Bjbp Jóms 31I
Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa 31’ 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. 986.
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
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
[1] mér allri: abbrev. as ‘m. a.’ R
ylgr ‘the she-wolf’
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ylgr (noun f.; °acc. -i): she-wolf
gekk ‘stepped’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
ná ‘corpse’
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nár (noun m.; °-s; -ir): corpse
bólginn ‘the swollen’
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bolginn (adj.): [swollen]
þar ‘there’
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þar (adv.): there
stóð ‘stood’
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standa (verb): stand
úlfr ‘the wolf’
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1. ulfr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): wolf
í ‘on’
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í (prep.): in, into
átu ‘the food’
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áta (noun f.; °-u; -ur): food
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
Góð ‘The good’
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góðr (adj.): good
ætt ‘kinswoman’
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1. ætt (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): family
of ‘’
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4. of (particle): (before verb)
kemr ‘brings’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
grimmu ‘cruel’
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grimmr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): fierce
gein ‘gaped’
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1. gína (verb): gape
vargr ‘a wolf’
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vargr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): wolf
of ‘over’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
sal ‘the hall’
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1. salr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; dat. sǫlum): hall
kennings
sal mergjar;‘the hall of marrow; ’
= BONE
the hall of marrow; → BONE
notes
[6] sal mergjar ‘the hall of marrow [BONE]’: This kenning for ‘bone’ is unusual, but the same collocation is found in Anon Mfl 1/1, 4III, and cf. Sturl Hákkv 31/4II himinn mergs ‘heaven of marrow [ARM]’; also Sturl Frag 2/4III. As an i-stem noun, mergr historically has gen. sg. in -jar, but ‑s also occurs (cf. Finnur Jónsson 1901, 45; ANG §389 Anm. 1).
mergjar ‘of marrow’
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mergr (noun m.; °-jar; dat. -jum): marrow
kennings
sal mergjar;‘the hall of marrow; ’
= BONE
the hall of marrow; → BONE
notes
[6] sal mergjar ‘the hall of marrow [BONE]’: This kenning for ‘bone’ is unusual, but the same collocation is found in Anon Mfl 1/1, 4III, and cf. Sturl Hákkv 31/4II himinn mergs ‘heaven of marrow [ARM]’; also Sturl Frag 2/4III. As an i-stem noun, mergr historically has gen. sg. in -jar, but ‑s also occurs (cf. Finnur Jónsson 1901, 45; ANG §389 Anm. 1).
gráðr ‘the greed’
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gráðr (noun m.; °dat. -): greed, hunger
þvarr ‘diminished’
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1. þverra (verb): diminish
gylðis ‘of the wolf’
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gylðir (noun m.): wolf
kennings
jóða gylðis‘of the progeny of the wolf ’
= WOLVES
the progeny of the wolf → WOLVES
jóða ‘of the progeny’
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jóð (noun n.): child, offspring
kennings
jóða gylðis‘of the progeny of the wolf ’
= WOLVES
the progeny of the wolf → WOLVES
gœðings ‘of a chieftain’
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gœðingr (noun m.): chieftain
[8] gœðings at mér stríði: abbrev. as ‘gæþ. a. m. stri’ R
at ‘upon’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
[8] gœðings at mér stríði: abbrev. as ‘gæþ. a. m. stri’ R
mér ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
[8] gœðings at mér stríði: abbrev. as ‘gæþ. a. m. stri’ R
stríði ‘torment’
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2. stríð (noun n.; °-s; -): affliction
[8] gœðings at mér stríði: abbrev. as ‘gæþ. a. m. stri’ R
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Lines 1, 4, 5 and 8 form the fifth appearance of the stef ‘refrain’; see Introduction. Some words are abbreviated in the ms. The gruesome, if conventional, images of wolves gorging on the slain in the inner lines (ll. 2-3, 6-7) contrast with the stef lines lamenting the poet’s unhappiness in love.
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