Bjbp Jóms 29I
Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa 29’ 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. 984.
Vagn ‘Vagn’
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2. Vagn (noun m.): [Vagn, with Vagn]
hefr ‘became’
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hafa (verb): have
orðit ‘’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
ýtum ‘over men’
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ýtr (noun m.): man; launcher
ǫr ‘quickly’
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ǫrr (adj.): generous, brave < ǫrfengr (adj.)
notes
[2] ǫrfengr ‘quickly dominant’: LP: ǫrfengr glosses this rare cpd as rask erhværvende, som er hurtig til og rask i at erhværve (sig noget), dygtig ‘brisk in gaining, who is quick and bold in getting (oneself something), effective’, and ǫrfengr ýtum here as som vinder fordele (sejre) overfor mænd ‘who wins advantages (victories) over men’. The cpd is composed of ǫrr ‘brisk, bold’ and fengr, which is related to the p. p. of fá ‘to get’ and is found in compounds including harðfengr ‘valiant, tenacious, getting with force’ (with which Fms 12, 245 glosses ǫrfengr in this stanza, and see LP: harðfengr).
fengr ‘dominant’
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-fengr (adj.): [dominant] < ǫrfengr (adj.)
notes
[2] ǫrfengr ‘quickly dominant’: LP: ǫrfengr glosses this rare cpd as rask erhværvende, som er hurtig til og rask i at erhværve (sig noget), dygtig ‘brisk in gaining, who is quick and bold in getting (oneself something), effective’, and ǫrfengr ýtum here as som vinder fordele (sejre) overfor mænd ‘who wins advantages (victories) over men’. The cpd is composed of ǫrr ‘brisk, bold’ and fengr, which is related to the p. p. of fá ‘to get’ and is found in compounds including harðfengr ‘valiant, tenacious, getting with force’ (with which Fms 12, 245 glosses ǫrfengr in this stanza, and see LP: harðfengr).
at ‘in’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
bǫð ‘battle’
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bǫð (noun f.; °-s; -): battle
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
full ‘full of’
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2. fullr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): full, complete < fullhugr (noun m.)
huga ‘courage’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage < fullhugr (noun m.)
frœknum ‘the daring one’
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frœkn (adj.): brave, bold
framm ‘forward’
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fram (adv.): out, forth, forwards, away
gengu ‘pressed’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
[4] gengu: í gegn Bb
notes
[4] gengu : drengir: Aðalhending in an even line is not normal in Jóms; see Note to st. 24/2.
vel ‘well’
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vel (adv.): well, very
drengir ‘warriors’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior
[4] drengir: drengjum Bb
notes
[4] gengu : drengir: Aðalhending in an even line is not normal in Jóms; see Note to st. 24/2.
þar ‘where’
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þar (adv.): there
notes
[5] þar er ‘where’: The subordinate clause is here taken with drengir gengu framm ‘warriors pressed forward’. Alternatively, it could be taken with Vagn hefr orðit … ‘Vagn became …’ (ll. 1-2), in which case the clause in ll. 3-4 is intercalary and the stanza is a unified whole.
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
notes
[5] þar er ‘where’: The subordinate clause is here taken with drengir gengu framm ‘warriors pressed forward’. Alternatively, it could be taken with Vagn hefr orðit … ‘Vagn became …’ (ll. 1-2), in which case the clause in ll. 3-4 is intercalary and the stanza is a unified whole.
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
Yggjar ‘of Yggr’
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1. Yggr (noun m.): Yggr
kennings
éli Yggjar.‘the storm of Yggr. ’
= BATTLE
the storm of Yggr. → BATTLE
éli ‘the storm’
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él (noun n.; °; dat. -um): storm
kennings
éli Yggjar.‘the storm of Yggr. ’
= BATTLE
the storm of Yggr. → BATTLE
Áka ‘of Áki’
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Áki (noun m.): Áki
kennings
inn ríki sonr Áka,‘the powerful son of Áki, ’
= Vagn
the powerful son of Áki, → Vagn
sonr ‘son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
kennings
inn ríki sonr Áka,‘the powerful son of Áki, ’
= Vagn
the powerful son of Áki, → Vagn
inn ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
kennings
inn ríki sonr Áka,‘the powerful son of Áki, ’
= Vagn
the powerful son of Áki, → Vagn
ríki ‘powerful’
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ríkr (adj.): mighty, powerful, rich
kennings
inn ríki sonr Áka,‘the powerful son of Áki, ’
= Vagn
the powerful son of Áki, → Vagn
brátt ‘soon’
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bráðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): quick(ly)
frák ‘I have heard’
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1. fregna (verb): hear of
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[7] hann at: at hann Bb
hlœði ‘felled’
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2. hlaða (verb): heap, pile
hug ‘hearted’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage < hugprúðr (adj.): proud
notes
[8] hugprúðum Ármóði ‘the staunch-hearted Ármóðr’: This is presumably Ármóðr of Ǫnundarfjǫrðr who was said to have been positioned opposite Sigurðr kápa: see Context to st. 20, st. 21/6 and Note.
prúðum ‘the staunch’
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prúðr (adj.; °superl. -astr): magnificent, proud < hugprúðr (adj.): proud
notes
[8] hugprúðum Ármóði ‘the staunch-hearted Ármóðr’: This is presumably Ármóðr of Ǫnundarfjǫrðr who was said to have been positioned opposite Sigurðr kápa: see Context to st. 20, st. 21/6 and Note.
Ármóði ‘Ármóðr’
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Ármóðr (noun m.): Ármóðr
notes
[8] hugprúðum Ármóði ‘the staunch-hearted Ármóðr’: This is presumably Ármóðr of Ǫnundarfjǫrðr who was said to have been positioned opposite Sigurðr kápa: see Context to st. 20, st. 21/6 and Note.
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Vagn Ákason unleashes a fierce attack on the troop of Sveinn Hákonarson, who takes to flight. Eiríkr Hákonarson takes up the fight against Vagn, who retreats but nevertheless fights with great valour and kills many of Eiríkr’s men, including Ármóðr, a powerful man and a great champion.
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