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Bjbp Jóms 37^I

Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa 37’ 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. 991.

Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson Jómsvíkingadrápa

Nam ‘stepped’

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1. nema (verb): to take

notes

[1, 2] nam at stíga ‘stepped’: Nam, lit. ‘took, started’, is a pleonastic auxiliary here.

eld ‘of the flame’

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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire < eldbroti (noun m.)

kennings

Ýgr Yggjar eldbroti
‘flame-breaker of Yggr’
= WARRIOR = Búi
the flame of Yggr → SWORD
The fierce breaker of the SWORD → WARRIOR = Búi

eld ‘of the flame’

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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire < eldbroti (noun m.)

kennings

Ýgr Yggjar eldbroti
‘flame-breaker of Yggr’
= WARRIOR = Búi
the flame of Yggr → SWORD
The fierce breaker of the SWORD → WARRIOR = Búi

broti ‘breaker’

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broti (noun m.; °-a; -ar): breaker < eldbroti (noun m.)

kennings

Ýgr Yggjar eldbroti
‘flame-breaker of Yggr’
= WARRIOR = Búi
the flame of Yggr → SWORD
The fierce breaker of the SWORD → WARRIOR = Búi

Yggjar ‘of Yggr’

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1. Yggr (noun m.): Yggr

kennings

Ýgr Yggjar eldbroti
‘flame-breaker of Yggr’
= WARRIOR = Búi
the flame of Yggr → SWORD
The fierce breaker of the SWORD → WARRIOR = Búi

Yggjar ‘of Yggr’

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1. Yggr (noun m.): Yggr

kennings

Ýgr Yggjar eldbroti
‘flame-breaker of Yggr’
= WARRIOR = Búi
the flame of Yggr → SWORD
The fierce breaker of the SWORD → WARRIOR = Búi

ýgr ‘The fierce’

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2. ýgr (adj.): fierce

kennings

Ýgr Yggjar eldbroti
‘flame-breaker of Yggr’
= WARRIOR = Búi
the flame of Yggr → SWORD
The fierce breaker of the SWORD → WARRIOR = Búi

fyr ‘over’

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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.

borð ‘board’

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borð (noun n.; °-s; -): side, plank, board; table

at ‘’

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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)

notes

[1, 2] nam at stíga ‘stepped’: Nam, lit. ‘took, started’, is a pleonastic auxiliary here.

stíga ‘’

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stíga (verb): step

notes

[1, 2] nam at stíga ‘stepped’: Nam, lit. ‘took, started’, is a pleonastic auxiliary here.

út ‘out’

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út (adv.): out(side)

bar ‘carried’

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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry

hann ‘he’

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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...

af ‘from’

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af (prep.): from

húfum ‘the hull’

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húfr (noun m.; °dat. -i): hull

notes

[3] húfum ‘the hull’: Lit. ‘hulls’. The pl. is unusual, since húfr ‘hull’ is normally sg. unless more than one ship is referred to. The sense ‘strake’ is possible in ON and certain in later Icel., however (Jesch 2001a, 143-4), and húfum here may refer collectively to the strakes or planking comprising the hull.

hraustr ‘bold’

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hraustr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): strong, valiant

Goll ‘Gull’

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gull (noun n.): gold < gullbúi (noun m.)

notes

[4] Goll-Búi ‘Gull-Búi (“Gold-Búi”)’: See Note to st. 26/2.

Búi ‘Búi’

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3. Búi (noun m.): Búi < gullbúi (noun m.)

[4] Búi kistur: ‘b[...]’ R, ‘bvi kist(vr)’(?) RCP, ‑Búi kistur RFJ

notes

[4] Goll-Búi ‘Gull-Búi (“Gold-Búi”)’: See Note to st. 26/2.

kistur ‘chests’

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kista (noun f.; °-u; -ur): coffin, chest

[4] Búi kistur: ‘b[...]’ R, ‘bvi kist(vr)’(?) RCP, ‑Búi kistur RFJ

Ok ‘And’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

optliga ‘often’

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oftliga (adv.): [often]

eptir ‘then’

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eptir (prep.): after, behind

óblauðir ‘dauntless’

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óblauðr (adj.): [dauntless]

þar ‘to see’

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þar (adv.): there

síðan ‘since’

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síðan (adv.): later, then

kneigu ‘have been able’

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knega (verb): to know, understand, be able to

lýðir ‘men’

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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people

líta ‘there’

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líta (verb): look, see; appear

langan ‘a long’

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langr (adj.; °compar. lengri, superl. lengstr): long

notes

[8] langan orm á hringum ‘a long serpent on the rings’: This draws on the tradition that gold-hoards are protected by dragons or serpents, and perhaps specifically on the legend of the Rhine-gold, guarded by Fáfnir; see Guðrún Nordal (2001, 331-2). It is conceivable that the dragon is to be understood as a man – Búi – who has turned himself into a dragon in order to guard the hoard, as Fáfnir did (e.g. SnE 1998, I, 46).

orm ‘serpent’

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ormr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): serpent

notes

[8] langan orm á hringum ‘a long serpent on the rings’: This draws on the tradition that gold-hoards are protected by dragons or serpents, and perhaps specifically on the legend of the Rhine-gold, guarded by Fáfnir; see Guðrún Nordal (2001, 331-2). It is conceivable that the dragon is to be understood as a man – Búi – who has turned himself into a dragon in order to guard the hoard, as Fáfnir did (e.g. SnE 1998, I, 46).

á ‘on’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

notes

[8] langan orm á hringum ‘a long serpent on the rings’: This draws on the tradition that gold-hoards are protected by dragons or serpents, and perhaps specifically on the legend of the Rhine-gold, guarded by Fáfnir; see Guðrún Nordal (2001, 331-2). It is conceivable that the dragon is to be understood as a man – Búi – who has turned himself into a dragon in order to guard the hoard, as Fáfnir did (e.g. SnE 1998, I, 46).

hringum ‘the rings’

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1. hringr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): ring; sword

notes

[8] langan orm á hringum ‘a long serpent on the rings’: This draws on the tradition that gold-hoards are protected by dragons or serpents, and perhaps specifically on the legend of the Rhine-gold, guarded by Fáfnir; see Guðrún Nordal (2001, 331-2). It is conceivable that the dragon is to be understood as a man – Búi – who has turned himself into a dragon in order to guard the hoard, as Fáfnir did (e.g. SnE 1998, I, 46).

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