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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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ESk Run 10II

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Runhenda 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. 558-9.

Einarr SkúlasonRunhenda
910

Skark ‘I cut’

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skera (verb): cut

[1] Skark (‘Skar ek’): ‘[...]k’ B, Skar ek 744ˣ

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súðum ‘with ship-sides’

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súð (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): planking, ship

[1] súðum: súð um Tˣ, A

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[1] súðum ‘with ship-sides’: See Note to Hharð Gamv 2/2.

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sunnan ‘south of’

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sunnan (adv.): (from the) south

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Hrund ‘Runde’

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Hrund (noun f.): Runde, Hrund, valkyrie

[2] Hrund: lund A

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[2] Hrund ‘Runde’: An island in Sunnmøre, western Norway.

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mín ‘my’

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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my

[3] mín: so A, B, C, minn R, Tˣ

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[3] mund mín prýddisk ‘my hand was adorned’: Suggests that the skald was rewarded by the king for the poem. Because of the content of ll. 3-4, Fidjestøl (1982, 155) believed that the st. was likely placed towards the end of the poem.

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prýddisk ‘was adorned’

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prýða (verb): adorn

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[3] mund mín prýddisk ‘my hand was adorned’: Suggests that the skald was rewarded by the king for the poem. Because of the content of ll. 3-4, Fidjestøl (1982, 155) believed that the st. was likely placed towards the end of the poem.

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mund ‘hand’

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1. mund (noun f.): hand

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[3] mund mín prýddisk ‘my hand was adorned’: Suggests that the skald was rewarded by the king for the poem. Because of the content of ll. 3-4, Fidjestøl (1982, 155) believed that the st. was likely placed towards the end of the poem.

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við ‘at’

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2. við (prep.): with, against

[4] við mildings fund: ‘[...]’ B, ‘uid mildings funnd’ 744ˣ

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[4] við fund mildings ‘at the meeting with the munificent one’: According to Hkr (ÍF 28, 331), Eysteinn was sínkr ok fégjarn ‘stingy and greedy’, but the encomium must have appealed to the generous side of his personality.

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mildings ‘with the munificent one’

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mildingr (noun m.; °-s): ruler, generous one

[4] við mildings fund: ‘[...]’ B, ‘uid mildings funnd’ 744ˣ

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[4] við fund mildings ‘at the meeting with the munificent one’: According to Hkr (ÍF 28, 331), Eysteinn was sínkr ok fégjarn ‘stingy and greedy’, but the encomium must have appealed to the generous side of his personality.

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fund ‘the meeting’

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fundr (noun m.): discovery, meeting

[4] við mildings fund: ‘[...]’ B, ‘uid mildings funnd’ 744ˣ

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[4] við fund mildings ‘at the meeting with the munificent one’: According to Hkr (ÍF 28, 331), Eysteinn was sínkr ok fégjarn ‘stingy and greedy’, but the encomium must have appealed to the generous side of his personality.

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