Anon (Vǫlsa) 9I
Wilhelm Heizmann (ed.) 2012, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísur from Vǫlsa þáttr 9’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1100.
Víst ‘Certainly’
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1. víss (adj.): wise, certain(ly)
eigi ‘not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
mætta ‘be able’
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mega (verb): may, might
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
við ‘’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
um ‘’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
bindast ‘to resist’
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binda (verb; °bindr; batt/bant(cf. [$332$]), bundu; bundinn): bind, tie
í ‘into’
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í (prep.): in, into
mik ‘myself’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
at ‘’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
keyra ‘driving’
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keyra (verb): drive, whip, fling
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
vit ‘we two’
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2. vit (pron.): we two
ein ‘alone’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
lægum ‘were lying’
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liggja (verb): lie
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
notes
[5] andkætu ‘mutual pleasure’: A minor emendation of ‑ketu to ‑kætu yields f. dat. sg. andkætu, which, although a hap. leg., is plausible as a cpd of and- ‘mutual’ and ‑kæta from kátr ‘happy, cheerful’ (LP: andkæta). See also Note to [All].
andkætu ‘mutual pleasure’
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andkæta (noun f.): [mutual pleasure]
[5] andkætu: ‘andketu’ Flat, 292ˣ
notes
[5] andkætu ‘mutual pleasure’: A minor emendation of ‑ketu to ‑kætu yields f. dat. sg. andkætu, which, although a hap. leg., is plausible as a cpd of and- ‘mutual’ and ‑kæta from kátr ‘happy, cheerful’ (LP: andkæta). See also Note to [All].
Þiggi ‘receive’
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þiggja (verb): receive, get
[6, 7] Þiggi Maurnir þetta: abbrev. as ‘.þ. m. þ.’ Flat
Maurnir ‘Maurnir’
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Maurnir (noun m.): Maurnir
[6, 7] Þiggi Maurnir þetta: abbrev. as ‘.þ. m. þ.’ Flat
þetta ‘this’
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1. sjá (pron.; °gen. þessa dat. þessum/þeima, acc. þenna; f. sjá/þessi; n. þetta, dat. þessu/þvísa; pl. þessir): this
[6, 7] Þiggi Maurnir þetta: abbrev. as ‘.þ. m. þ.’ Flat
blæti ‘offering’
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blœti (noun n.): offering
En ‘But’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
Grímr ‘Grímr’
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Grímr (noun m.): Grímr
notes
[8] Grímr: The prose text tells that King Óláfr and his two followers all call themselves Grímr (see Context to st. 3). According to Steinsland, the name refers to Óðinn. She sees in the story a conflict between the younger patriarchal religion of Óðinn and an older matriarchal fertility religion connected with the ritualistic worship of giantesses (Steinsland and Vogt 1981, 91-2, 104; Steinsland 1997, 90). However, Grímr (from gríma ‘face mask’) is a popular assumed name, and the motif occurs several times in the fornaldarsögur (Norna-Gests þáttr, Hálfdanar saga Eysteinssonar, Helga þáttr Þórissonar), so that this, rather than a name for Óðinn, may be present here. The number three, the number of the guests, is conspicuous; it is paralleled in the number of the males of the household (farmer, son, servant) and of the females (housewife, daughter, maid). Eitrem (1924, 88) suggests a ritualistic meaning behind it.
gestr ‘guest’
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gestr (noun m.): guest, stranger
várr ‘our’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
gríp ‘grab’
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grípa (verb): seize, grasp
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
við ‘’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
Vǫlsa ‘Vǫlsi’
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vǫlsi (noun m.; °-a): rod
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The maid accepts Vǫlsi enthusiastically, enfolding and stroking it, and speaking a stanza in which she takes up the obscene challenge of st. 2/5-8 and st. 8/9-10. The guest to whom she passes Vǫlsi next is identified in the following prose text as Finnr Árnason.
The stanza appears to have a superfluous half-line, which, judging from the alliterative scheme, is either the present l. 3 (which Heusler and Ranisch omit in Edd. Min.) or l. 5 (which they print in a footnote); cf. Note to st. 8/3-4.
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