Sturl Hákkv 34II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 34’ 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. 723-4.
Mjök ‘widely’
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mjǫk (adv.): very, much
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[1] er þat: var F; er: þat er F, at Flat
þat ‘It’
[1] er þat: var F
frægt ‘known’
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frægr (adj.; °-jan/-an; compar. -ri, superl. -jastr/-astr/-str): famous, renowned
er ‘that’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
fara ‘to travel’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
vildi ‘wished’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
sigri ‘by victory’
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sigr (noun m.; °sigrs/sigrar, dat. sigri; sigrar): victory
sæmðr ‘honoured’
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sœma (verb): honour
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
notes
[4] til fundar Svía ‘to the meeting with the Swedes’: Hákon wished to achieve a treaty with the Swed. magnates, and he hoped to marry his son, Hákon ungi ‘the Young’, to Birgir Magnússon’s daughter Ríkiza (see also st. 38 below and Sturl Hryn 2).
Svía ‘with the Swedes’
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Svíar (noun m.): Swedes
notes
[4] til fundar Svía ‘to the meeting with the Swedes’: Hákon wished to achieve a treaty with the Swed. magnates, and he hoped to marry his son, Hákon ungi ‘the Young’, to Birgir Magnússon’s daughter Ríkiza (see also st. 38 below and Sturl Hryn 2).
fundar ‘the meeting’
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fundr (noun m.): discovery, meeting
notes
[4] til fundar Svía ‘to the meeting with the Swedes’: Hákon wished to achieve a treaty with the Swed. magnates, and he hoped to marry his son, Hákon ungi ‘the Young’, to Birgir Magnússon’s daughter Ríkiza (see also st. 38 below and Sturl Hryn 2).
grundar ‘of the land’
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grund (noun f.): earth, land
kennings
vörðr grundar,‘the guardian of the land, ’
= KING
the guardian of the land, → KING
vörðr ‘the guardian’
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vǫrðr (noun m.; °varðar, dat. verði/vǫrð; verðir, acc. vǫrðu): guardian, defender
kennings
vörðr grundar,‘the guardian of the land, ’
= KING
the guardian of the land, → KING
góðu ‘by good’
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góðr (adj.): good
notes
[6] góðu heilli ‘by good fortune’: Cf. sts 3/4 and 25/4 above.
heilli ‘fortune’
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2. heill (noun n.; °; -): fortune
[6] heilli: so 42ˣ, 81a, 8, Flat, ‘hęlli’ E, helli F
notes
[6] góðu heilli ‘by good fortune’: Cf. sts 3/4 and 25/4 above.
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
Rand ‘of Randverr’
kennings
remmiskíðum Randvers.‘the strong skis of Randverr.’
= SHIPS
the strong skis of Randverr. → SHIPS
vers ‘’
[7] ‑vers: ‑veðrs 42ˣ
kennings
remmiskíðum Randvers.‘the strong skis of Randverr.’
= SHIPS
the strong skis of Randverr. → SHIPS
remmi ‘the strong’
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2. remma (verb): strengthen < remmiskíð (noun n.)
[8] remmi‑: renni 42ˣ
kennings
remmiskíðum Randvers.‘the strong skis of Randverr.’
= SHIPS
the strong skis of Randverr. → SHIPS
skíðum ‘ skis’
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skíð (noun n.; °; -): ski < remmiskíð (noun n.)
[8] ‑skíðum: skeiðum 81a
kennings
remmiskíðum Randvers.‘the strong skis of Randverr.’
= SHIPS
the strong skis of Randverr. → SHIPS
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In the spring of 1249, Hákon set sail for the Götaälv in Sweden with a splendid fleet to meet with the Swed. king Eiríkr Eiríksson and his jarl, Birgir Magnússon.
[7] Randvers ‘of Randverr <sea-king>’: The form of the last element of this cpd m. pers. n. is difficult (for different spellings, see LP: Randvér). Etymologically, we should have expected -vér with the gen. form -vés (see AEW: vér 2), but all mss (except 42ˣ) have ‘-vers’, which can only be construed as a nom. -verr or -vérr.
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