HSt Rst 6I
Rolf Stavnem (ed.) 2012, ‘Hallar-Steinn, Rekstefja 6’ 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. 903.
Ugg ‘fear’
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uggr (noun m.; °dat. -): fear < ugglauss (adj.): fearless
laust ‘lessly’
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lauss (adj.; °compar. lausari): loose, free, without < ugglauss (adj.): fearless
Íra ‘of the Irish’
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írar (noun m.): Irishmen
byggðir ‘the settlements’
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byggð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): dwelling, settlement
ókvíðinn ‘the unworried’
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ókvíðinn (adj./verb p.p.): unworried, fearless
[2] ókvíðinn: ‘okíndinn’ 54
kennings
ókvíðinn Ullar kjóla él-Freyr‘storm-Freyr of the ships of Ullr’
= WARRIOR
the ships of Ullr → SHIELDS
the storm of SHIELDS → BATTLE
the unworried Freyr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
lét ‘caused’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
[2] lét síðan: réð víða 61, 53, 54, Bb(22va), Flat, reið víða 62
notes
[2] síðan lét ‘then … caused’: The ÓT reading réð víða is equally possible, with réð as ‘decided’ or a pleonastic auxiliary and víða adv. ‘widely’.
síðan ‘Then’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
[2] lét síðan: réð víða 61, 53, 54, Bb(22va), Flat, reið víða 62
notes
[2] síðan lét ‘then … caused’: The ÓT reading réð víða is equally possible, with réð as ‘decided’ or a pleonastic auxiliary and víða adv. ‘widely’.
él ‘of the storm’
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él (noun n.; °; dat. -um): storm < élfreyr (noun m.)
kennings
ókvíðinn Ullar kjóla él-Freyr‘storm-Freyr of the ships of Ullr’
= WARRIOR
the ships of Ullr → SHIELDS
the storm of SHIELDS → BATTLE
the unworried Freyr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
él ‘of the storm’
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él (noun n.; °; dat. -um): storm < élfreyr (noun m.)
kennings
ókvíðinn Ullar kjóla él-Freyr‘storm-Freyr of the ships of Ullr’
= WARRIOR
the ships of Ullr → SHIELDS
the storm of SHIELDS → BATTLE
the unworried Freyr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
Freyr ‘Freyr’
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Freyr (noun m.): (a god) < élfreyr (noun m.)
[3] Freyr: ‑þeyr 62, ‘‑þreyrr’ Flat
kennings
ókvíðinn Ullar kjóla él-Freyr‘storm-Freyr of the ships of Ullr’
= WARRIOR
the ships of Ullr → SHIELDS
the storm of SHIELDS → BATTLE
the unworried Freyr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
Ullar ‘of Ullr’
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Ullr (noun m.): Ullr
[3] Ullar: so 61, 54, Bb(22va), Flat, ulfar Bb(111vb), ‘vllra’ 62
kennings
ókvíðinn Ullar kjóla él-Freyr‘storm-Freyr of the ships of Ullr’
= WARRIOR
the ships of Ullr → SHIELDS
the storm of SHIELDS → BATTLE
the unworried Freyr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
notes
[3] Ullar kjóla ‘of the ships of Ullr <god> [SHIELDS]’: This is a recognized type of shield-kenning (SnE 1998, I, 67; Meissner 166), but the myth that must underlie it is now lost; see further Note to Gamlkan Has 64/1VII.
Ullar ‘of Ullr’
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Ullr (noun m.): Ullr
[3] Ullar: so 61, 54, Bb(22va), Flat, ulfar Bb(111vb), ‘vllra’ 62
kennings
ókvíðinn Ullar kjóla él-Freyr‘storm-Freyr of the ships of Ullr’
= WARRIOR
the ships of Ullr → SHIELDS
the storm of SHIELDS → BATTLE
the unworried Freyr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
notes
[3] Ullar kjóla ‘of the ships of Ullr <god> [SHIELDS]’: This is a recognized type of shield-kenning (SnE 1998, I, 67; Meissner 166), but the myth that must underlie it is now lost; see further Note to Gamlkan Has 64/1VII.
Ullar ‘of Ullr’
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Ullr (noun m.): Ullr
[3] Ullar: so 61, 54, Bb(22va), Flat, ulfar Bb(111vb), ‘vllra’ 62
kennings
ókvíðinn Ullar kjóla él-Freyr‘storm-Freyr of the ships of Ullr’
= WARRIOR
the ships of Ullr → SHIELDS
the storm of SHIELDS → BATTLE
the unworried Freyr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
notes
[3] Ullar kjóla ‘of the ships of Ullr <god> [SHIELDS]’: This is a recognized type of shield-kenning (SnE 1998, I, 67; Meissner 166), but the myth that must underlie it is now lost; see further Note to Gamlkan Has 64/1VII.
kjóla ‘of the ships’
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kjóll (noun m.): ship
kennings
ókvíðinn Ullar kjóla él-Freyr‘storm-Freyr of the ships of Ullr’
= WARRIOR
the ships of Ullr → SHIELDS
the storm of SHIELDS → BATTLE
the unworried Freyr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
notes
[3] Ullar kjóla ‘of the ships of Ullr <god> [SHIELDS]’: This is a recognized type of shield-kenning (SnE 1998, I, 67; Meissner 166), but the myth that must underlie it is now lost; see further Note to Gamlkan Has 64/1VII.
kjóla ‘of the ships’
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kjóll (noun m.): ship
kennings
ókvíðinn Ullar kjóla él-Freyr‘storm-Freyr of the ships of Ullr’
= WARRIOR
the ships of Ullr → SHIELDS
the storm of SHIELDS → BATTLE
the unworried Freyr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
notes
[3] Ullar kjóla ‘of the ships of Ullr <god> [SHIELDS]’: This is a recognized type of shield-kenning (SnE 1998, I, 67; Meissner 166), but the myth that must underlie it is now lost; see further Note to Gamlkan Has 64/1VII.
kjóla ‘of the ships’
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kjóll (noun m.): ship
kennings
ókvíðinn Ullar kjóla él-Freyr‘storm-Freyr of the ships of Ullr’
= WARRIOR
the ships of Ullr → SHIELDS
the storm of SHIELDS → BATTLE
the unworried Freyr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
notes
[3] Ullar kjóla ‘of the ships of Ullr <god> [SHIELDS]’: This is a recognized type of shield-kenning (SnE 1998, I, 67; Meissner 166), but the myth that must underlie it is now lost; see further Note to Gamlkan Has 64/1VII.
endr ‘once’
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endr (adv.): formerly, once, again
fíkula ‘to be powerfully’
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fíkula (adv.): greedily, powerfully
[4] fíkula: ‘fikur la’ 54, ‘fikíu la’ Bb(22va), ríkula Flat
brenndar ‘burned down’
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3. brenna (verb; (weak, transitive)): to burn (weak, intr.)
[4] brenndar: brenndan 61, brenndir Flat
Skot ‘Scot’
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Skotr (noun m.): Scot < Skotland (noun n.): [Scotland]
land ‘land’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land < Skotland (noun n.): [Scotland]
[5] ‑land: so 61, 62, Flat, ‑lands Bb(111vb), 53, 54, Bb(22va)
skǫrpum ‘sharp’
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skarpr (adj.): sharp, bitter
[5] skǫrpum: skǫfnum 61, 53, 54, Bb(22va), skǫmmum 62, Flat
brandi ‘sword’
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brandr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sword, prow; fire
[5] brandi: om. 53
skjald ‘The shield’
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skjǫldr (noun m.; °skjaldar/skildar, dat. skildi; skildir, acc. skjǫldu): shield < (non-lexical) (unclassified)
[6] skjald†fryðr†: ‘skiallprydr’ 62, skjótfróðr Flat
kennings
Skjald†fryðr†‘The shield-... ’
= WARRIOR
The shield-... → WARRIOR
notes
[6] skjald†fryðr† ‘the shield-... [WARRIOR?]’: A warrior-kenning is indicated by the context. The meaning of the element ‑fryðr is obscure, but it is the reading of most mss; ‘pryðr’ in 61 may result from a misreading of <f> as <p>. Flat has skjótfróðr ‘shooting-wise/swift-wise’ rhyming with rjóða ‘redden’, which may be a scribal emendation, but Skj B and Skald take the lead from Flat in reading skotfróðr, again ‘shooting-wise’, and rjóða. Konráð Gíslason (1895-7) suggests the emendation skjaldbjóðr ‘shield-offerer’.
†fryðr† ‘...’
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(non-lexical) < (non-lexical) (unclassified)
[6] skjald†fryðr†: ‘skiallprydr’ 62, skjótfróðr Flat
kennings
Skjald†fryðr†‘The shield-... ’
= WARRIOR
The shield-... → WARRIOR
notes
[6] skjald†fryðr† ‘the shield-... [WARRIOR?]’: A warrior-kenning is indicated by the context. The meaning of the element ‑fryðr is obscure, but it is the reading of most mss; ‘pryðr’ in 61 may result from a misreading of <f> as <p>. Flat has skjótfróðr ‘shooting-wise/swift-wise’ rhyming with rjóða ‘redden’, which may be a scribal emendation, but Skj B and Skald take the lead from Flat in reading skotfróðr, again ‘shooting-wise’, and rjóða. Konráð Gíslason (1895-7) suggests the emendation skjaldbjóðr ‘shield-offerer’.
of ‘proceeded’
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4. of (particle): (before verb)
[6] of: af or of Bb(111vb), ok 61, 53, 54, Bb(22va), 62, om. Flat
notes
[6] of: Emendation to the expletive particle is necessary here, and is adopted in previous eds. The ms. readings af ‘from’ and ok ‘and’ do not fit the sense and syntax of the helmingr but both could be corruptions of of by scribes more familiar with the later expletive form um. Further, the vowel graph in Bb(111vb) is unclear and could be taken as <o>.
nam ‘’
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1. nema (verb): to take
oddr ‘point’
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oddr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): point of weapon
beit ‘bit’
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bíta (verb; °bítr; beit, bitu; bitinn): bite
ulfar ‘the wolves’
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1. ulfr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): wolf
sǫddusk ‘had their fill’
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seðja (verb): satisfy, satiate
ódeigr ‘the unblunt’
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ódeigr (adj.): [unblunt]
Skota ‘Scots’
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Skotr (noun m.): Scot
feiga ‘fated’
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feigr (adj.; °compar. -ari/ri): fated to die, fey, dead
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Ugglaust Íra byggðir |
Then the unworried Freyr <god> of the storm of the ships of Ullr <god> [(lit. ‘storm-Freyr of the ships of Ullr’) SHIELDS > BATTLE > WARRIOR] once fearlessly caused the settlements of the Irish to be powerfully burned down. The shield-... [WARRIOR?] proceeded to clear Scotland with a sharp sword; the unblunt point bit fated Scots; the wolves had their fill.
After citing st. 4/5-8, ÓT relates that Óláfr proceeds via Northumbria to Scotland and raids there (illustrated by st. 6/5-8), then harries the Hebrides, Man and finally Ireland (illustrated by st. 6/1-4).
As noted in the Context, the helmingar of the stanza are in reverse order in ÓT, and consequently printed thus in some eds. For Óláfr’s campaigns in Scotland and Ireland, see also Hfr Óldr 6 and the later Anon Óldr 6.
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