Sturl Hákkv 9II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 9’ 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. 706.
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
skröklaust ‘not a lie’
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skrǫklauss (adj.): [not a lie]
notes
[1] skröklaust ‘not a lie’: Lit. ‘lie-less’.
Skúli ‘Skúli’
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Skúli (noun m.; °-a): Skúli
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
frægðarmaðr ‘a famous man’
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frægðarmaðr (noun m.): [a famous man]
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
frömu ‘outstanding’
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frómr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): [outstanding]
lífi ‘life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
þótt ‘although’
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þótt (conj.): although
hvarbrigð ‘the fickle’
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hvarbrigðr (adj.): [fickle]
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
hann ‘him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
aldar ‘of mankind’
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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age
gipt ‘luck’
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gift (noun f.): gift
auðnu ‘of fortune’
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1. auðna (noun f.; °-u; -ur): [destiny, fortune]
[8] auðnu: ‘auðru’ 8
notes
[8] hvéli auðnu ‘the wheel of fortune’: Lat. rota fortunae.
hvéli ‘the wheel’
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hvéli (noun n.): [wheel]
notes
[8] hvéli auðnu ‘the wheel of fortune’: Lat. rota fortunae.
þá ‘’
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2. þá (adv.): then
ofrausn ‘an excess of heroism’
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ofrausn (noun f.): excess of heroism
[9] ofrausn: ‘ofr rauns’ 8
notes
[9] ofrausn ‘an excess of heroism’: See Note to Arn Hardr 12/1.
öfgu ‘with adverse’
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ǫfugr (adj.): backwards
[10] öfgu: so F, 81a, Flat, ‘auðfgu’ E, ‘ofðgu’ 8
randa ‘of shield-rims’
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rǫnd (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; rendr/randir): shield, shield-rim
kennings
rjóðr randa‘the reddener of shield-rims ’
= WARRIOR = Skúli
the reddener of shield-rims → WARRIOR = Skúli
kennings
rjóðr randa‘the reddener of shield-rims ’
= WARRIOR = Skúli
the reddener of shield-rims → WARRIOR = Skúli
reisa ‘raised’
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2. reisa (verb): to raise, erect
knátti ‘’
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knega (verb): to know, understand, be able to
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
ólágt ‘the not insignificant’
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ólágr (adj.): not low, not insignificant
[13] ólágt: ólágr F, útlagr 8, ofhátt Flat
notes
[13] ólágt ‘the not insignificant’: Lit. ‘un-low’.
jöfra ‘of princes [= Skúli]’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
öðlings ‘of king’
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ǫðlingr (noun m.; °; -ar): prince, ruler
nafn ‘title’
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nafn (noun n.; °-s; *-): name
á ‘at’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
notes
[16] á Eyrum ‘at Øra’: Øretinget (Eyraþing) was the legal assembly of the eight counties on the inner side of Agdenes in Trøndelag. Traditionally, Norw. kings were elected and confirmed at that assembly. See also Note to Anon Nkt 33 [All].
Eyrum ‘Øra’
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eyrr (noun f.): land-spit
notes
[16] á Eyrum ‘at Øra’: Øretinget (Eyraþing) was the legal assembly of the eight counties on the inner side of Agdenes in Trøndelag. Traditionally, Norw. kings were elected and confirmed at that assembly. See also Note to Anon Nkt 33 [All].
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It is not a lie that Skúli was a famous man in his outstanding life, although the fickle luck of mankind turned the wheel of fortune on him, when the reddener of shield-rims [WARRIOR = Skúli] raised an excess of heroism with adverse luck, and the enemy of princes [= Skúli] took the not insignificant title of king at Øra.
On 6 November 1239, Skúli Bárðarson proclaimed himself king of Norway at Øretinget in Trondheim.
See also Ólhv Hryn 6-7. — [14]: The l. recalls Eyv Hál 3/2I.
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