KormǪ Sigdr 7III
Edith Marold (ed.) 2017, ‘Kormákr Ǫgmundarson, Sigurðardrápa 7’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 285.
kennings
algildan allvald aldar Yngva‘the excellent mighty ruler of the people of Yngvi ’
= YNGLING = Haraldr gráfeldr?
the excellent mighty ruler of the people of Yngvi → YNGLING = Haraldr gráfeldr?
gildan ‘the excellent’
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2. gildr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): valued at, worth < algildr (adj.): thoroughly splendid
[1] ‑gildan: ‑mildan B
kennings
algildan allvald aldar Yngva‘the excellent mighty ruler of the people of Yngvi ’
= YNGLING = Haraldr gráfeldr?
the excellent mighty ruler of the people of Yngvi → YNGLING = Haraldr gráfeldr?
biðk ‘I ask’
aldar ‘of the people’
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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age
kennings
algildan allvald aldar Yngva‘the excellent mighty ruler of the people of Yngvi ’
= YNGLING = Haraldr gráfeldr?
the excellent mighty ruler of the people of Yngvi → YNGLING = Haraldr gráfeldr?
allvald ‘mighty ruler’
(not checked:)
allvaldr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): mighty ruler
kennings
algildan allvald aldar Yngva‘the excellent mighty ruler of the people of Yngvi ’
= YNGLING = Haraldr gráfeldr?
the excellent mighty ruler of the people of Yngvi → YNGLING = Haraldr gráfeldr?
of ‘over’
mér ‘me’
halda ‘to hold’
kennings
bifvangi ýs;‘his quivering field of the bow ’
= HAND
his quivering field of the bow → HAND
bif ‘his quivering’
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bif (noun n.): quivering < bifvangr (noun m.)
[3] bifvangi: ‘biuangi’ Tˣ
kennings
bifvangi ýs;‘his quivering field of the bow ’
= HAND
his quivering field of the bow → HAND
vangi ‘field’
(not checked:)
1. vangr (noun m.): field, plain < bifvangr (noun m.)
[3] bifvangi: ‘biuangi’ Tˣ
kennings
bifvangi ýs;‘his quivering field of the bow ’
= HAND
his quivering field of the bow → HAND
Yngva ‘of Yngvi’
(not checked:)
Yngvi (noun m.): Yngvi, prince
kennings
algildan allvald aldar Yngva‘the excellent mighty ruler of the people of Yngvi ’
= YNGLING = Haraldr gráfeldr?
the excellent mighty ruler of the people of Yngvi → YNGLING = Haraldr gráfeldr?
ungr ‘Being a young man’
fór ‘advanced’
með ‘with’
Hroptr ‘Hroptr’
[4] Hroptr: hrokr U
Gungni ‘Gungnir’
[4] Gungni: so Tˣ, W, B, ‘gvgni’ R, ‘gv̄ni’ U
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