Þloft Glækv 2I
Matthew Townend (ed.) 2012, ‘Þórarinn loftunga, Glælognskviða 2’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 866.
Nú ‘Now’
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nú (adv.): now
hefr ‘has’
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hafa (verb): have
notes
[1] sér ‘himself’: Note 61’s reading, which identifies Sveinn. Although the poem speaks of Sveinn in both the 2nd and 3rd pers., he is not actually named in any of the extant stanzas.
til ‘on’
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til (prep.): to
sess ‘the throne’
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1. sess (noun m.; °-, dat -/-i;n dat. -um): seat, throne
[2] sess: ‘se[…]’ 39, þess Holm2
þjóð ‘the great’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people < þjóðkonungr (noun m.): mighty king
notes
[3] þjóðkonungr ‘the great king’: Cognate with OE þēodcyning (e.g. Beowulf l. 2 þēodcyninga, Beowulf 2008, 3). As in OE, the first element may mean ‘people’, but could also simply be an intensifying prefix. Þjóðkonungr may seem rather a grand title to apply to the youthful Sveinn, but the phrase Sveinn konungr in Sigv Tryggfl 1/3 and Anon Sveinfl 1/5 confirms that he was indeed recognised as king of Norway, and not simply as regent or governor on behalf of his father Knútr.
konungr ‘king [= Sveinn]’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king < þjóðkonungr (noun m.): mighty king
notes
[3] þjóðkonungr ‘the great king’: Cognate with OE þēodcyning (e.g. Beowulf l. 2 þēodcyninga, Beowulf 2008, 3). As in OE, the first element may mean ‘people’, but could also simply be an intensifying prefix. Þjóðkonungr may seem rather a grand title to apply to the youthful Sveinn, but the phrase Sveinn konungr in Sigv Tryggfl 1/3 and Anon Sveinfl 1/5 confirms that he was indeed recognised as king of Norway, and not simply as regent or governor on behalf of his father Knútr.
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
notes
[4] í Þrándheimi ‘in Trøndelag’: This is more likely to refer to the region (modern Trøndelag) than to the city (modern Trondheim). For the name in medieval sources, and its relationship with Kaupangr and Niðaróss, see Gade (1998) and Lockertsen (1999).
Þránd ‘Trønde’
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Þrándr (noun m.): [Trønde] < Þrándheimr (noun m.): Trøndelag
notes
[4] í Þrándheimi ‘in Trøndelag’: This is more likely to refer to the region (modern Trøndelag) than to the city (modern Trondheim). For the name in medieval sources, and its relationship with Kaupangr and Niðaróss, see Gade (1998) and Lockertsen (1999).
heimi ‘lag’
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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world < Þrándheimr (noun m.): Trøndelag
[4] ‑heimi: ‘[…]’ Holm4
notes
[4] í Þrándheimi ‘in Trøndelag’: This is more likely to refer to the region (modern Trøndelag) than to the city (modern Trondheim). For the name in medieval sources, and its relationship with Kaupangr and Niðaróss, see Gade (1998) and Lockertsen (1999).
Þar ‘There’
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þar (adv.): there
æ ‘always’
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2. æ (adv.): always, forever
[5] æ: om. 39, ey Holm2, 325VI, 321ˣ, alla 325VII
sína ‘his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
[6] sína: síðan 325VII
kennings
brjótr bauga‘the breaker of rings ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the breaker of rings → GENEROUS MAN
kennings
brjótr bauga‘the breaker of rings ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the breaker of rings → GENEROUS MAN
byggðum ‘the settlements’
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byggð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): dwelling, settlement
ráða ‘rule’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
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Following an account in the previous chapter of the translation of Óláfr’s remains into Clemenskirkja, Niðaróss (Clemenskirken, Trondheim), and quotation of Sigv ErfÓl 23, sts 2-10 are quoted as a block in ÓH-Hkr in exemplification of the miracles of the now venerated Óláfr.
The introduction in ÓH-Hkr identifies skald and title: Þórarinn loftunga orti um Svein Álfífuson kvæði þat, er Glælognskviða heitir, ok eru þessar vísur þar í ‘Þórarinn loftunga composed about Sveinn Álfífuson that poem which is called Glælognskviða, and these stanzas are in it’.
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