Þul Manna 7III
Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Manna heiti 7’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 782.
Innhýsingar ‘Household members’
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innhýsingr (noun m.)
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[1] innhýsingar ‘household members’: These are members of the same household (cf. inndrótt ‘bodyguard’, st. 6/5). The word is not found elsewhere, but the weak verb innhýsa ‘provide sby with lodging’ is found in prose (Fritzner: innhýsa).
alda ‘old rowing’
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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age < aldaþofti (noun m.): °old trusty friend
þoptar ‘mates’
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þofti (noun m.): companions, benchmate < aldaþofti (noun m.): °old trusty friend
[2] ‑þoptar: ‑þopti Tˣ
sessi ‘bench-mate’
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sessi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): bench-mate
[3] sessi ok máli: ‘ses[…]’ B, ‘sessí ok malí’ 744ˣ
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
[3] sessi ok máli: ‘ses[…]’ B, ‘sessí ok malí’ 744ˣ
máli ‘interlocutor’
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1. máli (noun m.; °-a; -ar): interlocutor, close companion
[3] sessi ok máli: ‘ses[…]’ B, ‘sessí ok malí’ 744ˣ
notes
[4] serlar ‘armoured ones’: This term for ‘warriors’ is found only in this þula. According to AEW, serlar < Proto Nordic *sarwilōʀ (cf. syrvar in st. 5/5 and the pers. n. Sǫrli).
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
fylgðir ‘attendants’
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fylgð (noun f.): support, help
[4] fylgðir: fylgir C, ‘[…]ir’ B, ‘fýlgder’ 744ˣ
notes
[4] fylgðir (m. pl.) ‘attendants’: The word is not otherwise attested in poetry.
þá ‘then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
eru ‘there are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[5] eru: so all others, er R
félagar ‘companions’
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félagi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): companion
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
frændr ‘kinsmen’
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frændi (noun m.): kinsman, male relative
saman ‘together’
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saman (adv.): together
vinr ‘friend’
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend
[7] vinr: vinir A, B
ein ‘ship’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone < einkili (noun m.): °(for a friend) shipmate
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[7] einkili ‘shipmate’: Lit. ‘one who shares the same keel’ (SnE 1998, II, 263). The word does not occur elsewhere. Both the semantic similarity of the heiti in ll. 3 and 7 (cf. sessi ‘benchmate’ and máli ‘interlocutor’) and their sg. forms suggest that these terms may have been in close proximity in the list which served as a source for the present stanza.
kili ‘mate’
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-kili (noun m.) < einkili (noun m.): °(for a friend) shipmate
[7] ‑kili: ‘‑[…]li’ B, ‘‑kile’ 744ˣ
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[7] einkili ‘shipmate’: Lit. ‘one who shares the same keel’ (SnE 1998, II, 263). The word does not occur elsewhere. Both the semantic similarity of the heiti in ll. 3 and 7 (cf. sessi ‘benchmate’ and máli ‘interlocutor’) and their sg. forms suggest that these terms may have been in close proximity in the list which served as a source for the present stanza.
verðung ‘paid troop’
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verðung (noun f.): troop, retinue
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[8] verðung (f.) ‘paid troop’: The heiti is derived from the adj. verðr ‘worth’ and is a poetic term for a troop in the king’s pay. CVC: verðung equates it with hirð ‘retinue’, while LP: verðung gives the meaning drótt ‘retinue’. Heiðmenn ‘paid men’ (heið- ‘reward for honourable service’) are mentioned in Skm in the same context as verðung (see Skm, SnE 1998, I, 80 and Note to st. 6/5 above).
halir ‘heroes’
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halr (noun m.; °-s): man
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[8] halir ‘heroes’: Pl. of halr m. ‘man’. The word occurs only in poetry (cf. OE hæleð, OHG helid and ModGer. Held ‘hero’).
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