Sturl Hákfl 10II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarflokkr 10’ 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. 754.
Öll ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
vann ‘recaptured’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
Egða ‘of the Egðir’
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Egðir (noun m.): the Egðir
kennings
Stillir Egða‘The ruler of the Egðir ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon
The ruler of the Egðir → NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon
stillir ‘The ruler’
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stillir (noun m.): ruler
kennings
Stillir Egða‘The ruler of the Egðir ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon
The ruler of the Egðir → NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon
aptr ‘’
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aptr (adv.; °compar. -ar): back
geir ‘of the spear’
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geirr (noun m.): spear < geirbrú (noun f.): [spear-bridge]
kennings
megingrönduðs krapta geirbrúar‘of the mighty harmer of the bollard of the spear-bridge ’
= WARRIOR = Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson
the spear-bridge → SHIELD
the bollard of the SHIELD → SWORD
the mighty harmer of the SWORD → WARRIOR = Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson
geir ‘of the spear’
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geirr (noun m.): spear < geirbrú (noun f.): [spear-bridge]
kennings
megingrönduðs krapta geirbrúar‘of the mighty harmer of the bollard of the spear-bridge ’
= WARRIOR = Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson
the spear-bridge → SHIELD
the bollard of the SHIELD → SWORD
the mighty harmer of the SWORD → WARRIOR = Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson
geir ‘of the spear’
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geirr (noun m.): spear < geirbrú (noun f.): [spear-bridge]
kennings
megingrönduðs krapta geirbrúar‘of the mighty harmer of the bollard of the spear-bridge ’
= WARRIOR = Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson
the spear-bridge → SHIELD
the bollard of the SHIELD → SWORD
the mighty harmer of the SWORD → WARRIOR = Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson
brúar ‘bridge’
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brú (noun f.; °-ar; brúar/brýr/brúr(Hák81 557)): bridge, causeway < geirbrú (noun f.): [spear-bridge]
kennings
megingrönduðs krapta geirbrúar‘of the mighty harmer of the bollard of the spear-bridge ’
= WARRIOR = Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson
the spear-bridge → SHIELD
the bollard of the SHIELD → SWORD
the mighty harmer of the SWORD → WARRIOR = Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson
brúar ‘bridge’
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brú (noun f.; °-ar; brúar/brýr/brúr(Hák81 557)): bridge, causeway < geirbrú (noun f.): [spear-bridge]
kennings
megingrönduðs krapta geirbrúar‘of the mighty harmer of the bollard of the spear-bridge ’
= WARRIOR = Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson
the spear-bridge → SHIELD
the bollard of the SHIELD → SWORD
the mighty harmer of the SWORD → WARRIOR = Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson
brúar ‘bridge’
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brú (noun f.; °-ar; brúar/brýr/brúr(Hák81 557)): bridge, causeway < geirbrú (noun f.): [spear-bridge]
kennings
megingrönduðs krapta geirbrúar‘of the mighty harmer of the bollard of the spear-bridge ’
= WARRIOR = Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson
the spear-bridge → SHIELD
the bollard of the SHIELD → SWORD
the mighty harmer of the SWORD → WARRIOR = Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson
krapta ‘of the bollard’
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krafti (noun m.; °-a): [bollard, planked]
[2] krapta: hapta Flat
kennings
megingrönduðs krapta geirbrúar‘of the mighty harmer of the bollard of the spear-bridge ’
= WARRIOR = Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson
the spear-bridge → SHIELD
the bollard of the SHIELD → SWORD
the mighty harmer of the SWORD → WARRIOR = Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson
notes
[2] krapta ‘of the bollard’: A short post (with two arms) in the prow of a ship on which to fasten a mooring rope (see Falk 1914, 24).
krapta ‘of the bollard’
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krafti (noun m.; °-a): [bollard, planked]
[2] krapta: hapta Flat
kennings
megingrönduðs krapta geirbrúar‘of the mighty harmer of the bollard of the spear-bridge ’
= WARRIOR = Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson
the spear-bridge → SHIELD
the bollard of the SHIELD → SWORD
the mighty harmer of the SWORD → WARRIOR = Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson
notes
[2] krapta ‘of the bollard’: A short post (with two arms) in the prow of a ship on which to fasten a mooring rope (see Falk 1914, 24).
skjótt ‘quickly’
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2. skjótr (adj.): quick(ly)
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
skozkum ‘the Scottish’
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1. skozkr (adj.): Scottish
dróttum ‘people’
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1. drótt (noun f.): troop
skattlönd ‘the tributary lands’
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skattland (noun n.): [tributary lands]
megin ‘of the mighty’
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1. megin (noun n.; °-s, dat. magni/megni/megin(HirðB 398¹⁹); -): might, strength; very < megingrǫnduðr (noun m.)
kennings
megingrönduðs krapta geirbrúar‘of the mighty harmer of the bollard of the spear-bridge ’
= WARRIOR = Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson
the spear-bridge → SHIELD
the bollard of the SHIELD → SWORD
the mighty harmer of the SWORD → WARRIOR = Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson
grönduðs ‘harmer’
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grandaðr (noun m.): [injurer, harmer] < megingrǫnduðr (noun m.)
[4] ‑grönduðs: ‘grondut’ Flat
kennings
megingrönduðs krapta geirbrúar‘of the mighty harmer of the bollard of the spear-bridge ’
= WARRIOR = Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson
the spear-bridge → SHIELD
the bollard of the SHIELD → SWORD
the mighty harmer of the SWORD → WARRIOR = Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson
Reisti ‘raised’
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rísta (verb): carve, raise
notes
[5, 8] reisti rönd við yngva ‘raised a shield against the king’: See Mark Eirdr 30/3-4. Reisa rǫnd við e-m ‘raise a shield against sby’ is an idiom meaning ‘resist’ (see Fritzner: rönd 3).
kennings
Øngr Göndlar veðrboði‘Gǫndul’s storm-messenger’
= WARRIOR
Gǫndul’s storm → BATTLE
No messenger of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
við ‘against’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
notes
[5, 8] reisti rönd við yngva ‘raised a shield against the king’: See Mark Eirdr 30/3-4. Reisa rǫnd við e-m ‘raise a shield against sby’ is an idiom meaning ‘resist’ (see Fritzner: rönd 3).
yngva ‘the king’
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Yngvi (noun m.): Yngvi, prince
notes
[5, 8] reisti rönd við yngva ‘raised a shield against the king’: See Mark Eirdr 30/3-4. Reisa rǫnd við e-m ‘raise a shield against sby’ is an idiom meaning ‘resist’ (see Fritzner: rönd 3).
ólest ‘undiminished’
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ólestr (adj./verb p.p.): undamaged
fyr ‘’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
haf ‘of the ocean’
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haf (noun n.; °-s; *-): sea
vestan ‘west’
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vestan (prep.): from the west
róg ‘of the strife’
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róg (noun n.; °-s): strife, slander < rógsœkir (noun m.): [strife-conqueror]
kennings
rógsækis‘of the strife-conqueror ’
= WARRIOR = Hákon
the strife-conqueror → WARRIOR = Hákon
sækis ‘conqueror’
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sœkir (noun m.): attacker < rógsœkir (noun m.): [strife-conqueror]
kennings
rógsækis‘of the strife-conqueror ’
= WARRIOR = Hákon
the strife-conqueror → WARRIOR = Hákon
varð ‘was’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
ríki ‘the realm’
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ríki (noun n.; °-s; -): kingdom, power
rönd ‘a shield’
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rǫnd (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; rendr/randir): shield, shield-rim
[8] rönd veðrboði Göndlar: so 8, Flat, randveðrs boði grundar F
notes
[5, 8] reisti rönd við yngva ‘raised a shield against the king’: See Mark Eirdr 30/3-4. Reisa rǫnd við e-m ‘raise a shield against sby’ is an idiom meaning ‘resist’ (see Fritzner: rönd 3).
veðr ‘storm’
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2. veðr (noun n.; °-s; -): weather, wind, storm < veðrboði (noun m.)
[8] rönd veðrboði Göndlar: so 8, Flat, randveðrs boði grundar F
kennings
Øngr Göndlar veðrboði‘Gǫndul’s storm-messenger’
= WARRIOR
Gǫndul’s storm → BATTLE
No messenger of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
veðr ‘storm’
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2. veðr (noun n.; °-s; -): weather, wind, storm < veðrboði (noun m.)
[8] rönd veðrboði Göndlar: so 8, Flat, randveðrs boði grundar F
kennings
Øngr Göndlar veðrboði‘Gǫndul’s storm-messenger’
= WARRIOR
Gǫndul’s storm → BATTLE
No messenger of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
boði ‘messenger’
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boði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): messenger, breaker < veðrboði (noun m.)
[8] rönd veðrboði Göndlar: so 8, Flat, randveðrs boði grundar F
kennings
Øngr Göndlar veðrboði‘Gǫndul’s storm-messenger’
= WARRIOR
Gǫndul’s storm → BATTLE
No messenger of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
Göndlar ‘of Gǫndul’s’
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2. Gǫndul (noun f.): Gǫndul
[8] rönd veðrboði Göndlar: so 8, Flat, randveðrs boði grundar F
kennings
Øngr Göndlar veðrboði‘Gǫndul’s storm-messenger’
= WARRIOR
Gǫndul’s storm → BATTLE
No messenger of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
Göndlar ‘of Gǫndul’s’
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2. Gǫndul (noun f.): Gǫndul
[8] rönd veðrboði Göndlar: so 8, Flat, randveðrs boði grundar F
kennings
Øngr Göndlar veðrboði‘Gǫndul’s storm-messenger’
= WARRIOR
Gǫndul’s storm → BATTLE
No messenger of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
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The ruler of the Egðir [NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon] quickly recaptured all the tributary lands of the mighty harmer of the bollard of the spear-bridge [SHIELD > SWORD > WARRIOR = Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson] from the Scottish people. No messenger of Gǫndul’s <valkyrie’s> storm [(lit. ‘Gǫndul’s storm-messenger’) BATTLE > WARRIOR] raised a shield against the king west of the ocean; the realm of the strife-conqueror [WARRIOR = Hákon] was undiminished.
Hákon’s campaign in the west. After harrying on the Scottish mainland in October of 1263, he sailed to Mull. On this expedition he recaptured all the dominions in Scotland and the Hebrides which King Magnús berfœttr (Mberf) had conquered.
For Magnús berfœttr’s expeditions to the west (1098-99, 1103), see Mberf Lv 1, Kali Lv 1, Bkrepp Magndr 5-11, Þham Magndr 2-3, 5 and Gísl Magnkv 9-16. — [2]: The l. echoes Eskál Vell 15/6I. — [8]: In the F version of this l., randveðrs boði grundar i.e. boði randveðrs grundar lit. ‘the messenger of the shield-storm of the land’, ‘the messenger of the shield-storm’ can be construed as a warrior-kenning, and grundar ‘of the land’ could possibly be taken with yngvi ‘king’ (l. 5). That would leave the verb reisti ‘raised’ (l. 5) without an object, however, and the scribe of F clearly tried to make sense of a reading he did not understand.
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