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Sturl Hákkv 3II

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 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, p. 701.

Sturla ÞórðarsonHákonarkviða
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Hafði ‘placed’

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hafa (verb): have

[1] Hafði: Enn hafði 42ˣ

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Kristr ‘Christ’

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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ

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of ‘over’

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3. of (prep.): around, from; too

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konungs ‘the royal’

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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king < konungsefni (noun n.): material for kingship

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[2] konungsefni ‘the royal heir’: Lit. ‘material for kingship’.

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efni ‘heir’

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efni (noun n.; °-s; -): material < konungsefni (noun n.): material for kingship

[2] ‑efni: menni 42ˣ

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[2] konungsefni ‘the royal heir’: Lit. ‘material for kingship’.

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huliðshjálm ‘a helmet of concealment’

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huliðshjalmr (noun m.): helmet of concealment

[3] huliðshjálm: hulins hjálmi 81a

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[3] huliðshjálm ‘helmet of concealment’: Usually refers to making sby invisible by sorcery (see Fritzner: huliðshjalmr; Fóstbrœðra saga, ÍF 6, 167; ÓTHkr, ÍF 26, 312).

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heilli ‘fortune’

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2. heill (noun n.; °; -): fortune

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[4] góðu heilli ‘by good fortune’: Cf. sts 25/4 and 34/6. See also ÞjóðA Magnfl 19/1.

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góðu ‘by good’

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góðr (adj.): good

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[4] góðu heilli ‘by good fortune’: Cf. sts 25/4 and 34/6. See also ÞjóðA Magnfl 19/1.

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er ‘’

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2. er (conj.): who, which, when

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allvalds ‘of the mighty ruler’

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allvaldr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): mighty ruler

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[5] allvalds ‘of the mighty ruler’: Hákon’s father, Hákon Sverrisson, ruled Norway from the death of Sverrir (9 March 1202) until his own death on 1 January 1204. Hence his reign only lasted for approximately one-and-a half years, and Sturla’s reference to him as a ‘mighty ruler’ seems somewhat exaggerated.

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ór ‘from’

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3. ór (prep.): out of

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ófriði ‘unrest’

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ófriðr (noun m.): unrest

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frægðarson ‘the famous son’

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frægðarsonr (noun m.): [famous son]

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[7] frægðarson (m. nom. sg.) ‘the famous son’: So all mss. For the loss of the nom. sg. r-ending in this cpd, see ANG §395.1.

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fagnandi ‘rejoicing’

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fagna (verb; °-að-): welcome, rejoice

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kom ‘emerged’

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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come

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As st. 2 above.

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