Arn Þorfdr 25II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Þorfinnsdrápa 25’ 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. 259-60.
Ætt ‘kin’
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1. ætt (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): family < ættbœtir (noun m.)
[1] Ætt‑: At Tˣ, ‘Et’ W
kennings
ítran ættbœti allríks Torf-Einars‘the splendid kin-ennobler of all-powerful Torf-Einarr ’
= Þorfinnr
the splendid kin-ennobler of all-powerful Torf-Einarr → Þorfinnr
notes
[1, 2, 4] ættbœti allríks Torf-Einars ‘kin-ennobler of all-powerful Torf-Einarr [= Þorfinnr]’: Einarr, youngest son of Rǫgnvaldr Mœrajarl, enjoyed a long and successful rule in the Orkneys c. 900. Orkn ch. 7 explains that he gained his nickname ‘Turf’ or ‘Peat’ since he was the first to cut peat for fuel at Tarbatnes (Torfnes) (cf. Note on this p. n., st. 9/2, and Crawford 1987, 153 on peat-cutting). See also TorfE LvI and Anon (Hhárf) 1I.
bœti ‘ennobler’
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bœtir (noun m.): amender < ættbœtir (noun m.)
kennings
ítran ættbœti allríks Torf-Einars‘the splendid kin-ennobler of all-powerful Torf-Einarr ’
= Þorfinnr
the splendid kin-ennobler of all-powerful Torf-Einarr → Þorfinnr
notes
[1, 2, 4] ættbœti allríks Torf-Einars ‘kin-ennobler of all-powerful Torf-Einarr [= Þorfinnr]’: Einarr, youngest son of Rǫgnvaldr Mœrajarl, enjoyed a long and successful rule in the Orkneys c. 900. Orkn ch. 7 explains that he gained his nickname ‘Turf’ or ‘Peat’ since he was the first to cut peat for fuel at Tarbatnes (Torfnes) (cf. Note on this p. n., st. 9/2, and Crawford 1987, 153 on peat-cutting). See also TorfE LvI and Anon (Hhárf) 1I.
notes
[1] firr ‘keep far from’: Firr, imp. sg. of firra e-n e-u ‘keep sby far from sth., save, defend from’ (so U) fits the syntax and meaning of the context well, while fiðr ‘finds’ in R, Tˣ, W produces a highly unlikely sentence.
ítran ‘the splendid’
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ítr (adj.): glorious
kennings
ítran ættbœti allríks Torf-Einars‘the splendid kin-ennobler of all-powerful Torf-Einarr ’
= Þorfinnr
the splendid kin-ennobler of all-powerful Torf-Einarr → Þorfinnr
allríks ‘of all-powerful’
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allríkr (adj.): very powerful
kennings
ítran ættbœti allríks Torf-Einars‘the splendid kin-ennobler of all-powerful Torf-Einarr ’
= Þorfinnr
the splendid kin-ennobler of all-powerful Torf-Einarr → Þorfinnr
notes
[1, 2, 4] ættbœti allríks Torf-Einars ‘kin-ennobler of all-powerful Torf-Einarr [= Þorfinnr]’: Einarr, youngest son of Rǫgnvaldr Mœrajarl, enjoyed a long and successful rule in the Orkneys c. 900. Orkn ch. 7 explains that he gained his nickname ‘Turf’ or ‘Peat’ since he was the first to cut peat for fuel at Tarbatnes (Torfnes) (cf. Note on this p. n., st. 9/2, and Crawford 1987, 153 on peat-cutting). See also TorfE LvI and Anon (Hhárf) 1I.
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
dýrum ‘for the precious’
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dýrr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -str/-astr): precious
Torf ‘Torf’
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torf (noun n.; °-s;-): turf, sod; peat
kennings
ítran ættbœti allríks Torf-Einars‘the splendid kin-ennobler of all-powerful Torf-Einarr ’
= Þorfinnr
the splendid kin-ennobler of all-powerful Torf-Einarr → Þorfinnr
notes
[1, 2, 4] ættbœti allríks Torf-Einars ‘kin-ennobler of all-powerful Torf-Einarr [= Þorfinnr]’: Einarr, youngest son of Rǫgnvaldr Mœrajarl, enjoyed a long and successful rule in the Orkneys c. 900. Orkn ch. 7 explains that he gained his nickname ‘Turf’ or ‘Peat’ since he was the first to cut peat for fuel at Tarbatnes (Torfnes) (cf. Note on this p. n., st. 9/2, and Crawford 1987, 153 on peat-cutting). See also TorfE LvI and Anon (Hhárf) 1I.
Einars ‘Einarr’
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Einarr (noun m.): Einarr
kennings
ítran ættbœti allríks Torf-Einars‘the splendid kin-ennobler of all-powerful Torf-Einarr ’
= Þorfinnr
the splendid kin-ennobler of all-powerful Torf-Einarr → Þorfinnr
notes
[1, 2, 4] ættbœti allríks Torf-Einars ‘kin-ennobler of all-powerful Torf-Einarr [= Þorfinnr]’: Einarr, youngest son of Rǫgnvaldr Mœrajarl, enjoyed a long and successful rule in the Orkneys c. 900. Orkn ch. 7 explains that he gained his nickname ‘Turf’ or ‘Peat’ since he was the first to cut peat for fuel at Tarbatnes (Torfnes) (cf. Note on this p. n., st. 9/2, and Crawford 1987, 153 on peat-cutting). See also TorfE LvI and Anon (Hhárf) 1I.
goð ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
meinum ‘far from harms’
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mein (noun n.; °-s; -): harm, injury
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The helmingr is cited because of the kenning ættbœtir Torf-Einars ‘kin-ennobler of Torf-Einarr’ in the same context as Arn Rǫgndr 2 and sts 4 and 16/5-8 above.
On prayers in Arnórr’s encomia, see Note to Rǫgndr 3.
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