Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa 27

Emily Lethbridge

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Bjbp Jóms 27^I

Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa 27’ 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. 983.

Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson Jómsvíkingadrápa

26 27 28

kennings

él stála
‘the storm of steel weapons ’
= BATTLE
the storm of steel weapons → BATTLE

gnúði ‘roared’

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gnýja (verb): roar

mjǫk ‘greatly’

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mjǫk (adv.): very, much

stála ‘of steel weapons’

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1. stál (noun n.; °-s; -): steel, weapon, prow

kennings

él stála
‘the storm of steel weapons ’
= BATTLE
the storm of steel weapons → BATTLE

álmr ‘the elm-bow’

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almr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): bow, elm-bow

spann ‘kicked’

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3. spenna (verb): (strong)

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[3] spann ‘kicked’: The 3rd pers. sg. pret. indic. of sperna ‘spurn, kick with the feet’. Ms. spann is retained here, as an assimilated by-form of sparn (see CVC: sperna; ANG §272. 2 Anm. 2). A minor emendation produces the more familiar form sparn (so LP (1860): sperna; also Jvs 1879; Skj B; Skald). Line 3 is discussed in the Note to RvHbreiðm Hl 28/6^III.

af ‘from’

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af (prep.): from

sér ‘itself’

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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)

odda ‘arrow-points’

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oddr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): point of weapon

ítr ‘noble’

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ítr (adj.): glorious < ítrmaðr (noun m.): nobleman

manns ‘man’s’

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maðr (noun m.): man, person < ítrmaðr (noun m.): nobleman

kona ‘wife’

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kona (noun f.; °-u; -ur/-r(KlmA1980 116¹¹), gen. pl. kvenna/kvinna): woman

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

[5] kemr grimmu: abbrev. as ‘k̄ gri’ R

grimmu ‘cruel’

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grimmr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): fierce

[5] kemr grimmu: abbrev. as ‘k̄ gri’ R

gripu ‘gripped’

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grípa (verb): seize, grasp

þeir ‘those’

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1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

í ‘on’

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í (prep.): in, into

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[6] í bug snœrum ‘on the curve of the spear-thongs’: Bugr is ‘bend, bight, (inner) curve, concave side’, e.g. í bug hringinum ‘the inside curve of the ring’ (CVC: bugr). Snœri is related to snœra ‘to tie, twist’ (AEW: snœra), and denotes a cable, cord or thong of various sorts. In battle contexts, it normally denotes the thongs by which spears are held (ÞjóðA Magnfl 17/6^II, and cf. the compounds snœrispjót, snœridarr ‘thonged spear’, LP: snœri), so that this seems the most likely sense here, and it is assumed in Fms 12 and Skj B. Contextually, though, a bow-string would also be an attractive possibility.

bug ‘the curve’

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bugr (noun m.; °dat. -/-i): hollow, bend

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snœrum ‘of the spear-thongs’

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snœri (noun n.; °; -): cable, thong

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gunn ‘extremely battle’

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gunnr (noun f.): battle < gunnrakkr (adj.)

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[7] gunnrakkastir ‘extremely battle-bold’: Cf. st. 10/6 ógnrakkastir ‘extremely terror-bold’ or ‘battle-bold’, of the Jómsvíkingar. On the strong adj. here, see Note to st. 7/3, 4.

rakkastir ‘bold’

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rakkr (adj.; °compar. -ari): bold < gunnrakkr (adj.)

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[7] gunnrakkastir ‘extremely battle-bold’: Cf. st. 10/6 ógnrakkastir ‘extremely terror-bold’ or ‘battle-bold’, of the Jómsvíkingar. On the strong adj. here, see Note to st. 7/3, 4.

gumnar ‘men’

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gumi (noun m.; °-a; gumar/gumnar): man

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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Lines 1, 4, 5 and 8 form the fourth appearance of the stef ‘refrain’; see Introduction.

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Bjbp Jóms 27I

Ein ‘A certain’

drepr ‘kills’

fyr ‘for’

mér ‘me’

allri ‘all’

él ‘the storm’

kennings

gnúði ‘roared’

mjǫk ‘greatly’

stála ‘of steel weapons’

kennings

álmr ‘the elm-bow’

spann ‘kicked’

notes

af ‘from’

sér ‘itself’

odda ‘arrow-points’

ítr ‘noble’

manns ‘man’s’

kona ‘wife’

teiti ‘joy’

Góð ‘The good’

ætt ‘kinswoman’

of ‘brings’

kemr ‘’

grimmu ‘cruel’

gripu ‘gripped’

þeir ‘those’

í ‘on’

notes

bug ‘the curve’

notes

snœrum ‘of the spear-thongs’

notes

gunn ‘extremely battle’

notes

rakkastir ‘bold’

notes

gumnar ‘men’

gœðings ‘of a chieftain’

at ‘upon’

mér ‘me’

stríði ‘torment’

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