Arn Hryn 12II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Hrynhenda, Magnússdrápa 12’ 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, pp. 197-8.
Skjǫldungr ‘King’
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skjǫldungr (noun m.): king
[1] Skjǫldungr: Mildingr R, Tˣ, C, ‘Milldinn[...]’ B, Mildingr 744ˣ
notes
[1] skjǫldungr ‘king’: Lit.’ descendant of Skjǫldr’: Skjǫldungr is assumed here to be the primary reading, and mildingr the secondary one, since mildingr could have entered the SnE tradition through influence of the similar l. mildingr fór of munka veldi lit. ‘the generous one went through the monks’ empire’ in Mark Eirdr 10/5, 6.
fórt ‘you went’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
[1] fórt (‘fortu’): fór R, Tˣ, C, ‘[...]ortu’ B, fórtu 744ˣ
of ‘through’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
óþjóð ‘the evil tribe’
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óþjóð (noun f.): evildoer, evil tribe
[1] óþjóð eldi: ‘þ[...]de’ B, óþjóð eldi 744ˣ
eldi ‘with flame’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
[1] óþjóð eldi: ‘þ[...]de’ B, óþjóð eldi 744ˣ
auðit ‘fated’
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auðinn (adj.; °compar. auðnari): fated, decreed
þá ‘then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
flotnum ‘to men’
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flotnar (noun m.): mariners
hæstan ‘a towering’
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hœgri (adj. comp.): higher, highest
[3] hæstan: ‘[...]’ B, ‘…..’ 744ˣ, ‘hesta’ C
kynduð ‘you kindled’
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kynda (verb): kindle
hlenna ‘of thieves’
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hlenni (noun m.): robber, thief
kennings
þrýstir hlenna,‘crusher of thieves, ’
= JUST RULER
crusher of thieves, → JUST RULER
kennings
þrýstir hlenna,‘crusher of thieves, ’
= JUST RULER
crusher of thieves, → JUST RULER
hyrjar ‘of fire’
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hyrr (noun m.): fire
[4] hyrjar ljóma: ‘[...]oma’ B, hyrjar ljóma 744ˣ
ljóma ‘blaze’
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ljómi (noun m.; °-a): light, beam
[4] hyrjar ljóma: ‘[...]oma’ B, hyrjar ljóma 744ˣ
sunnr ‘south’
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sunnr (adv.): south
notes
[4] at Jómi ‘in Wollin’: The variant at, being the agreement of all mss except Kˣ, and the reading of H and Hr in Arn Magndr 8/3 at Jómi, is likely to be the skald’s original. ON Jóm or Jómsborg is identified with present-day Wollin, set on an island at the mouth of the Oder.
notes
[4] at Jómi ‘in Wollin’: The variant at, being the agreement of all mss except Kˣ, and the reading of H and Hr in Arn Magndr 8/3 at Jómi, is likely to be the skald’s original. ON Jóm or Jómsborg is identified with present-day Wollin, set on an island at the mouth of the Oder.
Hvergi ‘not at all’
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1. hvergi (adv.): nowhere
þorði ‘dared’
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þora (verb): dare
hallir ‘halls’
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1. hǫll (noun f.; °hallar, dat. -u/-; hallir): hall
varða ‘to defend’
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2. varða (verb): defend
heiðit ‘The heathen’
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heiðinn (adj.): heathen
folk ‘host’
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folk (noun n.): people
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
virki ‘stronghold’
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virki (noun n.; °-s; -): stronghold
breiðu ‘the broad’
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breiðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): broad, wide
buðlungr ‘royal one’
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buðlungr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, prince
unnuð ‘you caused’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
notes
[7, 8] unnuð borgarmǫnnum stalldræp hjǫrtu ‘you caused terror-struck hearts in the townsmen’: The variant stalldræp hjǫrtu is certainly correct, for the Kˣ reading, stall hjǫrtu, is metrically deficient. Vinna e-m stalldræpt hjǫrtu is probably a secondary variant of the phrase hjarta drepr stall ‘the heart is stopped/struck (with terror)’ which Arnórr uses in Þorfdr 7 (see Note to ll. 5 and 8). Halldór Halldórsson (1965, 41 and 62) suggests that the adj. stalldræpr was formed by Arnórr himself. It otherwise only occurs in RvHbreiðm Hl 30/4III, composed a century later.
borgarmǫnnum ‘in the townsmen’
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borgarmaðr (noun m.; °acc. ·mann; ·menn): [in townsmen]
notes
[7, 8] unnuð borgarmǫnnum stalldræp hjǫrtu ‘you caused terror-struck hearts in the townsmen’: The variant stalldræp hjǫrtu is certainly correct, for the Kˣ reading, stall hjǫrtu, is metrically deficient. Vinna e-m stalldræpt hjǫrtu is probably a secondary variant of the phrase hjarta drepr stall ‘the heart is stopped/struck (with terror)’ which Arnórr uses in Þorfdr 7 (see Note to ll. 5 and 8). Halldór Halldórsson (1965, 41 and 62) suggests that the adj. stalldræpr was formed by Arnórr himself. It otherwise only occurs in RvHbreiðm Hl 30/4III, composed a century later.
bjǫrtum ‘by means of bright’
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bjartr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright
eldi ‘flame’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
stalldræp ‘terror-struck’
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stalldræpr (adj.): [terror-struck]
[8] stalldræp hjǫrtu: so F, E, J2ˣ, stall hjǫrtu Kˣ, ‘stall drap hiart(az)’(?) 39
notes
[7, 8] unnuð borgarmǫnnum stalldræp hjǫrtu ‘you caused terror-struck hearts in the townsmen’: The variant stalldræp hjǫrtu is certainly correct, for the Kˣ reading, stall hjǫrtu, is metrically deficient. Vinna e-m stalldræpt hjǫrtu is probably a secondary variant of the phrase hjarta drepr stall ‘the heart is stopped/struck (with terror)’ which Arnórr uses in Þorfdr 7 (see Note to ll. 5 and 8). Halldór Halldórsson (1965, 41 and 62) suggests that the adj. stalldræpr was formed by Arnórr himself. It otherwise only occurs in RvHbreiðm Hl 30/4III, composed a century later.
hjǫrtu ‘hearts’
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hjarta (noun n.; °-; *-u): heart
[8] stalldræp hjǫrtu: so F, E, J2ˣ, stall hjǫrtu Kˣ, ‘stall drap hiart(az)’(?) 39
notes
[7, 8] unnuð borgarmǫnnum stalldræp hjǫrtu ‘you caused terror-struck hearts in the townsmen’: The variant stalldræp hjǫrtu is certainly correct, for the Kˣ reading, stall hjǫrtu, is metrically deficient. Vinna e-m stalldræpt hjǫrtu is probably a secondary variant of the phrase hjarta drepr stall ‘the heart is stopped/struck (with terror)’ which Arnórr uses in Þorfdr 7 (see Note to ll. 5 and 8). Halldór Halldórsson (1965, 41 and 62) suggests that the adj. stalldræpr was formed by Arnórr himself. It otherwise only occurs in RvHbreiðm Hl 30/4III, composed a century later.
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King, you went with flame through the evil tribe; then death was fated to men; crusher of thieves [JUST RULER], you kindled a towering blaze of fire south in Wollin. The heathen host dared not at all to defend halls in the broad stronghold; royal one, you caused terror-struck hearts in the townsmen, by means of bright flame.
In Hkr, the st. is paraphrased and then cited. In SnE, Snorri is listing poetic terms which can be applied equally to emperor, king or jarl, here mildingr ‘generous one’.
[1-4]: In SnE the helmingr is introduced, Mildingr, sem Markús kvað ‘Mildingr, as Markús said’.
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