Arn Hryn 16II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Hrynhenda, Magnússdrápa 16’ 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. 202-3.
Ótti ‘Terror’
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ótti (noun m.; °-a): fear
kennings
Ótti fengins golls,‘Terror of seized gold, ’
= GENEROUS MAN
Terror of seized gold, → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[1, 3] ótti fengins golls ‘terror of seized gold [GENEROUS RULER]’: The fengit ‘seized’ gold could have been won as war-spoils or else inherited or received as taxation.
kunnuð ‘you know’
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kunna (verb): know, can, be able
elgjum ‘elks’
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elgr (noun m.; °-s; -ir/-ar): elk
kennings
elgjum œðiveðrs‘elks of the raging gale ’
= SHIPS
elks of the raging gale → SHIPS
hætta ‘to risk’
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2. hætta (verb): risk
œðiveðrs ‘of the raging gale’
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œðiveðr (noun n.): [raging gale]
kennings
elgjum œðiveðrs‘elks of the raging gale ’
= SHIPS
elks of the raging gale → SHIPS
skelfðan ‘the piled-up’
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skelfa (verb): cause to shake
[2] skelfðan: skelfan Flat, skelfar Hr
grœði ‘swell’
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grœði (noun n.): swell
fengins ‘of seized’
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fenginn (adj./verb p.p.; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
kennings
Ótti fengins golls,‘Terror of seized gold, ’
= GENEROUS MAN
Terror of seized gold, → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[1, 3] ótti fengins golls ‘terror of seized gold [GENEROUS RULER]’: The fengit ‘seized’ gold could have been won as war-spoils or else inherited or received as taxation.
golls ‘gold’
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gull (noun n.): gold
kennings
Ótti fengins golls,‘Terror of seized gold, ’
= GENEROUS MAN
Terror of seized gold, → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[1, 3] ótti fengins golls ‘terror of seized gold [GENEROUS RULER]’: The fengit ‘seized’ gold could have been won as war-spoils or else inherited or received as taxation.
eða ‘or else’
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eða (conj.): or
fœðið ‘you pass’
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2. fœða (verb): to feed, give food to, bring up, bear, give birth to
ella ‘’
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ella (adv.): otherwise
flestan ‘the most part’
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fleiri (adj. comp.; °superl. flestr): more, most
[4] flestan: ‘fræmztan’ W, ‘fremz umm’ 2368ˣ, ‘fremz um’ 743ˣ
aldr ‘life’
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aldr (noun m.; °aldrs, dat. aldri; aldrar): life, age
und ‘under’
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3. und (prep.): under, underneath
drifnu ‘the spray-drenched’
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2. drífa (verb; °drífr; dreif, drifu; drifinn): drive, rush
[4] drifnu: ‘drifu’ Flat
notes
[4] drifnu tjaldi ‘the spray-drenched awnings’: The same phrase, in the pl. drifin tjǫld, is found in Þhorn Harkv 5/8I (c. 900). The word tjald generally refers to a land-tent, or to awnings which protected seafarers and their cargo, especially in harbour. Jesch (2001a, 164-5) suggests that tjald here, as in Arn Þorfdr 19/6, could refer to a sail rather than awnings; she notes the use of sædrifinn ‘sea-drenched, foam-sprayed’ to describe a sail in Gísl Magnkv 14/7.
tjaldi ‘awnings’
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tjald (noun n.; °-s; *-): tent, awning
notes
[4] drifnu tjaldi ‘the spray-drenched awnings’: The same phrase, in the pl. drifin tjǫld, is found in Þhorn Harkv 5/8I (c. 900). The word tjald generally refers to a land-tent, or to awnings which protected seafarers and their cargo, especially in harbour. Jesch (2001a, 164-5) suggests that tjald here, as in Arn Þorfdr 19/6, could refer to a sail rather than awnings; she notes the use of sædrifinn ‘sea-drenched, foam-sprayed’ to describe a sail in Gísl Magnkv 14/7.
Glíkan ‘like’
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glíkr (adj.; °-jan/-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): like, alike
notes
[5] glíkan hvǫssum hauki ‘like a keen hawk’: The hawk image is discussed in the Note to st. 3/5.
berr ‘carries’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
þik ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
hvǫssum ‘a keen’
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hvass (adj.; °-an; -ari, -astr): keen, sharp
notes
[5] glíkan hvǫssum hauki ‘like a keen hawk’: The hawk image is discussed in the Note to st. 3/5.
hauki ‘hawk’
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1. haukr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): hawk
notes
[5] glíkan hvǫssum hauki ‘like a keen hawk’: The hawk image is discussed in the Note to st. 3/5.
hollvinr ‘true friend’
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hollvinr (noun m.): loyal friend
minn ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
í ‘’
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í (prep.): in, into
lypting ‘the after-deck’
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lyfting (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u, acc. -): after-deck
innan ‘inside’
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innan (prep.): inside, within
aldri ‘never’
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aldri (adv.): never
skríðr ‘glide’
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skríða (verb): creep, glide
und ‘beneath’
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1. und (noun f.; °; -ir): wound
fylki ‘prince’
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fylkir (noun m.): leader
fríðra ‘a finer’
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fríðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): beautiful, fair
[7] fríðra: so H, Hr, frægra Mork, Flat
notes
[7] fríðra ‘finer’: That fríðra (so H, Hr) rather than Mork and Flat’s frægra ‘more famous’ is the original reading is established by the aðalhending with skríðr ‘will glide’.
far ‘good’
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far (noun n.; °-s; *-): travel, vessel, trace, life, conduct < farligr (adj.): attractive
[8] far‑: fagr‑ Flat
ligt ‘ly’
eiki ‘oaken ship’
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eiki (noun n.): oak, oak ship
[8] eiki Visundr: ‘eikiu sund’ Flat, ‘eiki vishundr’ Hr
Visundr ‘Visundr (‘Bison’)’
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vísundr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): bison
[8] eiki Visundr: ‘eikiu sund’ Flat, ‘eiki vishundr’ Hr
notes
[8] Visundr ‘(“Bison”)’: See Note to ÞjóðA Magnfl 4/8.
snarla ‘swiftly’
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1. snarla (adv.): quickly
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Terror of seized gold [GENEROUS MAN], you know how to risk elks of the raging gale [SHIPS] on the piled-up swell, or else you pass the most part of your life under the spray-drenched awnings. Visundr (‘Bison’) carries you swiftly, like a keen hawk, my true friend, inside the after-deck; a goodly oaken ship will never glide beneath a finer prince.
In Mork, Flat and H-Hr, the st. is embedded, like st. 3, in the story of Arnórr’s recitation at the court of Magnús and Haraldr. In SnE, the first helmingr is preceded by a list of agent nouns and other terms which can be used in man-kennings, including ótti ‘terror’ which is exemplified here.
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