Þstf Lv 2II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Þórarinn stuttfeldr, Lausavísur 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, p. 480.
Þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
vændir ‘promised’
Þrœnda ‘of the Þrœndir’
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Þrœndr (noun m.; °; þrǿndir/þrǿndr): people from Tröndelag
kennings
Folkrakkr þengill Þrœnda,‘Battle-brave lord of the Þrœndir, ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Sigurðr
Battle-brave lord of the Þrœndir, → NORWEGIAN KING = Sigurðr
þengill ‘lord’
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þengill (noun m.): prince, ruler
kennings
Folkrakkr þengill Þrœnda,‘Battle-brave lord of the Þrœndir, ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Sigurðr
Battle-brave lord of the Þrœndir, → NORWEGIAN KING = Sigurðr
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
notes
[2] ef fengak stef ‘if I could produce a stanza’: Lit. ‘if I could obtain a refrain’. For the meaning ‘stanza’ of stef, see LP: stef 2.
stef ‘a stanza’
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stef (noun n.; °; -): refrain
notes
[2] ef fengak stef ‘if I could produce a stanza’: Lit. ‘if I could obtain a refrain’. For the meaning ‘stanza’ of stef, see LP: stef 2.
fengak ‘I could produce’
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1. fanga (verb; °præt. part. fanginn): capture
notes
[2] ef fengak stef ‘if I could produce a stanza’: Lit. ‘if I could obtain a refrain’. For the meaning ‘stanza’ of stef, see LP: stef 2.
frænda ‘kinsman’
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frændi (noun m.): kinsman, male relative
kennings
frænda Serks.‘Serkr’s kinsman. ’
= Hákon
Serkr’s kinsman. → Hákon
Serks ‘Serkr’s’
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Serkr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -/-i; -ir): Serkr
kennings
frænda Serks.‘Serkr’s kinsman. ’
= Hákon
Serkr’s kinsman. → Hákon
fundi ‘the meeting with’
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fundr (noun m.): discovery, meeting
folkrakkr ‘Battle-brave’
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folkrakkr (adj.): battle-brave
[4] folkrakkr: ‘albrackr’ Hr, folkráðr E
kennings
Folkrakkr þengill Þrœnda,‘Battle-brave lord of the Þrœndir, ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Sigurðr
Battle-brave lord of the Þrœndir, → NORWEGIAN KING = Sigurðr
gefa ‘to give’
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gefa (verb): give
Lézt ‘you said’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
Hôkon ‘Hákon’
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Hákon (noun m.): Hákon
héti ‘was called’
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2. heita (verb): be called, promise
hildingr ‘monarch’
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hildingr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, ruler
inn ‘’
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2. inn (art.): the
fémildi ‘Generous’
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fémildi (noun f.): generousity
notes
[7] nú ‘now’: Enn ‘in addition, again, further’ (so F) restores the missing internal rhyme, but the other mss show that it must be a secondary reading.
samir ‘it’s only fitting’
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2. sama (verb): befit
mér ‘for me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
[7] mér: so all others, om. Mork
at ‘to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
minnask ‘recall’
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1. minna (verb): remind, remember, recall
mǫrstrútr ‘mǫrstrútr (‘Lump of Lard’)’
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mǫrstrútr (noun m.): lump of lard
á ‘’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
gǫrva ‘perfectly’
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gǫrva (adv.): fully
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Þú vændir mér, Þrœnda |
Battle-brave lord of the Þrœndir [NORWEGIAN KING = Sigurðr], you promised to give me something if I could produce a stanza at the meeting with Serkr’s kinsman [= Hákon]. Generous monarch, you said that Hákon was called mǫrstrútr (‘Lump of Lard’); now it’s only fitting for me to recall that perfectly.
King Sigurðr’s retainer, Árni fjǫruskeifr ‘Shore-skewed’, tricks Þórarinn into believing that the king wishes him to compose a st. about another retainer, Hákon mǫrstrútr ‘Lump of Lard’ Serksson, and to mention Hákon’s name in the st.
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