Arn Þorfdr 11II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Þorfinnsdrápa 11’ 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. 242-3.
Týndusk ‘perished’
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týna (verb): lose, destroy
ból ‘Dwellings’
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ból (noun n.; °-s; -): dwelling
brenndi ‘he burned’
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3. brenna (verb; (weak, transitive)): to burn (weak, intr.)
[1] brenndi: brenndu 325III β
notes
[1] brenndi ‘he burned’: The sg. reading (so all mss but one) is supported by the focus on Þorfinnr in this and the preceding st. The pl. reading brenndu ‘they burned’ in 325III ß is, on the other hand, supported by the prose context, in which it is the jarl’s men who carry out the burning of the district.
bráskat ‘did not cease’
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bregða (verb; °bregðr/brigðr; brá, brugðu; brugðinn/brogðinn): pull, jerk, break; change
[2] bráskat: ‘braðskat’ 325III β
dœgr ‘day’
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dœgr (noun n.; °-s; -): day and night; 24h period
háski ‘peril’
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háski (noun m.; °-a; -ar): danger
stǫkk ‘leapt’
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1. støkkva (verb): (str.) leap, spring; scatter
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
in ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
eldr ‘fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
Skotaveldi ‘the Scots’ realm’
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skotaveldi (noun n.): [Scots’ realm]
Morð ‘The battle’
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1. morð (noun n.; °-s; -): killing, battle < morðkennir (noun m.): [battle-master]
kennings
Morðkennir‘The battle-master ’
= WARRIOR
The battle-master → WARRIOR
kennir ‘master’
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kennir (noun m.): teacher < morðkennir (noun m.): [battle-master]
kennings
Morðkennir‘The battle-master ’
= WARRIOR
The battle-master → WARRIOR
galt ‘paid’
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1. gjalda (verb): pay, repay
mǫnnum ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
mein ‘for their injuries’
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mein (noun n.; °-s; -): harm, injury
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
sumri ‘summer’
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sumar (noun n.; °-s; sumur/sumar): summer
einu ‘a single’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
fengu ‘got’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
þeir ‘they’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
þengil ‘the ruler’
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þengill (noun m.): prince, ruler
notes
[8] þrimr sinnum ‘three times over’: The first two defeats of the Scots were at Deerness (Dýrnes) and Tarbatness (Torfnes). If the prose Context above is authoritative, the third presumably consisted in Þorfinnr’s punitive attack on the Scots after the battle of Torfnes. The normalised þrimr is the form of the dat. of the numeral recorded in the oldest Icel. mss and appropriate to Arnórr’s time. The later þrim developed by analogy with other datives in -m and the variant þremr is due to lowering of original [i] before a nasal (Seip 1955, 153).
sinnum ‘times over’
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2. sinni (noun n.; °-s;): time, occasion; company, following
notes
[8] þrimr sinnum ‘three times over’: The first two defeats of the Scots were at Deerness (Dýrnes) and Tarbatness (Torfnes). If the prose Context above is authoritative, the third presumably consisted in Þorfinnr’s punitive attack on the Scots after the battle of Torfnes. The normalised þrimr is the form of the dat. of the numeral recorded in the oldest Icel. mss and appropriate to Arnórr’s time. The later þrim developed by analogy with other datives in -m and the variant þremr is due to lowering of original [i] before a nasal (Seip 1955, 153).
hlut ‘deal’
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hlutr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -i/-u): part, thing
minna ‘the poorer’
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3. minni (adj. comp.; °superl. minnstr): less, least
[8] minna: mína 325III β
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Þorfinnr pursues the fleeing Scots and subdues the populace as far south as Fife (Fífi). He then releases part of his troops, upon which the Scots plan to rise against him. Þorfinnr, furious, marches against them but they flee before battle is joined. The jarl’s order to burn the entire district is carried out ruthlessly. Men are slain, while the women and old folk escape to the woods, and others are captured.
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