Sturl Hryn 14II
Valgerður Erna Þorvaldsdóttir (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hrynhenda 14’ 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. 691-2.
Norðan ‘from the north’
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norðan (adv.): from the north
alt ‘all the way’
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allr (adj.): all
um ‘across’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
auðar ‘of wealth’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth
[2] auðar lundr: auðlundr Flat
kennings
Lundr auðar,‘Tree of wealth, ’
= GENEROUS MAN
Tree of wealth, → GENEROUS MAN
lundr ‘Tree’
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1. lundr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ar): grove, tree
[2] auðar lundr: auðlundr Flat
kennings
Lundr auðar,‘Tree of wealth, ’
= GENEROUS MAN
Tree of wealth, → GENEROUS MAN
við ‘with’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
þik ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
fundar ‘the meeting’
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fundr (noun m.): discovery, meeting
húfar ‘the hulls’
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húfr (noun m.; °dat. -i): hull
notes
[3] húfar treystu drifnar dúfur ‘the hulls tested the foaming waves’: As Konráð Gíslason pointed out (1895-7, I, 77-8), the verb treysta means ‘try the strength of’. It would seem more natural if the waves tested the strength of the hulls rather than the other way around, but all the mss have húfar (m. nom. pl.). Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emended to húfa (m. acc. pl.) and Konráð claimed he was convinced that húfa was the original reading and dúfur ‘waves’ the subject, but did not emend. Kock disagreed with Finnur and Konráð and pointed out other examples where the hulls test the strength of the waves and not the other way around (NN §2286).
treystu ‘tested’
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treysta (verb): trust, believe in
notes
[3] húfar treystu drifnar dúfur ‘the hulls tested the foaming waves’: As Konráð Gíslason pointed out (1895-7, I, 77-8), the verb treysta means ‘try the strength of’. It would seem more natural if the waves tested the strength of the hulls rather than the other way around, but all the mss have húfar (m. nom. pl.). Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emended to húfa (m. acc. pl.) and Konráð claimed he was convinced that húfa was the original reading and dúfur ‘waves’ the subject, but did not emend. Kock disagreed with Finnur and Konráð and pointed out other examples where the hulls test the strength of the waves and not the other way around (NN §2286).
drifnar ‘the foaming’
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2. drífa (verb; °drífr; dreif, drifu; drifinn): drive, rush
notes
[3] húfar treystu drifnar dúfur ‘the hulls tested the foaming waves’: As Konráð Gíslason pointed out (1895-7, I, 77-8), the verb treysta means ‘try the strength of’. It would seem more natural if the waves tested the strength of the hulls rather than the other way around, but all the mss have húfar (m. nom. pl.). Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emended to húfa (m. acc. pl.) and Konráð claimed he was convinced that húfa was the original reading and dúfur ‘waves’ the subject, but did not emend. Kock disagreed with Finnur and Konráð and pointed out other examples where the hulls test the strength of the waves and not the other way around (NN §2286).
dúfur ‘waves’
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1. dúfa (noun f.; °-u; -ur, gen. -na): billow, wave
notes
[3] húfar treystu drifnar dúfur ‘the hulls tested the foaming waves’: As Konráð Gíslason pointed out (1895-7, I, 77-8), the verb treysta means ‘try the strength of’. It would seem more natural if the waves tested the strength of the hulls rather than the other way around, but all the mss have húfar (m. nom. pl.). Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emended to húfa (m. acc. pl.) and Konráð claimed he was convinced that húfa was the original reading and dúfur ‘waves’ the subject, but did not emend. Kock disagreed with Finnur and Konráð and pointed out other examples where the hulls test the strength of the waves and not the other way around (NN §2286).
dygðarmenn ‘trusty men’
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dyggðarmaðr (noun m.; °acc. ·mann; ·menn): [trusty men]
ór ‘from’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
Finna ‘of the Saami’
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Finnr (noun m.): Saami (person)
bygðum ‘the settlements’
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byggð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): dwelling, settlement
Svífa ‘glide’
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svífa (verb): sweep
ór ‘from’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
hverju ‘every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
hlaðnar ‘the heavily-laden’
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2. hlaða (verb): heap, pile
vatnit ‘water’
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vatn (noun n.; °-s; -*): water, lake
breiða ‘wide’
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breiðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): broad, wide
[6] breiða: beiða E
sandi ‘sand’
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sandr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sand, beach
jós ‘dashed’
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2. ausa (verb; °eyss; jós, jósu/jusu; ausinn): sprinkle, bail
um ‘over’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
stálin ‘the painted’
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1. stál (noun n.; °-s; -): steel, weapon, prow
steindu ‘prows’
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steina (verb): to stain, colour, paint
storðar ‘of the land’
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2. storð (noun f.): young wood, earth
kennings
gandr storðar‘the wolf of the land ’
= WIND
the wolf of the land → WIND
gandr ‘the wolf’
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gandr (noun m.; °-s; dat. *-um): wolf, magic staff
kennings
gandr storðar‘the wolf of the land ’
= WIND
the wolf of the land → WIND
fyrir ‘’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
Elfi ‘of the Götaälv’
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Elfi (noun f.): Götaälv (Elfr)
norðan ‘north’
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norðan (adv.): from the north
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Tree of wealth [GENEROUS MAN], trusty men all the way from the north from the settlements of the Saami sailed across the waves to the meeting with you; the hulls tested the foaming waves. You let the heavily-laden warships glide from every boat-shed onto wide water; the wolf of the land [WIND] dashed sand over the painted prows north of the Götaälv.
Sturla returns to describing how men came from all over Viken to Tønsberg to join the king on his expedition to Denmark in 1257. According to the st., men came all the way from the Saami settlements in the north.
For this expedition, see also Sturl Hákfl 9 and Giz Hákdr.
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