Þfagr Sveinn 10II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Þorleikr fagri, Flokkr about Sveinn Úlfsson 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. 322.
Hætt ‘with Sveinn’
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hættr (adj.; °compar. -ari/-ri, superl. -astr): dangerous
hafa ‘those who’
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hafa (verb): have
sér ‘an’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
þeirs ‘They have’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
sóttu ‘frequently’
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sœkja (verb): seek, attack
Sveins ‘at risk’
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2. Sveinn (noun m.): Sveinn
fundar ‘put themselves’
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fundr (noun m.): discovery, meeting
til ‘encounter’
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til (prep.): to
stundum ‘sought’
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stunda (verb): proceed
lítt ‘little’
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lítill (adj.; °lítinn): little
hefr ‘has’
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hafa (verb): have
þeim ‘for those’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[3] þeim: þeir 20dˣ
notes
[3, 4] þeim þrimr bragningum ‘for those three lords’: Refers to Magnús inn góði Óláfsson, Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson and Steinkell, king of the Svíar. For Steinkell (d. c. 1066), see also ÞjóðA Lv 9.
at ‘by’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
þreyta ‘their striving’
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þreyta (verb): prolong, strive
þrimr ‘three’
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þrennr (adj.): three(fold)
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[3, 4] þeim þrimr bragningum ‘for those three lords’: Refers to Magnús inn góði Óláfsson, Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson and Steinkell, king of the Svíar. For Steinkell (d. c. 1066), see also ÞjóðA Lv 9.
bragningum ‘lords’
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bragningr (noun m.; °; -ar): prince, ruler
notes
[3, 4] þeim þrimr bragningum ‘for those three lords’: Refers to Magnús inn góði Óláfsson, Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson and Steinkell, king of the Svíar. For Steinkell (d. c. 1066), see also ÞjóðA Lv 9.
hagnat ‘been gained’
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hagna (verb): turn out
Þó ‘Yet’
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þó (adv.): though
hefr ‘has’
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hafa (verb): have
hauld ‘of freeholders’
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hǫlðr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): man < hǫlðvinr (noun m.)
kennings
hauldvinr‘the friend of freeholders ’
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the friend of freeholders → KING
notes
[5] hauldvinr ‘the friend of freeholders [KING]’: The mss have hölld-vinr (so JÓ), ‘holldvinr’ (so 20dˣ) or ‘ho᷎llduinr’ (so 873ˣ); see ÍF 35, 134, 225-6 n. The form hauld- is Norw. (see ANG §105 Anm.). A hauldr (Icel. hǫlðr) was a yeoman or freeholder. See Note to Anon Nkt 15/2. The quality of the consonant cluster (ld not lð) is ensured by the internal rhyme. Skj B emends hǫldvinr to hǫlða vinr (hǫlða m. gen. pl.) and Skald has hǫlda vinr. These emendations are unnecessary from a metrical point of view.
vinr ‘the friend’
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend < hǫlðvinr (noun m.)
kennings
hauldvinr‘the friend of freeholders ’
= KING
the friend of freeholders → KING
notes
[5] hauldvinr ‘the friend of freeholders [KING]’: The mss have hölld-vinr (so JÓ), ‘holldvinr’ (so 20dˣ) or ‘ho᷎llduinr’ (so 873ˣ); see ÍF 35, 134, 225-6 n. The form hauld- is Norw. (see ANG §105 Anm.). A hauldr (Icel. hǫlðr) was a yeoman or freeholder. See Note to Anon Nkt 15/2. The quality of the consonant cluster (ld not lð) is ensured by the internal rhyme. Skj B emends hǫldvinr to hǫlða vinr (hǫlða m. gen. pl.) and Skald has hǫlda vinr. These emendations are unnecessary from a metrical point of view.
haldit ‘held’
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halda (verb): hold, keep
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
s ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
snjallr ‘a clever’
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snjallr (adj.): quick, resourceful, bold
konungr ‘king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
allri ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
Jóta ‘of the Jótar’
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Jóti (noun m.; °; -ar): one of the Jótar
grund ‘the land’
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grund (noun f.): earth, land
með ‘from’
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með (prep.): with
endum ‘border to border’
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endi (noun m.): end
ógn ‘battle’
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ógn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): terror, battle < ógnsterkr (adj.)
[8] ógnstarkr: ógnsterkr all
notes
[8] ógnstarkr ‘battle-strong’: -sterkr has been emended to -starkr to preserve internal rhyme.
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[8] ógnstarkr ‘battle-strong’: -sterkr has been emended to -starkr to preserve internal rhyme.
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
Danmǫrku ‘Denmark’
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Danmǫrk (noun f.): [Denmark]
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They have frequently put themselves at risk, those who sought an encounter with Sveinn; for those three lords little has been gained by their striving. Yet the friend of freeholders [KING] has held, battle-strong, all the land of the Jótar from border to border and Denmark, too; he is a clever king.
Knýtl enumerates Sveinn Úlfsson’s former enemies and describes their unsuccessful attempts to dislodge him from the Dan. throne.
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