Sturl Hrafn 9II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hrafnsmál 9’ 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. 734-5.
Gengu ‘went’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
geðstrangir ‘The mind-strong’
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geðstrangr (adj.): [mind-strong]
kennings
Geðstrangir sárs logrunnar‘flame-bushes of the wound’
= WARRIORS
the wound’s flame → SWORD
The mind-strong bushes of the SWORD → WARRIORS
kennings
gætis vegmæta‘of the keeper of glorious treasures ’
= KING
the keeper of glorious treasures → KING
veg ‘of glorious’
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2. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -): honour < vegmæti (noun n.)
kennings
gætis vegmæta‘of the keeper of glorious treasures ’
= KING
the keeper of glorious treasures → KING
notes
[2] vegmæta ‘of glorious treasures’: Hap. leg. See also Note to st. 4/4 above.
mæta ‘treasures’
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mæti (noun n.; °; -): precious thing < vegmæti (noun n.)
[2] ‑mæta: meita Flat
kennings
gætis vegmæta‘of the keeper of glorious treasures ’
= KING
the keeper of glorious treasures → KING
notes
[2] vegmæta ‘of glorious treasures’: Hap. leg. See also Note to st. 4/4 above.
sárs ‘of the wound’s’
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2. sár (noun n.; °-s; -): wound
kennings
Geðstrangir sárs logrunnar‘flame-bushes of the wound’
= WARRIORS
the wound’s flame → SWORD
The mind-strong bushes of the SWORD → WARRIORS
sárs ‘of the wound’s’
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2. sár (noun n.; °-s; -): wound
kennings
Geðstrangir sárs logrunnar‘flame-bushes of the wound’
= WARRIORS
the wound’s flame → SWORD
The mind-strong bushes of the SWORD → WARRIORS
of ‘across’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
Sátíri ‘Kintyre’
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Sátíri (noun n.): [Kintyre]
notes
[3] Sátíri ‘Kintyre’: For this ON p. n., see Note to Bkrepp Magndr 9/1.
sunnan ‘from the south’
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sunnan (adv.): (from the) south
log ‘flame’
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log (noun n.; °; -): flame < logrunnr (noun m.)
kennings
Geðstrangir sárs logrunnar‘flame-bushes of the wound’
= WARRIORS
the wound’s flame → SWORD
The mind-strong bushes of the SWORD → WARRIORS
log ‘flame’
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log (noun n.; °; -): flame < logrunnr (noun m.)
kennings
Geðstrangir sárs logrunnar‘flame-bushes of the wound’
= WARRIORS
the wound’s flame → SWORD
The mind-strong bushes of the SWORD → WARRIORS
runnar ‘bushes’
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runnr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): bush, tree < logrunnr (noun m.)
kennings
Geðstrangir sárs logrunnar‘flame-bushes of the wound’
= WARRIORS
the wound’s flame → SWORD
The mind-strong bushes of the SWORD → WARRIORS
Söddu ‘sated’
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seðja (verb): satisfy, satiate
svartklædda ‘black-coated’
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svartklæddr (adj./verb p.p.): [black-coated]
kennings
svartklædda dynhróka sóknar‘black-coated din-cormorants of battle ’
= RAVENS
black-coated din-cormorants of battle → RAVENS
kennings
svartklædda dynhróka sóknar‘black-coated din-cormorants of battle ’
= RAVENS
black-coated din-cormorants of battle → RAVENS
dyn ‘din’
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dynja (verb; °dunði): resound < dynhrókr (noun m.)
kennings
svartklædda dynhróka sóknar‘black-coated din-cormorants of battle ’
= RAVENS
black-coated din-cormorants of battle → RAVENS
notes
[6] dynhróka ‘din-cormorants’: The ms. variants (bróka ‘of trousers’ (so F), króka ‘hooks’ (so 8, Flat) and flóka ‘fish, felt, knot, tangle’ (so 325X)) make no sense in the context. The emendation is in keeping with earlier eds. Hrókr is a type of cormorant (Phalacrocorax artistotelis). For dyn- ‘din-’ in this cpd, see Note to st. 1/3-4 above.
hróka ‘cormorants’
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2. hrókr (noun m.): cormorant < dynhrókr (noun m.)
[6] ‑hróka: bróka F, ‑króka 8, Flat, flóka 325X
kennings
svartklædda dynhróka sóknar‘black-coated din-cormorants of battle ’
= RAVENS
black-coated din-cormorants of battle → RAVENS
notes
[6] dynhróka ‘din-cormorants’: The ms. variants (bróka ‘of trousers’ (so F), króka ‘hooks’ (so 8, Flat) and flóka ‘fish, felt, knot, tangle’ (so 325X)) make no sense in the context. The emendation is in keeping with earlier eds. Hrókr is a type of cormorant (Phalacrocorax artistotelis). For dyn- ‘din-’ in this cpd, see Note to st. 1/3-4 above.
bragnar ‘The men’
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bragnar (noun m.): men, warriors
byr ‘in the fair wind’
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byrr (noun m.; °-jar/-s; -ir, acc. -i/-u(SigrVal 188¹³)): favourable wind < byrgegn (adj.)
kennings
brands byr‘fair-wind reliable of the sword’
= BATTLE
in the fair wind of the sword, → BATTLE
notes
[7] byrgegnir ‘fair-wind reliable’: Hap. leg.
gegnir ‘ reliable’
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1. gegn (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. -astr/-str): reliable < byrgegn (adj.)
[7] ‑gegnir: ‑gegnis 8, ‘egnís’ Flat
notes
[7] byrgegnir ‘fair-wind reliable’: Hap. leg.
brands ‘of the sword’
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brandr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sword, prow; fire
kennings
brands byr‘fair-wind reliable of the sword’
= BATTLE
in the fair wind of the sword, → BATTLE
Skotlandi ‘Scotland’
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Skotland (noun n.): [Scotland]
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Gengu geðstrangir |
The mind-strong bushes of the wound’s flame [(lit. ‘flame-bushes of the wound’) SWORD > WARRIORS] of the keeper of glorious treasures [KING] went from the south across Kintyre. The men, reliable in the fair wind of the sword [(lit. ‘fair-wind reliable of the sword’) BATTLE], sated black-coated din-cormorants of battle [RAVENS] in Scotland.
Hákon had earlier sent fifty ships to the isthmus of Kintyre, where his men burned and pillaged until he ordered them to stop. They then sailed to Gigha and joined him there.
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