Anon Nkt 6II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 6’ 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, pp. 765-6.
notes
[1-2] * hann þat eitt eiga vildit ‘he not only wanted to have that’: In the present edn, the negative enclitic particle -t has been added to the auxiliary (hence vildit ‘did not want’) to provide the deleted negation eigi ‘not’ (for a similar emendation, see st. 18/1). The pron. hann ‘he’ is treated as a connective to allow for bound-cl. w. o. (see Gade 2005). The Flat reading (eigi hann þat eitt | eiga vildi, lit. ‘not he that one thing to have wanted’) is metrically impossible in both kviðuháttr and fornyrðislag. Skj B and Skald emend to eigi eitt | eiga vildi (lit. ‘not one thing to have wanted’), which violates the w. o. in independent clauses (the verb must come in syntactic positions 1 or 2) and necessitates another emendation in l. 3.
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 þat eitt: Eigi hann þat eitt Flat
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[1-2] * hann þat eitt eiga vildit ‘he not only wanted to have that’: In the present edn, the negative enclitic particle -t has been added to the auxiliary (hence vildit ‘did not want’) to provide the deleted negation eigi ‘not’ (for a similar emendation, see st. 18/1). The pron. hann ‘he’ is treated as a connective to allow for bound-cl. w. o. (see Gade 2005). The Flat reading (eigi hann þat eitt | eiga vildi, lit. ‘not he that one thing to have wanted’) is metrically impossible in both kviðuháttr and fornyrðislag. Skj B and Skald emend to eigi eitt | eiga vildi (lit. ‘not one thing to have wanted’), which violates the w. o. in independent clauses (the verb must come in syntactic positions 1 or 2) and necessitates another emendation in l. 3.
þat ‘that’
[1] * Hann þat eitt: Eigi hann þat eitt Flat
notes
[1-2] * hann þat eitt eiga vildit ‘he not only wanted to have that’: In the present edn, the negative enclitic particle -t has been added to the auxiliary (hence vildit ‘did not want’) to provide the deleted negation eigi ‘not’ (for a similar emendation, see st. 18/1). The pron. hann ‘he’ is treated as a connective to allow for bound-cl. w. o. (see Gade 2005). The Flat reading (eigi hann þat eitt | eiga vildi, lit. ‘not he that one thing to have wanted’) is metrically impossible in both kviðuháttr and fornyrðislag. Skj B and Skald emend to eigi eitt | eiga vildi (lit. ‘not one thing to have wanted’), which violates the w. o. in independent clauses (the verb must come in syntactic positions 1 or 2) and necessitates another emendation in l. 3.
eitt ‘only’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
[1] * Hann þat eitt: Eigi hann þat eitt Flat
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[1-2] * hann þat eitt eiga vildit ‘he not only wanted to have that’: In the present edn, the negative enclitic particle -t has been added to the auxiliary (hence vildit ‘did not want’) to provide the deleted negation eigi ‘not’ (for a similar emendation, see st. 18/1). The pron. hann ‘he’ is treated as a connective to allow for bound-cl. w. o. (see Gade 2005). The Flat reading (eigi hann þat eitt | eiga vildi, lit. ‘not he that one thing to have wanted’) is metrically impossible in both kviðuháttr and fornyrðislag. Skj B and Skald emend to eigi eitt | eiga vildi (lit. ‘not one thing to have wanted’), which violates the w. o. in independent clauses (the verb must come in syntactic positions 1 or 2) and necessitates another emendation in l. 3.
eiga ‘to possess’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
[2] eiga vildit: eiga vildi Flat
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[1-2] * hann þat eitt eiga vildit ‘he not only wanted to have that’: In the present edn, the negative enclitic particle -t has been added to the auxiliary (hence vildit ‘did not want’) to provide the deleted negation eigi ‘not’ (for a similar emendation, see st. 18/1). The pron. hann ‘he’ is treated as a connective to allow for bound-cl. w. o. (see Gade 2005). The Flat reading (eigi hann þat eitt | eiga vildi, lit. ‘not he that one thing to have wanted’) is metrically impossible in both kviðuháttr and fornyrðislag. Skj B and Skald emend to eigi eitt | eiga vildi (lit. ‘not one thing to have wanted’), which violates the w. o. in independent clauses (the verb must come in syntactic positions 1 or 2) and necessitates another emendation in l. 3.
vildi ‘want’
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vilja (verb): want, intend < vilja (verb): want, intend
[2] eiga vildit: eiga vildi Flat
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[1-2] * hann þat eitt eiga vildit ‘he not only wanted to have that’: In the present edn, the negative enclitic particle -t has been added to the auxiliary (hence vildit ‘did not want’) to provide the deleted negation eigi ‘not’ (for a similar emendation, see st. 18/1). The pron. hann ‘he’ is treated as a connective to allow for bound-cl. w. o. (see Gade 2005). The Flat reading (eigi hann þat eitt | eiga vildi, lit. ‘not he that one thing to have wanted’) is metrically impossible in both kviðuháttr and fornyrðislag. Skj B and Skald emend to eigi eitt | eiga vildi (lit. ‘not one thing to have wanted’), which violates the w. o. in independent clauses (the verb must come in syntactic positions 1 or 2) and necessitates another emendation in l. 3.
t ‘did not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not < vilja (verb): want, intend
[2] eiga vildit: eiga vildi Flat
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[1-2] * hann þat eitt eiga vildit ‘he not only wanted to have that’: In the present edn, the negative enclitic particle -t has been added to the auxiliary (hence vildit ‘did not want’) to provide the deleted negation eigi ‘not’ (for a similar emendation, see st. 18/1). The pron. hann ‘he’ is treated as a connective to allow for bound-cl. w. o. (see Gade 2005). The Flat reading (eigi hann þat eitt | eiga vildi, lit. ‘not he that one thing to have wanted’) is metrically impossible in both kviðuháttr and fornyrðislag. Skj B and Skald emend to eigi eitt | eiga vildi (lit. ‘not one thing to have wanted’), which violates the w. o. in independent clauses (the verb must come in syntactic positions 1 or 2) and necessitates another emendation in l. 3.
es ‘which’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
notes
[3] es * langfeðr ‘which his ancestors’: Lit. ‘which the ancestors’. The Flat reading (‘er hans langfedr’ ‘which his ancestors’) makes the l. hypermetrical. Skj B emends to þats langfeðr (‘that which the ancestors’) and Skald to þats langfeðgar (also ‘that which the ancestors’) which is fornyrðislag rather than kviðuháttr. In both cases the emendation þats ‘that which’ follows from the previous emendation in l. 1.
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[3] es * langfeðr ‘which his ancestors’: Lit. ‘which the ancestors’. The Flat reading (‘er hans langfedr’ ‘which his ancestors’) makes the l. hypermetrical. Skj B emends to þats langfeðr (‘that which the ancestors’) and Skald to þats langfeðgar (also ‘that which the ancestors’) which is fornyrðislag rather than kviðuháttr. In both cases the emendation þats ‘that which’ follows from the previous emendation in l. 1.
langfeðr ‘his ancestors’
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langfaðir (noun m.): ancestor
[3] * langfeðr: ‘hans langfedr’ Flat
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[3] es * langfeðr ‘which his ancestors’: Lit. ‘which the ancestors’. The Flat reading (‘er hans langfedr’ ‘which his ancestors’) makes the l. hypermetrical. Skj B emends to þats langfeðr (‘that which the ancestors’) and Skald to þats langfeðgar (also ‘that which the ancestors’) which is fornyrðislag rather than kviðuháttr. In both cases the emendation þats ‘that which’ follows from the previous emendation in l. 1.
leifðu ‘had left’
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leifa (verb): [leave, had left]
hônum ‘him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
Svá ‘so’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
ríkr ‘powerful’
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ríkr (adj.): mighty, powerful, rich
ræsir ‘The ruler’
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ræsir (noun m.): ruler
kennings
Ræsir Sygna‘The ruler of the Sygnir ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Haraldr
The ruler of the Sygnir → NORWEGIAN KING = Haraldr
Sygna ‘of the Sygnir’
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Sygnir (noun m.; °; -ir): the Sygnir
kennings
Ræsir Sygna‘The ruler of the Sygnir ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Haraldr
The ruler of the Sygnir → NORWEGIAN KING = Haraldr
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
ágjarn ‘aggressive’
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ágjarn (adj.; °superl. -astr): [aggressive]
við ‘toward’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
auð ‘wealth’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth < auðgefandi (noun m.)
kennings
auðgefendr,‘wealth-givers, ’
= GENEROUS MEN
wealth-givers, → GENEROUS MEN
gefendr ‘givers’
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gefandi (noun m.; °-a; gefendr): dispenser, giver < auðgefandi (noun m.)
kennings
auðgefendr,‘wealth-givers, ’
= GENEROUS MEN
wealth-givers, → GENEROUS MEN
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
allt ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
land ‘the land’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land
Elfar ‘the Götaälv’
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elfr (noun f.): river
notes
[10] Elfar ‘the Götaälv’: River in south-western Sweden.
á ‘’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
milli ‘between’
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milli (prep.): between
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
Finnmerkr ‘Finnmark’
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Finnmǫrk (noun f.): [Finnmark]
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[11] Finnmerkr ‘Finnmark’: District in northern Norway, bordering on Russia and Finland.
fylkir ‘the leader’
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fylkir (noun m.): leader
átti ‘possessed’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
Náði ‘was’
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1. ná (verb): reach, get, manage
hann ‘He’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
fyr ‘over’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
Nóregi ‘Norway’
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Noregr (noun m.): Norway
ǫllum ‘all of’
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allr (adj.): all
fyrst ‘the first’
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fyrstr (num. ordinal): first
einn ‘alone’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
ráða ‘rule’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
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* Hann þat eitt |
He did not only want to possess that which his ancestors had left him. The ruler of the Sygnir [NORWEGIAN KING = Haraldr] was so powerful and aggressive toward wealth-givers [GENEROUS MEN], that the leader possessed all the land between the Götaälv and Finnmark. He was the first to rule alone over all of Norway.
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