Arn Hardr 6II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Haraldsdrápa 6’ 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. 267.
Eymðit ‘did not soften’
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eyma (verb; °-mð-): [did not soften]
[1] Eymðit: so U, A, ‘Ø̨mþit’ R, ‘O‘mdit’ Tˣ, ‘.ymdít’ 744ˣ, ‘Eímdí’ C
notes
[1] eymðit ‘did not soften’: So Konráð Gíslason, 1879a, 195-7. The R reading ‘Ø̨mþit’ may, like U and A, represent Eymðit since normalised ey is among the values of <ǫ> in R, though rare (see SnE 1848-87, III, xvi-xvii). The (rare) verb eyma is a derivative of the adj. aumr ‘poor, wretched’.
ráð ‘his treatment’
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ráð (noun n.; °-s; -): advice, plan, control, power
við ‘’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
Rauma ‘of the Raumar’
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2. Raumar (noun m.; °-s; -ar): the Raumar
notes
[1] Rauma ‘the Raumar’: The people of Romerike (Raumaríki).
kennings
Reiðr meiðir Eydana‘The wrathful harmer of Island-Danes ’
= Haraldr
The wrathful harmer of Island-Danes → Haraldr
kennings
Reiðr meiðir Eydana‘The wrathful harmer of Island-Danes ’
= Haraldr
The wrathful harmer of Island-Danes → Haraldr
notes
[2] meiðir Eydana ‘harmer of Island-Danes’: The Danes of the islands of Sjælland (Selund, Zealand), Falster (Falstr), Fyn (Fjón) and other smaller islands. See also Mark Eirdr 22/8.
meiðir ‘harmer’
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meiðir (noun m.): destroyer, harmer
kennings
Reiðr meiðir Eydana‘The wrathful harmer of Island-Danes ’
= Haraldr
The wrathful harmer of Island-Danes → Haraldr
notes
[2] meiðir Eydana ‘harmer of Island-Danes’: The Danes of the islands of Sjælland (Selund, Zealand), Falster (Falstr), Fyn (Fjón) and other smaller islands. See also Mark Eirdr 22/8.
heit ‘the threats’
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heit (noun n.; °; -): promise
dvínuðu ‘fell away’
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dvína (verb; °-að-): fall away, diminish
[3] dvínuðu: ‘dyniodo’ Tˣ, dvínuðum B
Heina ‘of the Heinir’
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heinir (noun m.): inhabitant of Hedemarken
[3] Heina: so U, A, B, hveina R, huna C
notes
[3] Heina ‘of the Heinir’: The people of Hedmark (Heiðmǫrk). The variant is needed here. The R reading ‘hveina’ must be an error influenced by the preceding ‘dvinvþv’, and the variant ‘huna’ (so C) (Húna ‘Huns (?)’) makes no sense.
gerði ‘made’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
þá ‘them’
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2. þá (adv.): then
kyrra ‘quiet’
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kyrr (adj.): calm, quiet
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Snorri quotes the helmingr in SnE (Skm)to exemplify the use of hyrr as a poetic appellation for ‘fire’.
The st. clearly refers to the ravaging of Opplandene (the Upplǫnd districts) depicted in st. 5 and its Context. Cf. also ÞjóðA Sex 21, which depicts this phase and may also refer in a kenning to Haraldr’s enmity against the ‘Island-Danes’. — The B text is so damaged that to note the many illegible places would be unhelpful, and it is chiefly represented here by the transcript in 744ˣ.
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