Hharð Gamv 3II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Gamanvísur 3’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 38.
Senn ‘at a time’
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senn (adv.): at once
jósum ‘bailed’
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2. ausa (verb; °eyss; jós, jósu/jusu; ausinn): sprinkle, bail
[1] jósum: jósu R, Tˣ, A, vissu C
vér ‘We’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
sextán ‘sixteen’
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sextán (num. cardinal): sixteen
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[2] þás ‘when’: En ‘and’ (so R, Tˣ, A), is also a possible reading. The C variant, vissu vér … at ‘we knew … that’ (ll. 1, 2), must be an independent innovation.
brim ‘the surf’
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brim (noun n.): surf
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[2] vexti ‘increased’: This is 3rd pers. sg. pret. indic. of the weak verb vexa lit. ‘cause to increase’ used impersonally with brim ‘surf’ as the object. Fexti ‘crested’ (so Tˣ, A) is possible (and adopted in Skj B, Skald), but the ms. witnesses show that it hardly represents the original reading.
dreif ‘battered’
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2. drífa (verb; °drífr; dreif, drifu; drifinn): drive, rush
á ‘’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
hlaðna ‘the loaded’
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2. hlaða (verb): heap, pile
[3] hlaðna: hafskips R, A, C, hafsskips Tˣ
húfa ‘hull’
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húfr (noun m.; °dat. -i): hull
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[3] húfa ‘hull’: Lit. ‘hulls’. For this word, see Note to Mberf Lv 1/3. — [3] hlaðna húfa ‘the loaded hull’: Both Skj B and Skald adopt the SnE variant húfa hafskips ‘the hull of the ocean-ship’. A hafskip was a cargo ship manned by a smaller crew (here sixteen). See Falk 1912, 108.
húfa ‘hull’
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húfr (noun m.; °dat. -i): hull
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[3] húfa ‘hull’: Lit. ‘hulls’. For this word, see Note to Mberf Lv 1/3. — [3] hlaðna húfa ‘the loaded hull’: Both Skj B and Skald adopt the SnE variant húfa hafskips ‘the hull of the ocean-ship’. A hafskip was a cargo ship manned by a smaller crew (here sixteen). See Falk 1912, 108.
húm ‘sea-spray’
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húm (noun n.): sea-spray
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
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[4] í fjórum rúmum ‘in four rowing-stations’: Rúm were partitioned rooms between the thwarts of the ship (see Falk 1912, 82-4).
fjórum ‘four’
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fjórir (num. cardinal): four
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[4] í fjórum rúmum ‘in four rowing-stations’: Rúm were partitioned rooms between the thwarts of the ship (see Falk 1912, 82-4).
rúmum ‘rowing-stations’
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rúm (noun n.; °-s; -): place
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[4] í fjórum rúmum ‘in four rowing-stations’: Rúm were partitioned rooms between the thwarts of the ship (see Falk 1912, 82-4).
Vætti ‘I’
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vætta (verb): expect
k ‘think’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
at ‘’
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4. at (conj.): that
motti ‘a sluggard’
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2. motti (noun m.): sluggard
enn ‘ever’
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2. enn (adv.): still, yet, again
nenna ‘head’
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nenna (verb): strive, be inclined
þó ‘yet’
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þó (adv.): though
[7] þó lætr Gerðr í Gǫrðum: abbrev. as ‘þ. l. ger.’ Mork, ‘þo lætr ger. i. g’ H
lætr ‘’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
[7] þó lætr Gerðr í Gǫrðum: abbrev. as ‘þ. l. ger.’ Mork, ‘þo lætr ger. i. g’ H
Gerðr ‘the Gerðr’
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Gerðr (noun f.): Gerðr
[7] þó lætr Gerðr í Gǫrðum: abbrev. as ‘þ. l. ger.’ Mork, ‘þo lætr ger. i. g’ H
kennings
Gerðr gollhrings‘the Gerðr of the gold ring ’
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the Gerðr of the gold ring → WOMAN
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
[7] þó lætr Gerðr í Gǫrðum: abbrev. as ‘þ. l. ger.’ Mork, ‘þo lætr ger. i. g’ H
Gǫrðum ‘Russia’
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Garðar (noun m.): Russia
[7] þó lætr Gerðr í Gǫrðum: abbrev. as ‘þ. l. ger.’ Mork, ‘þo lætr ger. i. g’ H
gollhrings ‘of the gold ring’
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gullhringr (noun m.): gold ring
[8] gollhrings við mér skolla: om. Mork, abbrev. as ‘g. við mer sk’ H
kennings
Gerðr gollhrings‘the Gerðr of the gold ring ’
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the Gerðr of the gold ring → WOMAN
við ‘’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
[8] gollhrings við mér skolla: om. Mork, abbrev. as ‘g. við mer sk’ H
mér ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
[8] gollhrings við mér skolla: om. Mork, abbrev. as ‘g. við mer sk’ H
skolla ‘ridicules’
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skolla (verb): ridicule, rock
[8] gollhrings við mér skolla: om. Mork, abbrev. as ‘g. við mer sk’ H
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In SnE (Skm), húmr ‘sea-spray’ is given as one of several heiti for ‘sea’.
[1-4]: In SnE (Skm), this helmingr is attributed to Brennu-Njáll Þorgeirsson (see Introduction above). — [1] svanni ‘woman’: The identity of this woman is unknown. For apostrophes to fictitious women in skaldic poetry, see Fidjestøl 1976 and Frank 1990. — [5-8]: Echo st. 2/5-8 above.
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