Bjbp Jóms 18I
Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa 18’ 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. 974.
Þá ‘Then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
buðu ‘bade’
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bjóða (verb; °býðr; bauð, buðu; boðinn (buð- Thom¹ 5²n.)): offer, order, invite
móti ‘’
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móti (prep.): against
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
sunnan ‘from the south’
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sunnan (adv.): (from the) south
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
geir ‘the spear’
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geirr (noun m.): spear < geirhríð (noun f.)
kennings
geirhríðar‘the spear-storm ’
= BATTLE
the spear-storm → BATTLE
hríðar ‘storm’
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hríð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): time, storm < geirhríð (noun f.)
kennings
geirhríðar‘the spear-storm ’
= BATTLE
the spear-storm → BATTLE
gǫrla ‘forcefully’
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gǫrla (adv.): quite, fully
Nóregs ‘of Norway’
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Noregr (noun m.): Norway
notes
[4] jarlar Nóregs ‘the jarls of Norway’: Hákon jarl and his son, Eiríkr Hákonarson. According to Jvs (1879, 69) Hákon’s sons Sveinn, Sigurðr and Erlingr also commanded ships at Hjǫrungavágr.
jarlar ‘jarls’
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jarl (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): poet, earl
notes
[4] jarlar Nóregs ‘the jarls of Norway’: Hákon jarl and his son, Eiríkr Hákonarson. According to Jvs (1879, 69) Hákon’s sons Sveinn, Sigurðr and Erlingr also commanded ships at Hjǫrungavágr.
Þar ‘there’
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þar (adv.): there
mestr ‘The greatest’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
morð ‘battle’
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1. morð (noun n.; °-s; -): killing, battle < morðremmandi (noun m.)
kennings
margr morðremmandi‘many a battle-strengthener ’
= WARRIOR
many a battle-strengthener → WARRIOR
remmandi ‘strengthener’
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remmandi (noun m.): [strengthener] < morðremmandi (noun m.)
[6] ‑remmandi: ‑rennandi Bb
kennings
margr morðremmandi‘many a battle-strengthener ’
= WARRIOR
many a battle-strengthener → WARRIOR
skǫmmu ‘a short’
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skammr (adj.): short
margr ‘many a’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
kennings
margr morðremmandi‘many a battle-strengthener ’
= WARRIOR
many a battle-strengthener → WARRIOR
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
at ‘at’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
Laufa ‘of Laufi’
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Laufi (noun m.; °-a): Laufi
kennings
leiki Laufa.‘the play of Laufi. ’
= BATTLE
the play of Laufi. → BATTLE
notes
[7] Laufa ‘of Laufi <legendary sword>’: The name of the legendary Danish hero Bǫðvarr bjarki’s sword. The name is etymologically related to lauf n. ‘leaf, foliage’: see further Note to Þul Sverða 2/2III.
leiki ‘the play’
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1. leikr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -/-i; -ar): sport, play
kennings
leiki Laufa.‘the play of Laufi. ’
= BATTLE
the play of Laufi. → BATTLE
land ‘from the land’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land < landherr (noun m.): land’s people, land’s army
notes
[8] fundinn saman ‘brought together’: Lit. ‘found together’. This makes most immediate sense, but the variant reading in the three other mss, bundinn (p. p. of binda ‘bind’), would also make sense if taken metaphorically. In CVC: binda II the verb is glossed ‘to make, contract a league, friendship, affinity’ etc., and cf. m. v. bindask ‘to engage oneself, enter a league’.
notes
[8] fundinn saman ‘brought together’: Lit. ‘found together’. This makes most immediate sense, but the variant reading in the three other mss, bundinn (p. p. of binda ‘bind’), would also make sense if taken metaphorically. In CVC: binda II the verb is glossed ‘to make, contract a league, friendship, affinity’ etc., and cf. m. v. bindask ‘to engage oneself, enter a league’.
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Acting on partially false intelligence that Hákon jarl is in Hǫrundarfjǫrðr (Hjørundfjorden), and is unaware of them and accompanied by small forces, Búi and his companions prepare to go there. Meanwhile, Hákon and his son Eiríkr have assembled a force of 180 ships in Hallkelsvík (Hallkjellsvik). They learn that the ships of the Jómsvíkingar are lying off the island of Hǫð (Hareid), and head north in search of them.
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