Hjálm Lv 11VIII (Ǫrv 21)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 21 (Hjálmarr inn hugumstóri, Lausavísur 11)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 836.
notes
[1] fregna eigi ‘will not hear tell’: Skj B prefers the reading of 471, fregni eigi, pres. subj., understanding Kvinderne skal ikke erfare det i landet … ‘The women must not learn that in the country …’, but the indic. mood gives better sense, especially in the context of ll. 5-8, which vary the same theme. Cf. NN §2599.
eigi ‘will not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
notes
[1] fregna eigi ‘will not hear tell’: Skj B prefers the reading of 471, fregni eigi, pres. subj., understanding Kvinderne skal ikke erfare det i landet … ‘The women must not learn that in the country …’, but the indic. mood gives better sense, especially in the context of ll. 5-8, which vary the same theme. Cf. NN §2599.
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
fold ‘the land’
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fold (noun f.): land
konur ‘Women’
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kona (noun f.; °-u; -ur/-r(KlmA1980 116¹¹), gen. pl. kvenna/kvinna): woman
[2] konur: konr 173ˣ
at ‘’
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4. at (conj.): that
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
höggum ‘blows’
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hǫgg (noun n.; °-s, dat. hǫggvi/hǫggi; -): blow
at ‘me’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
at ‘’
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4. at (conj.): that
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
hlíða ‘ground’
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1. hlíð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): slope
notes
[7] svinnhuguð snót ‘the quick-thinking lady’: Or possibly ‘the strong-minded lady’. Presumably a reference to Ingibjǫrg, daughter of the Swedish king.
svinn ‘quick’
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2. svinnr (adj.): wise < svinnhugaðr (adj.)
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[7] svinnhuguð snót ‘the quick-thinking lady’: Or possibly ‘the strong-minded lady’. Presumably a reference to Ingibjǫrg, daughter of the Swedish king.
huguð ‘thinking’
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-hugaðr (adj.): -minded < svinnhugaðr (adj.)
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[7] svinnhuguð snót ‘the quick-thinking lady’: Or possibly ‘the strong-minded lady’. Presumably a reference to Ingibjǫrg, daughter of the Swedish king.
Sigtúnum ‘Sigtuna’
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Sigtúnir (noun f.): Sigtuna
[8] Sigtúnum í: so 343a, 173ˣ, ‘sigradan spyrie’ written over erasure in another hand 344a, ‘siotunum i’ 471
notes
[8] í Sigtúnum ‘in Sigtuna’: Sigtúnir (f. pl.) or Sigtún (sg.) is mentioned in several skaldic poems from the C11th, including Arn Magndr 2/8II, ÞjóðA Magnfl 2/8II and Valg Har 5/8II, mostly in connection with royal sea-journeys, and again in Ǫrv 24/2 and 119/7. Sigtuna, founded c. 980 on the shore of Lake Mälaren, and at the beginning of the waterway leading to Uppsala, was a market town probably managed by a royal official. The neighbouring place to the west, that Yng claims was called fornu Sigtúnir ‘Ancient Sigtúnir’, may have been a royal residence during the Iron Age and early Viking Age (Ros 2008). In Yng ch. 5 (ÍF 26, 16) it is stated that Óðinn took up residence there after the Æsir’s migration to Sweden from Troy.
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
[8] Sigtúnum í: so 343a, 173ˣ, ‘sigradan spyrie’ written over erasure in another hand 344a, ‘siotunum i’ 471
notes
[8] í Sigtúnum ‘in Sigtuna’: Sigtúnir (f. pl.) or Sigtún (sg.) is mentioned in several skaldic poems from the C11th, including Arn Magndr 2/8II, ÞjóðA Magnfl 2/8II and Valg Har 5/8II, mostly in connection with royal sea-journeys, and again in Ǫrv 24/2 and 119/7. Sigtuna, founded c. 980 on the shore of Lake Mälaren, and at the beginning of the waterway leading to Uppsala, was a market town probably managed by a royal official. The neighbouring place to the west, that Yng claims was called fornu Sigtúnir ‘Ancient Sigtúnir’, may have been a royal residence during the Iron Age and early Viking Age (Ros 2008). In Yng ch. 5 (ÍF 26, 16) it is stated that Óðinn took up residence there after the Æsir’s migration to Sweden from Troy.
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In the Ǫrv mss, this stanza is preceded by Hjálm Lv 4 (Ǫrv 14) and a passage of prose, in which Hjálmarr asks Oddr to listen to the poem he is about to compose and take it back to Sweden. This stanza is the first of a block of eight that then follow.
[7-8]: Ms. 344a’s version of these lines is corrupt. Aside from the reading svá at ‘so that’ where all other mss have snót, a poetic word for ‘lady’, whatever stood for l. 8 has been erased and the words ‘sigradan spyrie’ written over the top in a later hand which projects into the right margin.
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