ÞjóðA Sex 4II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Sexstefja 4’ 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, p. 116.
Lét ‘put’
(not checked:)
láta (verb): let, have sth done
þás ‘as’
(not checked:)
þás (conj.): when
lypt ‘raised up’
(not checked:)
lyfta (verb): lift, raise
vas ‘were’
(not checked:)
2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
spjótum ‘spears’
(not checked:)
spjót (noun n.; °-s; -): spear
liðs ‘of the host’
(not checked:)
lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
hǫfðingi ‘The commander’
(not checked:)
hǫfðingi (noun m.; °-ja; -jar): chieftain
enn ‘and’
(not checked:)
2. en (conj.): but, and
þeirs ‘those who’
[3] þeirs: þeir Flat, Hr
undan ‘away’
(not checked:)
undan (adv.): away, away from
runnu ‘ran’
(not checked:)
2. renna (verb): run (strong)
grôð ‘hunger’
(not checked:)
gráðr (noun m.; °dat. -): greed, hunger
friðar ‘for a truce’
(not checked:)
friðr (noun m.): peace
Hann ‘He’
(not checked:)
hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
hefr ‘has’
(not checked:)
hafa (verb): have
fyr ‘’
(not checked:)
fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
sæ ‘of the sea’
(not checked:)
sjór (noun m.): sea
sunnan ‘south’
(not checked:)
sunnan (adv.): (from the) south
svá ‘’
(not checked:)
svá (adv.): so, thus
finnask ‘are to be found’
(not checked:)
2. finna (verb): find, meet
til ‘of this’
(not checked:)
til (prep.): to
minni ‘memorials’
(not checked:)
1. minni (noun n.; °-s; -): memory
opt ‘often’
(not checked:)
opt (adv.): often
með ‘with’
(not checked:)
með (prep.): with
oddi ‘spear-point’
(not checked:)
oddr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): point of weapon
auð ‘riches’
(not checked:)
1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth
þars ‘where’
(not checked:)
2. er (conj.): who, which, when
leitt ‘unpleasant’
(not checked:)
2. leiðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): hateful, loathsome
[8] leitt: so Flat, H, Hr, ‘leit’ Mork
vas ‘was’
(not checked:)
2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
blauðum ‘for cowards’
(not checked:)
blauðr (adj.; °superl. -astr): cowardly
Interactive view: tap on words in the text for notes and glosses
Haraldr (under his alias Norðbrikt) and his troops bring a rich Sicilian town to its knees through force of arms and cunning use of birds loaded with burning sulphur to set it on fire.
Flat introduces the st., Suo segir þor. skalld. ‘As the poet Þór… says’.
Stanza/chapter/text segment
Use the buttons at the top of the page to navigate between stanzas in a poem.
Information tab
- text: if the stanza has been published, the edited text of the stanza and translation are here; if it hasn't been published an old edition (usually Skj) is given for reference
- sources: a list of the manuscripts or inscriptions containing this stanza, with page and line references and links (eye button) to images where available, and transcription where available
- readings: a list of variant manuscript readings of words in the main text
- editions and texts: a list of editions of the stanza with links to the bibliography; and a list of prose works in which the stanza occurs, allowing you to navigate within the prose context
- notes and context: notes not linked to individual words are given here, along with the account of the prose context for the stanza, where relevant
Interactive tab
The text and translation are given here, with buttons to toggle whether the text is shown in the verse order or prose word order. Clicking on indiviudal words gives dictionary links, variant readings, kennings and notes, where relevant.
Full text tab
This is the text of the edition in a similar format to how the edition appears in the printed volumes.
Chapter/text segment
This view is also used for chapters and other text segments. Not all the headings shown are relevant to such sections.