Sturl Hákfl 7II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarflokkr 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. 751-2.
Vitr ‘The wise’
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vitr (adj.): wise
kennings
Vitr valdr norrænar aldar‘The wise ruler of the Norwegian people ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon
The wise ruler of the Norwegian people → NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon
lét ‘let’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
virki ‘the stronghold’
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virki (noun n.; °-s; -): stronghold
brjóta ‘be broken’
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brjóta (verb; °brýtr; braut, brutu; brotinn): to break, destroy
valdr ‘ruler’
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valdr (noun m.): ruler
kennings
Vitr valdr norrænar aldar‘The wise ruler of the Norwegian people ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon
The wise ruler of the Norwegian people → NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon
norrænar ‘of the Norwegian’
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norrœnn (adj.): [Norwegian]
[2] norrænar: ‘norręnndar’ 8, norrænna Flat
kennings
Vitr valdr norrænar aldar‘The wise ruler of the Norwegian people ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon
The wise ruler of the Norwegian people → NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon
kennings
Vitr valdr norrænar aldar‘The wise ruler of the Norwegian people ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon
The wise ruler of the Norwegian people → NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon
austr ‘in the east’
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3. austr (adv.; °compar. -ar, superl. -ast): east, in the east
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
jöfrar ‘princes’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
treystuz ‘felt secure’
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treysta (verb): trust, believe in
ógn ‘terror’
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ógn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): terror, battle < ógnfúss (adj.)
[4] ógn‑: högg‑ 42ˣ
fúsir ‘eager’
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fúss (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): eager, willing < ógnfúss (adj.)
Ljóð ‘of Löd’
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ljóð (noun n.; °; -): poem < 1. Ljóðhús (noun n.): [Lewis, Lödöse]
notes
[4] Ljóðhúsa ‘of Lödöse’: See Note to Sturl Hákkv 37/8.
húsa ‘öse’
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hús (noun n.; °-s; -): house < 1. Ljóðhús (noun n.): [Lewis, Lödöse]
[4] ‑húsa: ‑húsum Flat
notes
[4] Ljóðhúsa ‘of Lödöse’: See Note to Sturl Hákkv 37/8.
Gautum ‘the Gautar’
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gauti (noun m.): man, Geat
göfugr ‘the glorious’
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gǫfugr (adj.; °gǫfgan/gǫfugan; compar. gǫfgari/gǫfugri, superl. gǫfgastr/gǫfugstr/gǫfugastr): noble, glorious
kennings
göfugr oddviti jöfra‘the glorious leader of princes ’
= KING
the glorious leader of princes → KING
oddviti ‘leader’
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oddviti (noun m.): leader
kennings
göfugr oddviti jöfra‘the glorious leader of princes ’
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the glorious leader of princes → KING
jöfra ‘of princes’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
kennings
göfugr oddviti jöfra‘the glorious leader of princes ’
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the glorious leader of princes → KING
þjóð ‘people’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
fekk ‘got’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
ræsis ‘of the ruler’
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ræsir (noun m.): ruler
rán ‘for the plunder’
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rán (noun n.; °-s; -): plunder, plundering
gekk ‘went’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
slíkt ‘such’
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2. slíkr (adj.): such
at ‘according to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
vánum ‘expectation’
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ván (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): hope, expectation
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Vitr lét virki brjóta |
The wise ruler of the Norwegian people [NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon] let the stronghold of Lödöse be broken in the east, where terror-eager princes felt secure. This I know, that the glorious leader of princes [KING] repaid the Gautar for the plunder; people got the wrath of the ruler; such went according to expectation.
In the autumn of 1227, Hákon learned that Knútr Hákonarson’s men in Lödöse had killed and plundered Jarl Skúli Bárðarson’s envoys to King Valdimarr of Denmark, and he sent men to retaliate. Knútr had left men in a stronghold, which Hákon’s men destroyed and plundered.
In 8, the st. is attributed to Óláfr hvítaskáld (Ólhvít).
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