Arn Magndr 6II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Magnússdrápa 6’ 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. 215-16.
Segja ‘tell’
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segja (verb): say, tell
hvé ‘how’
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hvé (conj.): how
kennings
snarfengjan þengil Sygna‘the swift-acting lord of the Sygnir ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
the swift-acting lord of the Sygnir → NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
snarfengjan ‘the swift-acting’
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snarfengr (adj.): sturdy
[2] snarfengjan: so 39, F, J2ˣ, H, Flat, om. Kˣ, snarfengjar E, snarfengan Hr
kennings
snarfengjan þengil Sygna‘the swift-acting lord of the Sygnir ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
the swift-acting lord of the Sygnir → NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
bar ‘carried’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
þengil ‘lord’
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þengill (noun m.): prince, ruler
kennings
snarfengjan þengil Sygna‘the swift-acting lord of the Sygnir ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
the swift-acting lord of the Sygnir → NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
hallr ‘listing’
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3. hallr (adj.): tilting, awry
hrími ‘with rime’
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hrím (noun n.; °-s; -): rime frost
sollinn ‘encrusted’
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1. svella (verb): swell
kennings
visundr hléborðs,‘the bison of the lee-side, ’
= SHIP
the bison of the lee-side, → SHIP
notes
[4] visundr hléborðs ‘the bison of the lee-side [SHIP]’: Visundr was the ship that Magnús sailed to Denmark, hence Visundr here seems to double as both proper name and kenning element; see Note to Arn Hryn 9/4.
borðs ‘side’
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borð (noun n.; °-s; -): side, plank, board; table < hléborð (noun n.)
kennings
visundr hléborðs,‘the bison of the lee-side, ’
= SHIP
the bison of the lee-side, → SHIP
notes
[4] visundr hléborðs ‘the bison of the lee-side [SHIP]’: Visundr was the ship that Magnús sailed to Denmark, hence Visundr here seems to double as both proper name and kenning element; see Note to Arn Hryn 9/4.
kennings
visundr hléborðs,‘the bison of the lee-side, ’
= SHIP
the bison of the lee-side, → SHIP
notes
[4] visundr hléborðs ‘the bison of the lee-side [SHIP]’: Visundr was the ship that Magnús sailed to Denmark, hence Visundr here seems to double as both proper name and kenning element; see Note to Arn Hryn 9/4.
norðan ‘from the north’
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norðan (adv.): from the north
Setti ‘steered’
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setja (verb): place, set, establish
kennings
Bjóðr brynþings,‘The convenor of the byrnie-assembly, ’
= WARRIOR
the byrnie-assembly, → BATTLE
The convenor of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
at ‘towards’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
breiðu ‘broad’
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breiðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): broad, wide
[5] breiðu: brðu J2ˣ, beiðu Hr
bryn ‘of the byrnie’
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1. brynja (noun f.; °-u (dat. brynnoni Gibb 38⁹); -ur): mailcoat < brynþing (noun n.): byrnie-assembly
[6] brynþings: byrðings Flat
kennings
Bjóðr brynþings,‘The convenor of the byrnie-assembly, ’
= WARRIOR
the byrnie-assembly, → BATTLE
The convenor of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
bryn ‘of the byrnie’
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1. brynja (noun f.; °-u (dat. brynnoni Gibb 38⁹); -ur): mailcoat < brynþing (noun n.): byrnie-assembly
[6] brynþings: byrðings Flat
kennings
Bjóðr brynþings,‘The convenor of the byrnie-assembly, ’
= WARRIOR
the byrnie-assembly, → BATTLE
The convenor of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
þings ‘assembly’
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þing (noun n.; °-s; -): meeting, assembly < brynþing (noun n.): byrnie-assembly
[6] brynþings: byrðings Flat
kennings
Bjóðr brynþings,‘The convenor of the byrnie-assembly, ’
= WARRIOR
the byrnie-assembly, → BATTLE
The convenor of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
þings ‘assembly’
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þing (noun n.; °-s; -): meeting, assembly < brynþing (noun n.): byrnie-assembly
[6] brynþings: byrðings Flat
kennings
Bjóðr brynþings,‘The convenor of the byrnie-assembly, ’
= WARRIOR
the byrnie-assembly, → BATTLE
The convenor of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
fetil ‘of sword-belt’
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fetill (noun m.; °dat. fatli/fetli; fetlar): strap, sword-belt < fetilstingr (noun m.): sword-belt stabbers
[6] fetilstinga: meginhringa H, Hr, meginþinga Flat
kennings
œsi fetilstinga.‘the impeller of sword-belt stabbers.’
= WARRIOR
sword-belt stabbers. → SWORDS
the impeller of SWORDS → WARRIOR
fetil ‘of sword-belt’
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fetill (noun m.; °dat. fatli/fetli; fetlar): strap, sword-belt < fetilstingr (noun m.): sword-belt stabbers
[6] fetilstinga: meginhringa H, Hr, meginþinga Flat
kennings
œsi fetilstinga.‘the impeller of sword-belt stabbers.’
= WARRIOR
sword-belt stabbers. → SWORDS
the impeller of SWORDS → WARRIOR
stinga ‘stabbers’
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stingr (noun m.; °; -ir): rod < fetilstingr (noun m.): sword-belt stabbers
[6] fetilstinga: meginhringa H, Hr, meginþinga Flat
kennings
œsi fetilstinga.‘the impeller of sword-belt stabbers.’
= WARRIOR
sword-belt stabbers. → SWORDS
the impeller of SWORDS → WARRIOR
stinga ‘stabbers’
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stingr (noun m.; °; -ir): rod < fetilstingr (noun m.): sword-belt stabbers
[6] fetilstinga: meginhringa H, Hr, meginþinga Flat
kennings
œsi fetilstinga.‘the impeller of sword-belt stabbers.’
= WARRIOR
sword-belt stabbers. → SWORDS
the impeller of SWORDS → WARRIOR
fús ‘eager’
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fúss (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): eager, willing
tók ‘received’
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2. taka (verb): take
ǫld ‘people’
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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age
við ‘’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
œsi ‘the impeller’
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œsir (noun m.): flinger, impeller, inciter
kennings
œsi fetilstinga.‘the impeller of sword-belt stabbers.’
= WARRIOR
sword-belt stabbers. → SWORDS
the impeller of SWORDS → WARRIOR
Jót ‘Jyl’
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Jóti (noun m.; °; -ar): one of the Jótar < Jótland (noun n.): Jutland, Jylland
[8] Jót‑: ‘hiot‑’ Flat
landi ‘land’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land < Jótland (noun n.): Jutland, Jylland
gramr ‘the monarch’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
branda ‘prows’
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brandr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sword, prow; fire
[8] branda: brandi Hr
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Segja munk, hvé Sygna |
I will tell how the bison of the lee-side [SHIP], listing and encrusted with rime, carried the swift-acting lord of the Sygnir [NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús] from the north. The convenor of the byrnie-assembly [BATTLE > WARRIOR], the monarch, steered his prows towards broad Jylland; people received, eager, the impeller of sword-belt stabbers [SWORDS > WARRIOR].
All three prose works include sts 6 and 7 in their accounts of how Magnús assumed rule over Denmark. In Hkr and H-Hr, st. 6 appears early in the narrative, as Magnús sails to Jutland. In Flat it finishes off the brief account and st. 6 follows 7.
[5-7]: (a) The warrior-kenning bjóðr brynþings ‘the convenor of the byrnie-assembly’ assumed above is well paralleled, e.g. by brynþings boði ‘announcer of the byrnie-assembly [BATTLE > WARRIOR]’, ǪrvOdd Ævdr 8/3 and 34/3VIII. It is taken here as the subject to setti branda ‘steered his prows’. Fetilstinga œsi ‘the impeller of sword-belt stabbers [SWORDS > WARRIOR]’ is assumed to form another kenning, object to fús tók ǫld við... ‘eager, people received...’, and gramr ‘(fierce) monarch, sovereign’ in l. 8 is taken in apposition to bjóðr brynþings. This is also the analysis adopted by Finnur Jónsson (Skj B), by Kock (NN §1295), and by Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson (ÍF 28, 35 n.) who, however, favours reading æsi ‘god’ (nom. sg. ss/áss) rather than œsi ‘impeller’ as the base-word of the kenning. (b) The variant ‘blidr’ (so H, Hr, Flat), i.e. the adj. blíðr ‘blithe’, could qualify gramr ‘monarch’ in l. 8, and the vowel of ms. bryn- would be long (the metrically preferable alternative), hence brýn- ‘pressing, urgent’. In this case brýnþings fetilstinga œsi is construed as a single kenning, hence fús tók ǫld við œsi fetilstinga brýnþings ‘eager, people received the impeller of the pressing assembly of sword-belt-stabbers [SWORDS > BATTLE > WARRIOR]’. Fetilstinga þing is fairly certainly attested in the C13th GunnHám Lv 5/8V, and the assumption of brýn- ‘pressing, urgent’ would find some support in kennings such as rammþing Glamma ‘mighty assembly of Glammi’ in st. 9/2 below. The l. brynþing fetilstinga occurs in Eyv Lv 1/2I, and the interpretation of that st. would be greatly helped by the assumption that bryn-, the reading of all mss, stands for brýn- ‘pressing’ rather than bryn- ‘byrnie’; cf. also ÞjóðA Lv 3. However, the contexts in which brynþing must mean ‘byrnie-assembly’ (including Mark Eirdr 7/1 and the eddic Sigrdr 5, NK 190) are numerous enough to suggest that (a) above is the safer alternative in the present context.
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