Þul Manna 6^III

Enn ‘still’

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2. enn (adv.): still, yet, again

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[1-2] enn eru eptir heiti aldar ‘there are still names of people to come’: This introduction and the initial capital letters in mss R, Tˣ and C show that Þul Manna is actually divided into two lists of heiti.

eru ‘There are’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

notes

[1-2] enn eru eptir heiti aldar ‘there are still names of people to come’: This introduction and the initial capital letters in mss R, Tˣ and C show that Þul Manna is actually divided into two lists of heiti.

eptir ‘to come’

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eptir (prep.): after, behind

[1] eptir: ‘eft[…]’ B, eftir 744ˣ

notes

[1-2] enn eru eptir heiti aldar ‘there are still names of people to come’: This introduction and the initial capital letters in mss R, Tˣ and C show that Þul Manna is actually divided into two lists of heiti.

aldar ‘of people’

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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age

[2] aldar: ‘[…]lldar’ B, ‘alldar’ 744ˣ

notes

[1-2] enn eru eptir heiti aldar ‘there are still names of people to come’: This introduction and the initial capital letters in mss R, Tˣ and C show that Þul Manna is actually divided into two lists of heiti.

heiti ‘names’

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heiti (noun n.): name, promise

notes

[1-2] enn eru eptir heiti aldar ‘there are still names of people to come’: This introduction and the initial capital letters in mss R, Tˣ and C show that Þul Manna is actually divided into two lists of heiti.

hirð ‘court’

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hirð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(FskB— 53‡)): retinue

ok ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

[3] ok: om. Tˣ

gestir ‘guests’

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gestr (noun m.): guest, stranger

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[3] gestir ‘guests’: This is the pl. form of gestr m. ‘guest’, but here it is a term for a certain group of lower-ranking retainers at the Norwegian court who did not have the full privileges of hirðmenn, members of the retinue (see next Note). The word is not found in poetry with this meaning.

ok ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

húskarlar ‘housecarls’

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húskarl (noun m.): retainer

[4] húskarlar: so Tˣ, C, A, ‘hurskarlar’ R, ‘huss[…]’ B, ‘huskarlar’ 744ˣ

notes

[4] húskarlar ‘housecarls’: In Icelandic, húskarlar means ‘man-servants’, but here these are members of the king’s (or earl’s) bodyguard or following. Skm (SnE 1998, I, 80) offers the following explanation of this term: Konungar ok jarlar hafa til fylgðar með sér þá menn er hirðmenn heita ok húskarlar, en lendir menn hafa ok sér handgengna menn þá er í Danmǫrku ok í Svíþjóð eru hirðmenn *kallaðir, en í Nóregi húskarlar, ok sverja þeir þó eiða svá sem hirðmenn konungum. Húskarlar konunga váru mjǫk hirðmenn kallaðir í fornesk<j>u ‘Kings and jarls have in their service those men who are called retainers and housecarls, but district chieftains also have men in their service who are called retainers in Denmark and Sweden, but housecarls in Norway, and yet they swear oaths just as retainers do to kings. The kings’ housecarls were frequently called retainers in ancient times’.

inndrótt ‘bodyguard’

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inndrótt (noun f.): retinue

[5] inndrótt ok: inndrótt ráðgjafi Tˣ

notes

[5] inndrótt (f.) ‘bodyguard’: Cf. Skm (SnE 1998, I, 80): Hirðmenn ok húskarla hǫfðingja má svá kenna at kalla þá inndrótt eða verðung eða *heiðmenn ‘The chieftains’ retainers and housecarls can be referred to by calling them bodyguards or paid troop or paid men’.

ok ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

[5] inndrótt ok: inndrótt ráðgjafi Tˣ

hjón ‘household’

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hjón (noun n.; °; -): one of the household, married couple, domestic servant

ef ‘if’

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3. ef (conj.): if

ek ‘I’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

alt ‘everything’

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allr (adj.): all

segi ‘mention’

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segja (verb): say, tell

rúni ‘confidant’

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rúni (noun m.; °; -ar): confidant

[7] rúni: ‘runni’ Tˣ

notes

[7] rúni (m.) ‘confidant’: In C, this word has a capital letter.

ok ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

þopti ‘rowing-mate’

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þofti (noun m.): companions, benchmate

[7] þopti: ‘[…]pti’ B, þopti 744ˣ

notes

[7] þopti (m.) ‘rowing-mate’: I.e. ‘(rowing) bench-mate’ (from þopta f. ‘rowing bench’). Snorri explains the word as follows (Skm, SnE 1998, I, 107): Þopti er *hálfrýmis félagi ‘Þopti is one who shares the same rowing bench’.

ok ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

[8] ok ráðgjafi: om. Tˣ

ráðgjafi ‘counsellor’

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ráðgjafi (noun m.): counsellor

[8] ok ráðgjafi: om. Tˣ