Þfagr Frag 2III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Þorleikr fagri, Fragments 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 485.
gramr ‘ruler’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
á ‘onto’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
glæstar ‘the decorated’
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glæstr (adj./verb p.p.): adorned, shining, splendid
kennings
glæstar valstǫðvar‘the decorated falcon-perches ’
= ARMS
the decorated falcon-perches → ARMS
gegn ‘The righteous’
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1. gegn (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. -astr/-str): reliable
val ‘falcon’
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2. valr (noun m.; °-s): falcon < valstǫð (noun f.)
kennings
glæstar valstǫðvar‘the decorated falcon-perches ’
= ARMS
the decorated falcon-perches → ARMS
stǫðvar ‘perches’
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stǫð (noun f.; °; -var): harbour < valstǫð (noun f.)
[2] ‑stǫðvar: ‘‑stodar’ C
kennings
glæstar valstǫðvar‘the decorated falcon-perches ’
= ARMS
the decorated falcon-perches → ARMS
þegnum ‘of his men’
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þegn (noun m.; °dat. -/-i; -ar): thane, man, franklin
[2] þegnum: ‘þeg[…]’ U
notes
[2] þegnum (m. dat. pl.) ‘of his men’: This is a dat. of possession. Þegnar ‘men, retainers, subjects’ has been translated here as ‘his men’, reflecting the loyal relationship between a ruler and his men (for the various meanings of this word, see Goetting 2006). For other stanzas describing a king adorning the arms of his men with gold and silver, see e.g. Þblǫnd Sigdr 2 and Sturl Hákkv 31-3II.
notes
[3] ungr vísi ‘the young leader’: The R (and LaufE) variant vísir ‘leader’ is a later form and has been normalised accordingly. If this stanza indeed were part of SveinnII and addressed to Sveinn Úlfsson (see Introduction above), the apostrophe ungr vísi ‘young leader’ would be somewhat inappropriate because Sveinn must have been at least middle-aged at this time (c. 1051; see ÍF 35, 129 n. 1).
vísi ‘leader’
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vísi (noun m.; °-a): leader
[3] vísi: so Tˣ, W, U, A, B, C, vísir R, 2368ˣ, 743ˣ
notes
[3] ungr vísi ‘the young leader’: The R (and LaufE) variant vísir ‘leader’ is a later form and has been normalised accordingly. If this stanza indeed were part of SveinnII and addressed to Sveinn Úlfsson (see Introduction above), the apostrophe ungr vísi ‘young leader’ would be somewhat inappropriate because Sveinn must have been at least middle-aged at this time (c. 1051; see ÍF 35, 129 n. 1).
eisu ‘fire’
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1. eisa (noun f.; °; -ur): flame, ember
kennings
eisu armleggs.‘fire of the upper arm. ’
= GOLD
fire of the upper arm. → GOLD
armleggs ‘of the upper arm’
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armleggr (noun m.; °dat. -/-i; -ir, gen. -ja, dat. -jum/-um(var. ÆvMið² 76⁴ Æv AM 240XV fol 1r¹)): upper arm
kennings
eisu armleggs.‘fire of the upper arm. ’
= GOLD
fire of the upper arm. → GOLD
digul ‘crucible’
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digull (noun m.; °diguls; diglar): crucible < digulfarmr (noun m.): [crucible-cargo]
kennings
digulfarmi‘crucible-cargo ’
= SILVER
crucible-cargo → SILVER
farmi ‘cargo’
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farmr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): cargo < digulfarmr (noun m.): [crucible-cargo]
kennings
digulfarmi‘crucible-cargo ’
= SILVER
crucible-cargo → SILVER
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Eisu armleggs ‘fire of the upper arm’ and digulfarmr ‘crucible-cargo’ are given in Skm and LaufE among the kennings for ‘gold’ and ‘silver’, respectively.
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