Þorleikr fagri, Flokkr<i> about Sveinn Úlfsson</i> 5

Kari Ellen Gade

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Þfagr Sveinn 5^II

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Þorleikr fagri, Flokkr about Sveinn Úlfsson 5’ 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. 317.

Þorleikr fagri Flokkr about Sveinn Úlfsson

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Stýrir ‘steers’

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stýrir (noun m.): ruler, controller

Ulfs ‘Úlfr’s’

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3. Ulfr (noun m.): Úlfr

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Óskmǫgr Ulfs,
‘Úlfr’s beloved son, ’
= Sveinn
Úlfr’s beloved son, → Sveinn

til ‘to’

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til (prep.): to

Elfar ‘the Götaälv’

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elfr (noun f.): river

ósk ‘beloved’

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ósk (noun f.; °-ar; dat. -um): wish, desire < óskmǫgr (noun m.)

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Óskmǫgr Ulfs,
‘Úlfr’s beloved son, ’
= Sveinn
Úlfr’s beloved son, → Sveinn

mǫgr ‘son’

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mǫgr (noun m.; °; megir, acc. mǫgu): son, boy < óskmǫgr (noun m.)

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Óskmǫgr Ulfs,
‘Úlfr’s beloved son, ’
= Sveinn
Úlfr’s beloved son, → Sveinn

kennings

veðri Gunnar,
‘the storm of Gunnr, ’
= BATTLE
the storm of Gunnr, → BATTLE

veðri ‘the storm’

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2. veðr (noun n.; °-s; -): weather, wind, storm

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veðri Gunnar,
‘the storm of Gunnr, ’
= BATTLE
the storm of Gunnr, → BATTLE

Skolla ‘flutter’

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skolla (verb): ridicule, rock

[5] Skolla: so 51ˣ, ‘skollo’ FskBˣ

vé ‘banners’

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2. vé (noun n.; °; -): banner, standard

þars ‘where’

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þars (conj.): where

vǫllu ‘the fields’

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vǫllr (noun m.; °vallar, dat. velli; vellir acc. vǫllu/velli): plain, field

vápn ‘weapon’

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vápn (noun n.; °-s; -): weapon < vápnlauðr (noun n.)

kennings

rauðu vápnlauðri;
‘red weapon-foam ’
= BLOOD
red weapon-foam → BLOOD

lauðri ‘foam’

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lauðr (noun n.): foam, surf < vápnlauðr (noun n.)

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rauðu vápnlauðri;
‘red weapon-foam ’
= BLOOD
red weapon-foam → BLOOD

drífr ‘covers’

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2. drífa (verb; °drífr; dreif, drifu; drifinn): drive, rush

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[6] drífr (3rd pers. sg. pres. indic.) ‘covers’: Drífa ‘fly, drift, cover’ is used impersonally with rauðu vápnlauðri (n. dat. sg.) ‘red weapon-foam’ (l. 6) as a dat. instr. and vǫllu (m. acc. pl.) ‘fields’ (l. 5) as an acc. of place.

rauðu ‘red’

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rauðr (adj.; °compar. -ari): red

kennings

rauðu vápnlauðri;
‘red weapon-foam ’
= BLOOD
red weapon-foam → BLOOD

regn ‘the rain’

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regn (noun n.; °-s; -): rain

kennings

regn Gauts
‘the rain of Gautr ’
= ARROWS
the rain of Gautr → ARROWS

drepr ‘hammers’

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drepa (verb; °drepr; drap, drápu; drepinn): kill, strike

Gauts ‘of Gautr’

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2. Gautr (noun m.): Gautr, Óðinn

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regn Gauts
‘the rain of Gautr ’
= ARROWS
the rain of Gautr → ARROWS

í ‘’

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í (prep.): in, into

gǫgnum ‘through’

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gegnum (prep.): through

gull ‘Gold’

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gull (noun n.): gold < gullmerkðr (adj.)

[8] gullmerk*ð Hôolfs: ‘gullmarkuð holfs’ FskBˣ, 51ˣ

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[8] gullmerk*ð (n. nom. pl.) ‘gold-embroidered’: Merk- (rather than mark-) is determined by the internal rhyme, and the syllable -uð in gullmarkuð ‘gold-embroidered’ (so both mss) is secondary. It must have been added to achieve a l. with six syllables. The metre requires a disyllabic word in positions 1-2 with the hiatus word Holfs ‘Hálfr’s’, which had not yet been syncopated (cf. the later ms. form ‘holfs’; so both mss), in positions 3-4.

merkð* ‘embroidered’

[8] gullmerk*ð Hôolfs: ‘gullmarkuð holfs’ FskBˣ, 51ˣ

notes

Hôolfs ‘Hálfr’s’

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Halfr (noun m.): Hálfr

[8] gullmerk*ð Hôolfs: ‘gullmarkuð holfs’ FskBˣ, 51ˣ

kennings

serki Hôolfs.
‘Hálfr’s shirts. ’
= BYRNIES
Hálfr’s shirts. → BYRNIES

notes

[8] serki Hôolfs ‘Hálfr’s <legendary king’s> shirts [BYRNIES]’: Hálfr was a legendary warrior king (see Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka (Hálf), especially chs 12-13).

serki ‘shirts’

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1. serkr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -/-i; -ir): shirt

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serki Hôolfs.
‘Hálfr’s shirts. ’
= BYRNIES
Hálfr’s shirts. → BYRNIES

notes

[8] serki Hôolfs ‘Hálfr’s <legendary king’s> shirts [BYRNIES]’: Hálfr was a legendary warrior king (see Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka (Hálf), especially chs 12-13).

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Þfagr Sveinn 5II

Stýrir ‘steers’

Ulfs ‘Úlfr’s’

kennings

til ‘to’

Elfar ‘the Götaälv’

ósk ‘beloved’

kennings

mǫgr ‘son’

kennings

skipum ‘ships’

fǫgrum ‘fair’

sás ‘who’

hræ ‘corpse’

kǫstu ‘piles’

hæsta ‘the highest’

hleðr ‘stacks’

í ‘in’

Gunnar ‘of Gunnr’

kennings

veðri ‘the storm’

kennings

Skolla ‘flutter’

vé ‘banners’

þars ‘where’

vǫllu ‘the fields’

vápn ‘weapon’

kennings

lauðri ‘foam’

kennings

drífr ‘covers’

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rauðu ‘red’

kennings

regn ‘the rain’

kennings

drepr ‘hammers’

Gauts ‘of Gautr’

kennings

í ‘’

gǫgnum ‘through’

gull ‘Gold’

notes

merk*ð ‘embroidered’

notes

Hôolfs ‘Hálfr’s’

kennings

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serki ‘shirts’

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merkð* ‘embroidered’