Sturl Hryn 18II
Valgerður Erna Þorvaldsdóttir (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hrynhenda 18’ 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. 695.
Öllum ‘to everyone’
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allr (adj.): all
þótti ‘it seemed’
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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think
kennings
Inn víða frægi stillir Egða,‘Far-famed ruler of the Egðir, ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon
Far-famed ruler of the Egðir, → NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon
stillir ‘ruler’
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stillir (noun m.): ruler
kennings
Inn víða frægi stillir Egða,‘Far-famed ruler of the Egðir, ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon
Far-famed ruler of the Egðir, → NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon
ægiligt ‘terrifying’
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œgiligr (adj.): [terrifying]
[2] ægiligt: ægi E, 81a, 8, eigi G, eigi G, ægiligr Flat
kennings
Inn víða frægi stillir Egða,‘Far-famed ruler of the Egðir, ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon
Far-famed ruler of the Egðir, → NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon
víða ‘Far’
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1. víða (adv.): widely
kennings
Inn víða frægi stillir Egða,‘Far-famed ruler of the Egðir, ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon
Far-famed ruler of the Egðir, → NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon
frægi ‘famed’
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frægr (adj.; °-jan/-an; compar. -ri, superl. -jastr/-astr/-str): famous, renowned
kennings
Inn víða frægi stillir Egða,‘Far-famed ruler of the Egðir, ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon
Far-famed ruler of the Egðir, → NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon
gunnar ‘of battle’
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gunnr (noun f.): battle
kennings
geigurþing logs gunnar‘a dangerous meeting of the flame of battle ’
= BATTLE
the flame of battle → SWORD
a dangerous meeting of the SWORD → BATTLE
notes
[3] logs gunnar ‘of the flame of battle [SWORD]’: Gunnr is a valkyrie, but here it is more likely the common noun gunnr (f.) ‘battle’. Both meanings could apply here in the kenning.
gunnar ‘of battle’
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gunnr (noun f.): battle
kennings
geigurþing logs gunnar‘a dangerous meeting of the flame of battle ’
= BATTLE
the flame of battle → SWORD
a dangerous meeting of the SWORD → BATTLE
notes
[3] logs gunnar ‘of the flame of battle [SWORD]’: Gunnr is a valkyrie, but here it is more likely the common noun gunnr (f.) ‘battle’. Both meanings could apply here in the kenning.
kennings
geigurþing logs gunnar‘a dangerous meeting of the flame of battle ’
= BATTLE
the flame of battle → SWORD
a dangerous meeting of the SWORD → BATTLE
notes
[3] logs gunnar ‘of the flame of battle [SWORD]’: Gunnr is a valkyrie, but here it is more likely the common noun gunnr (f.) ‘battle’. Both meanings could apply here in the kenning.
kennings
geigurþing logs gunnar‘a dangerous meeting of the flame of battle ’
= BATTLE
the flame of battle → SWORD
a dangerous meeting of the SWORD → BATTLE
notes
[3] logs gunnar ‘of the flame of battle [SWORD]’: Gunnr is a valkyrie, but here it is more likely the common noun gunnr (f.) ‘battle’. Both meanings could apply here in the kenning.
fyrir ‘’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
græði ‘of the sea’
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grœðir (noun m.): ?healer, ?ocean
notes
[3] græði (m. acc. sg.) ‘sea’: This lit. means ‘healer, enricher’.
sunnan ‘south’
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sunnan (adv.): (from the) south
geigur ‘a dangerous ’
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geigr (noun m.): fright, injury < geigr (noun m.): fright, injury
kennings
geigurþing logs gunnar‘a dangerous meeting of the flame of battle ’
= BATTLE
the flame of battle → SWORD
a dangerous meeting of the SWORD → BATTLE
þing ‘meeting’
kennings
geigurþing logs gunnar‘a dangerous meeting of the flame of battle ’
= BATTLE
the flame of battle → SWORD
a dangerous meeting of the SWORD → BATTLE
við ‘with’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
yðr ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
at ‘to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
eiga ‘hold’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
Sætta ‘for a settlement’
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sætt (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): settlement
Sygna ‘of the Sygnir’
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Sygnir (noun m.; °; -ir): the Sygnir
kennings
Dróttinn Sygna,‘Lord of the Sygnir, ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon
Lord of the Sygnir, → NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon
dróttinn ‘Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
[5] dróttinn: so G, 8, Flat, dróttin F, E, 81a
kennings
Dróttinn Sygna,‘Lord of the Sygnir, ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon
Lord of the Sygnir, → NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon
notes
[5] dróttinn (m. nom. sg.) ‘lord’: The present edn follows Konráð Gíslason (1895-7, I, 82), Finnur Jónsson and Kock (Skj B; Skald), who all chose the reading of G, 8 and Flat (construed as a form of address), rather than the reading of F, E and 81a, dróttin (m. acc. sg.) ‘lord’ (see the comparable construction in st. 1/1-2 above). If the acc. dróttin is retained, dróttin Sygna could be taken as an apposition to þik (m. acc. sg.) ‘you’: bað þik, snjallráðan dróttin Sygna ‘asked you, the wise-ruling lord of the Sygnir’.
snjall ‘wise’
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snjallr (adj.): quick, resourceful, bold < snjallráðr (adj.)
þik ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
Danir ‘the Danes’
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dan (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): Dane
allir ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
fyrða ‘of men’
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2. fyrðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): man
kennings
gramr fyrða.‘ruler of men.’
= KING
ruler of men. → KING
kennings
gramr fyrða.‘ruler of men.’
= KING
ruler of men. → KING
fegnir ‘glad’
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2. feginn (adj.; °compar. fegnari, superl. fegnastr): glad, happy
urðu ‘were’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
fjand ‘enemies’
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fjándi (noun m.; °-a; fjándr/fjándar/fjándir): enemy, devil < fjándmaðr (noun m.): enemy
[8] fjand‑: ‘fian‑’ E
menn ‘’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person < fjándmaðr (noun m.): enemy
þínir ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
lífi ‘lives’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
sínu ‘their’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
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Far-famed ruler of the Egðir [NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon], to everyone it seemed terrifying to hold a dangerous meeting of the flame of battle [SWORD > BATTLE] with you south of the sea. Lord of the Sygnir [NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon], all the Danes begged you, wise-ruling one, for a settlement, because your enemies were glad to save their lives, ruler of men [KING].
King Hákon met with King Kristófór in Copenhagen. The archbishop acted as intermediary and the Danes agreed to a truce because they were intimidated by the great Norw. fleet.
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