Anon Óldr 19I
Kate Heslop (ed.) 2012, ‘Anonymous Poems, Óláfs drápa Tryggvasonar 19’ 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. 1050.
Frægs ‘of the famous’
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frægr (adj.; °-jan/-an; compar. -ri, superl. -jastr/-astr/-str): famous, renowned
stillis ‘ruler’
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stillir (noun m.): ruler
varð ‘had’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
falla ‘to fall’
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falla (verb): fall
ferð ‘The troop’
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ferð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-arMork 196¹²)): host, journey
en ‘but’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
beitt ‘wielded’
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2. beita (verb; °-tt-): beat, tack
vas ‘were’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
sverðum ‘swords’
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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword
endr ‘again’
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endr (adv.): formerly, once, again
kom ‘came’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
brúnt ‘brown’
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2. brúnn (adj.): brown, dark
á ‘onto’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
branda ‘blades’
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brandr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sword, prow; fire
blóð ‘blood’
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blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood
varð ‘it became’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
notes
[4] varð autt ‘it became empty’: I.e. a space was cleared as Óláfr’s warriors fell.
autt ‘empty’
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3. auðr (adj.): empty, barren
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[4] varð autt ‘it became empty’: I.e. a space was cleared as Óláfr’s warriors fell.
um ‘around’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
góðan ‘the good man’
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góðr (adj.): good
Auk ‘also’
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1. auk (adv.): [also]
und ‘under’
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3. und (prep.): under, underneath
jǫfri ‘prince’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
frœknum ‘the bold’
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frœkn (adj.): brave, bold
Ormr ‘Ormr (‘Serpent’)’
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ormr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): serpent
hrauzk ‘cleared’
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1. hrjóða (verb): clear, destroy
notes
[6] hrauzk ‘was ... cleared’: On the placing of the verb, see Introduction.
en ‘but’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
felt ‘were hooded’
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[6] felt rauðu ‘were hooded with red’: Or ‘put on red headgear’ (verb falda ‘to clothe the head’), a conventional circumlocution meaning ‘died in battle’ (LP: 2. falda). The image is one of blood streaming down from a head-wound.
rauðu ‘with red’
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rauðr (adj.; °compar. -ari): red
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[6] felt rauðu ‘were hooded with red’: Or ‘put on red headgear’ (verb falda ‘to clothe the head’), a conventional circumlocution meaning ‘died in battle’ (LP: 2. falda). The image is one of blood streaming down from a head-wound.
Eireks ‘Eiríkr’s’
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Eiríkr (noun m.): Eiríkr
hirð ‘retinue’
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hirð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(FskB 53)): retinue
áðr ‘before’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
yrði ‘extended’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
jarls ‘the jarl’s’
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jarl (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): poet, earl
ráð ‘rule’
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ráð (noun n.; °-s; -): advice, plan, control, power
fyrir ‘over’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
hjarli ‘the land’
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hjarl (noun n.): land
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Frægs stillis varð falla |
The troop of the famous ruler [Óláfr] had to fall, but swords were wielded; brown blood again came onto blades; it became empty around the good man [Óláfr]. Ormr (‘Serpent’) was also cleared under the bold prince, but Eiríkr’s retinue were hooded with red, before the jarl’s rule extended over the land.
[6] Ormr ‘(“Serpent”)’: Óláfr’s famous warship Ormr inn langi ‘the Long Serpent’, frequently named in contemporary poetry, as well as being the subject of word-play in st. 21/4 below, for example; see also Notes to Hfr ErfÓl 10/1, Hókr Eirfl 3/4.
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