Anon Nkt 51II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 51’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 793.
es ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
austr ‘east’
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3. austr (adv.; °compar. -ar, superl. -ast): east, in the east
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
Ósló ‘of Oslo’
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Ósló (noun f.): [Oslo]
lofðungs ‘king’
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lofðungr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, leader
lík ‘The corpse’
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1. lík (noun n.; °-s; -): body, shape
lagit ‘laid’
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leggja (verb): put, lay
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
kistu ‘a coffin’
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kista (noun f.; °-u; -ur): coffin, chest
notes
[5] nú ‘now’: In this context, the ms. reading ný ‘new’ makes little sense. The emendation follows previous eds. — [5] nú grœr jǫrð ‘now earth grows’: This statement is incorrect, because Sigurðr was interred in the stone wall of the church, outside the choir on the south side (ÍF 28, 276). According to Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson (ÍF 28, 276-7 n. 6), this royal burial custom is not attested elsewhere, and he suggests that Sigurðr and his men may have seen such tombs during their journey to Palestine. Other kings who were entombed similarly in Hallvardskirken were Sigurðr’s son, Magnús inn blindi ‘the Blind’ (d. 1139), Ingi Haraldsson (d. 1161) and Hákon ungi ‘the Young’ Hákonarson (d. 1257).
notes
[5] nú ‘now’: In this context, the ms. reading ný ‘new’ makes little sense. The emendation follows previous eds. — [5] nú grœr jǫrð ‘now earth grows’: This statement is incorrect, because Sigurðr was interred in the stone wall of the church, outside the choir on the south side (ÍF 28, 276). According to Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson (ÍF 28, 276-7 n. 6), this royal burial custom is not attested elsewhere, and he suggests that Sigurðr and his men may have seen such tombs during their journey to Palestine. Other kings who were entombed similarly in Hallvardskirken were Sigurðr’s son, Magnús inn blindi ‘the Blind’ (d. 1139), Ingi Haraldsson (d. 1161) and Hákon ungi ‘the Young’ Hákonarson (d. 1257).
grœr ‘grows’
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2. gróa (verb): grow
notes
[5] nú grœr jǫrð ‘now earth grows’: This statement is incorrect, because Sigurðr was interred in the stone wall of the church, outside the choir on the south side (ÍF 28, 276). According to Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson (ÍF 28, 276-7 n. 6), this royal burial custom is not attested elsewhere, and he suggests that Sigurðr and his men may have seen such tombs during their journey to Palestine. Other kings who were entombed similarly in Hallvardskirken were Sigurðr’s son, Magnús inn blindi ‘the Blind’ (d. 1139), Ingi Haraldsson (d. 1161) and Hákon ungi ‘the Young’ Hákonarson (d. 1257).
jǫrð ‘earth’
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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304)): ground, earth
notes
[5] nú grœr jǫrð ‘now earth grows’: This statement is incorrect, because Sigurðr was interred in the stone wall of the church, outside the choir on the south side (ÍF 28, 276). According to Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson (ÍF 28, 276-7 n. 6), this royal burial custom is not attested elsewhere, and he suggests that Sigurðr and his men may have seen such tombs during their journey to Palestine. Other kings who were entombed similarly in Hallvardskirken were Sigurðr’s son, Magnús inn blindi ‘the Blind’ (d. 1139), Ingi Haraldsson (d. 1161) and Hákon ungi ‘the Young’ Hákonarson (d. 1257).
of ‘over’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
jǫfurs ‘the prince’s’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
beinum ‘bones’
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bein (noun n.; °-s; -): bone
at ‘in’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
Hallvarðs ‘Hallvards’
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Hallvarðr (noun m.): Hallvard, Hallvarðr
hári ‘lofty’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
kirkju ‘kirken’
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kirkja (noun f.): church
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Sigurðr was the first Norw. king to be buried in Hallvardskirken (Hallvarðskirkja, the Church of S. Hallvarðr) in Oslo. See Ágr (ÍF 29, 51), Mork 1928-32, 400, Fsk (ÍF 29, 321), MsonaHkr (ÍF 28, 276).
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