FriðÞ Lv 16VIII (Frið 18)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Friðþjófs saga ins frœkna 18 (Friðþjófr Þorsteinsson, Lausavísur 16)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 215.
Ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
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[All]: This stanza is in regular fornyrðislag.
bar ‘carried’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
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[All]: The order of Frið 18 and 19 is reversed in the B redaction, with 19 preceding 18. In terms of the narrative sequence this is illogical, as Frið 19 clearly relates to the men’s situation after they have come safely ashore, whereas Frið 18 describes Friðþjófr’s heroic behaviour in bringing them to land.
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
eldstóar ‘a fireplace’
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eldsstó (noun f.; °-ar; -ar): °(outdoor) fireplace; (indoor) fireplace, hearth
[2] eldstóar: so all others, eldstaðar 510
dæsta ‘exhausted’
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dæsa (verb; °-st-): [weary]
[3] dæsta: so 568ˣ, 27ˣ, papp17ˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ, ‘[…]sta’ 510, ‘dædsta’ 109a IIˣ
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[3] dæsta ‘exhausted’: The first two letters of this word in ms. 510 are rubbed and partly illegible. The first letter looks more like a <v> than a <d>, as earlier eds have thought, while the second may be a misshapen <æ>. This surmise is strengthened by 510’s clear væsta (from væstr ‘worn out by wet and exhaustion’) at Frið 21/3 where exactly the same line is repeated. The majority of the mss from both redactions read dæsta.
drengi ‘fellows’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
drifa ‘the storm’
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1. drífa (noun f.; °-u): snow-storm < drifaveðr (noun n.)
[4] drifa‑: drifu papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
veðri ‘of sea-spray’
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2. veðr (noun n.; °-s; -): weather, wind, storm < drifaveðr (noun n.)
Nú ‘Now’
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nú (adv.): now
hefi ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
[5] hefi ek: hef ek 568ˣ, 27ˣ, papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
[5] hefi ek: hef ek 568ˣ, 27ˣ, papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
segli ‘the sail’
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segl (noun n.; °-s; -): sail
sand ‘the beach’
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sandr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sand, beach
komit ‘brought’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
erat ‘is not’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[7] erat (‘er ad’): so 568ˣ, er eigi 510, er ór 27ˣ, ‘eij er’ papp17ˣ, ei er 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
hafs ‘of the ocean’
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haf (noun n.; °-s; *-): sea
[7] hafs megin: hafs megni 27ˣ, við hafs megin papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
megin ‘the power’
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1. megin (noun n.; °-s, dat. magni/megni/megin(HirðB 398¹⁹); -): might, strength; very
[7] hafs megin: hafs megni 27ˣ, við hafs megin papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
hægt ‘easy’
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1. hœgr (adj.; °acc. -an/-jan; comp. hǿgri, superl. hǿgstr/hǿgastr): convenient, calm, pleasant
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
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After the two troll-women have been killed, the sea calms down but Elliði is in bad shape and all the men who have survived the journey are exhausted. In the A text prose Friðþjófr carries them all to land, with Bjǫrn saving one. In the B recension, Friðþjófr saves eight, Bjǫrn two and Ásmundr one. In the A recension Friðþjófr recites Frið 18 and 19 in quick succession; in the B text Frið 19 is recited before they actually make land, and Frið 18 comes after they have reached the bay of Evie (ON Effjasund), a village in the north-west part of Mainland, the chief island of Orkney.
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