Þstf Stuttdr 5II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Þórarinn stuttfeldr, Stuttfeldardrápa 5’ 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. 477.
mun ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
uppi ‘be remembered’
Endils ‘of Endill’s’
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Endill (noun m.): Endill
kennings
Endils svǫrgœðis‘bird-fattener of Endill’
= WARRIOR
Endill’s bird → RAVEN/EAGLE
the fattener of the RAVEN/EAGLE → WARRIOR
Endils ‘of Endill’s’
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Endill (noun m.): Endill
kennings
Endils svǫrgœðis‘bird-fattener of Endill’
= WARRIOR
Endill’s bird → RAVEN/EAGLE
the fattener of the RAVEN/EAGLE → WARRIOR
meðan ‘as long as’
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meðan (conj.): while
stendr ‘remains’
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standa (verb): stand
sól ‘of the sun’s’
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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun < sólborg (noun f.): sólborg
kennings
salr sólborgar‘the hall of the sun’s stronghold ’
= EARTH
the sun’s stronghold → SKY/HEAVEN
the hall of the SKY/HEAVEN → EARTH
sól ‘of the sun’s’
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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun < sólborg (noun f.): sólborg
kennings
salr sólborgar‘the hall of the sun’s stronghold ’
= EARTH
the sun’s stronghold → SKY/HEAVEN
the hall of the SKY/HEAVEN → EARTH
borgar ‘stronghold’
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borg (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -; -ir): city, stronghold < sólborg (noun f.): sólborg
kennings
salr sólborgar‘the hall of the sun’s stronghold ’
= EARTH
the sun’s stronghold → SKY/HEAVEN
the hall of the SKY/HEAVEN → EARTH
borgar ‘stronghold’
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borg (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -; -ir): city, stronghold < sólborg (noun f.): sólborg
kennings
salr sólborgar‘the hall of the sun’s stronghold ’
= EARTH
the sun’s stronghold → SKY/HEAVEN
the hall of the SKY/HEAVEN → EARTH
salr ‘the hall’
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1. salr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; dat. sǫlum): hall
kennings
salr sólborgar‘the hall of the sun’s stronghold ’
= EARTH
the sun’s stronghold → SKY/HEAVEN
the hall of the SKY/HEAVEN → EARTH
kennings
Endils svǫrgœðis‘bird-fattener of Endill’
= WARRIOR
Endill’s bird → RAVEN/EAGLE
the fattener of the RAVEN/EAGLE → WARRIOR
kennings
Endils svǫrgœðis‘bird-fattener of Endill’
= WARRIOR
Endill’s bird → RAVEN/EAGLE
the fattener of the RAVEN/EAGLE → WARRIOR
gœðis ‘of the fattener’
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gœðir (noun m.): strengthener, increaser < svǫrgœðir (noun m.)
kennings
Endils svǫrgœðis‘bird-fattener of Endill’
= WARRIOR
Endill’s bird → RAVEN/EAGLE
the fattener of the RAVEN/EAGLE → WARRIOR
notes
[4] fǫr ‘journey’: So Hr. The H variant fjǫr ‘life’ makes less sense because the poem is detailing Sigurðr’s journey.
notes
[5, 6] þú hefr þvegizk ‘you have washed yourself’: Kock (NN §3107; Skald I) emends to þú vast þveginn ‘you were washed’ to achieve double alliteration (þú vast í vátri ‘you were in the wet’; l. 5). Sigurðr’s namesake, Sigurðr slembidjákn Magnússon, also submerged himself in the River Jordan (see Ív Sig 9), as did Jarl Rǫgnvaldr Kali of Orkney and his companions c. 40 years later (see Orkn, ÍF 34, 231-2).
notes
[5, 6] þú hefr þvegizk ‘you have washed yourself’: Kock (NN §3107; Skald I) emends to þú vast þveginn ‘you were washed’ to achieve double alliteration (þú vast í vátri ‘you were in the wet’; l. 5). Sigurðr’s namesake, Sigurðr slembidjákn Magnússon, also submerged himself in the River Jordan (see Ív Sig 9), as did Jarl Rǫgnvaldr Kali of Orkney and his companions c. 40 years later (see Orkn, ÍF 34, 231-2).
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
vátri ‘the watery’
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vatr (noun n.): [water, watery]
vegsamr ‘Glorious’
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vegsamr (adj.): [glorious]
kennings
Vegsamr gráns geirs gnýstœrir,‘clash-increaser of the grey spear’
= WARRIOR
the clash of the grey spear, → BATTLE
Glorious increaser of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
þvegizk ‘washed yourself’
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1. þvá (verb): wash
notes
[5, 6] þú hefr þvegizk ‘you have washed yourself’: Kock (NN §3107; Skald I) emends to þú vast þveginn ‘you were washed’ to achieve double alliteration (þú vast í vátri ‘you were in the wet’; l. 5). Sigurðr’s namesake, Sigurðr slembidjákn Magnússon, also submerged himself in the River Jordan (see Ív Sig 9), as did Jarl Rǫgnvaldr Kali of Orkney and his companions c. 40 years later (see Orkn, ÍF 34, 231-2).
geirs ‘spear’
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geirr (noun m.): spear
kennings
Vegsamr gráns geirs gnýstœrir,‘clash-increaser of the grey spear’
= WARRIOR
the clash of the grey spear, → BATTLE
Glorious increaser of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
notes
[7-8] gnýstœrir gráns geirs ‘increaser of the clash of the grey spear [(lit. ‘clash-increaser of the grey spear’) BATTLE > WARRIOR]’: So Hr. Gnýstýrir gráns geirs ‘guider of the clash of the grey spear’ (so H) is also possible as a kenning for ‘warrior’, but the <ý> in -stýrir was likely caused by the vowel in the preceding syllable.
geirs ‘spear’
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geirr (noun m.): spear
kennings
Vegsamr gráns geirs gnýstœrir,‘clash-increaser of the grey spear’
= WARRIOR
the clash of the grey spear, → BATTLE
Glorious increaser of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
notes
[7-8] gnýstœrir gráns geirs ‘increaser of the clash of the grey spear [(lit. ‘clash-increaser of the grey spear’) BATTLE > WARRIOR]’: So Hr. Gnýstýrir gráns geirs ‘guider of the clash of the grey spear’ (so H) is also possible as a kenning for ‘warrior’, but the <ý> in -stýrir was likely caused by the vowel in the preceding syllable.
gný ‘of the clash’
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gnýr (noun m.): din, tumult < gnýstœrir (noun m.)
kennings
Vegsamr gráns geirs gnýstœrir,‘clash-increaser of the grey spear’
= WARRIOR
the clash of the grey spear, → BATTLE
Glorious increaser of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
notes
[7-8] gnýstœrir gráns geirs ‘increaser of the clash of the grey spear [(lit. ‘clash-increaser of the grey spear’) BATTLE > WARRIOR]’: So Hr. Gnýstýrir gráns geirs ‘guider of the clash of the grey spear’ (so H) is also possible as a kenning for ‘warrior’, but the <ý> in -stýrir was likely caused by the vowel in the preceding syllable.
gný ‘of the clash’
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gnýr (noun m.): din, tumult < gnýstœrir (noun m.)
kennings
Vegsamr gráns geirs gnýstœrir,‘clash-increaser of the grey spear’
= WARRIOR
the clash of the grey spear, → BATTLE
Glorious increaser of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
notes
[7-8] gnýstœrir gráns geirs ‘increaser of the clash of the grey spear [(lit. ‘clash-increaser of the grey spear’) BATTLE > WARRIOR]’: So Hr. Gnýstýrir gráns geirs ‘guider of the clash of the grey spear’ (so H) is also possible as a kenning for ‘warrior’, but the <ý> in -stýrir was likely caused by the vowel in the preceding syllable.
stœrir ‘increaser’
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stœrir (noun m.): increaser < gnýstœrir (noun m.)
[7] ‑stœrir: so Hr, ‑stýrir H
kennings
Vegsamr gráns geirs gnýstœrir,‘clash-increaser of the grey spear’
= WARRIOR
the clash of the grey spear, → BATTLE
Glorious increaser of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
notes
[7-8] gnýstœrir gráns geirs ‘increaser of the clash of the grey spear [(lit. ‘clash-increaser of the grey spear’) BATTLE > WARRIOR]’: So Hr. Gnýstýrir gráns geirs ‘guider of the clash of the grey spear’ (so H) is also possible as a kenning for ‘warrior’, but the <ý> in -stýrir was likely caused by the vowel in the preceding syllable.
kennings
Vegsamr gráns geirs gnýstœrir,‘clash-increaser of the grey spear’
= WARRIOR
the clash of the grey spear, → BATTLE
Glorious increaser of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
notes
[7-8] gnýstœrir gráns geirs ‘increaser of the clash of the grey spear [(lit. ‘clash-increaser of the grey spear’) BATTLE > WARRIOR]’: So Hr. Gnýstýrir gráns geirs ‘guider of the clash of the grey spear’ (so H) is also possible as a kenning for ‘warrior’, but the <ý> in -stýrir was likely caused by the vowel in the preceding syllable.
kennings
Vegsamr gráns geirs gnýstœrir,‘clash-increaser of the grey spear’
= WARRIOR
the clash of the grey spear, → BATTLE
Glorious increaser of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
notes
[7-8] gnýstœrir gráns geirs ‘increaser of the clash of the grey spear [(lit. ‘clash-increaser of the grey spear’) BATTLE > WARRIOR]’: So Hr. Gnýstýrir gráns geirs ‘guider of the clash of the grey spear’ (so H) is also possible as a kenning for ‘warrior’, but the <ý> in -stýrir was likely caused by the vowel in the preceding syllable.
Jórðáni ‘River Jordan’
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Jórdán (noun f.): River Jordan
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Ey mun uppi |
The journey of the fattener of Endill’s <sea-king’s> bird [(lit. ‘bird-fattener of Endill’) RAVEN/EAGLE > WARRIOR] will always be remembered as long as the hall of the sun’s stronghold [SKY/HEAVEN > EARTH] remains. Glorious increaser of the clash of the grey spear [(lit. ‘clash-increaser of the grey spear’) BATTLE > WARRIOR], you have washed yourself in the watery River Jordan.
In 1110 Sigurðr travelled to Palestine and went swimming in the River Jordan.
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