Arn Þorfdr 12II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Þorfinnsdrápa 12’ 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. 243.
Harri ‘The lord’
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1. harri (noun m.; °-a): lord
kennings
Harri Hjaltlands,‘The lord of Shetland, ’
= Þorfinnr
The lord of Shetland, → Þorfinnr
fekk ‘won’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
hverri ‘every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
kennings
hverri þrumu branda;‘every thunderclap of swords; ’
= BATTLE
every thunderclap of swords; → BATTLE
Hjalt ‘of Shet’
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hjalt (noun n.; °; *-): hilt < Hjaltland (noun n.): [Shetland]
[2] Hjalt‑: ‘híat‑’ B, 744ˣ
kennings
Harri Hjaltlands,‘The lord of Shetland, ’
= Þorfinnr
The lord of Shetland, → Þorfinnr
lands ‘land’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land < Hjaltland (noun n.): [Shetland]
kennings
Harri Hjaltlands,‘The lord of Shetland, ’
= Þorfinnr
The lord of Shetland, → Þorfinnr
þrumu ‘thunderclap’
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1. þruma (noun f.; °; -ur): thunder-clap
kennings
hverri þrumu branda;‘every thunderclap of swords; ’
= BATTLE
every thunderclap of swords; → BATTLE
branda ‘of swords’
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brandr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sword, prow; fire
kennings
hverri þrumu branda;‘every thunderclap of swords; ’
= BATTLE
every thunderclap of swords; → BATTLE
greppr ‘the poet’
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greppr (noun m.; °; -ar): poet, man
vill ‘wishes’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
grams ‘of the ruler’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
dýrð ‘the worth’
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dýrð (noun f.; °-ar/-a(NoDipl(1279) 44²); -ir): glory
yppa ‘to extol’
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yppa (verb): extol, lift up
gagn ‘victory’
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1. gagn (noun n.): victory
sás ‘he who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
hæstr ‘highest’
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hœgri (adj. comp.): higher, highest
[4] hæstr: so C, næstr R, Tˣ, ‘[...]’ B, fremstr 744ˣ
notes
[4] hæstr ‘highest’: So C. This gives excellent sense, whether taken literally or figuratively; næstr ‘nearest, next’ in the main ms. is never applied without further qualification to human subjects.
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[4] vas (‘var’): so 744ˣ, er R, Tˣ, C
notes
[4] vas ‘was’: The pres. tense reading er (so R, Tˣ, C) in ‘he who is highest of heroes’ does not match the pret. fekk ‘won, gained’ in l. 1, or the context of a memorial poem.
bragna ‘of heroes’
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bragnar (noun m.): men, warriors
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This appears in SnE (Skm) among sts which illustrate terms proper to emperor, king and jarl alike, in this case harri or herra.
The B text is so damaged that it is chiefly represented here by the transcript in 744ˣ.
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