Þfisk Lv 2II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Þorgils fiskimaðr, Lausavísur 2’ 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. 334-5.
Heyr ‘hear’
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2. heyra (verb): hear
á ‘’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
uppreist ‘the improvement’
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uppreist (noun f.): success, improvement
notes
[1] uppreist ‘the improvement’: The word can mean ‘improvement, restoration, increasing power and honour’ or ‘insurrection’ (see Fritzner: uppreist). Skj B translates uppreist orða as mitt ordelag ‘my wording’. Þorgils has just composed one st. about Haraldr, and he now suggests that he will produce another, even better st. in his honour. See also Note to Mark Eirdr 21/1.
orða ‘poetry’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
notes
[1] orða ‘of my poetry’: Lit. ‘of the words’.
ótvínn ‘Unwavering’
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ótvínn (adj.): unwavering
[2] ótvínn: ‘ot vín’ Flat, ‘otvín’ H, ‘ottvín’ Hr
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[2] ótvínn ‘unwavering’: Lit. ‘undivided’. For this word, see Notes to ÞjóðA Magnfl 18/2 and Steinn Óldr 5/2.
konungr ‘king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
mína ‘of my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
mér ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
[3] Gaf mér gull it rauða: gæddir gull rauðan Flat
notes
[3] it rauða gull ‘red gold’: Lit. ‘the red gold’. It vafða gull ‘the wound gold’ (so H) restores the internal rhyme, but that reading is clearly secondary and must have been inspired by st. 1/6 above.
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[3] it rauða gull ‘red gold’: Lit. ‘the red gold’. It vafða gull ‘the wound gold’ (so H) restores the internal rhyme, but that reading is clearly secondary and must have been inspired by st. 1/6 above.
rauða ‘red’
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rauðr (adj.; °compar. -ari): red
[3] Gaf mér gull it rauða: gæddir gull rauðan Flat; rauða: vafða H
notes
[3] it rauða gull ‘red gold’: Lit. ‘the red gold’. It vafða gull ‘the wound gold’ (so H) restores the internal rhyme, but that reading is clearly secondary and must have been inspired by st. 1/6 above.
gramr ‘The ruler’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
fyr ‘’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
skǫmmu ‘recently’
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skǫmmu (adv.): recently
Saddir ‘You satiated’
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seðja (verb): satisfy, satiate
ǫrn ‘the eagle’
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1. ǫrn (noun m.; °arnar, dat. erni; ernir, acc. ǫrnu): eagle
eyddir ‘destroyed’
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2. eyða (verb; °-dd-): destroy
ǫrum ‘with arrows’
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ǫr (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; ǫrvar/ǫrar): arrow
blámanna ‘of dark men’
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blámaðr (noun m.; °·manns; ·menn): dark man
notes
[6] blámanna ‘of dark men’: The inhabitants of North Africa. See also Bǫlv Hardr 5/4 and Hskv Útkv 1/7.
fjǫrvi ‘the lives’
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fjǫr (noun n.): life
gall ‘resounded’
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gjalla (verb): to scream, shriek; to repay, return, pay for
styrfengins ‘of the battle-fit’
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styrfenginn (adj./verb p.p.): [battle-fit]
stillis ‘lord’
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stillir (noun m.): ruler
strengr ‘the bowstring’
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strengr (noun m.; °-jar; -ir): string, rope, bow-string
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
fyr ‘’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
lengra ‘longer ago’
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lengra (adv.): longer, further
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As st. 1 above. Haraldr has just given Þorgils a gold ring as a reward for his previous st.
[5-8]: The second helmingr refers to Haraldr’s exploits in the Varangian army in Byzantium.
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