Sturl Hákkv 37II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 37’ 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. 725-6.
Svá ‘so’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
öll ‘The entire’
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allr (adj.): all
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
líta ‘see’
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líta (verb): look, see; appear
glæsilig ‘glorious’
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glæsiligr (adj.): magnificent, glorious
sem ‘as if’
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sem (conj.): as, which
á ‘looking at’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
gull ‘gold’
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gull (noun n.): gold
sæi ‘were’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
frægðar ‘the famous’
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frægð (noun f.): fame < frægðarfolk (noun n.)
notes
[5] frægðarfólk ‘the famous people’: Taken here as the subject of sæi (3rd pers. pl. pret. subj.) ‘were looking, looked’ (l. 4) referring to high-ranking Gautar observing Hákon’s fleet (E 1916, 632): mikils þotti Gꜹtum um vert er þeir sá sua maurg skip ok stór ok uel buin ‘it seemed a great marvel to the Gautar when they saw so many large and well-equipped ships’. Skj B and Skald assume sæi to have an unexpressed subject, ‘as if [one] looked’ and regard frægðarfólk as the subject of þeysti ‘hastened’ (l. 6) and both eds accordingly emend lofsæll konungr (m. nom. sg.) ‘praise-blessed king’ (l. 7) (so all mss) to lofsæls konungs (m. gen. sg.) as a qualifier to frægðarfólk (‘the famous people of the praise-blessed king’).
fólk ‘people’
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folk (noun n.): people < frægðarfolk (noun n.)
[5] ‑fólk: om. 81a, fólki Flat
notes
[5] frægðarfólk ‘the famous people’: Taken here as the subject of sæi (3rd pers. pl. pret. subj.) ‘were looking, looked’ (l. 4) referring to high-ranking Gautar observing Hákon’s fleet (E 1916, 632): mikils þotti Gꜹtum um vert er þeir sá sua maurg skip ok stór ok uel buin ‘it seemed a great marvel to the Gautar when they saw so many large and well-equipped ships’. Skj B and Skald assume sæi to have an unexpressed subject, ‘as if [one] looked’ and regard frægðarfólk as the subject of þeysti ‘hastened’ (l. 6) and both eds accordingly emend lofsæll konungr (m. nom. sg.) ‘praise-blessed king’ (l. 7) (so all mss) to lofsæls konungs (m. gen. sg.) as a qualifier to frægðarfólk (‘the famous people of the praise-blessed king’).
er ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
flota ‘his fleet’
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floti (noun m.): fleet
lofsæll ‘the praise-blessed’
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lofsæll (adj.): praise-blessed, glorious
konungr ‘king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
Ljóðhúsa ‘Lödöse’
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1. Ljóðhús (noun n.): [Lewis, Lödöse]
notes
[8] til Ljóðhúsa ‘to Lödöse’: On the Götaälv, north of Kungälv. In the C13th, Lödöse was the meeting place of the monarchs of Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
notes
[8] til Ljóðhúsa ‘to Lödöse’: On the Götaälv, north of Kungälv. In the C13th, Lödöse was the meeting place of the monarchs of Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
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When Hákon arrived in the Götaälv, both King Eiríkr and Jarl Birgir had left because of rumours about Hákon’s large fleet. Hákon’s messengers rode after the jarl and caught up with him in Götaland. Birgir agreed to return to the Götaälv, and he was to wait for Hákon in Lödöse.
[6]: The l. echoes Eyv Hál 11/6I.
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