FriðÞ Lv 13VIII (Frið 15)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Friðþjófs saga ins frœkna 15 (Friðþjófr Þorsteinsson, Lausavísur 13)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 212.
Þann ‘which’
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[1, 4] skal um höggva þann rauðan hring ‘that red-gold ring must be cut up which’: Lit., ‘one must cut up that red ring’.
skal ‘must be’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
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[1, 4] skal um höggva þann rauðan hring ‘that red-gold ring must be cut up which’: Lit., ‘one must cut up that red ring’.
hring ‘ring’
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1. hringr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): ring; sword
[1] hring um: so papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ, hringum 510, 27ˣ
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[1, 4] skal um höggva þann rauðan hring ‘that red-gold ring must be cut up which’: Lit., ‘one must cut up that red ring’.
um ‘cut’
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2. um (particle): (particle)
[1] hring um: so papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ, hringum 510, 27ˣ
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[1, 4] skal um höggva þann rauðan hring ‘that red-gold ring must be cut up which’: Lit., ‘one must cut up that red ring’.
höggva ‘up’
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hǫggva (verb): to strike, put to death, cut, hew
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[1, 4] skal um höggva þann rauðan hring ‘that red-gold ring must be cut up which’: Lit., ‘one must cut up that red ring’.
er ‘the’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
Hálfdanar ‘of Hálfdan’
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Halfdan (noun m.): Hálfdan
[2] Hálfdanar: so papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ, Hálfdan 510, 27ˣ
átti ‘owned’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
[2] átti: átti átti 27ˣ
oss ‘us’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
tapi ‘can destroy’
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tapa (verb): lose, abolish
[3] tapi: so 27ˣ, papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, ‘tapi[…]’ 510, tapir 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
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[3] tapi ‘can destroy’: The 3rd pers. sg. pres. subj. of tapa ‘destroy, kill’. The scribe of 510 has erased a letter after tapi- and it is not now possible to say what it was. Finnur Jónsson (Skj A n.) suggested it might be a <d>.
ægir ‘the sea’
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2. ægir (noun m.): ocean, sea
auðigr ‘wealthy’
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auðigr (adj.; °auðgan/auðigan; compar. auðgari/auðigri, superl. auðgastr/auðigastr): wealthy
faðir ‘father’
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faðir (noun m.): father
rauðan ‘That red-gold’
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rauðr (adj.; °compar. -ari): red
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[1, 4] skal um höggva þann rauðan hring ‘that red-gold ring must be cut up which’: Lit., ‘one must cut up that red ring’.
Sjá ‘be visible’
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2. sjá (verb): see
skal ‘must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
gull ‘Gold’
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gull (noun n.): gold
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
gestum ‘guests’
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gestr (noun m.): guest, stranger
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
vér ‘we’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
gistingar ‘accommodation’
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gisting (noun f.): accommodation, hospitality
þurfum ‘need’
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2. þurfa (verb): need, be necessary
dugir ‘is fitting’
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duga (verb; °dugir; dugði; dugat): help, befit
[7] dugir: ‘daugher’ 27ˣ
rausnar ‘for men’
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1. rausn (noun f.): magnificence < rausnarrekkr (noun m.)
rekkum ‘of splendour’
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rekkr (noun m.; °; -ar): man, champion < rausnarrekkr (noun m.)
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
Ránar ‘of Rán’s’
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Rán (noun f.): Rán
sal ‘hall’
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1. salr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; dat. sǫlum): hall
[8] sal: ‘salnum’ papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
miðjum ‘the middle’
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miðja (noun f.; °-u): the middle
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The prose text of both redactions introduces the idea, attributed to Friðþjófr, that those about to travel to Rán should be well dressed and carry something made of gold about their persons. To this end Friðþjófr decides to cut the ring Ingibjargarnaut ‘Ingibjǫrg’s gift’ into pieces so each man can have one. He then speaks Frið 15.
This stanza is an irregular dróttkvætt, rather than the málaháttr suggested by Wenz (Frið 1914, lxxii). Aðalhendingar are lacking in ll. 6 and 8, while l. 6 is hypermetrical when vér ‘we’, present in all mss, is included. Skj B and Skald regularise the metre here by deleting the pron.
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