Sturl Hákkv 6II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 6’ 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. 703-4.
notes
[1, 4] til Ósló bæjar ‘to the town of Oslo’: The capital city of present-day Norway. See Note to Gísl Magnkv 2/1.
lítlu ‘A little’
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lítill (adj.; °lítinn): little
síðar ‘later’
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síðarr (adv.): later
öðlings ‘the lord’s’
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ǫðlingr (noun m.; °; -ar): prince, ruler
[3] öðlings: lofðungs corrected to ‘odl[…]gs’ 8
menn ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
Ósló ‘Oslo’
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Ósló (noun f.): [Oslo]
notes
[1, 4] til Ósló bæjar ‘to the town of Oslo’: The capital city of present-day Norway. See Note to Gísl Magnkv 2/1.
notes
[1, 4] til Ósló bæjar ‘to the town of Oslo’: The capital city of present-day Norway. See Note to Gísl Magnkv 2/1.
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
þar ‘there’
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þar (adv.): there
fyr ‘before’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
stál ‘the sword’
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1. stál (noun n.; °-s; -): steel, weapon, prow < stálhvǫtuðr (noun m.)
[6] stálhvötuð: ‘hautud hilldar’ Flat; stál‑: om. 81a, 8
kennings
stálhvötuð.‘the sword-inciter.’
= WARRIOR = Hákon
the sword-inciter. → WARRIOR = Hákon
hvötuð ‘inciter’
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hvǫtuðr (noun m.): inciter < stálhvǫtuðr (noun m.)
[6] stálhvötuð: ‘hautud hilldar’ Flat; ‑hvötuð: ‘‑hotuð’ 42ˣ
kennings
stálhvötuð.‘the sword-inciter.’
= WARRIOR = Hákon
the sword-inciter. → WARRIOR = Hákon
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
glapstíg ‘a pernicious path’
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glapstígr (noun m.): pernicious path
Grýtlinga ‘of the Grýtlingar’
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grýtlingr (noun m.): [Grýtlingar]
kennings
lið Grýtlinga‘the force of the Grýtlingar ’
= the Ribbungar
the force of the Grýtlingar → the Ribbungar
notes
[8] lið Grýtlinga ‘the force of the Grýtlingar [= the Ribbungar]’: Grýtlingar (lit. ‘Gravelings’) is a hap. leg. derived from grjót ‘stone, gravel, rock’. It is used here to designate the Ribbungar, most likely in the sense of ‘people who stay among cliffs and rocks or live in caves’ (i.e. ‘outlaws’). See also Note to Sturl Hákfl 5/8. The Ribbungar (lit. ‘robbers, rabble’), a political faction that arose in Norway around 1220, were the adherents of the royal pretender Sigurðr ribbungr. Sigurðr was the son of Erlingr steinveggr ‘Stonewall’ (d. 1207), who claimed to be the son of King Magnús Erlingsson. For Erlingr and his life, see Bǫgl 1988, II. See also Note to st. 1/8 above.
kennings
lið Grýtlinga‘the force of the Grýtlingar ’
= the Ribbungar
the force of the Grýtlingar → the Ribbungar
notes
[8] lið Grýtlinga ‘the force of the Grýtlingar [= the Ribbungar]’: Grýtlingar (lit. ‘Gravelings’) is a hap. leg. derived from grjót ‘stone, gravel, rock’. It is used here to designate the Ribbungar, most likely in the sense of ‘people who stay among cliffs and rocks or live in caves’ (i.e. ‘outlaws’). See also Note to Sturl Hákfl 5/8. The Ribbungar (lit. ‘robbers, rabble’), a political faction that arose in Norway around 1220, were the adherents of the royal pretender Sigurðr ribbungr. Sigurðr was the son of Erlingr steinveggr ‘Stonewall’ (d. 1207), who claimed to be the son of King Magnús Erlingsson. For Erlingr and his life, see Bǫgl 1988, II. See also Note to st. 1/8 above.
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In the summer of 1221, Hákon and Skúli Bárðarson lay with their ships near Hovedøya in Oslofjorden when they heard that the Ribbungar were attacking Oslo. They sailed with their fleet to Oslo and put the Ribbungar to flight.
For this event, see also Sturl Hákfl 2.
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