FriðÞ Lv 8VIII (Frið 8)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Friðþjófs saga ins frœkna 8 (Friðþjófr Þorsteinsson, Lausavísur 8)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 203.
Mjök ‘a great deal’
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mjǫk (adv.): very, much
notes
[1] drekkr mjök á mik ‘my ship is taking on a great deal of water’: The impersonal construction drekkr á e-n means ‘one ships a sea, takes on a great deal of water over the sides of the ship’.
drekkr ‘ship is taking on’
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2. drekka (verb; °drekkr; drakk, drukku; drukkinn/drykkinn): drink
notes
[1] drekkr mjök á mik ‘my ship is taking on a great deal of water’: The impersonal construction drekkr á e-n means ‘one ships a sea, takes on a great deal of water over the sides of the ship’.
á ‘’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
notes
[1] drekkr mjök á mik ‘my ship is taking on a great deal of water’: The impersonal construction drekkr á e-n means ‘one ships a sea, takes on a great deal of water over the sides of the ship’.
mik ‘My’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
notes
[1] drekkr mjök á mik ‘my ship is taking on a great deal of water’: The impersonal construction drekkr á e-n means ‘one ships a sea, takes on a great deal of water over the sides of the ship’.
mær ‘the young woman’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
[2] mær: ‘Mornun’ 568ˣ, mærin papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
kløkkva ‘sob’
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1. kløkkva (verb): cry, sob
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
skal ‘must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
søkkva ‘sink’
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1. søkkva (verb): sink, strong intrans.
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
notes
[4] í brekku svana ‘in the hillside of swans [WAVE]’: Possibly a sea-kenning, cf. ESk Frag 9/2III strindar svana ‘of the land of swans [SEA]’, but more likely a kenning for a wave, in which the base-word is a term for hill or mountain; cf. SnSt Ht 76/5, 8III hríðfeld fjǫll svana ‘the stormy mountains of swans [WAVES]’ and Ht 83/4III svanfjalla ‘of swan-mountains [WAVES]’, as well as st. 7/6 above.
svana ‘of swans’
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svanr (noun m.; °-s; -ir): swan
[4] svana: ‘sauna’ 568ˣ, 27ˣ, 109a IIˣ
kennings
brekku svana,‘the hillside of swans, ’
= WAVE
the hillside of swans, → WAVE
notes
[4] í brekku svana ‘in the hillside of swans [WAVE]’: Possibly a sea-kenning, cf. ESk Frag 9/2III strindar svana ‘of the land of swans [SEA]’, but more likely a kenning for a wave, in which the base-word is a term for hill or mountain; cf. SnSt Ht 76/5, 8III hríðfeld fjǫll svana ‘the stormy mountains of swans [WAVES]’ and Ht 83/4III svanfjalla ‘of swan-mountains [WAVES]’, as well as st. 7/6 above.
brekku ‘the hillside’
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brekka (noun f.; °-u; -ur): slope
kennings
brekku svana,‘the hillside of swans, ’
= WAVE
the hillside of swans, → WAVE
notes
[4] í brekku svana ‘in the hillside of swans [WAVE]’: Possibly a sea-kenning, cf. ESk Frag 9/2III strindar svana ‘of the land of swans [SEA]’, but more likely a kenning for a wave, in which the base-word is a term for hill or mountain; cf. SnSt Ht 76/5, 8III hríðfeld fjǫll svana ‘the stormy mountains of swans [WAVES]’ and Ht 83/4III svanfjalla ‘of swan-mountains [WAVES]’, as well as st. 7/6 above.
austr ‘baling’
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1. austr (noun m.; °austrar, dat. austri; gen. austra): bilge-water, baling
[5] austr er orðinn: austr papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
er ‘has’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[5] austr er orðinn: austr papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
orðinn ‘taken place’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
[5] austr er orðinn: austr papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
Elliða ‘Elliði’
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elliði (noun m.; °-a): [ship]
[6] í Elliða: om. papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
þó ‘although’
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þó (adv.): though
[7] þó lá (‘þola’): þó bo‑ 568ˣ, þar sem papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
notes
[All] þó lá blæja nökkut á bliki ‘although bed-linen lay ableaching somewhat’: The sense of ll. 7-8 in the B mss is discussed in Note to [All] above. It is difficult to make sense of the A mss, but the lines must refer to the subject of Frið 1/7-8, q. v. Edd. Min. and Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emend the n. nökkut (or mikit ‘much, greatly’ in 568ˣ) of the A mss to nökkur ‘some’ to agree with blæja ‘bed-linen’ (l. 7), Finnur translating mange lagner lå til blegning (derfor traf F. ikke Ingeborg) ‘many bed-sheets lay ableaching (therefore F. did not meet Ingeborg)’. Kock, on the other hand, emends blæja (l. 7) to blæju, having understood þó as ‘washed’ (pret. of þvá) and lá (earlier lô) as ‘wave’; cf. NN §2386. Frið 1901 combines the A and B mss’ texts in ll. 5-8.
lá ‘lay’
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liggja (verb): lie
[7] þó lá (‘þola’): þó bo‑ 568ˣ, þar sem papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
notes
[All] þó lá blæja nökkut á bliki ‘although bed-linen lay ableaching somewhat’: The sense of ll. 7-8 in the B mss is discussed in Note to [All] above. It is difficult to make sense of the A mss, but the lines must refer to the subject of Frið 1/7-8, q. v. Edd. Min. and Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emend the n. nökkut (or mikit ‘much, greatly’ in 568ˣ) of the A mss to nökkur ‘some’ to agree with blæja ‘bed-linen’ (l. 7), Finnur translating mange lagner lå til blegning (derfor traf F. ikke Ingeborg) ‘many bed-sheets lay ableaching (therefore F. did not meet Ingeborg)’. Kock, on the other hand, emends blæja (l. 7) to blæju, having understood þó as ‘washed’ (pret. of þvá) and lá (earlier lô) as ‘wave’; cf. NN §2386. Frið 1901 combines the A and B mss’ texts in ll. 5-8.
blæja ‘bed-linen’
[7] blæja: so 568ˣ, 27ˣ, ‘blærra’ 510, blæjan papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
notes
[All] þó lá blæja nökkut á bliki ‘although bed-linen lay ableaching somewhat’: The sense of ll. 7-8 in the B mss is discussed in Note to [All] above. It is difficult to make sense of the A mss, but the lines must refer to the subject of Frið 1/7-8, q. v. Edd. Min. and Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emend the n. nökkut (or mikit ‘much, greatly’ in 568ˣ) of the A mss to nökkur ‘some’ to agree with blæja ‘bed-linen’ (l. 7), Finnur translating mange lagner lå til blegning (derfor traf F. ikke Ingeborg) ‘many bed-sheets lay ableaching (therefore F. did not meet Ingeborg)’. Kock, on the other hand, emends blæja (l. 7) to blæju, having understood þó as ‘washed’ (pret. of þvá) and lá (earlier lô) as ‘wave’; cf. NN §2386. Frið 1901 combines the A and B mss’ texts in ll. 5-8.
á ‘bleaching’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
[8] á bliki nökkut: so 27ˣ, á blik nökkut 510, bliki mikit 568ˣ, lá á bliki papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
notes
[All] þó lá blæja nökkut á bliki ‘although bed-linen lay ableaching somewhat’: The sense of ll. 7-8 in the B mss is discussed in Note to [All] above. It is difficult to make sense of the A mss, but the lines must refer to the subject of Frið 1/7-8, q. v. Edd. Min. and Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emend the n. nökkut (or mikit ‘much, greatly’ in 568ˣ) of the A mss to nökkur ‘some’ to agree with blæja ‘bed-linen’ (l. 7), Finnur translating mange lagner lå til blegning (derfor traf F. ikke Ingeborg) ‘many bed-sheets lay ableaching (therefore F. did not meet Ingeborg)’. Kock, on the other hand, emends blæja (l. 7) to blæju, having understood þó as ‘washed’ (pret. of þvá) and lá (earlier lô) as ‘wave’; cf. NN §2386. Frið 1901 combines the A and B mss’ texts in ll. 5-8.
bliki ‘somewhat’
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blik (noun n.): gleam
[8] á bliki nökkut: so 27ˣ, á blik nökkut 510, bliki mikit 568ˣ, lá á bliki papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
notes
[All] þó lá blæja nökkut á bliki ‘although bed-linen lay ableaching somewhat’: The sense of ll. 7-8 in the B mss is discussed in Note to [All] above. It is difficult to make sense of the A mss, but the lines must refer to the subject of Frið 1/7-8, q. v. Edd. Min. and Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emend the n. nökkut (or mikit ‘much, greatly’ in 568ˣ) of the A mss to nökkur ‘some’ to agree with blæja ‘bed-linen’ (l. 7), Finnur translating mange lagner lå til blegning (derfor traf F. ikke Ingeborg) ‘many bed-sheets lay ableaching (therefore F. did not meet Ingeborg)’. Kock, on the other hand, emends blæja (l. 7) to blæju, having understood þó as ‘washed’ (pret. of þvá) and lá (earlier lô) as ‘wave’; cf. NN §2386. Frið 1901 combines the A and B mss’ texts in ll. 5-8.
nökkut ‘a’
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nøkkurr (pron.): some, a certain
[8] á bliki nökkut: so 27ˣ, á blik nökkut 510, bliki mikit 568ˣ, lá á bliki papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
notes
[All] þó lá blæja nökkut á bliki ‘although bed-linen lay ableaching somewhat’: The sense of ll. 7-8 in the B mss is discussed in Note to [All] above. It is difficult to make sense of the A mss, but the lines must refer to the subject of Frið 1/7-8, q. v. Edd. Min. and Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emend the n. nökkut (or mikit ‘much, greatly’ in 568ˣ) of the A mss to nökkur ‘some’ to agree with blæja ‘bed-linen’ (l. 7), Finnur translating mange lagner lå til blegning (derfor traf F. ikke Ingeborg) ‘many bed-sheets lay ableaching (therefore F. did not meet Ingeborg)’. Kock, on the other hand, emends blæja (l. 7) to blæju, having understood þó as ‘washed’ (pret. of þvá) and lá (earlier lô) as ‘wave’; cf. NN §2386. Frið 1901 combines the A and B mss’ texts in ll. 5-8.
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A huge sea towers over the men in Elliði and they all bale out the ship furiously.
This stanza is in both A and B recensions, but ll. 5-8 differ considerably between them. The sense of the first four lines is paralleled in Friðþjófs rímur III, 20. In the B recension mss, ll. 5-6 are effectively absent, and austr (l. 5) is taken with the B mss’ version of ll. 7-8, to mean ‘east’ (rather than ‘baling’), these lines then having the sense austr þar sem blæjan lá á bliki ‘[the young woman will sob] in the east where the bed-linen lay ableaching’. This is unlikely to be the original sense of these lines, which is probably represented by the rather garbled text of the A redaction mss. The metre is fornyrðislag, with end rhyme in ll. 2-3.
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