Stúfsdrápa §
Edited by Kari Ellen Gade
hann ‘he’
hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
Closeaf ‘with’
[3] af góðum byr Gríðar ‘with a good wind of Gríðr <giantess> [MIND]’: For the peculiar kennings of this type, in which ‘wind, breeze of a giantess’ denotes ‘thought, mind, disposition’, see Meissner 138-9 and SnE 1998, I, 108. See also ÞjóðA Run 2/1-3 and Arn Magndr 3/7-8.
Closegóðum ‘a good’
[3] af góðum byr Gríðar ‘with a good wind of Gríðr <giantess> [MIND]’: For the peculiar kennings of this type, in which ‘wind, breeze of a giantess’ denotes ‘thought, mind, disposition’, see Meissner 138-9 and SnE 1998, I, 108. See also ÞjóðA Run 2/1-3 and Arn Magndr 3/7-8.
Closebyr ‘wind’
dat.
byrr (noun m.; °-jar/-s; -ir, acc. -i/-u(SigrVal 188¹³)): favourable wind
[3] af góðum byr Gríðar ‘with a good wind of Gríðr <giantess> [MIND]’: For the peculiar kennings of this type, in which ‘wind, breeze of a giantess’ denotes ‘thought, mind, disposition’, see Meissner 138-9 and SnE 1998, I, 108. See also ÞjóðA Run 2/1-3 and Arn Magndr 3/7-8.
CloseGríðar ‘of Gríðr’
Gríðr (noun f.; °dat./acc. -i): [Gríðr, Gríður]
[3] af góðum byr Gríðar ‘with a good wind of Gríðr <giantess> [MIND]’: For the peculiar kennings of this type, in which ‘wind, breeze of a giantess’ denotes ‘thought, mind, disposition’, see Meissner 138-9 and SnE 1998, I, 108. See also ÞjóðA Run 2/1-3 and Arn Magndr 3/7-8.
Closebaugum ‘to rings’
baugr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): ring
[6] grimmr baugum ‘ferocious to rings’: Alludes to Haraldr’s generosity when he distributed rings or parts of rings as gifts to his men.
Closegrimmr ‘ferocious’
grimmr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): fierce
[6] grimmr baugum ‘ferocious to rings’: Alludes to Haraldr’s generosity when he distributed rings or parts of rings as gifts to his men.
CloseHaugi ‘Haug’
haugr (noun m.; °-s, -i; -ar): mound, cairn
[6] at Haugi ‘at Haug’: A royal farmstead in Værdalen near Stiklestad in Trøndelag, Norway.
Closegjarn ‘willingly’
gjarn (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): eager
[7] gjarn ‘willingly’: Lit. ‘willing’.
Closegylltu ‘the gilded’
[7] gylltu (n. dat. sg.) ‘gilded’: The variant gyldu ‘gilded’ (so E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, Hr; Skj B) is a later form of the same word.
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