ÞjóðA Har 2II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Stanzas about Haraldr Sigurðarson’s leiðangr 2’ 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. 151-2.
Slyngr ‘throws’
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slyngja (verb): [throws]
notes
[1, 2] slyngr lǫngu tjaldi af sér ‘throws the long awning off [lit. off himself]’: This tjald seems to be a cover running the length of the ship and used chiefly in harbour. Casting it off, as Jesch notes, is a signal for departure once the ship is in the water. She also notes the rarity of the motif, but compares Hhund I, 26/1-2 brá stýrir stafntioldum af ‘the captain smartly pulled the stem-covers off’ (Jesch 2001a, 173 and cf. p. 165; NK 134).
laugardag ‘on a Saturday’
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laugardagr (noun m.): Saturday
lǫngu ‘the long’
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langr (adj.; °compar. lengri, superl. lengstr): long
[1] lǫngu: lǫgðu 570a
notes
[1, 2] slyngr lǫngu tjaldi af sér ‘throws the long awning off [lit. off himself]’: This tjald seems to be a cover running the length of the ship and used chiefly in harbour. Casting it off, as Jesch notes, is a signal for departure once the ship is in the water. She also notes the rarity of the motif, but compares Hhund I, 26/1-2 brá stýrir stafntioldum af ‘the captain smartly pulled the stem-covers off’ (Jesch 2001a, 173 and cf. p. 165; NK 134).
lið ‘The troop’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop < liðbaldr (noun m.)
kennings
Lið-Baldr‘The troop-Baldr ’
= RULER
The troop-Baldr → RULER
Baldr ‘Baldr’
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Baldr (noun m.): [Baldr, Baldur] < liðbaldr (noun m.)
kennings
Lið-Baldr‘The troop-Baldr ’
= RULER
The troop-Baldr → RULER
af ‘off’
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af (prep.): from
notes
[1, 2] slyngr lǫngu tjaldi af sér ‘throws the long awning off [lit. off himself]’: This tjald seems to be a cover running the length of the ship and used chiefly in harbour. Casting it off, as Jesch notes, is a signal for departure once the ship is in the water. She also notes the rarity of the motif, but compares Hhund I, 26/1-2 brá stýrir stafntioldum af ‘the captain smartly pulled the stem-covers off’ (Jesch 2001a, 173 and cf. p. 165; NK 134).
sér ‘[lit. off himself]’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
notes
[1, 2] slyngr lǫngu tjaldi af sér ‘throws the long awning off [lit. off himself]’: This tjald seems to be a cover running the length of the ship and used chiefly in harbour. Casting it off, as Jesch notes, is a signal for departure once the ship is in the water. She also notes the rarity of the motif, but compares Hhund I, 26/1-2 brá stýrir stafntioldum af ‘the captain smartly pulled the stem-covers off’ (Jesch 2001a, 173 and cf. p. 165; NK 134).
tjaldi ‘awning’
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tjald (noun n.; °-s; *-): tent, awning
notes
[1, 2] slyngr lǫngu tjaldi af sér ‘throws the long awning off [lit. off himself]’: This tjald seems to be a cover running the length of the ship and used chiefly in harbour. Casting it off, as Jesch notes, is a signal for departure once the ship is in the water. She also notes the rarity of the motif, but compares Hhund I, 26/1-2 brá stýrir stafntioldum af ‘the captain smartly pulled the stem-covers off’ (Jesch 2001a, 173 and cf. p. 165; NK 134).
ekkjur ‘women’
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1. ekkja (noun f.; °-u; -ur, gen. ekkna): widow, woman
[3] ekkjur: ‘eikíur’ Hr
líta ‘gaze’
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líta (verb): look, see; appear
orms ‘of the serpent’
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ormr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): serpent
súð ‘at the side-planking’
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súð (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): planking, ship
Vestr ‘west’
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2. vestr (adv.): west, in the west
réð ‘set about’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
Nið ‘Nidelven (Nið)’
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Nið (noun f.): Nidelven
næsta ‘the brand’
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nærri (adj. comp.; °superl. nǽstr): near, nearer, next
[5] næsta: ‘nę[…]ta’ 570a
nýri ‘new’
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nýr (adj.; °nýjan; compar. nýrri, superl. nýjastr): new
[6] nýri: ‘nyrri’ 570a, H
skeið ‘longship’
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1. skeið (noun f.; °-ar; -r/-ar/-ir): ship
at ‘’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
stýra ‘steering’
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stýra (verb): steer, control
ungr ‘The youthful’
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ungr (adj.): young
notes
[7] ungr ‘youthful’: As Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson remarks, Haraldr would have been about forty-five at this point (ÍF 28).
árar ‘the oars’
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1. ár (noun f.; °-ar, dat. u/-; -ar/-ir(LandslBorg 151b²¹)): oar
drengja ‘of the warriors’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior
all ‘over’
valdr ‘lord’
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valdr (noun m.): ruler < allvaldr (noun m.): mighty ruler
[8] ‑valdr: ‘‑vallz’ 570a
sæ ‘the sea’
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sjór (noun m.): sea
falla ‘plunge’
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falla (verb): fall
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Slyngr laugardag lǫngu |
The troop-Baldr <god> [RULER] throws, on a Saturday, the long awning off [lit. off himself], where fine women gaze at the side-planking of the serpent [dragon-ship], [looking] out from the town. The youthful overlord set about steering the brand-new longship west out of Nidelven (Nið), and the oars of the warriors plunge into the sea.
In Hkr and H-Hr, the st. follows st. 1, with the comment that Haraldr set sail down the river and (in Hkr) that the rowing was most careful (þar var vandaðr róðr mjǫk). HÍ has a similar context to Hkr.
[3]: The l. recalls Sigvatr’s Út munu ekkjur líta ‘women will look out’ (Sigv Austv 12/1I).
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