Sturl Hákkv 7II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 7’ 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. 704-5.
Vara ‘was not’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
landráð ‘The treason’
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landráð (noun n.): treason; government
lítlu ‘in small measure’
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lítill (adj.; °lítinn): little
goldit ‘repaid’
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1. gjalda (verb): pay, repay
við ‘against’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
allvald ‘the mighty ruler’
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allvaldr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): mighty ruler
austan ‘east’
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austan (adv.): from the east
notes
[4] austan markar ‘east of the forest’: Taken here to mean east of Eidskog, Norway. The gen. pl. form marka (so 42ˣ) could refer to the p. n. Marker (Markir, f. pl.), that is, Aremark, Øymark and Rødenes parishes in Norway and Nordmark in Sweden. Marker also served as a refuge for the Ribbungar.
notes
[4] austan markar ‘east of the forest’: Taken here to mean east of Eidskog, Norway. The gen. pl. form marka (so 42ˣ) could refer to the p. n. Marker (Markir, f. pl.), that is, Aremark, Øymark and Rødenes parishes in Norway and Nordmark in Sweden. Marker also served as a refuge for the Ribbungar.
þá ‘when’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
lofðungr ‘the lord’
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lofðungr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, leader
leystan ‘the released’
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leysa (verb): release, loosen, redeem
kennings
leystan gram elris‘the released dog of the alder ’
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the released dog of the alder → FIRE
hafði ‘had’
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hafa (verb): have
elris ‘of the alder’
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elri (noun n.): alder-tree
kennings
leystan gram elris‘the released dog of the alder ’
= FIRE
the released dog of the alder → FIRE
notes
[7] gram elris ‘dog of the alder [FIRE]’: See also Sturl Hryn 11/2. Garm ‘dog’ (so F, 42ˣ, Flat) is also possible. Gramr is the methatesised form of garmr (see ANG §315 Anm. 3). Garmr was the dog whose barking foreshadowed the doom of the gods in ON mythology (see Vsp sts 44, 49, 58, NK 10-11, 14).
kennings
leystan gram elris‘the released dog of the alder ’
= FIRE
the released dog of the alder → FIRE
notes
[7] gram elris ‘dog of the alder [FIRE]’: See also Sturl Hryn 11/2. Garm ‘dog’ (so F, 42ˣ, Flat) is also possible. Gramr is the methatesised form of garmr (see ANG §315 Anm. 3). Garmr was the dog whose barking foreshadowed the doom of the gods in ON mythology (see Vsp sts 44, 49, 58, NK 10-11, 14).
eski ‘with ash-wood’
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eski (noun n.; °-s; -): ash-wood, spear
[8] eski: eigi 42ˣ, ekki Flat
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In the early spring of 1225, Hákon embarked on a campaign to Sweden to punish the people of Värmland, who had given shelter to the Ribbungar and sent bands of robbers across the border to plunder in Norway. On the Saturday before Lent he burned farmsteads in Eda parish, south-east of Charlottenlund in Värmland.
See also Sturl Hákfl 4 and Ólhv Hák 1.
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