Anon (StSt) 2VIII (StSt 2)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Sturlaugs saga starfsama 2 (Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísur from Sturlaugs saga starfsama 2)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 784.
Skal ‘shall’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
hann ‘He’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[1] hann: so 589f, om. 335
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
notes
[1] í helju ‘in Hel’: As the priestess is a pagan, the Hel referred to here is probably that of Old Norse myth, though a connection with the punishments of the Christian Hell would have likely been in the poet’s and audience’s minds. The rest (hvíld) she speaks of is doubtless ironically meant. Some eds (e.g. StSt 1694) follow 30ˣ and 56ˣ in reading í hömlu ‘in a strap, oar-loop’ instead of í helju.
helju ‘Hel’
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1. hel (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -ju): death, Hel, hell
notes
[1] í helju ‘in Hel’: As the priestess is a pagan, the Hel referred to here is probably that of Old Norse myth, though a connection with the punishments of the Christian Hell would have likely been in the poet’s and audience’s minds. The rest (hvíld) she speaks of is doubtless ironically meant. Some eds (e.g. StSt 1694) follow 30ˣ and 56ˣ in reading í hömlu ‘in a strap, oar-loop’ instead of í helju.
hvíldar ‘rest’
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hvíld (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): rest
njóta ‘enjoy’
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njóta (verb): enjoy, use
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
margskonar ‘many kinds’
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margskonr (noun m.)
meina ‘of injuries’
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mein (noun n.; °-s; -): harm, injury
kenna ‘experience’
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kenna (verb): know, teach
Þá ‘Then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
mun ‘will be’
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munu (verb): will, must
Sturlaugr ‘Sturlaugr’
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Sturlaugr (noun m.)
inn ‘inn’
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2. inn (art.): the
starfsami ‘starfsami (‘the Industrious’)’
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starfsamr (adj.)
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
notes
[7] með kvern góma ‘with the hand-mill of the gums [TEETH]’: One of a relatively small number of skaldic kennings for the teeth (Meissner 133), often found with the determinant gómr ‘roof or floor of the mouth, gums’; cf. VSt Erf 1/3III sker góma ‘skerries of the gums’, Sturl Hákkv 29/3II gómsker ‘the gum-skerries’. Ms. 1006ˣ substitutes knífum ‘knives’ for kvern, and this is followed by FSN and FSGJ, although it makes the line unmetrical.
góma ‘of the gums’
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gómr (noun m.): gum, gums
kennings
kvern góma.‘the hand-mill of the gums. ’
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the hand-mill of the gums. → TEETH
notes
[7] með kvern góma ‘with the hand-mill of the gums [TEETH]’: One of a relatively small number of skaldic kennings for the teeth (Meissner 133), often found with the determinant gómr ‘roof or floor of the mouth, gums’; cf. VSt Erf 1/3III sker góma ‘skerries of the gums’, Sturl Hákkv 29/3II gómsker ‘the gum-skerries’. Ms. 1006ˣ substitutes knífum ‘knives’ for kvern, and this is followed by FSN and FSGJ, although it makes the line unmetrical.
kvern ‘the hand-mill’
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kvern (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar): [hand-mill]
kennings
kvern góma.‘the hand-mill of the gums. ’
= TEETH
the hand-mill of the gums. → TEETH
notes
[7] með kvern góma ‘with the hand-mill of the gums [TEETH]’: One of a relatively small number of skaldic kennings for the teeth (Meissner 133), often found with the determinant gómr ‘roof or floor of the mouth, gums’; cf. VSt Erf 1/3III sker góma ‘skerries of the gums’, Sturl Hákkv 29/3II gómsker ‘the gum-skerries’. Ms. 1006ˣ substitutes knífum ‘knives’ for kvern, and this is followed by FSN and FSGJ, although it makes the line unmetrical.
grafinn ‘torn’
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grafa (verb): to dig, earth, bury
notes
[8] grafinn ‘torn’: Generally the verb grafa means ‘dig, bury’ but the context here suggests a meaning like ‘torn, ground [into small pieces]’; Skj B translates reven i stykker med tænderne ‘torn into pieces with the teeth’. Mss 30ˣ and 56ˣ have gripinn í stokk ‘seized in the stocks’ (followed in StSt 1694) but this does not fit well with the teeth-kenning of l. 7.
í ‘to’
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í (prep.): in, into
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After the thirty women have declaimed st. 1, the temple priestess (hofgyðja) responds, claiming that Sturlaugr will never escape with his life if she can prevent it, and recites the following stanza.
In some mss, such as 30ˣ, the priestess’s introduction to this stanza is turned into verse, which is not, however, metrical, and attached at the beginning of the stanza: Hann skal aldri | með heilu lífi | á burt komaz | ef ek má ráða | ‘He shall never escape with his life unscathed if I am able to decide’. StSt 1694 adopts this practice. — [3-4]: Mss 30ˣ and 56ˣ have a different text here too, also found in StSt 1694: ok með konu armi | knýttr um verða ‘and be crippled by a woman’s arm’(?).
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