Þul Manna 9^III

Niðr, hleytamaðr,         niðjungr ok barn,
konr ok kynkvísl,         kundr, ættbogi,
mǫgr, málunautr,         mágr ok spjalli,
ættbaðmr, ættslóð,         ofskǫpt ok sveinn.

Niðr, hleytamaðr, niðjungr ok barn, konr ok kynkvísl, kundr, ættbogi, mǫgr, málunautr, mágr ok spjalli, ættbaðmr, ættslóð, ofskǫpt ok sveinn.

Relative, brother-in-law, descendant and child, kin and kin-branch, kinsman, family line, boy, speech-mate, in-law and intimate, issue, genealogy, lineage and young man.

Mss: R(42v), Tˣ(44v), C(11v-12r), A(18v), B(8v), 744ˣ(65v) (SnE)

Readings: [1] hleyta‑: so A, B, ‘hlęta’ R, ‘hlo᷎ta’ Tˣ, nauðleyta C    [2] barn: ‘barm[…]’ B, barmr 744ˣ    [3] ok: om. Tˣ;    kynkvísl: ‘k[…]isl’ B, ‘kýnkvisl’ 744ˣ    [4] kundr: ok kundr Tˣ, ‘kunnd[…]’ B, ‘kunndr’ 744ˣ;    ættbogi: áttbogi niðr nauðleyta maðr C, ‘[…]e’ B, ‘e᷎ttboge’ 744ˣ    [5] mǫgr: mǫgr ok C;    málunautr: ‘maluna[…]r’ B, ‘malunautr’ 744ˣ    [7] ættbaðmr: ‘[…]dmr ok’ C, ættbarmr A, B;    ættslóð: so Tˣ, C, A, ‘æslóð’ R, ‘e᷎tt[…]d’ B, ‘e᷎ttslód’ 744ˣ    [8] ofskǫpt: ‘ofsko[…]’ B, ‘ofskopt’ 744ˣ

Editions: Skj AI, 661, Skj BI, 662, Skald I, 327; SnE 1848-87, I, 561, II, 475, 558, 618, SnE 1931, 199-200, SnE 1998, I, 117.   

Notes: [1] hleytamaðr ‘brother-in-law’: Lit. ‘a man connected by marriage’ (from hleyti n. ‘relationship by marriage’). The word is found only in this þula. The common term used elsewhere is nauð(h)leyti, nauðleytamaðr ‘near kinsman’ (cf. the C variant nauðleyta maðr, l. 4). — [3] kynkvísl ‘kin-branch’: From kyn n. ‘kin’ and kvísl f. ‘branch’. In poetry, the word is found with this meaning only here, but it is attested in prose (see Fritzner: kynkvísl). — [4] ættbogi ‘family line’: With the variant form áttbogi (so C). The word is derived from átt, ætt f. ‘family’ and bogi m. ‘bow’. The word is not found elsewhere in poetry, but it is attested in prose (see Fritzner: ættbogi). — [5] málunautr ‘speech-mate’: I.e. ‘friend’ (cf. máli ‘interlocutor’, st. 7/3, rúni ‘confidant’, st. 6/7 and spjalli ‘intimate’ in l. 6). — [7] ættbaðmr ‘issue’: Or ættbarmr ‘lineage, stem’ (so A and B; cf. Skm, SnE 1998, I, 107 and hǫfuðbaðmar ‘agnates’ in st. 8/8). The word is found only in this þula. — [7] ættslóð ‘genealogy’: From ætt f. ‘family’ and slóð f. ‘track’ (cf. kynslóð ‘kindred, family’). The word is attested only in this þula. — [8] ofskǫpt ‘lineage’: The meaning of this word is unclear. LP: ofskǫpt suggests slægtrække ‘family line, lineage’ (so also SnE 1998, II, 367). This word is also listed among other terms for kinship in Skm, but it is not found elsewhere.

References

1. Bibliography
2. SnE 1848-87 = Snorri Sturluson. 1848-87. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar: Edda Snorronis Sturlaei. Ed. Jón Sigurðsson et al. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Legatum Arnamagnaeanum. Rpt. Osnabrück: Zeller, 1966.
3. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
4. LP = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1931. Lexicon poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis: Ordbog over det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog oprindelig forfattet af Sveinbjörn Egilsson. 2nd edn. Copenhagen: Møller.
5. Fritzner = Fritzner, Johan. 1883-96. Ordbog over det gamle norske sprog. 3 vols. Kristiania (Oslo): Den norske forlagsforening. 4th edn. Rpt. 1973. Oslo etc.: Universitetsforlaget.
6. SnE 1931 = Snorri Sturluson. 1931. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar. Ed. Finnur Jónsson. Copenhagen: Gyldendal.
7. SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
8. Internal references
9. (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=112> (accessed 3 May 2024)