Sturl Hryn 19II
Valgerður Erna Þorvaldsdóttir (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hrynhenda 19’ 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. 696-7.
notes
[1] ríða ‘rode’: Lit. ‘ride’ (inf.). Mss E, G and 81a have the reading reiða ‘carry’ which could be taken with varrar eld ‘fire of the oarstroke’: Ek frá fjölð bragna reiða eld varrar ór breiðum borgum í móti svarra ‘I heard that a multitude of men carried the fire of the oarstroke from broad cities towards the proud lady’. Earlier eds prefer the F, Flat variant.
frák ‘I heard’
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1. fregna (verb): hear of
ór ‘from’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
borgum ‘cities’
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borg (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -; -ir): city, stronghold
breiðum ‘broad’
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breiðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): broad, wide
bragna ‘of men’
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bragnar (noun m.): men, warriors
fjölð ‘a multitude’
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fjǫlð (noun f.): multitude
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
þínu ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
magni ‘power’
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magn (noun n.; °-s): strength
víða ‘far and wide’
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1. víða (adv.): widely
glöddusk ‘rejoiced’
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glaða (verb): gladden, rejoice, be merry
notes
[3] valskar ‘southern’: Valland designated France, Normandy and Italy (ÍO). It is used here in the general meaning ‘southerners, the people of France and Spain’. See also Note to Mark Eirdr 24/2. The reading in G, vaskar ‘bold’, makes sense also, but it is not supported by the other ms. witnesses.
þjóðir ‘people’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
varrar ‘of the sea’
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1. vǫrr (noun m.; °dat. verri; acc. vǫrru): oar-stroke
kennings
eld varrar‘in the fire of the sea ’
= GOLD
in the fire of the sea → GOLD
eld ‘in the fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
[4] eld: elds Flat
kennings
eld varrar‘in the fire of the sea ’
= GOLD
in the fire of the sea → GOLD
notes
[4] eld (m. dat. sg.) ‘fire’: Earlier eds emend to eldi (m. dat. sg.), because gleðjask ‘rejoice’ takes the dat. (see NS §109). That emendation is unnecessary, however, if we assume a dat. form without the -i ending, i.e. declined as an i-stem rather than an a-stem (see ANG §358.3). The dat. eldi is used elsewhere in this poem, however (see st. 12/3), and it is possible that the -i ending has been lost in hiatus (elision). For the kenning eld varrar ‘fire of the sea’ (i.e. ‘gold’), see also st. 1/2 above.
móti ‘towards’
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móti (prep.): against
notes
[4] svarra ‘proud lady’: The scribe of G seems to have written ‘svraia’. There clearly is a -ra abbreviation sign, not -ar sign as Finnur Jónsson tentatively suggested (Skj A), possibly a failed attempt to correct a mistake.
Síðan ‘Then’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
kaus ‘chose’
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kjósa (verb): choose
um ‘amongst’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
sæmðar ‘for honour’
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sœmð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): honour < sœmðarfúss (adj.)
fúsa ‘eager’
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fúss (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): eager, willing < sœmðarfúss (adj.)
[5] ‑fúsa: ‘‑fussa’ 81a
snildarbrúðr ‘the eloquent bride’
þann ‘the one’
notes
[6] þann er vildi ‘the one that (she) wanted to have’: The reading in 81a, þann eigi vildi ‘the one that (she) did not want’, does not fit with the prose narrative, nor does it make much sense from a logical point of view.
notes
[6] þann er vildi ‘the one that (she) wanted to have’: The reading in 81a, þann eigi vildi ‘the one that (she) did not want’, does not fit with the prose narrative, nor does it make much sense from a logical point of view.
eiga ‘to have’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
[6] er eiga: eigi 81a
vildi ‘wanted’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
notes
[6] þann er vildi ‘the one that (she) wanted to have’: The reading in 81a, þann eigi vildi ‘the one that (she) did not want’, does not fit with the prose narrative, nor does it make much sense from a logical point of view.
yðru ‘to your’
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yðvarr (pron.; °f. yður; pl. yðrir): your
ráði ‘counsel’
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ráð (noun n.; °-s; -): advice, plan, control, power
æztra ‘of the foremost’
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œðri (adj. comp.): nobler, higher
[8] æztra manna: æztan mann sjá Flat
göfugr ‘the noble’
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gǫfugr (adj.; °gǫfgan/gǫfugan; compar. gǫfgari/gǫfugri, superl. gǫfgastr/gǫfugstr/gǫfugastr): noble, glorious
svanni ‘proud lady’
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svanni (noun m.): lady, woman
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I heard that a multitude of men rode from broad cities towards the proud lady; the southern people rejoiced far and wide in the fire of the sea [GOLD] from your power. Then the eloquent bride chose amongst the brothers of the ruler, eager for honour, the one that the noble, proud lady wanted to have of the foremost of men according to your counsel.
Sturla returns to the description of Princess Kristín’s journey to Spain in 1257. The princess enjoyed a royal reception in every city she came to and finally chose Prince Philip to be her husband.
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