ÞjóðA Magnfl 15II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Magnússflokkr 15’ 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. 82-3.
Náði ‘succeeded’
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1. ná (verb): reach, get, manage
notes
[1] náði at eyða ‘succeeded in clearing’: (a) Náði, the reading of all mss, has been retained. If this is a claim of success on the part of Sveinn (the sacking of an enemy stronghold) it is problematic in an encomium on Magnús, and at odds both with the prose contexts and with ll. 3-4, unless the defence described there is taken as the response to the provocation in ll. 1-2. However, if the sense of eyða is rather ‘empty’ or ‘leave, abandon a place’ (Fritzner: eyða 1, 2), the meaning could be instead that Sveinn cleared his own royal residence in Sjælland by fleeing with all his men. In this case náði ‘succeeded’ would have an ironic ring. (b) Finnur Jónsson (Hkr 1893-1901, III, IV and Skj B) and Kock (Skald) emended by adding negative -(a)t), hence náðit ‘did not succeed’.
jarl ‘The jarl’
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jarl (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): poet, earl
at ‘in’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
notes
[1] náði at eyða ‘succeeded in clearing’: (a) Náði, the reading of all mss, has been retained. If this is a claim of success on the part of Sveinn (the sacking of an enemy stronghold) it is problematic in an encomium on Magnús, and at odds both with the prose contexts and with ll. 3-4, unless the defence described there is taken as the response to the provocation in ll. 1-2. However, if the sense of eyða is rather ‘empty’ or ‘leave, abandon a place’ (Fritzner: eyða 1, 2), the meaning could be instead that Sveinn cleared his own royal residence in Sjælland by fleeing with all his men. In this case náði ‘succeeded’ would have an ironic ring. (b) Finnur Jónsson (Hkr 1893-1901, III, IV and Skj B) and Kock (Skald) emended by adding negative -(a)t), hence náðit ‘did not succeed’.
eyða ‘clearing’
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2. eyða (verb; °-dd-): destroy
notes
[1] náði at eyða ‘succeeded in clearing’: (a) Náði, the reading of all mss, has been retained. If this is a claim of success on the part of Sveinn (the sacking of an enemy stronghold) it is problematic in an encomium on Magnús, and at odds both with the prose contexts and with ll. 3-4, unless the defence described there is taken as the response to the provocation in ll. 1-2. However, if the sense of eyða is rather ‘empty’ or ‘leave, abandon a place’ (Fritzner: eyða 1, 2), the meaning could be instead that Sveinn cleared his own royal residence in Sjælland by fleeing with all his men. In this case náði ‘succeeded’ would have an ironic ring. (b) Finnur Jónsson (Hkr 1893-1901, III, IV and Skj B) and Kock (Skald) emended by adding negative -(a)t), hence náðit ‘did not succeed’.
jǫfra ‘of princes’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
setr ‘the seat’
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setr (noun n.; °-s; -): seat, abode
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
vetri ‘the winter’
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vetr (noun m.; °vetrar/vetrs(HómHauksb³ 173²³), dat. vetri; vetr): winter
lézt ‘caused’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
eigi ‘no’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
lítla ‘meagre’
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lítill (adj.; °lítinn): little
landvǫrn ‘defence of territory’
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landvǫrn (noun f.): defence of territory
af ‘from’
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(non-lexical)
þér ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
standa ‘to issue’
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standa (verb): stand
Magnús ‘Magnús’
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2. Magnús (noun m.): Magnús
mildr ‘Generous’
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mildr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): mild, gentle, gracious, generous
[6] mildr í: mildi E, J2ˣ
notes
[6] í folk ‘into battle’: The variant í flokk ‘in a group’ is possible but less apt in context.
notes
[6] í folk ‘into battle’: The variant í flokk ‘in a group’ is possible but less apt in context.
und ‘behind’
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3. und (prep.): under, underneath
skildi ‘a shield’
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skjǫldr (noun m.; °skjaldar/skildar, dat. skildi; skildir, acc. skjǫldu): shield
kennings
nýtum nefa Knúts‘for the capable nephew of Knútr ’
= Sveinn
for the capable nephew of Knútr → Sveinn
Knúts ‘of Knútr’
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Knútr (noun m.): Knútr
kennings
nýtum nefa Knúts‘for the capable nephew of Knútr ’
= Sveinn
for the capable nephew of Knútr → Sveinn
vas ‘it was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
nýtum ‘for the capable’
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nýtr (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. nýztr/nýtastr): useful, able
kennings
nýtum nefa Knúts‘for the capable nephew of Knútr ’
= Sveinn
for the capable nephew of Knútr → Sveinn
nær ‘almost’
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nær (adv.): near, almost; when
sem ‘as though’
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sem (conj.): as, which
[8] sem: so 39, F, Hr, sem hann Kˣ, papp18ˣ, E, J2ˣ, H
ráðinn ‘destroyed’
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ráðinn (adj./verb p.p.): determined
notes
[8] ráðinn ‘destroyed’: Ráða can mean ‘betray’ or ‘seal another’s fate’, often by killing, as in GSúrs Lv 21/5, 8V, segja Þorketil ráðinn ‘report that Þorkell has been killed’, and ráða e-n can mean ‘plot sby’s death’ (Fritzner: ráða 7). While no treachery is involved here, the sense of destruction is present. Cf. Note to Arn Þorfdr 20/5.
væri ‘he were’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
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Sveinn Úlfsson flees to Fyn (Fjón), leaving Magnús to harry Sjælland (Selund, Zealand), then to meet up with him in the autumn.
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