Þstf Stuttdr 2II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Þórarinn stuttfeldr, Stuttfeldardrápa 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. 474-5.
Svá ‘Such’
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svát (conj.): so that, so as
fylkis ‘leader’
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fylkir (noun m.): leader
framt ‘outstanding’
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framr (adj.; °compar. framari/fremri, superl. framastr/fremstr): outstanding, foremost
[2] framt: framit 39
lið ‘troop’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
saman ‘’
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saman (adv.): together
marg ‘of the very’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many < margspakr (adj.): sagacious, very wise
spaks ‘ sagacious’
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spakr (adj.): quiet, gentle, wise < margspakr (adj.): sagacious, very wise
[3] ‑spaks: so H, Hr, Kˣ, 39, F, E, J2ˣ, ‘‑scaps’ Mork, ‘‑sþak’ 42ˣ
mikit ‘a large’
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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large
mildingi ‘to the generous one [= Sigurðr]’
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mildingr (noun m.; °-s): ruler, generous one
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
skip ‘ships’
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skip (noun n.; °-s; -): ship
við ‘by’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
notes
[5, 7] við skǫp hreins goðs ‘by the providence of the pure God’: The variant skip ‘ship’ (l. 5) (so H, Hr, Kˣ, 39, F) requires the reading hreins grams ‘of the pure lord’ (l. 7) (so H, Hr, Kˣ, 39, F): at sex tigir skip, skarfǫgr, hnigu við skip hreins grams ‘that sixty ships, splendidly equipped with shields, glided next to the ship of the pure lord’. In that case, the ‘pure lord’ would be Sigurðr, but it is unlikely that Þórarinn would have referred to the king in this manner; rather, it looks as though hreins grams ‘of the pure lord’ is secondary, caused by skip ‘ship’ (scribal error?) in l. 5.
skǫp ‘the providence’
[5] skǫp: so E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, skap Mork, skip H, Hr, Kˣ, 39, F
notes
[5, 7] við skǫp hreins goðs ‘by the providence of the pure God’: The variant skip ‘ship’ (l. 5) (so H, Hr, Kˣ, 39, F) requires the reading hreins grams ‘of the pure lord’ (l. 7) (so H, Hr, Kˣ, 39, F): at sex tigir skip, skarfǫgr, hnigu við skip hreins grams ‘that sixty ships, splendidly equipped with shields, glided next to the ship of the pure lord’. In that case, the ‘pure lord’ would be Sigurðr, but it is unlikely that Þórarinn would have referred to the king in this manner; rather, it looks as though hreins grams ‘of the pure lord’ is secondary, caused by skip ‘ship’ (scribal error?) in l. 5.
skarfǫgr ‘splendidly equipped with shields’
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skarfagr (adj.): equipped with shields
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[6] skarfǫgr ‘splendidly equipped with shields’: Lit. ‘stack-fair’. Hap. leg. formed from the verb skara ‘stack, join’ cf. skip skarat skjǫldum ‘a ship equipped with overlapping shields’. See Falk 1912, 55.
lǫg ‘the ocean’
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lǫgr (noun m.; °lagar, dat. legi): sea
hreins ‘of the pure’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure
notes
[5, 7] við skǫp hreins goðs ‘by the providence of the pure God’: The variant skip ‘ship’ (l. 5) (so H, Hr, Kˣ, 39, F) requires the reading hreins grams ‘of the pure lord’ (l. 7) (so H, Hr, Kˣ, 39, F): at sex tigir skip, skarfǫgr, hnigu við skip hreins grams ‘that sixty ships, splendidly equipped with shields, glided next to the ship of the pure lord’. In that case, the ‘pure lord’ would be Sigurðr, but it is unlikely that Þórarinn would have referred to the king in this manner; rather, it looks as though hreins grams ‘of the pure lord’ is secondary, caused by skip ‘ship’ (scribal error?) in l. 5.
goðs ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
[7] goðs: grams Kˣ, 39, F
notes
[5, 7] við skǫp hreins goðs ‘by the providence of the pure God’: The variant skip ‘ship’ (l. 5) (so H, Hr, Kˣ, 39, F) requires the reading hreins grams ‘of the pure lord’ (l. 7) (so H, Hr, Kˣ, 39, F): at sex tigir skip, skarfǫgr, hnigu við skip hreins grams ‘that sixty ships, splendidly equipped with shields, glided next to the ship of the pure lord’. In that case, the ‘pure lord’ would be Sigurðr, but it is unlikely that Þórarinn would have referred to the king in this manner; rather, it looks as though hreins grams ‘of the pure lord’ is secondary, caused by skip ‘ship’ (scribal error?) in l. 5.
heðan ‘from here’
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heðan (adv.): hence, from this place
hnigu ‘glided’
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hníga (verb): sink, fall
sex ‘sixty’
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sex (num. cardinal): six
tigir ‘’
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tigir (num. cardinal): [ty]
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Sigurðr set out on his journey with sixty ships.
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