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): abode, lodging, provisions
of ‘’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
aldr ‘forever’
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aldr (noun m.; °aldrs, dat. aldri; aldrar): life, age
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
Kristi ‘Christ’
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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ
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Haraldr secured the road to the River Jordan, killing robbers and other perpetrators of violence.
[1-4]: The Hkr versions give the following reading of the first helmingr: rð ok reiði grams Egða stóðusk á ýmsum borðum Jórðánar; þat orð rann svikum manna ‘the powers and the wrath of the prince of the Egðir prevailed on both banks of the River Jordan; that news put an end to the treason of men’. Adopting the Hkr readings, Skj B takes reiði ‘wrath’ (l. 1) as the first element of a cpd reiðiorð ‘words of wrath’ (‘the powers and the words of wrath of the prince of the Egðir prevailed on both banks of the River Jordan; that put an end to the treason of men’). — [8]: For this part of the klofastef, see Note to st. 2/8 above.
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