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Sturl Hákkv 30II

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 30’ 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. 721-2.

Sturla ÞórðarsonHákonarkviða
293031

Ok ‘And’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

[1] Ok: Í 42ˣ

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þar ‘there’

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þar (adv.): there

[1] þar: þat 42ˣ, Flat

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sat ‘sat’

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sitja (verb): sit

[1] sat: satt Flat

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seggja ‘of men’

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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man

[2] seggja dróttinn: ‘at segia drottnínn’ Flat

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dróttinn seggja,
‘the lord of men, ’
   = KING = Hákon

the lord of men, → KING = Hákon
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dróttinn ‘the lord’

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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master

[2] seggja dróttinn: ‘at segia drottnínn’ Flat

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dróttinn seggja,
‘the lord of men, ’
   = KING = Hákon

the lord of men, → KING = Hákon
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gulli ‘towards gold’

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gull (noun n.): gold

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grimmr ‘fierce’

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grimmr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): fierce

[3] grimmr: grimnir 8

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á ‘on’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

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gjafstóli ‘the gift-chair’

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gjafstóll (noun m.): [gift-chair]

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[4] gjafstóli ‘the gift-chair’: The cpd is not treated as a kenning in Meissner, and LP: gjafstóll compares sitja á gjafstóli ‘sit on the gift-chair’ (be generous) to sitja á friðstóli ‘sit on the peace-chair’ (be peaceful). See also OE gifstōl ‘gift-seat, throne’ (Beowulf l. 168a).

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Þá ‘received’

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þiggja (verb): receive, get

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hverr ‘Each’

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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every

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maðr ‘man’

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maðr (noun m.): man, person

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af ‘from’

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af (prep.): from

[6] af: at F, 81a, 8

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[6] af ‘from’: At ‘from’ (so F, 81a, 8) is an equally good reading.

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hring ‘the ring’

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1. hringr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): ring; sword < hringskati (noun m.)

[6] hring‑: hrings Flat

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er ‘which’

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

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yrþjóð ‘mankind’

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yrþjóð (noun f.): mankind

[7] yrþjóð: so F, 81a, ‘urðioð’ E, ‘ur þioð’ 42ˣ, ‘yþioð’ 8, öll þjóð Flat

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[7] yrþjóð ‘mankind’: Not attested in prose (see LP: yrþjóð). The etymology of the first element of the cpd is obscure (see AEW: yrþjóð). The l. echoes Egill Arkv 17/3V.

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æskja ‘wish for’

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œskja (verb): [wish for]

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kunni ‘could’

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kunna (verb): know, can, be able

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Cardinal William left Norway, but before he departed, Hákon lavished gifts upon him and his men, as well as on the archbishop, the bishops and other men of importance.

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