ÞjóðA Sex 31II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Sexstefja 31’ 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. 146-7.
Gera ‘for Geri’
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Geri (noun m.): Geri
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
gisting ‘hospitality’
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gisting (noun f.): accommodation, hospitality
byrjuð ‘initiated’
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2. byrja (verb; °-að-): begin, begat, please
[1] byrjuð: so U, C, om. R, Tˣ, A, B
gnóg ‘Plentiful’
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gnógr (adj.; °compar. gnógari/gnǿgri, superl. gnógastr/gnǿgstr): abundant
[2] gnóg: gnógr U
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
notes
[2] ulf* ‘the wolf’: (a) Emendation of nom. sg. ulfr in the mss to acc. sg. ulf, as first proposed by Konráð Gíslason (1879a, 189; Nj 1875-8, II, 75), is attractive, since without it there are two potential subjects for the verb kom ‘came’: sonr Sigvorðar ‘Sigurðr’s son, Haraldr’ and ulfr, and the former, as a human subject, appears more likely given that kom is accompanied by norðan ‘from the north’. (b) The ms. reading can be retained if á is read as the 3rd pers. sg. pres. indic. of eiga ‘own, possess, have’, hence á sár/sr at spenja ‘has a wound/wounds to entice (with)’, i.e. can entice the wolf with his enemies’ wounds. This interpretation is offered by Faulkes, citing Frank’s suggestion of a connection between spenja and speni ‘teat’ (SnE 1998, I, 87, 400 and Frank 1978, 86). Spenja means to ‘entice’ or ‘attract’ (especially sby to change their allegiance or location). Sveinbjörn Egilsson had hesitantly adopted the same cl. arrangement, suggesting ‘Sigurðr’s son has wounds to cause’ (filius Sigurdi vulnera habet inferenda, SnE 1848-87, I, 476-7).
ór ‘from’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
skógi ‘the forest’
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skógr (noun m.; °-ar/-s, dat. -i; -ar): forest
sonr ‘the son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
[3] sonr: sannr U, ‘sónra’ A
kennings
sonr Sigvorðar‘the son of Sigurðr ’
= Haraldr
the son of Sigurðr → Haraldr
á ‘onto’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
[3] á sôr (‘a sar’): ‘asar’ Tˣ, freki U, ‘a sár’ A, ‘áá sáár’ C
sôr ‘the wounds’
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2. sár (noun n.; °-s; -): wound
[3] á sôr (‘a sar’): ‘asar’ Tˣ, freki U, ‘a sár’ A, ‘áá sáár’ C
notes
[3] sôr ‘the wounds’: The ms. spellings are compatible with normalised sár sg. and sr pl., but the latter seems slightly more likely.
Sigvorðar ‘of Sigurðr’
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Sigurðr (noun m.): Sigurðr
[4] Sigvorðar (‘sigvrþar’): ‘sigvrþr’ U
kennings
sonr Sigvorðar‘the son of Sigurðr ’
= Haraldr
the son of Sigurðr → Haraldr
notes
[4] Sigvorðar ‘of Sigurðr’: This form is required in order that the first two syllables of the l. do not resolve (whereas Sigurðr is indicated in ÞjóðA Lv 6/1).
kom ‘came’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
norðan ‘from the north’
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norðan (adv.): from the north
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This begins a set of sts illustrating heiti for vargr ‘wolf’. The prose mentions kennings for ‘wolf’, then introduces Þjóðólfr’s st. to exemplify vargr itself; the citation is followed by a note that in it the wolf is also referred to as geri.
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