Sæl Patricia

 

Comments inserted as usual. On its own the verse makes little sense to me, but see my translation for my rendering. I think it may make more sense when placed in the full context of the rest of Rögnvald´s story and with a knowledge of King Sigurð Jórsalafari (Crusader) but, even then, Gordon´s notes indicate little certainty about who the wise woman is, and I am uncertain about whose blood lies on the plain. At this stage, relevance of the knowledge of the supposed “double kenning”  leaves me as cold as winter, so hopefully Llama Nom can help us out even further.

 

Kveðja

Alan

 

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From: norse_course@yahoogroups.com [mailto:norse_course@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Patricia
Sent: Saturday, 9 July 2005 9:40 AM
To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [norse_course] Miscellanea Section L Subsection (iii)

 

Here is the third and final subsection from Gordon’s Section L, Miscellanea. No muddy verse in this one so hopefully no one will get bogged down.

 

Kveðja

Alan

 

Saell Alan - you Jest, I never saw anything so blessed convoluted and twisted , it could not have looked worse in verse you know!!!

 

Verses by Earl Rögnvald Kali

(iii) Rögnvald in Palestine

Þeir Rögnvaldr jarl fóru þá ór Akrsborg ok sóttu alla hina  helgustu staði á Jórsalalandi

Then [They] Rognvald Earl [and the others] there [travelled then] out of Acre and sought all those holiest (superl heilagr) [places] of Palestine

Earl Rognvald left Acre to seek all the most holy places in Palestine

 

 Þeir fóru allir til Jórðánar ok  lauguðusk þar.

they travelled all to Jordan and Bathed there

They all went to the Jordan to bathe there    (one assumes in the River) [I suspect you are right]

 

Þeir Rögnvald jarl ok Sigmundr Öngull  lögðusk yfir ána ok gengu þar á land,

They Earl Rognvald and Sigmund Ongull swam over the stream [river] (Jordan) and went (on) by [walked/stepped there onto] land

Earl Rognvald and Sigmund Ongull swam over the Jordan and continued by land

 

 ok þangat til sem var  hrískjörr nökkur, ok riðu þar knúta stóra. Þá kvað jarl:

and [to] there where was brushwood/thicket some [a certain] and twisted a knot[s, acc pl] great  This Said the Earl

to a [place where there was a Thickrt and they tied a great knot.   This the Earl said

 

 'Ek hefi lagða lykkju  (leiðar þvengs) of heiði (snotr minnisk þess svanni  sút), fyr Jórðán útan

I have  placed coil (a loop) on the heath  of a road thong (snake) the wise Lady will know of [remember, recall]  this [that, gen sg of þat] far beyond Jordan in the snakes sorrow, (i.e. in Winter) [I need some convincinf of this before I will believe it]

I feel this would be  that he killed a snake and tied it to show he's been there and he's going to tell the lady of it)

I have made this loop (of a snake) on the heath  the Wise Lady will remember this in the Winter (because the winter ties up with the Snakes Sorrow (it's darned cold ))

 

 en hykk at þó þykki  þangat langt at ganga  (blóð fell varmt á víðan  völl) heimdrögum öllum.'

but (hugg-ek - hykk) I think that yet [it] seems there a long time [way, distance] to go, the [b]lood fell warm in (the) [wide] field

Homedwellers - all (PL [also dative])

But I think that we have a long way to go, how the blood fell warm on the ground

they are all home dwellers all of them

 

I think I've got the Gist (perhaps) of it, but that blood warm upon the ground makes me think he killed a snake to tie in a knot on the Heath, but I do not think the lady will feel sorrow for that, I think  leiður þvengs sot should be together for a kenning of Winter

So it's been fun, but now halfpast midnight and I've to get a glass of my Favorite medicine and hit the sack.

I hope this turns out well

Kveðja

Patricia

 

Thanks due to LN for making sure we noticed the Fiendish double kenning




 

----- Original Message -----

From: AThompson

Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 11:27 AM

Subject: RE: [norse_course] Miscellanea Section L Subsection (iii)

 

Sæl öll

 

Here is the third and final subsection from Gordon’s Section L, Miscellanea. No muddy verse in this one so hopefully no one will get bogged down.

 

Kveðja

Alan

 

Verses by Earl Rögnvald Kali

(iii) Rögnvald in Palestine

Þeir Rögnvaldr jarl fóru þá ór Akrsborg ok sóttu alla hina  helgustu staði á Jórsalalandi. Þeir fóru allir til Jórðánar ok  lauguðusk þar. Þeir Rögnvald jarl ok Sigmundr Öngull  lögðusk yfir ána ok gengu þar á land, ok þangat til sem var  hrískjörr nökkur, ok riðu þar knúta stóra. Þá kvað jarl:  'Ek hefi lagða lykkju  (leiðar þvengs) of heiði  (snotr minnisk þess svanni  sút), fyr Jórðán útan;  en hykk at þó þykki  þangat langt at ganga  (blóð fell varmt á víðan  völl) heimdrögum öllum.'


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