Arn Magndr 17II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Magnússdrápa 17’ 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. 226-7.
Svik ‘deceit’
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1. svik (noun n.; °-s; -): deceit, treachery; poison
réð ‘did’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
notes
[1] eklu ‘meagrely’: Lit. ‘with dearth, lack’. This, the reading of all mss except Kˣ, is the first record of the noun ekla f. in ON poetry, apart from the title Vellekla ‘Lack of wealth’ (Eskál VellI) which is presumably as old as the (late C10th) poem. The only other occurrence cited in LP is the C13th Innsteinn Innkv 10/3VIII af eklu ‘sparingly’, and cf. eklaust ‘profusely’, Anon Pl 57/3VII.
allvaldr ‘The mighty ruler’
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allvaldr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): mighty ruler
Dǫnum ‘the Danes’
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dan (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): Dane
gjalda ‘repay’
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1. gjalda (verb): pay, repay
lét ‘made’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
fullhugaðr ‘the high-mettled’
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fullhugaðr (adj.): [high-mettled]
falla ‘fall’
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falla (verb): fall
byggva ‘dwellers’
[4] ‑byggva: byggja FskBˣ, H, Flat
lið ‘the troop’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
tœðu ‘served’
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tjá (verb): to put in order, prepare
[5] tœðu: ‘taðo’ 39, ‘tiaðo’ F, téðu E, J2ˣ, R, Tˣ, W, 2368ˣ, ‘tyþo’ U
hirðmenn ‘retainers’
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hirðmaðr (noun m.): retainer
kennings
grenni ara‘the feeder of the eagle ’
= WARRIOR
the feeder of the eagle → WARRIOR
kennings
grenni ara‘the feeder of the eagle ’
= WARRIOR
the feeder of the eagle → WARRIOR
kennings
Ungr þorn auðar‘The young thorn-tree of treasure ’
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The young thorn-tree of treasure → MAN
þorn ‘thorn-tree’
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1. þorn (noun m.; °; -ar): thorn
kennings
Ungr þorn auðar‘The young thorn-tree of treasure ’
= MAN
The young thorn-tree of treasure → MAN
fyr ‘for’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
ǫrnu ‘eagles’
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1. ǫrn (noun m.; °arnar, dat. erni; ernir, acc. ǫrnu): eagle
[7] ǫrnu: ǫrnum Hr, W, 2368ˣ, ǫnnum C
kennings
Ungr þorn auðar‘The young thorn-tree of treasure ’
= MAN
The young thorn-tree of treasure → MAN
valkǫstu ‘heaps of slain’
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valkǫstr (noun m.): corpse-pile
[8] valkǫstu: ‘valkos[...]’ U
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In Hkr, Fsk, Flat and H-Hr it is mentioned that Magnús next turned south (on Fsk Aˣ, see Note to st. 16 [All]). Hkr and H-Hr specify that he went to Falster (Falstr) on a punitive expedition against Sveinn’s supporters. In SnE (and LaufE), st. 17/5-8 is quoted in the same context as st. 12/5-8; the illustrative man-kenning is þorn auðar ‘thorn-tree of treasure’.
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