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Bjbp Jóms 40^I

Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa 40’ 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. 994.

Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson Jómsvíkingadrápa

Réð ‘went’

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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide

með ‘with’

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með (prep.): with

notes

[1-2] drengr … með danska dólga ‘the warrior … with the Danish enemies’: The reference is not entirely certain, but since Vagn is named in l. 5 and is the subject of st. 39, it is most likely to be Vagn with his Danish allies, who are enemies of the Norwegians.

danska ‘the Danish’

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danskr (adj.): Danish

notes

[1-2] drengr … með danska dólga ‘the warrior … with the Danish enemies’: The reference is not entirely certain, but since Vagn is named in l. 5 and is the subject of st. 39, it is most likely to be Vagn with his Danish allies, who are enemies of the Norwegians.

dólga ‘enemies’

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dolgr (noun m.; °dat. -; -ar): enemy, battle

[1] dólga: ‘d(o)lga’(?) R, dólga 65ˣ, ‘d(ol)ga’(?) RCP, ‘d[…]lga’ RFJ

notes

[1-2] drengr … með danska dólga ‘the warrior … with the Danish enemies’: The reference is not entirely certain, but since Vagn is named in l. 5 and is the subject of st. 39, it is most likely to be Vagn with his Danish allies, who are enemies of the Norwegians.

drengr ‘The warrior’

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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior

notes

[1-2] drengr … með danska dólga ‘the warrior … with the Danish enemies’: The reference is not entirely certain, but since Vagn is named in l. 5 and is the subject of st. 39, it is most likely to be Vagn with his Danish allies, who are enemies of the Norwegians.

á ‘ashore’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

land ‘’

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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land

at ‘’

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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)

ganga ‘’

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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go

roðin ‘were reddened’

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rjóða (verb): to redden

frák ‘I have heard’

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1. fregna (verb): hear of

dǫrr ‘spears’

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dǫrr (noun m.): spear

í ‘with’

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í (prep.): in, into

dreyra ‘blood’

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dreyri (noun m.; °-a): blood

dauðr ‘dead’

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2. dauðr (adj.): dead

lá ‘lay’

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liggja (verb): lie

herr ‘the army’

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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host

á ‘on’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

skeiðum ‘warships’

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1. skeið (noun f.; °-ar; -r/-ar/-ir): ship

Vagn ‘Vagn’

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2. Vagn (noun m.): [Vagn, with Vagn]

kvað ‘said’

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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet

eigi ‘it was not’

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3. eigi (adv.): not

ýtum ‘for men’

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ýtr (noun m.): man; launcher

undan ‘in retreat’

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undan (adv.): away, away from

ráð ‘a good plan’

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ráð (noun n.; °-s; -): advice, plan, control, power

at ‘to’

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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)

skynda ‘hasten’

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2. skynda (verb): rush, hasten

saman ‘together’

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saman (adv.): together

gerðu ‘sat’

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1. gera (verb): do, make

[7, 8] gerðu þeir sitja sáttir á einni nóttu: ‘[…]’ R, ‘(gorþv þeir s)[…] (sat a ein)[…]’(?) RCP, ‘(gorþv þeir sitia sattir aeinni nottv)’(?) RFJ

notes

[7] gerðu sitja ‘sat’: Gerðu, lit. ‘did, made’, is a pleonastic auxiliary here.

þeir ‘they’

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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...

[7, 8] gerðu þeir sitja sáttir á einni nóttu: ‘[…]’ R, ‘(gorþv þeir s)[…] (sat a ein)[…]’(?) RCP, ‘(gorþv þeir sitia sattir aeinni nottv)’(?) RFJ

sitja ‘’

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sitja (verb): sit

[7, 8] gerðu þeir sitja sáttir á einni nóttu: ‘[…]’ R, ‘(gorþv þeir s)[…] (sat a ein)[…]’(?) RCP, ‘(gorþv þeir sitia sattir aeinni nottv)’(?) RFJ

notes

[7] gerðu sitja ‘sat’: Gerðu, lit. ‘did, made’, is a pleonastic auxiliary here.

sáttir ‘having made a settlement’

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sáttr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): reconciled, at peace

[7, 8] gerðu þeir sitja sáttir á einni nóttu: ‘[…]’ R, ‘(gorþv þeir s)[…] (sat a ein)[…]’(?) RCP, ‘(gorþv þeir sitia sattir aeinni nottv)’(?) RFJ

á ‘for’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

[7, 8] gerðu þeir sitja sáttir á einni nóttu: ‘[…]’ R, ‘(gorþv þeir s)[…] (sat a ein)[…]’(?) RCP, ‘(gorþv þeir sitia sattir aeinni nottv)’(?) RFJ

einni ‘one’

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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone

[7, 8] gerðu þeir sitja sáttir á einni nóttu: ‘[…]’ R, ‘(gorþv þeir s)[…] (sat a ein)[…]’(?) RCP, ‘(gorþv þeir sitia sattir aeinni nottv)’(?) RFJ

nóttu ‘night’

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nátt (noun f.; °náttar/nǽtr, dat. -/-u; nǽtr): night

[7, 8] gerðu þeir sitja sáttir á einni nóttu: ‘[…]’ R, ‘(gorþv þeir s)[…] (sat a ein)[…]’(?) RCP, ‘(gorþv þeir sitia sattir aeinni nottv)’(?) RFJ

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[7-8]: The fully legible text of the poem in R (and the text in 65ˣ) ends at saman ‘together’. Fms 11 and Skj B print the text shown above, which is based on their (albeit tentative) reading of the R text and which provides good sense and metre. Af Petersens (Jvs 1879) tentatively reads some of the same in his diplomatic text (= RCP), but in his normalised text leaves a blank after þeir s.

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