Arn Magndr 13II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Magnússdrápa 13’ 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. 223.
Dǫrr ‘spears’
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dǫrr (noun m.): spear
lét ‘made’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
drengja ‘of warriors’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior
harri ‘lord’
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1. harri (noun m.; °-a): lord
drjúgspakr ‘The ever-wise’
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drjúgspakr (adj.): [ever-wise]
af ‘’
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af (prep.): from
þrek ‘powerfully’
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þrekr (noun m.): powerful
fljúga ‘fly’
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fljúga (verb): fly
eldr ‘flame’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
oddum ‘spear-points’
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oddr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): point of weapon
almi ‘with elm’
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almr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): bow, elm-bow
skept ‘hafted’
[4] skept: skeptr Hr, skreyttr Flat
á ‘at’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
hjalma ‘helmets’
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1. hjalmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): helmet
Létat ‘did not allow’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
hneiti ‘sword’
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hneitir (noun m.): sword
notes
[5] hneiti ‘sword’: See Note to ÞjóðA Magnfl 18/6.
kennings
veðr Hǫgna;‘the wind-storm of Hǫgni; ’
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the wind-storm of Hǫgni; → BATTLE
notes
[6] veðr Hǫgna ‘the wind-storm of Hǫgni <legendary hero> [BATTLE]’: The name Hǫgni denotes three legendary figures in ON poetry, but if the reference is at all specific here, it might be to Hǫgni Gjúkason, the Burgundian hero, brother of Gunnarr, since Gjúki’s descendants are also mentioned in klæði ættar Gjúka ‘raiment of the offspring of Gjúki [ARMOUR]’ in Arn Hryn 9/6-7. Perhaps influenced by this clothing metaphor, Finnur Jónsson in Skj B printed Hǫgna væðr ‘Hǫgni’s garb [ARMOUR]’ in this st., but the graph <e> in the orthography of Hr and Flat does not usually stand for normalised <æ>; the form væðr is rejected by Kock in NN §823.
veðr ‘the wind-storm’
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2. veðr (noun n.; °-s; -): weather, wind, storm
kennings
veðr Hǫgna;‘the wind-storm of Hǫgni; ’
= BATTLE
the wind-storm of Hǫgni; → BATTLE
notes
[6] veðr Hǫgna ‘the wind-storm of Hǫgni <legendary hero> [BATTLE]’: The name Hǫgni denotes three legendary figures in ON poetry, but if the reference is at all specific here, it might be to Hǫgni Gjúkason, the Burgundian hero, brother of Gunnarr, since Gjúki’s descendants are also mentioned in klæði ættar Gjúka ‘raiment of the offspring of Gjúki [ARMOUR]’ in Arn Hryn 9/6-7. Perhaps influenced by this clothing metaphor, Finnur Jónsson in Skj B printed Hǫgna væðr ‘Hǫgni’s garb [ARMOUR]’ in this st., but the graph <e> in the orthography of Hr and Flat does not usually stand for normalised <æ>; the form væðr is rejected by Kock in NN §823.
í ‘’
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í (prep.): in, into
jôrn ‘iron missiles’
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járn (noun n.; °-s; -): iron, weapon
flugu ‘flew’
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fljúga (verb): fly
sem ‘as’
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sem (conj.): as, which
þyrnir ‘thorns’
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þyrnir (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): thorns, bramble
þél ‘than a file’
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þél (noun f.; °; -ar): file
harðara ‘harder’
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harðr (adj.; °comp. -ari; superl. -astr): hard, harsh
[8] harðara: ‘ard adra’ Flat
sparðan ‘to be spared’
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Magnús fights a great battle off Helgenæs (Helganes). In H-Hr the st. is cited as evidence that Magnús shot hand-missiles all night long.
[2] drjúgspakr ‘ever-wise’: The cpd is not recorded elsewhere in ON, but drjúg- as an intensive occurs, e.g. in drjúghvast ‘very sharply’ (see LP).
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