Stúfr Stúfdr 4II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Stúfr inn blindi Þórðarson kattar, Stúfsdrápa 4’ 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. 354.
Mægð ‘the marriage’
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mægð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): kinship by marriage
notes
[1] mægð ‘the marriage’: Lit. ‘in-lawship’. This refers to Haraldr’s ties to Jaroslav.
gat ‘got’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
ǫðlingr ‘monarch’
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ǫðlingr (noun m.; °; -ar): prince, ruler
[1] ǫðlingr eiga: ǫðlingr Egða H, Hr, eðlingr eiga FskBˣ, allvaldr Egða Kˣ, 39, F, E, J2ˣ
notes
[1] ǫðlingr ‘monarch’: The Hkr variant allvaldr Egða ‘the mighty ruler of the Egðir’ is equally possible but could have been occasioned by the attempt to improve the internal rhyme (-ægð : Egð- rather than -ægð : eig-).
eiga ‘’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
[1] ǫðlingr eiga: ǫðlingr Egða H, Hr, eðlingr eiga FskBˣ, allvaldr Egða Kˣ, 39, F, E, J2ˣ
ógnar ‘The battle’
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ógn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): terror, battle
mildr ‘generous’
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mildr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): mild, gentle, gracious, generous
þás ‘’
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þás (conj.): when
vildi ‘he desired’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
gulls ‘of gold’
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gull (noun n.): gold
tók ‘took’
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2. taka (verb): take
kennings
spjalli gauta‘the confidant of the people ’
= KING
the confidant of the people → KING
notes
[3] spjalli gauta ‘the confidant of the people [KING]’: The Hkr variant spjalli gumna ‘the confidant of the people’ is possible both metrically and syntactically. The variant gumna ‘of the people’ could have been chosen because it is less ambiguous than gauta ‘of the people’, which could have been understood as the ethnic Gauta ‘of the Gautar’ (Haraldr was not the confidant of the Swed. Gautar) or as m. gen. sg. of the Óðinn-heiti Gauti. See LP: Gautar; Gautr 1; Gauti.
spjalli ‘the confidant’
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spjalli (noun m.): confidant
kennings
spjalli gauta‘the confidant of the people ’
= KING
the confidant of the people → KING
notes
[3] spjalli gauta ‘the confidant of the people [KING]’: The Hkr variant spjalli gumna ‘the confidant of the people’ is possible both metrically and syntactically. The variant gumna ‘of the people’ could have been chosen because it is less ambiguous than gauta ‘of the people’, which could have been understood as the ethnic Gauta ‘of the Gautar’ (Haraldr was not the confidant of the Swed. Gautar) or as m. gen. sg. of the Óðinn-heiti Gauti. See LP: Gautar; Gautr 1; Gauti.
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
bragnings ‘the ruler’s’
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bragningr (noun m.; °; -ar): prince, ruler
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During his stay in Russia (1043-4), Haraldr married Ellisif (Elizabeth), the daughter of Jaroslav of Novgorod and Ingigerðr, the daughter of the Swed. king Óláfr inn sœnski ‘the Swede’ Eiríksson.
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