SnSt Ht 25III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Snorri Sturluson, Háttatal 25’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1131.
kennings
rǫst jastar;‘the whirlpool of yeast; ’
= ALE
the whirlpool of yeast; → ALE
ǫðlingr ‘The ruler’
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ǫðlingr (noun m.; °; -ar): prince, ruler
kennings
rǫst jastar;‘the whirlpool of yeast; ’
= ALE
the whirlpool of yeast; → ALE
virðik ‘I consider’
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2. virða (verb): value, appraise
notes
[2] svá ‘that’: The result of a correction in R (perhaps by R*), but it is difficult to see the original word (perhaps an abbreviated þat ‘that’; cf. Tˣ).
fellir ‘removes’
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3. fella (verb): fell, kill
brim ‘the surf’
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brim (noun n.): surf
kennings
brim horna –‘the surf of horns – ’
= BEER
the surf of horns – → BEER
bragna ‘people’s’
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bragnar (noun m.): men, warriors
bjórr ‘beer’
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1. bjórr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): beer
forn ‘ancient’
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forn (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): ancient, old
es ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
horna ‘of horns’
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horn (noun n.; °-s; -): horn
kennings
brim horna –‘the surf of horns – ’
= BEER
the surf of horns – → BEER
Máls ‘of speech’
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1. mál (noun n.; °-s; -): speech, matter
kennings
heilsu máls;‘the cure of speech; ’
= MEAD
the cure of speech; → MEAD
kann ‘’
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kunna (verb): know, can, be able
mildingr ‘The generous one’
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mildingr (noun m.; °-s): ruler, generous one
heilsu ‘the cure’
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1. heilsa (noun f.; °-u): health
kennings
heilsu máls;‘the cure of speech; ’
= MEAD
the cure of speech; → MEAD
mjǫðr ‘mead’
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mjǫðr (noun m.; °dat. miði): mead
heitir ‘is called’
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2. heita (verb): be called, promise
svá ‘ thus’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
veita ‘provides’
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2. veita (verb): grant, give
kennings
galli strúgs –‘the destruction of dignity – ’
= WINE
the destruction of dignity – → WINE
kømr ‘joins’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
vín ‘wine’
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vín (noun n.; °-s; -): wine
kallak ‘I call’
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kalla (verb): call
kennings
galli strúgs –‘the destruction of dignity – ’
= WINE
the destruction of dignity – → WINE
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The ruler gives men the whirlpool of yeast [ALE]; that I consider ale; the surf of horns [BEER] – that is ancient beer – removes people’s silence. The generous one provides the cure of speech [MEAD]; mead is called thus; the destruction of dignity [WINE] – that I call wine – joins the selection of strong drinks.
The dróttkvætt variant illustrated by this stanza is tilsagt ‘annotated’, in which the kennings in each couplet are explained in an embedded clause occupying positions 1-4 in the even lines.
The headings are xviij. háttr ‘the eighteenth verse-form’ (Tˣ) and tilsagt (U(47r)). — This variant is also used in RvHbreiðm Hl 67-8. The syntactic pattern is otherwise not uncommon in dróttkvætt poetry, but the ‘annotations’ are usually not of an explanatory nature (cf. also SnE 2007, 79).
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