Flokkr about Sveinn Úlfsson §
Edited by Kari Ellen Gade
hersi ‘hersar’
Closehann ‘he’
hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
Closehábrynjuð ‘armoured’
[4] hábrynjuð ‘armoured’: Falk (1912, 38) believes that this refers to the practice of equipping the prows of warships with metal plates or stripes. Following Malmros (1985, 101), Jesch (2001a, 157-9) argues that the adj. hábrynjaðr denotes a row of shields protecting oarlocks or rowing-stations (há- ‘oarlock’). See also Notes to ÞjóðA Har 5/7, Steinn Óldr 13/4 and Bǫlv Hardr 2/4.
Closeferils ‘track’
gen.
ferill (noun m.; °dat. ferli): route, track < húnferill (noun m.): [mast-top track]
Closeferils ‘track’
gen.
ferill (noun m.; °dat. ferli): route, track < húnferill (noun m.): [mast-top track]
Closehlunn ‘roller’
hlunnr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): roller < hlunntamiðr (adj./verb p.p.)
[6] hlunntamðra (m. gen. pl.) ‘roller-tamed’: Hlunnr was a wooden roller used to support a ship standing on land or part of a slip-way used for launching ships. The image here is that of reindeer (of the sea) tamed to step on or rest among rollers, i.e. of a ship being beached or launched.
Closetamðra ‘tamed’
tamiðr (adj./verb p.p.): accustomed, tamed < hlunntamiðr (adj./verb p.p.)
[6] hlunntamðra (m. gen. pl.) ‘roller-tamed’: Hlunnr was a wooden roller used to support a ship standing on land or part of a slip-way used for launching ships. The image here is that of reindeer (of the sea) tamed to step on or rest among rollers, i.e. of a ship being beached or launched.
Closehundruð ‘hundred’
hundrað (noun n.; °-s; hundruð/-): hundred
[8] hundruð (n. acc. pl.) ‘hundred’: Rarely, the n. noun hundrað is used as an indeclinable adj., which explains the variant hundrað (so FskBˣ, FskAˣ; see ANG §452 and Anm.). The numeral most likely denotes the ‘long hundred’ (= 120), and ‘six hundred ships’ would be more accurately rendered as ‘720 ships’.
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