Bjbp Jóms 39I
Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa 39’ 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. 993.
Upp ‘’
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upp (adv.): up
stóðu ‘remained standing’
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standa (verb): stand
þar ‘there’
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þar (adv.): there
eptir ‘afterwards’
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eptir (prep.): after, behind
ungra ‘young’
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ungr (adj.): young
snyrti ‘fine’
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snyrti- ((prefix)): [fine, Splendid] < snyrtidrengr (noun m.)
notes
[2] snyrtidrengja (gen. pl.) ‘fine ... warriors’: Cf. snyrtimenn ‘fine men’ in st. 16/1, and Note, and on drengr, see Note to st. 3/1.
drengja ‘warriors’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior < snyrtidrengr (noun m.)
notes
[2] snyrtidrengja (gen. pl.) ‘fine ... warriors’: Cf. snyrtimenn ‘fine men’ in st. 16/1, and Note, and on drengr, see Note to st. 3/1.
sveit ‘troop’
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sveit (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): host, company
fylgði ‘supported’
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2. fylgja (verb): follow, accompany
vel ‘well’
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vel (adv.): well, very
Vagni ‘Vagn’
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2. Vagn (noun m.): [Vagn, with Vagn]
væn ‘the promising’
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vænn (adj.): beautiful, expected
þrír ‘Thirty’
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þrír (num. cardinal): three
einir ‘alone’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
[4] einir: ‘[…]’ R, einar 65ˣ, ‘ein(er)’(?) RCP, ‘(einir)’(?) RFJ
Alls ‘at all’
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allr (adj.): all
notes
[5-6, 8] frák alls enga aðra jafnmarga ... drengmenn ‘not at all have I heard of another such number of ... fighting-men’: Lit. ‘I have heard of no other equally many fighting men at all’. The stanza emphasises both how few warriors remained to fight (einir ‘alone, only’, l. 4) and how many the brave ones were (jafnmarga ‘equally many’, l. 6). In Skj B, Finnur Jónsson responds to the seeming contradiction by translating ligeså mange (= få) helte ‘equally many (= few) heroes’. On dreng-, see again Note to st. 3/1.
enga ‘Not’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
notes
[5-6, 8] frák alls enga aðra jafnmarga ... drengmenn ‘not at all have I heard of another such number of ... fighting-men’: Lit. ‘I have heard of no other equally many fighting men at all’. The stanza emphasises both how few warriors remained to fight (einir ‘alone, only’, l. 4) and how many the brave ones were (jafnmarga ‘equally many’, l. 6). In Skj B, Finnur Jónsson responds to the seeming contradiction by translating ligeså mange (= få) helte ‘equally many (= few) heroes’. On dreng-, see again Note to st. 3/1.
frák ‘have I heard’
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1. fregna (verb): hear of
notes
[5-6, 8] frák alls enga aðra jafnmarga ... drengmenn ‘not at all have I heard of another such number of ... fighting-men’: Lit. ‘I have heard of no other equally many fighting men at all’. The stanza emphasises both how few warriors remained to fight (einir ‘alone, only’, l. 4) and how many the brave ones were (jafnmarga ‘equally many’, l. 6). In Skj B, Finnur Jónsson responds to the seeming contradiction by translating ligeså mange (= få) helte ‘equally many (= few) heroes’. On dreng-, see again Note to st. 3/1.
aðra ‘of another’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
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[5-6, 8] frák alls enga aðra jafnmarga ... drengmenn ‘not at all have I heard of another such number of ... fighting-men’: Lit. ‘I have heard of no other equally many fighting men at all’. The stanza emphasises both how few warriors remained to fight (einir ‘alone, only’, l. 4) and how many the brave ones were (jafnmarga ‘equally many’, l. 6). In Skj B, Finnur Jónsson responds to the seeming contradiction by translating ligeså mange (= få) helte ‘equally many (= few) heroes’. On dreng-, see again Note to st. 3/1.
jafn ‘such’
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jafn (adj.; °comp. -ari, superl. -astr): even, just < jafnmargr (adj.): equal size
notes
[5-6, 8] frák alls enga aðra jafnmarga ... drengmenn ‘not at all have I heard of another such number of ... fighting-men’: Lit. ‘I have heard of no other equally many fighting men at all’. The stanza emphasises both how few warriors remained to fight (einir ‘alone, only’, l. 4) and how many the brave ones were (jafnmarga ‘equally many’, l. 6). In Skj B, Finnur Jónsson responds to the seeming contradiction by translating ligeså mange (= få) helte ‘equally many (= few) heroes’. On dreng-, see again Note to st. 3/1.
marga ‘number’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many < jafnmargr (adj.): equal size
notes
[5-6, 8] frák alls enga aðra jafnmarga ... drengmenn ‘not at all have I heard of another such number of ... fighting-men’: Lit. ‘I have heard of no other equally many fighting men at all’. The stanza emphasises both how few warriors remained to fight (einir ‘alone, only’, l. 4) and how many the brave ones were (jafnmarga ‘equally many’, l. 6). In Skj B, Finnur Jónsson responds to the seeming contradiction by translating ligeså mange (= få) helte ‘equally many (= few) heroes’. On dreng-, see again Note to st. 3/1.
svá ‘thus’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
burgusk ‘defending themselves’
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1. bjarga (verb; °bergr (biærgr Alk619 77⁹; biargr ÓH619 119¹); barg, burgu; borginn): to save, preserve
áðr ‘before’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
létti ‘let up’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
dyn ‘the roar’
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dynr (noun m.; °dat. -; -ir): din
kennings
dyn darra‘the roar of spears ’
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the roar of spears → BATTLE
darra ‘of spears’
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darr (noun n.; °; *-um): spear
kennings
dyn darra‘the roar of spears ’
= BATTLE
the roar of spears → BATTLE
dreng ‘fighting’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior < drengmaðr (noun m.): good man
notes
[5-6, 8] frák alls enga aðra jafnmarga ... drengmenn ‘not at all have I heard of another such number of ... fighting-men’: Lit. ‘I have heard of no other equally many fighting men at all’. The stanza emphasises both how few warriors remained to fight (einir ‘alone, only’, l. 4) and how many the brave ones were (jafnmarga ‘equally many’, l. 6). In Skj B, Finnur Jónsson responds to the seeming contradiction by translating ligeså mange (= få) helte ‘equally many (= few) heroes’. On dreng-, see again Note to st. 3/1.
menn ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person < drengmaðr (noun m.): good man
notes
[5-6, 8] frák alls enga aðra jafnmarga ... drengmenn ‘not at all have I heard of another such number of ... fighting-men’: Lit. ‘I have heard of no other equally many fighting men at all’. The stanza emphasises both how few warriors remained to fight (einir ‘alone, only’, l. 4) and how many the brave ones were (jafnmarga ‘equally many’, l. 6). In Skj B, Finnur Jónsson responds to the seeming contradiction by translating ligeså mange (= få) helte ‘equally many (= few) heroes’. On dreng-, see again Note to st. 3/1.
hugum ‘spirited’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage
stranga ‘of strong’
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strangr (adj.): strong
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