ÞjóðA Magnfl 19II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Magnússflokkr 19’ 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. 86-7.
Háðisk ‘was waged’
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2. heyja (verb): fight, wage (battle)
heilli ‘fortune’
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2. heill (noun n.; °; -): fortune
góðu ‘with good’
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góðr (adj.): good
hildr ‘The battle’
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1. hildr (noun f.): battle
sem ‘as’
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sem (conj.): as, which
Magnús ‘Magnús’
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2. Magnús (noun m.): Magnús
vildi ‘wished’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
selr ‘gives’
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4. selja (verb): hand over, sell, give
notes
[3, 4] selr mér fœri at þylja of sigr ‘gives me opportunity to recite about victory’: This is akin to Arnórr’s comment on Magnús providing him yrkisefni ‘material for composition’ (Arn Hryn 14). Such statements are not common, to judge from Kreutzer 1977, 196. The verb þylja is a derivative of þulr ‘sage’ (cf. þula ‘metrical catalogue’), but it probably functions as a generic term for performing poetry here (see Kreutzer 1977, 155-6).
of ‘about’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
notes
[3, 4] selr mér fœri at þylja of sigr ‘gives me opportunity to recite about victory’: This is akin to Arnórr’s comment on Magnús providing him yrkisefni ‘material for composition’ (Arn Hryn 14). Such statements are not common, to judge from Kreutzer 1977, 196. The verb þylja is a derivative of þulr ‘sage’ (cf. þula ‘metrical catalogue’), but it probably functions as a generic term for performing poetry here (see Kreutzer 1977, 155-6).
sigr ‘victory’
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sigr (noun m.; °sigrs/sigrar, dat. sigri; sigrar): victory
notes
[3, 4] selr mér fœri at þylja of sigr ‘gives me opportunity to recite about victory’: This is akin to Arnórr’s comment on Magnús providing him yrkisefni ‘material for composition’ (Arn Hryn 14). Such statements are not common, to judge from Kreutzer 1977, 196. The verb þylja is a derivative of þulr ‘sage’ (cf. þula ‘metrical catalogue’), but it probably functions as a generic term for performing poetry here (see Kreutzer 1977, 155-6).
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
notes
[3, 4] selr mér fœri at þylja of sigr ‘gives me opportunity to recite about victory’: This is akin to Arnórr’s comment on Magnús providing him yrkisefni ‘material for composition’ (Arn Hryn 14). Such statements are not common, to judge from Kreutzer 1977, 196. The verb þylja is a derivative of þulr ‘sage’ (cf. þula ‘metrical catalogue’), but it probably functions as a generic term for performing poetry here (see Kreutzer 1977, 155-6).
þylja ‘recite’
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þylja (verb): recite
notes
[3, 4] selr mér fœri at þylja of sigr ‘gives me opportunity to recite about victory’: This is akin to Arnórr’s comment on Magnús providing him yrkisefni ‘material for composition’ (Arn Hryn 14). Such statements are not common, to judge from Kreutzer 1977, 196. The verb þylja is a derivative of þulr ‘sage’ (cf. þula ‘metrical catalogue’), but it probably functions as a generic term for performing poetry here (see Kreutzer 1977, 155-6).
sókn ‘the onslaught’
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sókn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): attack, fight < sóknstœrir (noun m.)
kennings
sóknstœrir‘the onslaught-sweller ’
= WARRIOR
the onslaught-sweller → WARRIOR
stœrir ‘sweller’
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stœrir (noun m.): increaser < sóknstœrir (noun m.)
[4] ‑stœrir mér fœri: ‑sterkr framarr merkjum H, ‘‑sterkum iofr merkívm’ Hr
kennings
sóknstœrir‘the onslaught-sweller ’
= WARRIOR
the onslaught-sweller → WARRIOR
mér ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
[4] ‑stœrir mér fœri: ‑sterkr framarr merkjum H, ‘‑sterkum iofr merkívm’ Hr; mér: so 39, F, E, J2ˣ, om. Kˣ
notes
[3, 4] selr mér fœri at þylja of sigr ‘gives me opportunity to recite about victory’: This is akin to Arnórr’s comment on Magnús providing him yrkisefni ‘material for composition’ (Arn Hryn 14). Such statements are not common, to judge from Kreutzer 1977, 196. The verb þylja is a derivative of þulr ‘sage’ (cf. þula ‘metrical catalogue’), but it probably functions as a generic term for performing poetry here (see Kreutzer 1977, 155-6).
fœri ‘opportunity’
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fœri (noun n.): opportunity; tool, gear
[4] ‑stœrir mér fœri: ‑sterkr framarr merkjum H, ‘‑sterkum iofr merkívm’ Hr
notes
[3, 4] selr mér fœri at þylja of sigr ‘gives me opportunity to recite about victory’: This is akin to Arnórr’s comment on Magnús providing him yrkisefni ‘material for composition’ (Arn Hryn 14). Such statements are not common, to judge from Kreutzer 1977, 196. The verb þylja is a derivative of þulr ‘sage’ (cf. þula ‘metrical catalogue’), but it probably functions as a generic term for performing poetry here (see Kreutzer 1977, 155-6).
Brand ‘the sword’
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brandr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sword, prow; fire
rauð ‘reddened’
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rjóða (verb): to redden
buðlungr ‘The prince’
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buðlungr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, prince
kennings
Buðlungr Þrœnda‘The prince of the Þrœndir ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
The prince of the Þrœndir → NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
Þrœnda ‘of the Þrœndir’
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Þrœndr (noun m.; °; þrǿndir/þrǿndr): people from Tröndelag
kennings
Buðlungr Þrœnda‘The prince of the Þrœndir ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
The prince of the Þrœndir → NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
berr ‘carries’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
[6] berr: ‘bǫrr’ J2ˣ, bar H, Hr
notes
[6, 8] berr hæra skjǫld ‘carries the higher shield’: The context suggests the sense ‘wins victory’ (so LP: skjǫldr); there is no evidence that this existed as a fixed idiom.
íðula ‘ever’
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iðula (adv.): [constantly, ever]
notes
[6] íðula ‘ever’: (a) This is taken here to qualify berr ‘carries’ (l. 6). (b) Finnur Jónsson (Hkr 1893-1901 and Skj B) takes it instead with rauð ‘reddened’ (l. 5), hence ‘repeatedly reddened’, so assuming interruption of l. 6, but Kock includes this in his list of erroneously construed adverbials in NN §806.
síðan ‘afterwards’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
ept ‘after’
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eptir (prep.): after, behind
her ‘pitched’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host < hervíg (noun n.): warfare
víg ‘battle’
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víg (noun n.; °-s; -): battle < hervíg (noun n.): warfare
hæra ‘the higher’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
[8] hæra: hǫggvinn E, J2ˣ
notes
[6, 8] berr hæra skjǫld ‘carries the higher shield’: The context suggests the sense ‘wins victory’ (so LP: skjǫldr); there is no evidence that this existed as a fixed idiom.
skjǫld ‘shield’
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skjǫldr (noun m.; °skjaldar/skildar, dat. skildi; skildir, acc. skjǫldu): shield
notes
[6, 8] berr hæra skjǫld ‘carries the higher shield’: The context suggests the sense ‘wins victory’ (so LP: skjǫldr); there is no evidence that this existed as a fixed idiom.
notes
[8] at gjǫldum ‘in repayment’: This seems the likeliest sense: Magnús prevails as a reward for his courage and effort. To take it with rauð in l. 5 and in the sense ‘in retribution’ seems less likely in the absence of any mention of a specific cause to punish his enemies.
gjǫldum ‘repayment’
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gjald (noun n.): payment, reward, return
notes
[8] at gjǫldum ‘in repayment’: This seems the likeliest sense: Magnús prevails as a reward for his courage and effort. To take it with rauð in l. 5 and in the sense ‘in retribution’ seems less likely in the absence of any mention of a specific cause to punish his enemies.
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The sagas summarise Magnús’s successes in Denmark, and Okík Magn 1 and Arn Hryn 14 are quoted. The present st. follows the statement that Magnús fought three battles against Sveinn Úlfsson (only Hkr specifies three).
In H-Hr the st. is introduced, Sem hér segir ‘As it says here’ and Þjóðólfr is not named, so the implication would be that this is by Arnórr or else anonymous.
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