FriðÞ Lv 5VIII (Frið 5)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Friðþjófs saga ins frœkna 5 (Friðþjófr Þorsteinsson, Lausavísur 5)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 200.
Eigi ‘cannot’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
sér ‘seen’
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2. sjá (verb): see
til ‘be’
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til (prep.): to
Alda ‘Alden’
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Aldi (noun m.): [Alden]
notes
[1] Alda ‘Alden’: Aldi (ModNorw. Alden) is the name of an island in Sunnfjord, Sogn og Fjordane, west of Atløy; cf. Þul Eyja 2/8III and Note. This interpretation of all mss’ ‘allda’ follows Skj B and Skald; previous eds (Falk 1890; Frið 1901) have understood the word as gen. pl. of ǫld, pl. aldir ‘men, people’, giving a sense ‘One could not see people because of a sorcery-induced storm’. However, this interpretation is at odds with the sense of the second helmingr of this stanza.
erum ‘we have’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
út ‘out’
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út (adv.): out(side)
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
brim ‘a rough sea’
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brim (noun n.): surf
komnir ‘come’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
frægir ‘renowned’
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frægr (adj.; °-jan/-an; compar. -ri, superl. -jastr/-astr/-str): famous, renowned
[3] frægir: frægðar 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
fylkis ‘of a king’
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fylkir (noun m.): leader
drengir ‘warriors’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior
fyr ‘because of’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
gerninga ‘a sorcery’
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gerningr (noun m.) < gerningaveðr (noun n.)
veðri ‘induced storm’
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2. veðr (noun n.; °-s; -): weather, wind, storm < gerningaveðr (noun n.)
Ok ‘And’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
standa ‘engaged’
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standa (verb): stand
nú ‘are now’
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nú (adv.): now
allir ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
eru ‘are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
Sólundir ‘the Sula islands’
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Sólund (noun f.)
horfnar ‘out of sight’
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1. hverfa (verb): turn, disappear
átján ‘eighteen’
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áttján (num. cardinal): eighteen
menn ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
austri ‘baling out’
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1. austr (noun m.; °austrar, dat. austri; gen. austra): bilge-water, baling
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
Elliða ‘Elliði’
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elliði (noun m.; °-a): [ship]
verja ‘defend’
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3. verja (verb): defend
notes
[8] verja ‘defend’: The men ‘defend’ Elliði by continuing to bale out the water it has taken on; otherwise it might sink.
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As for Frið 4. Further out in the ocean, another enormous storm with great snow-drifts hits the ship and the men have to bale out furiously.
This stanza is not in the A redaction mss, though Frið 7, which is very similar to it in content, is present there. Frið 5 in the B mss may have been modelled on the pre-existing Frið 7. Friðþjófs rímur III, 14-15 present similar material. The metre is háttlausa ‘lack of form’, a variant of dróttkvætt lacking internal rhyme.
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