ÞSjár Þórdr 4I
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2012, ‘Þórðr Særeksson (Sjáreksson), Þórálfs drápa Skólmssonar 4’ 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. 240.
afrek ‘’
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afrek (noun n.; °-s; -): °feat, memorable deed; exceptionally
notes
[1] afreks (n. gen. sg.) ‘an exceptional deed’: The verb vita (veit 3rd pers. sg. pres. indic.) in the meaning ‘signal, point to, forebode’ can take either gen. or acc. The clause is impersonal.
veit ‘It signals’
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2. veita (verb): grant, give
þá ‘’
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2. þá (adv.): then
þars ‘when’
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þars (conj.): where
[1] þars (‘þar er’): þat er F, 61, 325IX 1 a, Bb, FskAˣ, þá J1ˣ, þá er J2ˣ
notes
[1] þars ‘when’: More usually ‘where’, but the reference is to the whole situation. Other eds prefer the variant þats ‘that’, which is equally possible.
jǫfri ‘the prince’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
allríkr ‘the all-powerful’
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allríkr (adj.): very powerful
kennings
allríkr Njǫrðr gǫndlar,‘the all-powerful Njǫrðr of battle, ’
= WARRIOR = Þórálfr
the all-powerful Njǫrðr of battle, → WARRIOR = Þórálfr
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
styr ‘a battle’
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styrr (noun m.; °dat. -): battle
slíkum ‘such’
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2. slíkr (adj.): such
gunnar ‘’
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gunnr (noun f.): battle
gumnar ‘’
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gumi (noun m.; °-a; gumar/gumnar): man
kennings
allríkr Njǫrðr gǫndlar,‘the all-powerful Njǫrðr of battle, ’
= WARRIOR = Þórálfr
the all-powerful Njǫrðr of battle, → WARRIOR = Þórálfr
notes
[3] Njǫrðr gǫndlar ‘Njǫrðr <god> of battle [WARRIOR = Þórálfr]’: For a similar kenning, see Arn Rǫgndr 1/3II and Note. Gǫndul is the name of a valkyrie but could also be used as a common noun gǫndul ‘battle’ (see LP: Gǫndul).
móðr ‘’
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1. móðr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-): courage
morðr ‘’
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mǫrðr (noun m.): [mǫrðr]
kennings
allríkr Njǫrðr gǫndlar,‘the all-powerful Njǫrðr of battle, ’
= WARRIOR = Þórálfr
the all-powerful Njǫrðr of battle, → WARRIOR = Þórálfr
notes
[3] Njǫrðr gǫndlar ‘Njǫrðr <god> of battle [WARRIOR = Þórálfr]’: For a similar kenning, see Arn Rǫgndr 1/3II and Note. Gǫndul is the name of a valkyrie but could also be used as a common noun gǫndul ‘battle’ (see LP: Gǫndul).
notes
[3] sás ‘who’: The m. nom. sg. demonstrative sá refers back to Njǫrðr gǫndlar ‘the Njǫrðr of battle’ i.e. Þórálfr Skólmsson. The Fsk variant þeims (m. dat. sg.) agrees with jǫfri ‘prince’ (l. 1), i.e. Hákon, who would then be the subject of the rel. clause.
gerði ‘prepared’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
gekk ‘advanced’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
næst ‘next to’
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nærri (adj. comp.; °superl. nǽstr): near, nearer, next
hugar ‘’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage
kennings
drekku Hugins,‘Huginn’s banquet, ’
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Huginn’s banquet, → CORPSES
notes
[4] drekku Hugins ‘Huginn’s <raven’s> banquet [CORPSES]’: The word drekka can mean both ‘banquet, drinking feast’ and ‘drink’. If taken in the latter meaning, the kenning would denote ‘blood’. Huginn, like Muninn (st. 3/6), was Óðinn’s raven, and the occurrence of the two names in kennings in two consecutive stanzas may have been deliberate.
drekkju ‘’
drekku ‘banquet’
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1. drekka (noun f.; °-u): [drink, banquet]
[4] drekku: drekkju 325IX 1 a, Bb
kennings
drekku Hugins,‘Huginn’s banquet, ’
= CORPSES
Huginn’s banquet, → CORPSES
notes
[4] drekku Hugins ‘Huginn’s <raven’s> banquet [CORPSES]’: The word drekka can mean both ‘banquet, drinking feast’ and ‘drink’. If taken in the latter meaning, the kenning would denote ‘blood’. Huginn, like Muninn (st. 3/6), was Óðinn’s raven, and the occurrence of the two names in kennings in two consecutive stanzas may have been deliberate.
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