ÞjóðA Magn 5II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Stanzas about Magnús Óláfsson in Danaveldi 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, pp. 92-3.
Saur ‘with a mud’
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saur (noun n.; °; -): mud, filth, impure < saurstokkinn (adj./verb p.p.)
stokkinn ‘spattered’
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stokkinn (adj./verb p.p.): spattered, splattered < saurstokkinn (adj./verb p.p.)
svíra ‘neck’
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svíri (noun m.; °-a; -ar): neck
snarr ‘The valiant’
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snarr (adj.): gallant, bold
kennings
Snarr harri Skônunga‘The valiant ruler of the Skánungar ’
= Magnús
The valiant ruler of the Skánungar → Magnús
Skônunga ‘of the Skánungar’
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Skánungr (noun m.; °; -ar): one of the Skánungar
[2] Skônunga harri: harri mjǫg fjarri Hr
kennings
Snarr harri Skônunga‘The valiant ruler of the Skánungar ’
= Magnús
The valiant ruler of the Skánungar → Magnús
notes
[2, 3] harri Skônunga; allvaldr Lundar ‘ruler of the Skánungar [= Magnús]; overlord of Lund [= Magnús]’: These must refer to the victorious Magnús, who claimed supremacy over Skåne (Skáney), now in southern Sweden, but formerly part of the Dan. territories (cf. Magn 9, where í Danmǫrku ‘in Denmark’ and of Skáney ‘across Skåne’ are juxtaposed. Lund (from ON lundr m. ‘grove’) is one of the largest and oldest centres of population in Skåne. That it was Magnús who got a saurstokkinn svíra ‘mud-spattered neck’ (i.e. was spattered right up to the neck) might seem undignified, but taken together with ll. 3-4 this seems to suggest that he stopped at nothing, hacking through bogs to pursue his enemy and defend his perceived rights.
kennings
Snarr harri Skônunga‘The valiant ruler of the Skánungar ’
= Magnús
The valiant ruler of the Skánungar → Magnús
notes
[2, 3] harri Skônunga; allvaldr Lundar ‘ruler of the Skánungar [= Magnús]; overlord of Lund [= Magnús]’: These must refer to the victorious Magnús, who claimed supremacy over Skåne (Skáney), now in southern Sweden, but formerly part of the Dan. territories (cf. Magn 9, where í Danmǫrku ‘in Denmark’ and of Skáney ‘across Skåne’ are juxtaposed. Lund (from ON lundr m. ‘grove’) is one of the largest and oldest centres of population in Skåne. That it was Magnús who got a saurstokkinn svíra ‘mud-spattered neck’ (i.e. was spattered right up to the neck) might seem undignified, but taken together with ll. 3-4 this seems to suggest that he stopped at nothing, hacking through bogs to pursue his enemy and defend his perceived rights.
undrs ‘it is a wonder’
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2. undr (noun n.; °-s; -): wonder, marvel
[3] undrs (‘undr er’): verðr 39, F, vátr H, Hr
nema ‘unless’
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2. nema (conj.): unless
[3] nema allvaldr Lundar: sem veigðu skauti H, Hr
allvaldr ‘overlord’
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allvaldr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): mighty ruler
[3] nema allvaldr Lundar: sem veigðu skauti H, Hr
kennings
aldrprúðr allvaldr Lundar‘the life-splendid overlord of Lund ’
= Magnús
the life-splendid overlord of Lund → Magnús
notes
[2, 3] harri Skônunga; allvaldr Lundar ‘ruler of the Skánungar [= Magnús]; overlord of Lund [= Magnús]’: These must refer to the victorious Magnús, who claimed supremacy over Skåne (Skáney), now in southern Sweden, but formerly part of the Dan. territories (cf. Magn 9, where í Danmǫrku ‘in Denmark’ and of Skáney ‘across Skåne’ are juxtaposed. Lund (from ON lundr m. ‘grove’) is one of the largest and oldest centres of population in Skåne. That it was Magnús who got a saurstokkinn svíra ‘mud-spattered neck’ (i.e. was spattered right up to the neck) might seem undignified, but taken together with ll. 3-4 this seems to suggest that he stopped at nothing, hacking through bogs to pursue his enemy and defend his perceived rights.
Lundar ‘of Lund’
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Lundr (noun f.): [Lund]
[3] nema allvaldr Lundar: sem veigðu skauti H, Hr; Lundar: ‘vndar’ 39, yrði F
kennings
aldrprúðr allvaldr Lundar‘the life-splendid overlord of Lund ’
= Magnús
the life-splendid overlord of Lund → Magnús
notes
[2, 3] harri Skônunga; allvaldr Lundar ‘ruler of the Skánungar [= Magnús]; overlord of Lund [= Magnús]’: These must refer to the victorious Magnús, who claimed supremacy over Skåne (Skáney), now in southern Sweden, but formerly part of the Dan. territories (cf. Magn 9, where í Danmǫrku ‘in Denmark’ and of Skáney ‘across Skåne’ are juxtaposed. Lund (from ON lundr m. ‘grove’) is one of the largest and oldest centres of population in Skåne. That it was Magnús who got a saurstokkinn svíra ‘mud-spattered neck’ (i.e. was spattered right up to the neck) might seem undignified, but taken together with ll. 3-4 this seems to suggest that he stopped at nothing, hacking through bogs to pursue his enemy and defend his perceived rights.
aldr ‘the life’
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aldr (noun m.; °aldrs, dat. aldri; aldrar): life, age < aldrprúðr (adj.)
[4] aldrprúðr: ‘allde pruðr’ E, ‘valldrvðr’ H, Hr
kennings
aldrprúðr allvaldr Lundar‘the life-splendid overlord of Lund ’
= Magnús
the life-splendid overlord of Lund → Magnús
prúðr ‘splendid’
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prúðr (adj.; °superl. -astr): magnificent, proud < aldrprúðr (adj.)
[4] aldrprúðr: ‘allde pruðr’ E, ‘valldrvðr’ H, Hr
kennings
aldrprúðr allvaldr Lundar‘the life-splendid overlord of Lund ’
= Magnús
the life-splendid overlord of Lund → Magnús
fyrir ‘out’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
notes
[4] halda fyrir ‘holds out’: This seems to be a rare absolute use of halda, with adverbial fyrir, cf. halda e-u fyrir e-m/e-u ‘withhold sth. from sby/sth., protect against’ (cf. Fritzner: halda 9). The thought may be specifically ‘hold (the land against Sveinn / the enemy)’, as suggested in Hkr 1893-1901, IV and Skj B.
notes
[4] halda fyrir ‘holds out’: This seems to be a rare absolute use of halda, with adverbial fyrir, cf. halda e-u fyrir e-m/e-u ‘withhold sth. from sby/sth., protect against’ (cf. Fritzner: halda 9). The thought may be specifically ‘hold (the land against Sveinn / the enemy)’, as suggested in Hkr 1893-1901, IV and Skj B.
Gær ‘yesterday’
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gær (adv.): [Yesterday]
[5] Gær: ‘ger’ 39, J2ˣ, ‘ser’ E, ‘gíær’ H, geirr Hr
flugu ‘flew’
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fljúga (verb): fly
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
mýrar ‘bogs’
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mýrr (noun f.; °; -ar): bog, moor
merki ‘the standard’
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1. merki (noun n.; °-s: -): banner, sign
jarls ‘jarl’
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jarl (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): poet, earl
[6] jarls: so F, E, J2ˣ, H, Hr, ‘I.’ Kˣ, ‘J.’ 39
ins ‘of the’
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2. inn (art.): the
slóð ‘a track’
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slóð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): path, track
[7] slóð drap: ‘stoð dreif’ H, Hr
drap ‘beat’
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drepa (verb; °drepr; drap, drápu; drepinn): kill, strike
[7] slóð drap: ‘stoð dreif’ H, Hr
framm ‘onwards’
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fram (adv.): out, forth, forwards, away
at ‘to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
flaugar ‘Flighted’
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flaug (noun f.): flight < flaugardǫrr (noun m.)
notes
[8] flaugardǫrr ‘flighted spears’: Flaug f. means both abstract ‘flight’ and ‘(weather)vane’; in skaldic poetry it usually occurs with a word for ‘missile’ in the gen. pl., e. g. Vígf Hák l. 8I flaug darra ‘flight of spears’ or Hfr ErfÓl 4/3I flaug brodda ‘flight of points’. Here the cpd is the other way around, and the meaning might be ‘spear with a pennant’ or simply ‘flying spear’, i.e. ‘throwing spear’ (so LP (1860): flaug; Hkr 1893-1901, IV and subsequent eds).
dǫrr ‘spears’
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dǫrr (noun m.): spear < flaugardǫrr (noun m.)
notes
[8] flaugardǫrr ‘flighted spears’: Flaug f. means both abstract ‘flight’ and ‘(weather)vane’; in skaldic poetry it usually occurs with a word for ‘missile’ in the gen. pl., e. g. Vígf Hák l. 8I flaug darra ‘flight of spears’ or Hfr ErfÓl 4/3I flaug brodda ‘flight of points’. Here the cpd is the other way around, and the meaning might be ‘spear with a pennant’ or simply ‘flying spear’, i.e. ‘throwing spear’ (so LP (1860): flaug; Hkr 1893-1901, IV and subsequent eds).
of ‘across’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
notes
[8] of hauga ‘across the hills’: Haugr can refer either to a natural hill or a burial mound, and the phrase could be taken with either of the clauses in the second helmingr. The arrangement adopted here is also that of the eds listed above. The same phrase recurs in st. 9, again referring to Skåne.
notes
[8] of hauga ‘across the hills’: Haugr can refer either to a natural hill or a burial mound, and the phrase could be taken with either of the clauses in the second helmingr. The arrangement adopted here is also that of the eds listed above. The same phrase recurs in st. 9, again referring to Skåne.
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