Þorm Lv 25I
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Þormóðr Kolbrúnarskáld, Lausavísur 25’ 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. 843.
kennings
Eik landa ǫglis‘The oak of the lands of the hawk ’
= WOMAN
the lands of the hawk → ARMS
The oak of ARMS → WOMAN
kennings
Eik landa ǫglis‘The oak of the lands of the hawk ’
= WOMAN
the lands of the hawk → ARMS
The oak of ARMS → WOMAN
kennings
Eik landa ǫglis‘The oak of the lands of the hawk ’
= WOMAN
the lands of the hawk → ARMS
The oak of ARMS → WOMAN
kennings
Eik landa ǫglis‘The oak of the lands of the hawk ’
= WOMAN
the lands of the hawk → ARMS
The oak of ARMS → WOMAN
eik ‘The oak’
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eik (noun f.; °eikr/eikar; eikr): oak
kennings
Eik landa ǫglis‘The oak of the lands of the hawk ’
= WOMAN
the lands of the hawk → ARMS
The oak of ARMS → WOMAN
hví ‘why’
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hví (adv.): why
[2] hví: at J2ˣ, 73aˣ, 325V, 325VII, Bb, DG8, 142ˣ, 566aˣ, ‘hv[…]’ 61, þvít Tóm, papp4ˣ
vér ‘we’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
[2] vér róm: vér sém J2ˣ, 321ˣ, 73aˣ, 325V, 325VII, Bb, Flat, DG8, 142ˣ, 566aˣ, papp4ˣ, 761bˣmarg
róm ‘are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[2] vér róm: vér sém J2ˣ, 321ˣ, 73aˣ, 325V, 325VII, Bb, Flat, DG8, 142ˣ, 566aˣ, papp4ˣ, 761bˣmarg
bleikir ‘pale’
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2. bleikr (adj.): pale
fár ‘few’
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3. fár (adj.; °compar. fǽrri/fárri(Mág² 11), superl. fǽstr): few
[3] fár: fáar papp4ˣ
verðr ‘grow’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
fagr ‘handsome’
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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful
[3] fagr: so 972ˣ, J2ˣ, 73aˣ, Holm4, 61, 325V, 325VII, Bb, Flat, Tóm, Kˣ, DG8, 142ˣ, 566aˣ, papp4ˣ, 761bˣmarg, ‘fadr’ Holm2
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
sôrum ‘wounds’
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2. sár (noun n.; °-s; -): wound
kennings
drif ǫrva,‘a blizzard of arrows, ’
= BATTLE
a blizzard of arrows, → BATTLE
drif ‘a blizzard’
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drif (noun n.): blizzard, driven snow
kennings
drif ǫrva,‘a blizzard of arrows, ’
= BATTLE
a blizzard of arrows, → BATTLE
svanni ‘lady’
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svanni (noun m.): lady, woman
notes
[4] svanni ‘lady’: Finnur Jónsson (1932-3) rightly observes that the vocative form could belong to either the second or the third clause.
døkkvi ‘dark’
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døkkr (adj.; °-van; compar. -vari/-ari/-ri, superl. -vastr/-astr): dark
[5] døkkvi: ‘deykcvi’ Holm2, kløkkvi Kˣ
notes
[5] døkkvi ‘dark’: The reading kløkkvi ‘malleable’ of Kˣ (alone) is not likely to be correct, and may be a result of misreading <d> as <cl>. At all events, the contrast of døkkvi with bleikir ‘pale’ makes for a superior reading.
magni ‘with might’
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magn (noun n.; °-s): strength
[6] magni: megni 972ˣ, 73aˣ, ‘magin’ 321ˣ
í ‘’
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í (prep.): in, into
gǫgnum ‘through’
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gegnum (prep.): through
notes
[7] hvasst ‘sharply’: Ulset (1975, 93) takes this as an adj. qualifying jarn ‘iron’, while noting the possibility of an adv.
hjarta ‘to the heart’
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hjarta (noun n.; °-; *-u): heart
[7] hjarta it: ‘híarta :t’ Holm4, hjartat 61, Flat, Tóm, DG8, papp4ˣ
it ‘’
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2. inn (art.): the
[7] hjarta it: ‘híarta :t’ Holm4, hjartat 61, Flat, Tóm, DG8, papp4ˣ
næsta ‘next’
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nærri (adj. comp.; °superl. nǽstr): near, nearer, next
hættligt ‘the dangerous’
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hættligr (adj.): [dangerous]
járn ‘iron’
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járn (noun n.; °-s; -): iron, weapon
[8] járn: so J2ˣ, 73aˣ, Holm4, 325V, 325VII, Bb, Flat, Tóm, Kˣ, DG8, 142ˣ, papp4ˣ, 761bˣmarg, om. Holm2, ‘j[…]’ 61, sár 566aˣ
notes
[8] es vættik ‘I expect’: Lit. ‘as I expect’. Gaertner (1907, 348) suggests that the meaning may be ‘I hope’, given that Þormóðr did not want to outlive Óláfr.
vættik ‘I expect’
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vætta (verb): expect
[8] vættik (‘ec vætti’): ek mætti 972ˣ, ek veitti Holm4, ek ætla Flat, ek vænti DG8, eg vætta papp4ˣ
notes
[8] es vættik ‘I expect’: Lit. ‘as I expect’. Gaertner (1907, 348) suggests that the meaning may be ‘I hope’, given that Þormóðr did not want to outlive Óláfr.
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In ÓH, excluding Flat, and Hkr, a woman tending wounds asks Þormóðr why he is so pale. In Flat, he asserts that he is hardly injured, and a woman offering milk asks why he is so pale if he is largely unscathed. In ÓHLeg, a woman bearing wood throws down her burden when she sees Þormóðr and declares that the dead walk. He denies being dead, and we are told that he has a spot on his nose. In Fbr, a woman in charge of water for the wounded asks why he is so pale and whether he is not in some difficulty. In Fbr and ÓHLeg (as well as in Flat), this stanza precedes Lv 24; in ÓH it follows. (See the discussion in the Introduction.) In ÓHLeg, ÓH and Hkr Þormóðr dies soon after delivering this stanza.
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