Sturl Hákkv 4II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 4’ 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. 702.
Bar ‘blossomed’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
[1] Bar tállaust: ‘Barta laust’ 81a
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[1, 2] bar tvennan blóma ‘blossomed twice’: Lit. ‘bore two blossoms’.
tállaust ‘without deceit’
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tállauss (adj.): [without deceit]
[1] Bar tállaust: ‘Barta laust’ 81a
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[1] tállaust ‘without deceit’: Lit. ‘deceitlessly’. See also Anon Nkt 34/1.
tvennan ‘twice’
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tvennr (adj.): two
[2] tvennan: so 42ˣ, 81a, 325VIII 5 a, Flat, tvinnan E, F
tvennan ‘twice’
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tvennr (adj.): two
[2] tvennan: so 42ˣ, 81a, 325VIII 5 a, Flat, tvinnan E, F
blóma ‘’
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blómi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): flower
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[1, 2] bar tvennan blóma ‘blossomed twice’: Lit. ‘bore two blossoms’.
aldinviðr ‘The fruit tree’
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aldinviðr (noun m.; °dat. -/-i): [fruit tree]
einu ‘in one’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
sumri ‘summer’
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sumar (noun n.; °-s; sumur/sumar): summer
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
útifuglar ‘wild birds’
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útifugl (noun m.): [wild birds]
önd ‘beginning’
vert ‘’
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3. verðr (adj.): worth, worthy < ǫndverðr (adj.): early, beginning
[7] ‑vert: ‑urt 325VIII 5 a
urpu ‘laid eggs’
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1. verpa (verb): to throw, cast (up)
tysvar ‘twice’
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tvisvar (adv.): [Two, twice]
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
allvaldr ‘mighty ruler’
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allvaldr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): mighty ruler
[9] allvaldr: ‘alldaralldr’ 325VIII 5 a
við ‘’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
jöfurs ‘the royal’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
[10] jöfurs‑: so F, 325VIII 5 a, konungs‑ E, 42ˣ, 81a, Flat
nafni ‘title’
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nafn (noun n.; °-s; *-): name
tírargjarn ‘the fame-eager’
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tírargjarn (adj.): fame-eager
tekit ‘received’
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2. taka (verb): take
hafði ‘had’
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hafa (verb): have
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
hans ‘his’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[13] hans: her‑ 42ˣ
hæstrar ‘at the most opportune’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
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[14] hæstrar tíðar (f. gen. sg.) ‘at the most opportune time’: Lit. ‘at the highest time’ (gen. of time). Hæstrar tírar (so all mss) makes no sense syntactically, because hæstrar lit. ‘the highest’ is f. gen. sg. and tírar ‘of honour’ is m. gen. sg. The emendation is in keeping with earlier eds.
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[14] hæstrar tíðar (f. gen. sg.) ‘at the most opportune time’: Lit. ‘at the highest time’ (gen. of time). Hæstrar tírar (so all mss) makes no sense syntactically, because hæstrar lit. ‘the highest’ is f. gen. sg. and tírar ‘of honour’ is m. gen. sg. The emendation is in keeping with earlier eds.
vegilát ‘ splendid’
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vegilátr (adj.): [ splendid]
[15] vegilát: so 325VIII 5 a, veg valit E, F, 42ˣ, vegi valit 81a, Flat
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[15] vegilát ‘splendid’: So 325VIII 5 a. The readings of the other mss, veg (m. acc. sg.) ‘honour’ valit (n. nom. or acc. sg.) ‘chosen, select’ (so E, F, 42ˣ) or vegi (m. dat. sg.) ‘with honour’ (so 81a, Flat), are both ungrammatical and unmetrical. Kock (Skald; NN §2826), who (incorrectly) argues that vegilát is unmetrical, construes an unattested adj. vægilöt (f. nom. sg.) lit. ‘slow to desist’.
vaxa ‘increase’
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vaxa (verb): grow, increase
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The st. documents the prosperity and good harvests in Norway after Hákon had been elected king in 1217.
For Hákon’s prosperity, see also Ólhv Hryn 1.
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