Sturl Hákkv 13II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 13’ 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. 709-10.
Skriðu ‘glided’
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skríða (verb): creep, glide
haf ‘The ocean’s’
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haf (noun n.; °-s; *-): sea < hafraukn (noun n.)
kennings
Hafraukn‘The ocean’s draught-animals ’
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The ocean’s draught-animals → SHIPS
raukn ‘draught-animals’
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2. raukn (noun n.): draught animal < hafraukn (noun n.)
[1] ‑raukn: so F, 8, ‘‑frækn’ E, ‘‑rækn’ 42ˣ, ‘‑rokn’ 81a, ‘fræk’ Flat
kennings
Hafraukn‘The ocean’s draught-animals ’
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The ocean’s draught-animals → SHIPS
und ‘beneath’
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3. und (prep.): under, underneath
höfuðs ‘the leader’
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hǫfuð (noun n.; °-s; -): head < hǫfuðsmaðr (noun m.): leader
[2] höfuðs‑: höfuð 81a, Flat, ‘ho᷎fundz’ 8
notes
[2] höfuðsmanni ‘the leader’: Cf. Gísl Magnkv 14/4.
manni ‘’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person < hǫfuðsmaðr (noun m.): leader
notes
[2] höfuðsmanni ‘the leader’: Cf. Gísl Magnkv 14/4.
inn ‘’
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2. inn (art.): the
í ‘into’
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í (prep.): in, into
Óslófjarðar ‘of Oslofjorden’
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Óslóarfjǫrðr (noun m.): [Oslofjorden]
er ‘where’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
veg ‘great’
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2. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -): honour < vegstórr (adj.)
[5] veg‑: víg‑ Flat
stór ‘in honour’
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stórr (adj.): large, great < vegstórr (adj.)
[5] ‑stór: so F, 81a, ‑stórr E, 42ˣ, 8, Flat
fyr ‘against’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
notes
[6, 8] hafði of skipaz fyr vígliði ‘had arrayed themselves against the battle-host’: So NN §1353. Skj B retains the reading of E, F, 42ˣ (of skipat (l. 8)) and gives the following translation: havde opstillet deres mandskab, rede til kamp ‘had arrayed their troops, ready for fight’. As Kock points out, the syntax of that ON cl. is not clear (the verb skipa ‘array’ requires an object, and öld Skúla ‘Skúli’s men’ (l. 7) is the subject). The E, F, 42ˣ version of this helmingr must be an attempt at syntactic simplification, treating vegstórr (m. nom. sg.) ‘the one great in honour’ (l. 5) as the subject of the cl.: þá er vegstórr hafði of skipat öld Skúla fyr vígliði ‘when the one great in honour (i.e. Skúli) had arrayed Skúli’s men against the battle-host’.
vígliði ‘the battle-host’
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víglið (noun n.): [battle-host]
notes
[6, 8] hafði of skipaz fyr vígliði ‘had arrayed themselves against the battle-host’: So NN §1353. Skj B retains the reading of E, F, 42ˣ (of skipat (l. 8)) and gives the following translation: havde opstillet deres mandskab, rede til kamp ‘had arrayed their troops, ready for fight’. As Kock points out, the syntax of that ON cl. is not clear (the verb skipa ‘array’ requires an object, and öld Skúla ‘Skúli’s men’ (l. 7) is the subject). The E, F, 42ˣ version of this helmingr must be an attempt at syntactic simplification, treating vegstórr (m. nom. sg.) ‘the one great in honour’ (l. 5) as the subject of the cl.: þá er vegstórr hafði of skipat öld Skúla fyr vígliði ‘when the one great in honour (i.e. Skúli) had arrayed Skúli’s men against the battle-host’.
Skúla ‘Skúli’s’
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Skúli (noun m.; °-a): Skúli
öld ‘men’
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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age
notes
[6, 8] hafði of skipaz fyr vígliði ‘had arrayed themselves against the battle-host’: So NN §1353. Skj B retains the reading of E, F, 42ˣ (of skipat (l. 8)) and gives the following translation: havde opstillet deres mandskab, rede til kamp ‘had arrayed their troops, ready for fight’. As Kock points out, the syntax of that ON cl. is not clear (the verb skipa ‘array’ requires an object, and öld Skúla ‘Skúli’s men’ (l. 7) is the subject). The E, F, 42ˣ version of this helmingr must be an attempt at syntactic simplification, treating vegstórr (m. nom. sg.) ‘the one great in honour’ (l. 5) as the subject of the cl.: þá er vegstórr hafði of skipat öld Skúla fyr vígliði ‘when the one great in honour (i.e. Skúli) had arrayed Skúli’s men against the battle-host’.
skipaz ‘arrayed themselves’
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1. skipa (verb): change, place
[8] skipaz: so 81a, 8, Flat, skipat E, F, 42ˣ
notes
[6, 8] hafði of skipaz fyr vígliði ‘had arrayed themselves against the battle-host’: So NN §1353. Skj B retains the reading of E, F, 42ˣ (of skipat (l. 8)) and gives the following translation: havde opstillet deres mandskab, rede til kamp ‘had arrayed their troops, ready for fight’. As Kock points out, the syntax of that ON cl. is not clear (the verb skipa ‘array’ requires an object, and öld Skúla ‘Skúli’s men’ (l. 7) is the subject). The E, F, 42ˣ version of this helmingr must be an attempt at syntactic simplification, treating vegstórr (m. nom. sg.) ‘the one great in honour’ (l. 5) as the subject of the cl.: þá er vegstórr hafði of skipat öld Skúla fyr vígliði ‘when the one great in honour (i.e. Skúli) had arrayed Skúli’s men against the battle-host’.
hafði ‘had’
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hafa (verb): have
notes
[6, 8] hafði of skipaz fyr vígliði ‘had arrayed themselves against the battle-host’: So NN §1353. Skj B retains the reading of E, F, 42ˣ (of skipat (l. 8)) and gives the following translation: havde opstillet deres mandskab, rede til kamp ‘had arrayed their troops, ready for fight’. As Kock points out, the syntax of that ON cl. is not clear (the verb skipa ‘array’ requires an object, and öld Skúla ‘Skúli’s men’ (l. 7) is the subject). The E, F, 42ˣ version of this helmingr must be an attempt at syntactic simplification, treating vegstórr (m. nom. sg.) ‘the one great in honour’ (l. 5) as the subject of the cl.: þá er vegstórr hafði of skipat öld Skúla fyr vígliði ‘when the one great in honour (i.e. Skúli) had arrayed Skúli’s men against the battle-host’.
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On the occasion described in sts 11-12 above, Hákon sailed past Vrengen (by Tønsberg) and joined the rest of his fleet, under the leadership of Jarl Knútr Hákonarson, at Bevøysund (near Moss). The entire force then sailed towards Oslo.
For this event, see also Ólhv Hryn 9.
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