Bjbp Jóms 26I
Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa 26’ 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. 982.
Klauf ‘split’
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kljúfa (verb): cleave
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
Yggjar ‘of Yggr’
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1. Yggr (noun m.): Yggr
kennings
eldi Yggjar;‘the fire of Yggr; ’
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the fire of Yggr; → SWORD
eldi ‘the fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
kennings
eldi Yggjar;‘the fire of Yggr; ’
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the fire of Yggr; → SWORD
ólmr ‘Furious’
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olmr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): fierce, furious
[2] ólmr: álmr all others
notes
[2] ólmr Goll-Búi ‘furious Gull-Búi (“Gold-Búi”)’: The ÓT reading álmr gall for ólmr Gull- gives ‘the elm-bow resounded’. This makes sense in itself (cf. Ótt Knútdr 8/2 almr gall hátt ‘the bow cried loudly’) but does not fit the remainder of the helmingr, and it produces aðalhending with hjálma where only skothending is normal in Jóms (see Introduction). Búi’s nickname Gull- ‘Gold-’ presumably alludes, albeit in anticipation at this point in Jóms, to his famous leap from his ship with a chest of gold in each hand, as described in sts 36-7; the nickname occurs in that context in st. 37/4.
Goll ‘Gull’
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gull (noun n.): gold < gullbúi (noun m.)
[2] Goll‑: gall 61, 53, 54, gal Bb
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[2] ólmr Goll-Búi ‘furious Gull-Búi (“Gold-Búi”)’: The ÓT reading álmr gall for ólmr Gull- gives ‘the elm-bow resounded’. This makes sense in itself (cf. Ótt Knútdr 8/2 almr gall hátt ‘the bow cried loudly’) but does not fit the remainder of the helmingr, and it produces aðalhending with hjálma where only skothending is normal in Jóms (see Introduction). Búi’s nickname Gull- ‘Gold-’ presumably alludes, albeit in anticipation at this point in Jóms, to his famous leap from his ship with a chest of gold in each hand, as described in sts 36-7; the nickname occurs in that context in st. 37/4.
Búi ‘Búi’
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3. Búi (noun m.): Búi < gullbúi (noun m.)
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[2] ólmr Goll-Búi ‘furious Gull-Búi (“Gold-Búi”)’: The ÓT reading álmr gall for ólmr Gull- gives ‘the elm-bow resounded’. This makes sense in itself (cf. Ótt Knútdr 8/2 almr gall hátt ‘the bow cried loudly’) but does not fit the remainder of the helmingr, and it produces aðalhending with hjálma where only skothending is normal in Jóms (see Introduction). Búi’s nickname Gull- ‘Gold-’ presumably alludes, albeit in anticipation at this point in Jóms, to his famous leap from his ship with a chest of gold in each hand, as described in sts 36-7; the nickname occurs in that context in st. 37/4.
hjálma ‘helmets’
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1. hjalmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): helmet
niðr ‘down’
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3. niðr (adv.): down
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
í ‘into’
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í (prep.): in, into
herðar ‘shoulders’
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herðr (noun f.; °-ar(Thom² 447¹³); -ar): shoulder
hring ‘of mail’
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1. hringr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): ring; sword < hringserkr (noun m.): ring-shirt
[4] hring‑: hrann 53, hrím‑ 54, Bb
kennings
bǫl hringserkja‘the bale of mail-shirts ’
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the bale of mail-shirts → SWORD
serkja ‘shirts’
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1. serkr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -/-i; -ir): shirt < hringserkr (noun m.): ring-shirt
kennings
bǫl hringserkja‘the bale of mail-shirts ’
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the bale of mail-shirts → SWORD
bǫl ‘the bale’
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bǫl (noun n.; °-s, dat. bǫlvi): evil
kennings
bǫl hringserkja‘the bale of mail-shirts ’
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the bale of mail-shirts → SWORD
ganga ‘drive’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
Hart ‘strongly’
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harðr (adj.; °comp. -ari; superl. -astr): hard, harsh
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[5] nam at stœra ‘intensified’: This could be more literally ‘started to intensify’, but nam is probably the pleonastic auxiliary here, as is suggested by the ÓT reading réð which has the same function.
hǫgg ‘blows’
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hǫgg (noun n.; °-s, dat. hǫggvi/hǫggi; -): blow
at ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
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[5] nam at stœra ‘intensified’: This could be more literally ‘started to intensify’, but nam is probably the pleonastic auxiliary here, as is suggested by the ÓT reading réð which has the same function.
stœra ‘’
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stœra (verb): increase, strengthen
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[5] nam at stœra ‘intensified’: This could be more literally ‘started to intensify’, but nam is probably the pleonastic auxiliary here, as is suggested by the ÓT reading réð which has the same function.
Hávarðr ‘Hávarðr’
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Hávarðr (noun m.): Hávarðr
liði ‘of men’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
fyrða ‘upon the troop’
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2. fyrðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): man
notes
[2] ólmr Goll-Búi ‘furious Gull-Búi (“Gold-Búi”)’: The ÓT reading álmr gall for ólmr Gull- gives ‘the elm-bow resounded’. This makes sense in itself (cf. Ótt Knútdr 8/2 almr gall hátt ‘the bow cried loudly’) but does not fit the remainder of the helmingr, and it produces aðalhending with hjálma where only skothending is normal in Jóms (see Introduction). Búi’s nickname Gull- ‘Gold-’ presumably alludes, albeit in anticipation at this point in Jóms, to his famous leap from his ship with a chest of gold in each hand, as described in sts 36-7; the nickname occurs in that context in st. 37/4.
við ‘with’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
hefr ‘was’
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hafa (verb): have
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
eiga ‘deal’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
Ás ‘Ás’
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2. Áss (noun m.; °áss, dat. ási/ás; ásar): god < Áslákr (noun m.): Áslákr
lákr ‘lákr’
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-lákr (noun m.): [lákr] < Áslákr (noun m.): Áslákr
[8] ‑lákr: so all others, ‑lák R
verit ‘’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
fíkjum ‘extremely’
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fíkjum (adv.): fiercely
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Two men who accompanied the Jómsvíkingar from Denmark are named: Hávarðr hǫggvandi and Áslákr hólmskalli. They are Búi’s stafnbúar ‘forecastle-men’, and are exceptionally tough and difficult to deal with; iron does not bite Áslákr. Búi’s blows are also described as very powerful.
[7-8]: (a) The ÓT readings illr and Áslákr produce a couplet in which Áslákr is the subject of the clause (so also Fms 12, 42; Skj B; Skald). Við ‘with’ is adverbial. (b) The R readings illt and Áslák produce good sense, ‘it was extremely difficult to deal with Áslákr’ (and are adopted in Fms 12, 245 and Jvs 1879), but við is then a prep. and detached from its object Áslák.
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