Bkrepp Magndr 10II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Bjǫrn krepphendi, Magnússdrápa 10’ 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. 403-4.
Hætt ‘hazardous’
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hættr (adj.; °compar. -ari/-ri, superl. -astr): dangerous
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[1] vas (‘var’): so all others, vann Kˣ
hvert ‘Every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
átti ‘had’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
hvarf ‘hiding place’
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hvarf (noun n.; °; *-): disappearance
Guð ‘Guð’
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guð- ((prefix)): [Guð] < Goðrøðr (noun m.): [Guðrøðr]
kennings
arfi Guðrøðar‘Guðrøðr’s heir ’
= Lǫgmaðr
Guðrøðr’s heir → Lǫgmaðr
notes
[2] arfi Guðrøðar ‘Guðrøðr’s heir [= Lǫgmaðr]’: Guðrøðr crovan ‘Little-hand’ was the son of Haraldr svarti ‘the Black’ of Islay. He fought at the battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066 alongside Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson of Norway, escaped to the Isle of Man and later became king of the Hebrides, Man and parts of Ireland. He died of illness in 1095 (see Munch 1860, 50-9).
røðar ‘røðr’s’
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-røðr (noun m.): [røðr] < Goðrøðr (noun m.): [Guðrøðr]
[2] ‑røðar: ‑røðr E
kennings
arfi Guðrøðar‘Guðrøðr’s heir ’
= Lǫgmaðr
Guðrøðr’s heir → Lǫgmaðr
notes
[2] arfi Guðrøðar ‘Guðrøðr’s heir [= Lǫgmaðr]’: Guðrøðr crovan ‘Little-hand’ was the son of Haraldr svarti ‘the Black’ of Islay. He fought at the battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066 alongside Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson of Norway, escaped to the Isle of Man and later became king of the Hebrides, Man and parts of Ireland. He died of illness in 1095 (see Munch 1860, 50-9).
arfi ‘heir’
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arfi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): heir, heiress
kennings
arfi Guðrøðar‘Guðrøðr’s heir ’
= Lǫgmaðr
Guðrøðr’s heir → Lǫgmaðr
notes
[2] arfi Guðrøðar ‘Guðrøðr’s heir [= Lǫgmaðr]’: Guðrøðr crovan ‘Little-hand’ was the son of Haraldr svarti ‘the Black’ of Islay. He fought at the battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066 alongside Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson of Norway, escaped to the Isle of Man and later became king of the Hebrides, Man and parts of Ireland. He died of illness in 1095 (see Munch 1860, 50-9).
lǫnd ‘lands’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land
vann ‘’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
lofðungr ‘the ruler’
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lofðungr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, leader
kennings
lofðungr Þrœnda‘the ruler of the Þrœndir ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
the ruler of the Þrœndir → NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
Þrœnda ‘of the Þrœndir’
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Þrœndr (noun m.; °; þrǿndir/þrǿndr): people from Tröndelag
kennings
lofðungr Þrœnda‘the ruler of the Þrœndir ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
the ruler of the Þrœndir → NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
Lǫgmanni ‘Lǫgmaðr’
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lǫgmaðr (noun m.): lawyer
bannat ‘refused’
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2. banna (verb; °-að-): forbid, refuse
Nýtr ‘The bountiful’
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nýtr (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. nýztr/nýtastr): useful, able
[5] Nýtr: nýtt H, Hr
kennings
Nýtr ungr gramr Egða‘The bountiful young lord of the Egðir ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
The bountiful young lord of the Egðir → NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
fekk ‘’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
[5] fekk: lét Mork, F, H, Hr
nesjum ‘the headlands’
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nes (noun n.; °-s; -, gen. -ja): headland
naðr ‘of the snake’
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naðr (noun m.): snake < naðrbingr (noun m.)
[6] naðrbings: naðrs bing E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, Mork, F, H, Hr
kennings
tǫpuð naðrbings‘the destroyer of the snake-lair ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the snake-lair → GOLD
the destroyer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
naðr ‘of the snake’
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naðr (noun m.): snake < naðrbingr (noun m.)
[6] naðrbings: naðrs bing E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, Mork, F, H, Hr
kennings
tǫpuð naðrbings‘the destroyer of the snake-lair ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the snake-lair → GOLD
the destroyer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
bings ‘lair’
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bingr (noun m.; °dat. -i): [bed, lair] < naðrbingr (noun m.)
[6] naðrbings: naðrs bing E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, Mork, F, H, Hr
kennings
tǫpuð naðrbings‘the destroyer of the snake-lair ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the snake-lair → GOLD
the destroyer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
bings ‘lair’
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bingr (noun m.; °dat. -i): [bed, lair] < naðrbingr (noun m.)
[6] naðrbings: naðrs bing E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, Mork, F, H, Hr
kennings
tǫpuð naðrbings‘the destroyer of the snake-lair ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the snake-lair → GOLD
the destroyer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
tǫpuð ‘the destroyer’
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tǫpuðr (noun m.): destroyer
[6] tǫpuð: so 39, E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, Mork, H, Hr, tapað Kˣ, tǫpuðr F
kennings
tǫpuð naðrbings‘the destroyer of the snake-lair ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the snake-lair → GOLD
the destroyer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
finginn ‘captured’
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finginn (adj./verb p.p.): [captured]
[6] finginn: fanginn 39, fengit E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, fenginn Mork, H, Hr
Egða ‘of the Egðir’
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Egðir (noun m.): the Egðir
kennings
Nýtr ungr gramr Egða‘The bountiful young lord of the Egðir ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
The bountiful young lord of the Egðir → NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
gramr ‘lord’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
kennings
Nýtr ungr gramr Egða‘The bountiful young lord of the Egðir ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
The bountiful young lord of the Egðir → NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
þars ‘where’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
[7] þars (‘þar er’): þá er 39, 42ˣ, er F, þar Hr
ungr ‘young’
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ungr (adj.): young
kennings
Nýtr ungr gramr Egða‘The bountiful young lord of the Egðir ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
The bountiful young lord of the Egðir → NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
véttrima ‘of hilts’
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vættrim (noun f.): sword-ring
kennings
tungur véttrima‘tongues of hilts ’
= SWORDS
tongues of hilts → SWORDS
notes
[8] véttrima ‘of hilts’: Véttrim must have been a part of the sword, and Falk (1914, 28-9) suggests that it could have been a metal plate on the sword-hilt. Vétt (n.) is an oval lid on a chest, and rim a pole, post, or the upper plank on a ship’s railing. LP: véttrim takes the first part of the cpd as vétt ‘weight’ (f.) and supplies the translation tynd stang, rim, til at løfte med ‘thin pole, rim, to lift [sth.] with’. According to that interpretation, véttrim was a part of the sword-blade close to the sword point, which makes little sense in the present kenning. See also ESk Geisl 47/4VII, in which naðr véttrima, translated as ‘the snake of sword-rings’, is a kenning for ‘sword’, which also refutes the LP interpretation.
tungur ‘tongues’
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tunga (noun f.; °-u; -ur): tongue, language
kennings
tungur véttrima‘tongues of hilts ’
= SWORDS
tongues of hilts → SWORDS
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Hætt vas hvert, þats átti, |
Every hiding place that Guðrøðr’s heir [= Lǫgmaðr] had was hazardous; the ruler of the Þrœndir [NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús] refused Lǫgmaðr lands there. The bountiful young lord of the Egðir [NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús] captured the destroyer of the snake-lair [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN] off the headlands, where tongues of hilts [SWORDS] were wailing.
Magnús captured Lǫgmaðr Guðrøðarson, king of the Hebrides, the Isle of Man and parts of Ireland (1098).
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