Bjbp Jóms 14I
Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa 14’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 971.
Vagn ‘Vagn’
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2. Vagn (noun m.): [Vagn, with Vagn]
kvað ‘spoke’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
hitt ‘another [oath]’
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2. inn (art.): the
inn ‘The’
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2. inn (art.): the
hrausti ‘bold’
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hraustr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): strong, valiant
Hamðis ‘of Hamðir’
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Hamðir (noun m.): Hamðir
kennings
sá frœkn Hamðis faldruðr‘hood-bush of Hamðir’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
the hood of Hamðir → HELMET
that brave bush of the HELMET → WARRIOR = Vagn
Hamðis ‘of Hamðir’
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Hamðir (noun m.): Hamðir
kennings
sá frœkn Hamðis faldruðr‘hood-bush of Hamðir’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
the hood of Hamðir → HELMET
that brave bush of the HELMET → WARRIOR = Vagn
gunnar ‘to battle’
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gunnr (noun f.): battle
tǫmðum ‘accustomed’
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tamiðr (adj./verb p.p.): accustomed, tamed
notes
[2] tǫmðum ‘accustomed’: This is the m. dat. sg. of tam(i)ðr, adjectival p. p. of temja ‘tame, train, accustom’. Here the gen.-case gunnar ‘battle’ specifies to what Búi is accustomed, though a phrase using við ‘to’ would be more usual with temja, tam(i)ðr; see NS §136 for comparable constructions of adj. + gen.
sá ‘that’
kennings
sá frœkn Hamðis faldruðr‘hood-bush of Hamðir’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
the hood of Hamðir → HELMET
that brave bush of the HELMET → WARRIOR = Vagn
lézk ‘declared it his’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
notes
[3, 4] lézk skyldu ‘declared it his duty’: Lit. ‘declared it [to be] a duty for himself’. It appears that m. v. lézk is to be read as lét sér, ‘declared for himself’, and skyldu is acc. sg. of the noun skylda ‘duty’, with vera ‘to be’ understood; cf. NS §153a for m. v. forms in which the enclitic refl. pron. functions as a dat. of respect. Alternatively, skyldu could be verbal: lézk, at [þeir] skyldu fylgja Búa ‘declared that they should follow Búi’; cf. st. 11/2, 4.
frœkn ‘brave’
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frœkn (adj.): brave, bold
kennings
sá frœkn Hamðis faldruðr‘hood-bush of Hamðir’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
the hood of Hamðir → HELMET
that brave bush of the HELMET → WARRIOR = Vagn
notes
[3] frœkn ‘brave’: On the strong adj. here, see Note to st. 7/3, 4.
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
fylgja ‘follow’
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2. fylgja (verb): follow, accompany
fald ‘of the hood’
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faldr (noun m.; °; -ar): headdress < faldruðr (noun m.)
kennings
sá frœkn Hamðis faldruðr‘hood-bush of Hamðir’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
the hood of Hamðir → HELMET
that brave bush of the HELMET → WARRIOR = Vagn
fald ‘of the hood’
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faldr (noun m.; °; -ar): headdress < faldruðr (noun m.)
kennings
sá frœkn Hamðis faldruðr‘hood-bush of Hamðir’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
the hood of Hamðir → HELMET
that brave bush of the HELMET → WARRIOR = Vagn
ruðr ‘bush’
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ruðr (noun m.): [bush] < faldruðr (noun m.)
kennings
sá frœkn Hamðis faldruðr‘hood-bush of Hamðir’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
the hood of Hamðir → HELMET
that brave bush of the HELMET → WARRIOR = Vagn
Búa ‘Búi’
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3. Búi (noun m.): Búi
skyldu ‘duty’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
notes
[3, 4] lézk skyldu ‘declared it his duty’: Lit. ‘declared it [to be] a duty for himself’. It appears that m. v. lézk is to be read as lét sér, ‘declared for himself’, and skyldu is acc. sg. of the noun skylda ‘duty’, with vera ‘to be’ understood; cf. NS §153a for m. v. forms in which the enclitic refl. pron. functions as a dat. of respect. Alternatively, skyldu could be verbal: lézk, at [þeir] skyldu fylgja Búa ‘declared that they should follow Búi’; cf. st. 11/2, 4.
Þá ‘Then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
réð ‘made’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
notes
[5, 6] réð ... at strengja ‘swore’: Réð, 3rd pers. sg. pret. indic. of ráða ‘advise, determine’ etc., is here a pleonastic auxiliary.
heit ‘a vow’
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heit (noun n.; °; -): promise
notes
[5] heit ‘a vow’: Vagn, according to Jvs (1879, 57), vows that he will bed Þorkell leira’s daughter, Ingibjǫrg, and kill Þorkell. See sts 42-5 for the outcome.
til ‘concerning’
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til (prep.): to
hvítrar ‘the bright’
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hvítr (adj.; °-an; -ari, -astr): white
kennings
hvítrar dóttur Þorketils;‘the bright daughter of Þorkell; ’
= Ingibjǫrg
the bright daughter of Þorkell; → Ingibjǫrg
hringa ‘of rings’
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1. hringr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): ring; sword
[6] hringa: ‘hriga’ R
kennings
meiðr hringa‘the tree of rings ’
= MAN = Vagn
the tree of rings → MAN = Vagn
notes
[6] meiðr hringa ‘the tree of rings [MAN = Vagn]’: ‘Hriga’ in R must be a scribal error for hringa; all eds emend here.
meiðr ‘the tree’
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meiðr (noun m.): beam, tree
kennings
meiðr hringa‘the tree of rings ’
= MAN = Vagn
the tree of rings → MAN = Vagn
notes
[6] meiðr hringa ‘the tree of rings [MAN = Vagn]’: ‘Hriga’ in R must be a scribal error for hringa; all eds emend here.
at ‘’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
strengja ‘’
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strengr (noun m.; °-jar; -ir): string, rope, bow-string
notes
[5, 6] réð ... at strengja ‘swore’: Réð, 3rd pers. sg. pret. indic. of ráða ‘advise, determine’ etc., is here a pleonastic auxiliary.
mér ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
notes
[7-8] hættr harmr kømr mér at hendi ‘dangerous grief comes upon me’: The reappearance of the unhappy love motif, which contains verbal echoes of st. 2/3-4, chimes with Vagn’s oath about Ingibjǫrg in this stanza and with the theme of the stef in the following one.
kømr ‘comes’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
notes
[7-8] hættr harmr kømr mér at hendi ‘dangerous grief comes upon me’: The reappearance of the unhappy love motif, which contains verbal echoes of st. 2/3-4, chimes with Vagn’s oath about Ingibjǫrg in this stanza and with the theme of the stef in the following one.
harmr ‘grief’
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1. harmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sorrow, grief
notes
[7-8] hættr harmr kømr mér at hendi ‘dangerous grief comes upon me’: The reappearance of the unhappy love motif, which contains verbal echoes of st. 2/3-4, chimes with Vagn’s oath about Ingibjǫrg in this stanza and with the theme of the stef in the following one.
at ‘upon’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
notes
[7-8] hættr harmr kømr mér at hendi ‘dangerous grief comes upon me’: The reappearance of the unhappy love motif, which contains verbal echoes of st. 2/3-4, chimes with Vagn’s oath about Ingibjǫrg in this stanza and with the theme of the stef in the following one.
hendi ‘’
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand
notes
[7-8] hættr harmr kømr mér at hendi ‘dangerous grief comes upon me’: The reappearance of the unhappy love motif, which contains verbal echoes of st. 2/3-4, chimes with Vagn’s oath about Ingibjǫrg in this stanza and with the theme of the stef in the following one.
hættr ‘dangerous’
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hættr (adj.; °compar. -ari/-ri, superl. -astr): dangerous
notes
[7-8] hættr harmr kømr mér at hendi ‘dangerous grief comes upon me’: The reappearance of the unhappy love motif, which contains verbal echoes of st. 2/3-4, chimes with Vagn’s oath about Ingibjǫrg in this stanza and with the theme of the stef in the following one.
Þorketils ‘of Þorkell’
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Þórkell (noun m.): [Þorkell]
kennings
hvítrar dóttur Þorketils;‘the bright daughter of Þorkell; ’
= Ingibjǫrg
the bright daughter of Þorkell; → Ingibjǫrg
notes
[8] dóttur Þorketils ‘daughter of Þorkell [= Ingibjǫrg]’: Þorkell leira ‘Clay’ is one of the leading men in Hákon jarl’s army.
dóttur ‘daughter’
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dóttir (noun f.; °dóttur, dat. dóttur/dǿtr/dóttir, acc. dóttur/dóttir, nom. dóttir/dóttur; dǿtr, gen. dǿtra (cf. [$1592$])): daughter
kennings
hvítrar dóttur Þorketils;‘the bright daughter of Þorkell; ’
= Ingibjǫrg
the bright daughter of Þorkell; → Ingibjǫrg
notes
[8] dóttur Þorketils ‘daughter of Þorkell [= Ingibjǫrg]’: Þorkell leira ‘Clay’ is one of the leading men in Hákon jarl’s army.
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Vagn kvað hitt inn hrausti; |
The bold Vagn spoke another [oath]; that brave bush of the hood of Hamðir <legendary hero> [(lit. ‘hood-bush of Hamðir’) HELMET > WARRIOR = Vagn] declared it his duty to follow Búi, accustomed to battle. Then the tree of rings [MAN = Vagn] made a vow concerning the bright daughter of Þorkell [= Ingibjǫrg]; dangerous grief comes upon me.
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