Sturl Hákkv 11II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 11’ 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. 708.
rösk ‘The daring’
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rǫskr (adj.): brave
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
risu ‘rose up’
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rísa (verb): rise, raise
laukar ‘the masts’
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laukr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): leek, mast
hilmis ‘of the ruler’
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hilmir (noun m.): prince, protector
hirð ‘retinue’
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hirð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(FskB 53)): retinue
[3] hirð: so 81a, 8, Flat, om. E, ferð F
hendr ‘hands’
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand
reipum ‘the ropes’
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reip (noun n.; °-s; -): rope
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
hún ‘of the mast-top’
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1. húnn (noun m.; °; húnar): knob < húnskrift (noun f.): decorated cloth of the mast-top
kennings
hreggi blásnar húnskriptr‘the storm-swept decorated cloth of the mast-top ’
= SAIL
the storm-swept decorated cloth of the mast-top → SAIL
notes
[5] húnskriptr (f. nom. pl.) ‘decorated cloth of the mast-top [SAIL]’: Sails decorated with pictures (skriptr). See Note to ÞjóðA Magnfl 2/8.
skriptr ‘decorated cloth’
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1. skrift (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): image < húnskrift (noun f.): decorated cloth of the mast-top
[5] ‑skriptr: skript 8
kennings
hreggi blásnar húnskriptr‘the storm-swept decorated cloth of the mast-top ’
= SAIL
the storm-swept decorated cloth of the mast-top → SAIL
notes
[5] húnskriptr (f. nom. pl.) ‘decorated cloth of the mast-top [SAIL]’: Sails decorated with pictures (skriptr). See Note to ÞjóðA Magnfl 2/8.
hreggi ‘the storm’
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hregg (noun n.): storm
kennings
hreggi blásnar húnskriptr‘the storm-swept decorated cloth of the mast-top ’
= SAIL
the storm-swept decorated cloth of the mast-top → SAIL
blásnar ‘swept’
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2. blása (verb; °blǽss; blés, blésu; blásinn): blow
kennings
hreggi blásnar húnskriptr‘the storm-swept decorated cloth of the mast-top ’
= SAIL
the storm-swept decorated cloth of the mast-top → SAIL
fylkis ‘of the sovereign’
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fylkir (noun m.): leader
notes
[7] ferð fylkis ‘the journey of the sovereign’: Kock (NN §2579) takes ferð ‘journey’ in the meaning ‘company’ and treats ferð fylkis ‘the company of the sovereign’ as the subject of the cl. in the second helmingr: ferð fylkis greiddu hreggi blásnar húnskriptr til frama ‘the company of the sovereign arranged the storm-swept sails successfully’ (Kock provides no exact translation here). That interpretation is unlikely in view of the relatively common combinations of greiða ‘make easy’ with ferð ‘journey’ or vegr ‘road, way’ (see Fritzner: greiða 2-3).
ferð ‘the journey’
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ferð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-arMork 196¹²)): host, journey
[7] ferð: om. F
notes
[7] ferð fylkis ‘the journey of the sovereign’: Kock (NN §2579) takes ferð ‘journey’ in the meaning ‘company’ and treats ferð fylkis ‘the company of the sovereign’ as the subject of the cl. in the second helmingr: ferð fylkis greiddu hreggi blásnar húnskriptr til frama ‘the company of the sovereign arranged the storm-swept sails successfully’ (Kock provides no exact translation here). That interpretation is unlikely in view of the relatively common combinations of greiða ‘make easy’ with ferð ‘journey’ or vegr ‘road, way’ (see Fritzner: greiða 2-3).
til ‘’
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til (prep.): to
frama ‘a success’
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frami (noun m.): success
greiddu ‘made’
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greiða (verb): alleviate
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On the Tuesday after Easter 1240, Hákon sailed south in a fair wind along the south-western coast of Norway to Kvitsøy (south of Karmøy) on his way to force an encounter with Skúli in Oslo.
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