Arn Hryn 7II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Hrynhenda, Magnússdrápa 7’ 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. 191-2.
kennings
Eyðir gráðar ulfa,‘Queller of the greed of wolves ’
= WARRIOR
Queller of the greed of wolves → WARRIOR
notes
[1, 2] eyðir gráðar ulfa ‘queller of the greed [FEEDER] of wolves [WARRIOR]’: The image of a warrior feeding or gladdening the beasts of battle by providing them with the corpses of his enemies is commonplace, but structurally this is a rare sub-type of kenning in which eyðir gráðar ‘queller of the greed or hunger’ clearly functions in the same way as agent nouns such as the simplex fœðir ‘feeder’ or teitir ‘gladdener’ elsewhere (Meissner 310). Whether eyðir gráðar should itself be regarded as a kenning, as assumed here, is less certain, since a kenning that is a base-word, and that requires an object (here the wolves), is highly unusual. For a detailed discussion of kennings of this type, see General Introduction, SkP I.
kennings
Eyðir gráðar ulfa,‘Queller of the greed of wolves ’
= WARRIOR
Queller of the greed of wolves → WARRIOR
notes
[1, 2] eyðir gráðar ulfa ‘queller of the greed [FEEDER] of wolves [WARRIOR]’: The image of a warrior feeding or gladdening the beasts of battle by providing them with the corpses of his enemies is commonplace, but structurally this is a rare sub-type of kenning in which eyðir gráðar ‘queller of the greed or hunger’ clearly functions in the same way as agent nouns such as the simplex fœðir ‘feeder’ or teitir ‘gladdener’ elsewhere (Meissner 310). Whether eyðir gráðar should itself be regarded as a kenning, as assumed here, is less certain, since a kenning that is a base-word, and that requires an object (here the wolves), is highly unusual. For a detailed discussion of kennings of this type, see General Introduction, SkP I.
þrøngva ‘constrained’
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þrøngva (verb): press, throng
ulfa ‘of wolves’
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1. ulfr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): wolf
kennings
Eyðir gráðar ulfa,‘Queller of the greed of wolves ’
= WARRIOR
Queller of the greed of wolves → WARRIOR
notes
[1, 2] eyðir gráðar ulfa ‘queller of the greed [FEEDER] of wolves [WARRIOR]’: The image of a warrior feeding or gladdening the beasts of battle by providing them with the corpses of his enemies is commonplace, but structurally this is a rare sub-type of kenning in which eyðir gráðar ‘queller of the greed or hunger’ clearly functions in the same way as agent nouns such as the simplex fœðir ‘feeder’ or teitir ‘gladdener’ elsewhere (Meissner 310). Whether eyðir gráðar should itself be regarded as a kenning, as assumed here, is less certain, since a kenning that is a base-word, and that requires an object (here the wolves), is highly unusual. For a detailed discussion of kennings of this type, see General Introduction, SkP I.
gráðar ‘of the greed’
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gráðr (noun m.; °dat. -): greed, hunger
[2] gráðar: gráðr af 61, gráðr Hr
kennings
Eyðir gráðar ulfa,‘Queller of the greed of wolves ’
= WARRIOR
Queller of the greed of wolves → WARRIOR
notes
[1, 2] eyðir gráðar ulfa ‘queller of the greed [FEEDER] of wolves [WARRIOR]’: The image of a warrior feeding or gladdening the beasts of battle by providing them with the corpses of his enemies is commonplace, but structurally this is a rare sub-type of kenning in which eyðir gráðar ‘queller of the greed or hunger’ clearly functions in the same way as agent nouns such as the simplex fœðir ‘feeder’ or teitir ‘gladdener’ elsewhere (Meissner 310). Whether eyðir gráðar should itself be regarded as a kenning, as assumed here, is less certain, since a kenning that is a base-word, and that requires an object (here the wolves), is highly unusual. For a detailed discussion of kennings of this type, see General Introduction, SkP I.
gráðar ‘of the greed’
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gráðr (noun m.; °dat. -): greed, hunger
[2] gráðar: gráðr af 61, gráðr Hr
kennings
Eyðir gráðar ulfa,‘Queller of the greed of wolves ’
= WARRIOR
Queller of the greed of wolves → WARRIOR
notes
[1, 2] eyðir gráðar ulfa ‘queller of the greed [FEEDER] of wolves [WARRIOR]’: The image of a warrior feeding or gladdening the beasts of battle by providing them with the corpses of his enemies is commonplace, but structurally this is a rare sub-type of kenning in which eyðir gráðar ‘queller of the greed or hunger’ clearly functions in the same way as agent nouns such as the simplex fœðir ‘feeder’ or teitir ‘gladdener’ elsewhere (Meissner 310). Whether eyðir gráðar should itself be regarded as a kenning, as assumed here, is less certain, since a kenning that is a base-word, and that requires an object (here the wolves), is highly unusual. For a detailed discussion of kennings of this type, see General Introduction, SkP I.
þeira ‘their’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
ráði ‘course’
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ráð (noun n.; °-s; -): advice, plan, control, power
skildir ‘the shield-provider’
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skildir (noun m.): shield-giver
[3] skildir: skjǫldungr 325VII, 325V, 61, Tóm, Hr
kennings
skildir brands skeiðar‘the shield-provider of the warship’s prow ’
= SEA-WARRIOR = Sveinn Álfífuson
the shield-provider of the warship’s prow → SEA-WARRIOR = Sveinn Álfífuson
notes
[3] skildir ‘the shield-provider’: (a) Skildir is an agent noun from skilda ‘furnish with shields’, which is attested in ÞjóðA Sex, 14/3, 4 skilda ... hǫmlur ‘set shields at the rowing-positions’ and in Arnórr’s á skildan við ‘onto a shield-hung bark’ (Magndr 19/2). The skildir brands skeiðar ‘shield-provider of the warship’s prow’ is the usurper Sveinn Álfífuson, illegitimate son of Knútr inn ríki (Cnut the Great). (b) The variant reading skjǫldungr is unacceptable since it leaves skeiðar brands without function in the syntax.
stǫkk ‘bolted’
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1. støkkva (verb): (str.) leap, spring; scatter
[3] stǫkk: so 325VI, Holm4, 325VII, 325V, 61, Bb, Hr, ‘scǫck’ Holm2, ‘þo᷎ck’ 73aˣ, stóð Tóm
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
notes
[3] með skœðan þokka ‘with baleful thought’: This phrase may refer generally to Sveinn’s hostility towards Magnús, who has caused his flight from Norway, or it may be a more specific allusion to his plan to launch an expedition of revenge against the treacherous Norwegians, reported in some saga accounts (ÍF 29, 209-10; Fms 6, 25; Flat 1860-8, III, 263-4).
skœðan ‘baleful’
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skœðr (adj.): dangerous
notes
[3] með skœðan þokka ‘with baleful thought’: This phrase may refer generally to Sveinn’s hostility towards Magnús, who has caused his flight from Norway, or it may be a more specific allusion to his plan to launch an expedition of revenge against the treacherous Norwegians, reported in some saga accounts (ÍF 29, 209-10; Fms 6, 25; Flat 1860-8, III, 263-4).
þokka ‘thought’
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þokkr (noun m.): thought, disposition
notes
[3] með skœðan þokka ‘with baleful thought’: This phrase may refer generally to Sveinn’s hostility towards Magnús, who has caused his flight from Norway, or it may be a more specific allusion to his plan to launch an expedition of revenge against the treacherous Norwegians, reported in some saga accounts (ÍF 29, 209-10; Fms 6, 25; Flat 1860-8, III, 263-4).
skeiðar ‘of the warship’s’
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1. skeið (noun f.; °-ar; -r/-ar/-ir): ship
kennings
skildir brands skeiðar‘the shield-provider of the warship’s prow ’
= SEA-WARRIOR = Sveinn Álfífuson
the shield-provider of the warship’s prow → SEA-WARRIOR = Sveinn Álfífuson
brands ‘prow’
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brandr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sword, prow; fire
kennings
skildir brands skeiðar‘the shield-provider of the warship’s prow ’
= SEA-WARRIOR = Sveinn Álfífuson
the shield-provider of the warship’s prow → SEA-WARRIOR = Sveinn Álfífuson
fyr ‘before’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
þér ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
ór ‘from’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
landi ‘the land’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land
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