Bjbp Jóms 15I
Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa 15’ 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. 972.
Ein ‘A certain’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
drepr ‘kills’
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drepa (verb; °drepr; drap, drápu; drepinn): kill, strike
notes
[1] drepr ‘kills’: Although the pain the woman inflicts on the poet is abstract, the choice of verb points a parallel with the physical death and destruction waged by the Jómsvíkingar.
fyr ‘for’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
mér ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
allri ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
ótrauðr ‘the not-unwilling’
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ótrauðr (adj.): not reluctant
á ‘onto’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
lǫg ‘the sea’
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lǫgr (noun m.; °lagar, dat. legi): sea
skeiðum ‘ships’
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1. skeið (noun f.; °-ar; -r/-ar/-ir): ship
ǫrr ‘swift’
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ǫrr (adj.): generous, brave
þengill ‘prince’
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þengill (noun m.): prince, ruler
ýta ‘to be launched’
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ýta (verb): launch
ítr ‘noble’
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ítr (adj.): glorious < ítrmaðr (noun m.): nobleman
notes
[4] kona ítrmanns ‘nobleman’s wife’: The marital status of the longed-for woman is not disclosed until this point; she is also of good descent (ll. 5, 8). Passionate admiration or love for an unobtainable woman is one of the staple themes of medieval French troubadour poetry (and romance more generally) and it is found in Old Norse poetry and prose from at least the C12th, though scholars have held differing opinions as to whether the love-theme in Old Norse owes its existence to direct influence from troubadour poetry (Andersson 1969; Bjarni Einarsson 1971; Finlay 1995).
manns ‘man’s’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person < ítrmaðr (noun m.): nobleman
notes
[4] kona ítrmanns ‘nobleman’s wife’: The marital status of the longed-for woman is not disclosed until this point; she is also of good descent (ll. 5, 8). Passionate admiration or love for an unobtainable woman is one of the staple themes of medieval French troubadour poetry (and romance more generally) and it is found in Old Norse poetry and prose from at least the C12th, though scholars have held differing opinions as to whether the love-theme in Old Norse owes its existence to direct influence from troubadour poetry (Andersson 1969; Bjarni Einarsson 1971; Finlay 1995).
kona ‘wife’
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kona (noun f.; °-u; -ur/-r(KlmA1980 116¹¹), gen. pl. kvenna/kvinna): woman
notes
[4] kona ítrmanns ‘nobleman’s wife’: The marital status of the longed-for woman is not disclosed until this point; she is also of good descent (ll. 5, 8). Passionate admiration or love for an unobtainable woman is one of the staple themes of medieval French troubadour poetry (and romance more generally) and it is found in Old Norse poetry and prose from at least the C12th, though scholars have held differing opinions as to whether the love-theme in Old Norse owes its existence to direct influence from troubadour poetry (Andersson 1969; Bjarni Einarsson 1971; Finlay 1995).
teiti ‘joy’
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teiti (noun f.): cheerfulness
Góð ‘The good’
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góðr (adj.): good
ætt ‘kinswoman’
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1. ætt (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): family
of ‘brings’
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4. of (particle): (before verb)
kemr ‘’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
grimmu ‘cruel’
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grimmr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): fierce
gekk ‘went’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
herr ‘the army’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
á ‘aboard’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
skip ‘the ships’
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skip (noun n.; °-s; -): ship
darra ‘of spears’
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darr (noun n.; °; *-um): spear
kennings
gný darra,‘the din of spears, ’
= BATTLE
the din of spears, → BATTLE
hinn ‘’
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2. inn (art.): the
er ‘which’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
kunni ‘knew’
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kunna (verb): know, can, be able
gný ‘the din’
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gnýr (noun m.): din, tumult
kennings
gný darra,‘the din of spears, ’
= BATTLE
the din of spears, → BATTLE
gerva ‘how to make’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
gœðings ‘of a chieftain’
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gœðingr (noun m.): chieftain
at ‘upon’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
mér ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
stríði ‘torment’
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2. stríð (noun n.; °-s; -): affliction
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