ÞjóðA Magnfl 16II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Magnússflokkr 16’ 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. 83-4.
Rǫnn ‘buildings’
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rann (noun n.): house, hall
[1] Rǫnn: so E, J2ˣ, Rǫnd Kˣ, 39, F, H, Hr
notes
[1] rǫnn ‘buildings’: (a) This reading matches bú ‘homesteads’ and hús ‘houses, buildings’ and allows the syntax of the helmingr to fall quite readily into place. It, and the arrangement set out above, is adopted in all the eds listed above (with Kock offering parallels in NN §853) except those by Finnur Jónsson in Hkr 1893-1901 and Skj B. (b) However, rǫnd ‘shield’ enjoys equally strong, if not stronger, ms. support, and Finnur retains this, taking it as the object of þorðir meiða ‘you dared to harm’ (l. 2) (and Fms naturally retains rǫnd since its text is based on H, Hr). The price is separating bú ‘homesteads’ in l. 2 from þorðir meiða, the verb phrase that surrounds it, and taking together lézt reiðr bú hyrfeld ‘you, angry, made homesteads fire-razed’, all widely spaced in the text.
lézt ‘You made’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
[1] lézt (‘leztu’): ‘læz þu’ 39, ‘læztv’ F, lét Hr
ræsir ‘ruler’
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ræsir (noun m.): ruler
kennings
ræsir Þrœnda;‘ruler of the Þrœndir; ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
ruler of the Þrœndir; → NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
Þrœnda ‘of the Þrœndir’
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Þrœndr (noun m.; °; þrǿndir/þrǿndr): people from Tröndelag
kennings
ræsir Þrœnda;‘ruler of the Þrœndir; ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
ruler of the Þrœndir; → NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
reiðr ‘angry’
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4. reiðr (adj.; °superl. -astr): angry
þorðir ‘you dared’
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þora (verb): dare
bú ‘homesteads’
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1. bú (noun n.; °-s, dat. -i/-(Landsl 39, DN III (1367) 279¹, DN XII (*1348AM 902 a) 73³⁰); -): homestead
[2] bú: bý 39, bæ E, J2ˣ, ‘(bv)’ or ‘(þv)’ (?) H, ‘þæ’ Hr
meiða ‘to damage’
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meiða (verb): maim, wound
hús ‘house’
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hús (noun n.; °-s; -): house
namt ‘you proceeded’
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1. nema (verb): to take
hvert ‘every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
eisu ‘embers’
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1. eisa (noun f.; °; -ur): flame, ember
hyr ‘fire’
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hyrr (noun m.): fire < hyrfeldr (adj.)
notes
[4] hyrfeld ‘fire-razed’: This must join rǫnn lézt ‘you made, caused (to be)’ in l. 1 to form ‘you made buildings fire-razed’. The adj. can hardly belong with the couplet in which it is embedded, since giving ‘fire-razed houses’ to the fire would be illogical.
feld ‘razed’
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3. fella (verb): fell, kill < hyrfeldr (adj.)
notes
[4] hyrfeld ‘fire-razed’: This must join rǫnn lézt ‘you made, caused (to be)’ in l. 1 to form ‘you made buildings fire-razed’. The adj. can hardly belong with the couplet in which it is embedded, since giving ‘fire-razed houses’ to the fire would be illogical.
gefa ‘to give’
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gefa (verb): give
eldi ‘to fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
notes
[5] grôu ‘grimly’: Lit. ‘with grey’. The variant reading g(j)ǫrr (so H, Hr) could be either the adj. ‘made, prepared’ or the adv. ‘more completely’.
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
gœðinga ‘of nobles’
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gœðingr (noun m.): chieftain
[6] gœðinga vinr skœðar: greiðlendinga skeiðum H, Hr
kennings
Vinr gœðinga,‘Friend of nobles, ’
= RULER
Friend of nobles, → RULER
vinr ‘Friend’
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend
[6] gœðinga vinr skœðar: greiðlendinga skeiðum H, Hr; vinr: so E, J2ˣ, vin Kˣ, 39, F
kennings
Vinr gœðinga,‘Friend of nobles, ’
= RULER
Friend of nobles, → RULER
skœðar ‘for their noxious’
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skœðr (adj.): dangerous
[6] gœðinga vinr skœðar: greiðlendinga skeiðum H, Hr; skœðar: ‘skioðar’ J2ˣ
þeir ‘they’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
jarls ‘of the jarl’
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jarl (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): poet, earl
[8] jarls: ‘.J.’ 39, jarl F, jarl ok or of Hr
fylgjurum ‘the followers’
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1. fylgja (noun f.): follower; fetch
[8] fylgjurum: ‘fylgerum’ J2ˣ, fylgara H, ‘fylg[…]’ Hr
dylgjur ‘hostilities’
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dylgja (noun f.; °; -ur): hostility
[8] dylgjur: ‘dylgat’ H, dylgju Hr
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Rǫnn lézt, ræsir Þrœnda, |
You made buildings fire-razed, ruler of the Þrœndir [NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús]; angry, you dared to damage homesteads; you proceeded to give every house to fire and embers. Friend of nobles [RULER], you wanted to pay back the followers of the jarl grimly for their noxious hostilities; they ran rapidly away.
This follows st. 15, uninterruptedly in Hkr, and with a brief link in H-Hr.
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