ÞjóðA Magn 2II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Stanzas about Magnús Óláfsson in Danaveldi 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, p. 89.
Misst ‘lost out’
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2. missa (verb): lose, lack
hafa ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
[1] hafa Sveins at sýnu: hefir Sveinn enn sína Hr; hafa: ha(fa)(?) H
Sveins ‘Sveinn’s’
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2. Sveinn (noun m.): Sveinn
[1] hafa Sveins at sýnu: hefir Sveinn enn sína Hr
at ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
[1] hafa Sveins at sýnu: hefir Sveinn enn sína Hr; at sýnu: at sǫnnu F, ‘ok sinna’ H
sýnu ‘clearly’
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sýnn (adj.): visible
[1] hafa Sveins at sýnu: hefir Sveinn enn sína Hr; at sýnu: at sǫnnu F, ‘ok sinna’ H
sverð ‘sword’
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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword < sverðgautr (noun m.)
kennings
sverð-Gautr;‘sword-Gautr; ’
= WARRIOR
sword-Gautr; → WARRIOR
Gautr ‘Gautr’
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2. Gautr (noun m.): Gautr, Óðinn < sverðgautr (noun m.)
[2] Gautr: ‑gautar E, J2ˣ, ‘gotv’ H
kennings
sverð-Gautr;‘sword-Gautr; ’
= WARRIOR
sword-Gautr; → WARRIOR
fǫru ‘comrades’
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fǫr (noun f.): journey, fate; movement < fǫrunautr (noun m.): comrade
nautar ‘’
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nautr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): companion; treasure < fǫrunautr (noun m.): comrade
[2] ‑nautar: nauta Hr
hǫrð ‘harsh’
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harðr (adj.; °comp. -ari; superl. -astr): hard, harsh
notes
[3, 4] fǫr beima es of orðin heldr hǫrð ‘the men’s expedition has turned out rather harsh’: The beima, m. gen. pl. ‘men’, are not identified, but since the remainder of the st. gloats over the misfortunes of Sveinn’s forces, this reference is presumably also to them. ÍF 28 favours the interpretation vér höfum heldur staðið í harðræðum ‘we have been in rather a difficult situation’, though a translation similar to the one adopted here is also offered.
es ‘has’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
notes
[3, 4] fǫr beima es of orðin heldr hǫrð ‘the men’s expedition has turned out rather harsh’: The beima, m. gen. pl. ‘men’, are not identified, but since the remainder of the st. gloats over the misfortunes of Sveinn’s forces, this reference is presumably also to them. ÍF 28 favours the interpretation vér höfum heldur staðið í harðræðum ‘we have been in rather a difficult situation’, though a translation similar to the one adopted here is also offered.
heldr ‘rather’
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heldr (adv.): rather
notes
[3, 4] fǫr beima es of orðin heldr hǫrð ‘the men’s expedition has turned out rather harsh’: The beima, m. gen. pl. ‘men’, are not identified, but since the remainder of the st. gloats over the misfortunes of Sveinn’s forces, this reference is presumably also to them. ÍF 28 favours the interpretation vér höfum heldur staðið í harðræðum ‘we have been in rather a difficult situation’, though a translation similar to the one adopted here is also offered.
of ‘’
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4. of (particle): (before verb)
notes
[3, 4] fǫr beima es of orðin heldr hǫrð ‘the men’s expedition has turned out rather harsh’: The beima, m. gen. pl. ‘men’, are not identified, but since the remainder of the st. gloats over the misfortunes of Sveinn’s forces, this reference is presumably also to them. ÍF 28 favours the interpretation vér höfum heldur staðið í harðræðum ‘we have been in rather a difficult situation’, though a translation similar to the one adopted here is also offered.
orðin ‘turned out’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
[3] orðin: so 39, F, E, Hr, orðinn Kˣ, J2ˣ, hǫrðin H
notes
[3, 4] fǫr beima es of orðin heldr hǫrð ‘the men’s expedition has turned out rather harsh’: The beima, m. gen. pl. ‘men’, are not identified, but since the remainder of the st. gloats over the misfortunes of Sveinn’s forces, this reference is presumably also to them. ÍF 28 favours the interpretation vér höfum heldur staðið í harðræðum ‘we have been in rather a difficult situation’, though a translation similar to the one adopted here is also offered.
heim ‘home’
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heim (adv.): home, back < heimkváma (noun f.): [his homecoming]
kvômu ‘coming’
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kváma (noun f.; °-u; -ur): coming < heimkváma (noun f.): [his homecoming]
[4] ‑kvômu: ‑kváma 39, F, ‘kva[…]’ H
fǫr ‘expedition’
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fǫr (noun f.): journey, fate; movement
notes
[3, 4] fǫr beima es of orðin heldr hǫrð ‘the men’s expedition has turned out rather harsh’: The beima, m. gen. pl. ‘men’, are not identified, but since the remainder of the st. gloats over the misfortunes of Sveinn’s forces, this reference is presumably also to them. ÍF 28 favours the interpretation vér höfum heldur staðið í harðræðum ‘we have been in rather a difficult situation’, though a translation similar to the one adopted here is also offered.
beima ‘the men’s’
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beimi (noun m.; °; -ar): man
notes
[3, 4] fǫr beima es of orðin heldr hǫrð ‘the men’s expedition has turned out rather harsh’: The beima, m. gen. pl. ‘men’, are not identified, but since the remainder of the st. gloats over the misfortunes of Sveinn’s forces, this reference is presumably also to them. ÍF 28 favours the interpretation vér höfum heldur staðið í harðræðum ‘we have been in rather a difficult situation’, though a translation similar to the one adopted here is also offered.
Hrœrir ‘tosses’
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2. hrœra (verb): move
hausa ‘skulls’
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hauss (noun m.; °hauss, dat. hausi/haus; hausar): skull
þeira ‘their’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
hreggi ‘by the storm’
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hregg (noun n.): storm
œst ‘stirred up’
[6] œst (‘o᷎st’): ‘ast’ E, J2ˣ
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
leggi ‘limbs’
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leggr (noun m.; °-jar, dat. -; -ir): limb
sær ‘the sea’
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sjór (noun m.): sea
auðs ‘of wealth’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth
kennings
ôrum auðs.‘the envoys of wealth.’
= GENEROUS MEN
the envoys of wealth. → GENEROUS MEN
of ‘over’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
ôrum ‘the envoys’
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1. árr (noun m.; °dat. ár; ǽrir/árar, acc. áru): messenger
kennings
ôrum auðs.‘the envoys of wealth.’
= GENEROUS MEN
the envoys of wealth. → GENEROUS MEN
unnr ‘The wave’
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2. unnr (noun f.): wave
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
notes
[8] á grunni sanda ‘on the floor of the sands’: This is taken literally, rather than as a kenning for ‘sea’ (so previous eds, and Meissner 93, who cites sanda land ‘land of sands’ and sandheimr ‘sand-world’ as true sea-kennings), and the sense ‘sandy sea-floor’ seems supported by the sea roaring of ‘over’ the grisly remains in l. 7. Finnur Jónsson takes it as a reference to the sandy bottom of the sea (sandbund), and ÍF 28 and Hkr 1991 to the shore-line or tide-mark.
sanda ‘of the sands’
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sand (noun n.): sand
notes
[8] á grunni sanda ‘on the floor of the sands’: This is taken literally, rather than as a kenning for ‘sea’ (so previous eds, and Meissner 93, who cites sanda land ‘land of sands’ and sandheimr ‘sand-world’ as true sea-kennings), and the sense ‘sandy sea-floor’ seems supported by the sea roaring of ‘over’ the grisly remains in l. 7. Finnur Jónsson takes it as a reference to the sandy bottom of the sea (sandbund), and ÍF 28 and Hkr 1991 to the shore-line or tide-mark.
grunni ‘the floor’
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1. grunnr (noun m.): bottom, shallows
notes
[8] á grunni sanda ‘on the floor of the sands’: This is taken literally, rather than as a kenning for ‘sea’ (so previous eds, and Meissner 93, who cites sanda land ‘land of sands’ and sandheimr ‘sand-world’ as true sea-kennings), and the sense ‘sandy sea-floor’ seems supported by the sea roaring of ‘over’ the grisly remains in l. 7. Finnur Jónsson takes it as a reference to the sandy bottom of the sea (sandbund), and ÍF 28 and Hkr 1991 to the shore-line or tide-mark.
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