ÞjóðA Magnfl 7II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Magnússflokkr 7’ 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. 72-3.
Hykk ‘I believe’
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2. hyggja (verb): think, consider
[1] Hykk (‘Hyck’): ‘Hvck’ 73aˣ, 325V, Bb, ‘Hyg’ Flat
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
hundraðs ‘of a hundred’
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hundrað (noun n.; °-s; hundruð/-): hundred
[1] hundraðs: ‘hundat’ 321ˣ
notes
[1] hundraðs ‘hundred’: The sense may well be approximate, as suggested in ÍF 28 (cf. Hkr 1893-1901, IV), but this is not proven by herr er hundrað ‘a host consists of a hundred’, which ÍF 28 cites from Skm, since the context there is a list of terms for groups and the number of men each of them designates (SnE 1998, I, 107).
flokki ‘a force’
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flokkr (noun m.): group, flock
Haralds ‘of Haraldr’
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Haraldr (noun m.): Haraldr
kennings
bróðurson Haralds‘the brother’s son of Haraldr ’
= Magnús
the brother’s son of Haraldr → Magnús
notes
[2] bróðurson Haralds ‘nephew of Haraldr [= Magnús]’: An allusion to Þjóðólfr’s other main patron, Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, who was the half-brother of Óláfr Haraldsson and for a time co-ruler in Norway with Magnús (see ‘Royal Biographies’ in Introduction to this vol.). A more complex analysis of the kenning, in which bróður Haralds ‘Haraldr’s brother [= Óláfr] is an embedded kenning, is possible but unnecessary, as also in ÞjóðA Run 4/4.
bróðurson ‘the brother’s son’
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bróðursonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. ·syni; ·synir): nephew
kennings
bróðurson Haralds‘the brother’s son of Haraldr ’
= Magnús
the brother’s son of Haraldr → Magnús
notes
[2] bróðurson Haralds ‘nephew of Haraldr [= Magnús]’: An allusion to Þjóðólfr’s other main patron, Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, who was the half-brother of Óláfr Haraldsson and for a time co-ruler in Norway with Magnús (see ‘Royal Biographies’ in Introduction to this vol.). A more complex analysis of the kenning, in which bróður Haralds ‘Haraldr’s brother [= Óláfr] is an embedded kenning, is possible but unnecessary, as also in ÞjóðA Run 4/4.
stóðu ‘stood’
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standa (verb): stand
hrafn ‘the raven’
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hrafn (noun m.; °hrafns; dat. hrafni; hrafnar): raven
notes
[3-4] hrafn vissi sér hvassast hungrbann ‘the raven knew there was the strictest ban on hunger’: This statement is akin to warrior-kennings of the type ‘raven-feeder’, based on the idea that the hero makes carrion of his enemies.
vissi ‘knew’
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1. vita (verb): know
notes
[3-4] hrafn vissi sér hvassast hungrbann ‘the raven knew there was the strictest ban on hunger’: This statement is akin to warrior-kennings of the type ‘raven-feeder’, based on the idea that the hero makes carrion of his enemies.
sér ‘’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
notes
[3-4] hrafn vissi sér hvassast hungrbann ‘the raven knew there was the strictest ban on hunger’: This statement is akin to warrior-kennings of the type ‘raven-feeder’, based on the idea that the hero makes carrion of his enemies.
hvassast ‘the strictest’
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hvass (adj.; °-an; -ari, -astr): keen, sharp
[3] hvassast: ‘hvassastz’ 325V
notes
[3-4] hrafn vissi sér hvassast hungrbann ‘the raven knew there was the strictest ban on hunger’: This statement is akin to warrior-kennings of the type ‘raven-feeder’, based on the idea that the hero makes carrion of his enemies.
hungr ‘on hunger’
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1. hungr (noun m.; °hungrs/-s, dat. hungri, acc. hungr/hung): hunger < hungrbann (noun n.)
[4] hungr‑: hungrs 73aˣ, ‘hygr‑’ Flat
notes
[3-4] hrafn vissi sér hvassast hungrbann ‘the raven knew there was the strictest ban on hunger’: This statement is akin to warrior-kennings of the type ‘raven-feeder’, based on the idea that the hero makes carrion of his enemies.
bann ‘ban’
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bann (noun n.; °-s; *-): ban < hungrbann (noun n.)
notes
[3-4] hrafn vissi sér hvassast hungrbann ‘the raven knew there was the strictest ban on hunger’: This statement is akin to warrior-kennings of the type ‘raven-feeder’, based on the idea that the hero makes carrion of his enemies.
framast ‘foremost’
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framr (adj.; °compar. framari/fremri, superl. framastr/fremstr): outstanding, foremost
manna ‘of the men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
Vítt ‘far and wide’
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víðr (adj.): far
[5] Vítt lá: blank space 321ˣ; Vítt: ‘vít’ Holm2, ‘vit’ FskAˣ
notes
[5] flótti Vinða lá vítt ‘the Wends forced to flee lay far and wide’: Vinða ‘Wends’ is gen. pl., forming a noun phrase with the nom. sg. noun flótti ‘flight, those put to flight’. The translation ‘forced to flee’ reflects the interpretation of flótti as men who have been put to flight. Alternatively, the noun could denote flight in the abstract, in which case l. 5 would mean ‘the (path of the) Wends’ flight went far and wide’, as assumed in ÍF 29 and Hkr 1991, where lá is glossed as dreifðist ‘scattered’.
notes
[5] flótti Vinða lá vítt ‘the Wends forced to flee lay far and wide’: Vinða ‘Wends’ is gen. pl., forming a noun phrase with the nom. sg. noun flótti ‘flight, those put to flight’. The translation ‘forced to flee’ reflects the interpretation of flótti as men who have been put to flight. Alternatively, the noun could denote flight in the abstract, in which case l. 5 would mean ‘the (path of the) Wends’ flight went far and wide’, as assumed in ÍF 29 and Hkr 1991, where lá is glossed as dreifðist ‘scattered’.
notes
[5] flótti Vinða lá vítt ‘the Wends forced to flee lay far and wide’: Vinða ‘Wends’ is gen. pl., forming a noun phrase with the nom. sg. noun flótti ‘flight, those put to flight’. The translation ‘forced to flee’ reflects the interpretation of flótti as men who have been put to flight. Alternatively, the noun could denote flight in the abstract, in which case l. 5 would mean ‘the (path of the) Wends’ flight went far and wide’, as assumed in ÍF 29 and Hkr 1991, where lá is glossed as dreifðist ‘scattered’.
notes
[5] flótti Vinða lá vítt ‘the Wends forced to flee lay far and wide’: Vinða ‘Wends’ is gen. pl., forming a noun phrase with the nom. sg. noun flótti ‘flight, those put to flight’. The translation ‘forced to flee’ reflects the interpretation of flótti as men who have been put to flight. Alternatively, the noun could denote flight in the abstract, in which case l. 5 would mean ‘the (path of the) Wends’ flight went far and wide’, as assumed in ÍF 29 and Hkr 1991, where lá is glossed as dreifðist ‘scattered’.
þars ‘where’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
[6] þars (‘þar er’): þá er 73aˣ, 325V, ‘þar ver’ or þar er 61, ‘þer er’ FskAˣ, ‘[…]’ Hr
barðisk ‘fought’
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2. berja (verb; °barði; barðr/bariðr/barinn): fight
[6] Magnús barðisk: ‘[…]’ Hr
hǫggvinn ‘the felled’
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hǫggva (verb): to strike, put to death, cut, hew
[7] hǫggvinn: ‘hoggum’ Bb, Tóm, ‘hauggan’ Hr
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
hylja ‘cover’
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2. hylja (verb): to bury, cover, inhume
heiði ‘the heath’
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3. heiðr (noun f.; °heiðar, dat./acc heiði; heiðar): heath
[8] heiði rastar breiða: ‘heidur rastir breidar’ Hr
rastar ‘a league’
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1. rǫst (noun f.; °rastar; rastir): (a measure of distance)
[8] heiði rastar breiða: ‘heidur rastir breidar’ Hr
breiða ‘wide’
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breiðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): broad, wide
[8] heiði rastar breiða: ‘heidur rastir breidar’ Hr; breiða: breiði 73aˣ, 325V
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The scene is still Lyrskovshede (Hlýrskógsheiðr) (see Context to st. 6). The enemy soon flee, and an immense number are slain. Flat attributes the st. to Sigvatr [Þórðarson].
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