SnSt Ht 48III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Snorri Sturluson, Háttatal 48’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1157.
Auð ‘readily’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth < auðkenna (verb): easily recognised
kennings
auðkendar nauðir boga‘readily recognised compellers of the bow ’
= ARMS
readily recognised compellers of the bow → ARMS
kendar ‘recognised’
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kenna (verb): know, teach < auðkenna (verb): easily recognised
[1] ‑kendar: so Tˣ, U, ‑kendur R, ‑kendum W
kennings
auðkendar nauðir boga‘readily recognised compellers of the bow ’
= ARMS
readily recognised compellers of the bow → ARMS
verr ‘wraps’
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3. verja (verb): defend
auði ‘with wealth’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth
auð ‘The wealth’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth < auðtýr (noun m.)
kennings
Auð-Týr‘The wealth-Týr ’
= MAN
The wealth-Týr → MAN
Týr ‘Týr’
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Týr (noun m.): Týr < auðtýr (noun m.)
kennings
Auð-Týr‘The wealth-Týr ’
= MAN
The wealth-Týr → MAN
boga ‘of the bow’
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bogi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): bow
kennings
auðkendar nauðir boga‘readily recognised compellers of the bow ’
= ARMS
readily recognised compellers of the bow → ARMS
kennings
auðkendar nauðir boga‘readily recognised compellers of the bow ’
= ARMS
readily recognised compellers of the bow → ARMS
notes
[3] þars ‘there ... is’: So W, U. Þat er ‘which’ or ‘that is’ has been altered in R to þar er (R*).
auð ‘to wealth’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth < auðviðr (noun m.): [to wealth-trees]
kennings
auðviðum‘to wealth-trees ’
= MEN
to wealth-trees → MEN
viðum ‘trees’
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1. viðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -u/-i): wood, tree < auðviðr (noun m.): [to wealth-trees]
kennings
auðviðum‘to wealth-trees ’
= MEN
to wealth-trees → MEN
auðs ‘wealth’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
gulli ‘gold’
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gull (noun n.): gold
rauðu ‘red’
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rauðr (adj.; °compar. -ari): red
Heiðmǫnnum ‘of paid men’
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heiðmaðr (noun m.): [paid men]
heiðis ‘of the hawk’
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heiðir (noun m.): hawk
kennings
reiðir heiðis‘chariots of the hawk ’
= ARMS
chariots of the hawk → ARMS
heið ‘The payment’
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1. heið (noun f.): payment < heiðmildr (adj.)
mildr ‘liberal’
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mildr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): mild, gentle, gracious, generous < heiðmildr (adj.)
[6] ‑mildr: ‑frækn U
jǫfurr ‘prince’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
reiðir ‘chariots’
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1. reið (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar): riding; chariot
kennings
reiðir heiðis‘chariots of the hawk ’
= ARMS
chariots of the hawk → ARMS
notes
[7] venr ‘accustoms’: So all other mss. The R variant, verr ‘wraps’ or ‘adorns’ is also possible, but in view of the readings of the other mss, it looks like a repetition of this verb from l. 1.
heið ‘the payment’
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1. heið (noun f.): payment < heiðfrǫmuðr (noun m.): [payment-advancer]
kennings
heiðfrǫmuðr‘the payment-advancer ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the payment-advancer → GENEROUS MAN
frǫmuðr ‘advancer’
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frǫmuðr (noun m.): promoter < heiðfrǫmuðr (noun m.): [payment-advancer]
kennings
heiðfrǫmuðr‘the payment-advancer ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the payment-advancer → GENEROUS MAN
heiðar ‘bright’
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4. heiðr (adj.): bright
kennings
heiðar leiðar vala‘bright paths of falcons ’
= ARMS
bright paths of falcons → ARMS
heiðgjǫf ‘to the honour-gift’
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heiðgjǫf (noun f.): [to honour-gift]
vala ‘of falcons’
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2. valr (noun m.; °-s): falcon
kennings
heiðar leiðar vala‘bright paths of falcons ’
= ARMS
bright paths of falcons → ARMS
leiðar ‘paths’
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leið (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir/-ar): path, way
[8] leiðar: by correction in scribal hand R
kennings
heiðar leiðar vala‘bright paths of falcons ’
= ARMS
bright paths of falcons → ARMS
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Auðkendar verr auði |
The wealth-Týr <god> [MAN] wraps readily recognised compellers of the bow [ARMS] with wealth; there wealth is allotted to wealth-trees [MEN] in red gold. The payment-liberal prince adorns chariots of the hawk [ARMS] of paid men; the payment-advancer [GENEROUS MAN] accustoms bright paths of falcons [ARMS] to the honour-gift.
As st. 47 above, except that the aðalhendingar extend throughout each helmingr and not only throughout the couplets. The variant is called klifat ‘repeated’.
For this rhyme variant, see SnE 2007, 80-1. — The heading in Tˣ is 40. — [1-4]: This helmingr plays on the different meanings of the homonyms auðr ‘wealth’ and the prefix auð- ‘readily, easily’. — [5-8]: The near-homonyms in this helmingr are heiðr ‘payment, gift’, heiðir ‘hawk’ and heiðr ‘bright’. For the meaning of heið- ‘payment’, see Konráð Gíslason (1895-7) and NN §1508D.
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