Ólhv Frag 6III
Tarrin Wills (ed.) 2017, ‘Óláfr hvítaskáld Þórðarson, Fragments 6’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 306.
Harða ‘tough’
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harðr (adj.; °comp. -ari; superl. -astr): hard, harsh
hvat ‘fast’
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hvatr (adj.; °-ari, -an; -astr): keen, brave < hvatfœrr (adj.)
fœra ‘acting’
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fœrr (adj.): capable < hvatfœrr (adj.)
hrausta ‘brave’
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hraustr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): strong, valiant
víg ‘war’
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víg (noun n.; °-s; -): battle < vígtamr (adj.)
tama ‘experienced’
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tamr (adj.; °superl. -astr): experienced, ready, tame < vígtamr (adj.)
snarpa ‘keen’
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snarpr (adj.): sharp, keen
snarráða ‘resolute’
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snarráðr (adj.): swift-counselled, resolute
gat ‘got’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
ræsir ‘prince’
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ræsir (noun m.): ruler
notes
[4] ræsir ‘prince’: See also Anon (TGT) 18 and 19, both málaháttr stanzas in praise of a ruler or chieftain, which may also derive from Óláfr himself. See also Note to Anon (TGT) 18 [All].
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Cited as an example of homoeoptoton (‘omocopton’) which is explained as follows (TGT 1927, 70): Omocopton heldr saman alla klausu með hinu sama falli ‘Homoeoptoton holds together the whole clause with the same case’. Donatus is somewhat clearer (Keil 1855-80, IV, 398): Homoeoptoton est, cum in similes casus exeunt verba diversa ‘Homoeoptoton occurs when different words end in similar cases’, here, in the long list of adjectives qualifying the accusative hirð ‘retinue’.
The metre is málaháttr. — Donatus’s example is (Keil 1855-80, IV, 398) merentes flentes lacrimantes commiserantes ‘mourning, lamenting, weeping, commiserating’, but the commentary by Sedulius Scottus has a supplementary example of homoeoptoton from Sallust (CCCM 40B, 367): maximis fortibus ducibus strenuisque ministris ‘for the most strong leaders and vigorous officials’, which is likely to be a model for the Norse example. See Micillo (1999) for Óláfr’s use of Hiberno-Latin commentaries.
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