Bjbp Jóms 42I
Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa 42’ 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. 995.
Ok ‘And’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
kennings
fálu fjǫrnis,‘the giantess of the helmet, ’
= AXE
the giantess of the helmet, → AXE
fálu ‘the giantess’
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fála (noun f.): troll-woman, giantess
kennings
fálu fjǫrnis,‘the giantess of the helmet, ’
= AXE
the giantess of the helmet, → AXE
notes
[2] Þorketill ‘Þorkell’: The uncontracted form of the pers. n. works metrically; the contracted form Þorkel(l) is used in Bb, where the additional adv. þá ‘then’ completes the required count of six syllables, and in 54, which is metrically deficient.
leira ‘leira (‘Clay’)’
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leira (noun f.; °-u; -ur): clay, mud-flats
þá ‘when’
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2. þá (adv.): then
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
men ‘the neck-ring’
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2. men (noun n.; °; dat. menjum): neck-ring < menbroti (noun m.): necklace-breaker
kennings
menbroti‘the neck-ring-breaker ’
= GENEROUS MAN = Vagn
the neck-ring-breaker → GENEROUS MAN = Vagn
broti ‘breaker’
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broti (noun m.; °-a; -ar): breaker < menbroti (noun m.): necklace-breaker
kennings
menbroti‘the neck-ring-breaker ’
= GENEROUS MAN = Vagn
the neck-ring-breaker → GENEROUS MAN = Vagn
man ‘a love’
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man (noun n.): girl < mansǫngr (noun m.): [a love-song]
[4] man‑: ‘[…]’ 54
notes
[4] mansǫng ‘a love-song’: This is an important attestation of the generic term for the kind of love-poetry whose composition and circulation was banned in Iceland according to Grágás (Grg Ib, 184). The term also occurs in Anon Mhkv 20/3III and is one of the important features shared by the two poems (see Introduction). For discussion of the term and genre, see Marold (2007).
sǫng ‘song’
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sǫngr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -vi/-; -var): song < mansǫngr (noun m.): [a love-song]
notes
[4] mansǫng ‘a love-song’: This is an important attestation of the generic term for the kind of love-poetry whose composition and circulation was banned in Iceland according to Grágás (Grg Ib, 184). The term also occurs in Anon Mhkv 20/3III and is one of the important features shared by the two poems (see Introduction). For discussion of the term and genre, see Marold (2007).
Gná ‘the Gná’
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Gná (noun f.): Gná
kennings
Gná hringa.‘the Gná of rings. ’
= WOMAN = Ingibjǫrg
the Gná of rings. → WOMAN = Ingibjǫrg
notes
[4] Gná hringa ‘the Gná <goddess> of rings [WOMAN = Ingibjǫrg]’: Daughter of Þorkell leira; see Note to st. 14/5.
hringa ‘of rings’
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1. hringr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): ring; sword
kennings
Gná hringa.‘the Gná of rings. ’
= WOMAN = Ingibjǫrg
the Gná of rings. → WOMAN = Ingibjǫrg
notes
[4] Gná hringa ‘the Gná <goddess> of rings [WOMAN = Ingibjǫrg]’: Daughter of Þorkell leira; see Note to st. 14/5.
Gerðisk ‘made’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
hann ‘He’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
hǫggva ‘strike’
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hǫggva (verb): to strike, put to death, cut, hew
hauk ‘the hawk’
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1. haukr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): hawk < hauklyndr (adj.): hawk-tempered
kennings
hauklyndan son Áka;‘the hawk-tempered son of Áki; ’
= Vagn
the hawk-tempered son of Áki; → Vagn
notes
[6] hauklyndan ‘hawk-tempered’: Used of Vagn also in st. 8/8, and see Note.
lyndan ‘tempered’
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lyndr (adj.; °superl. -astr): minded < hauklyndr (adj.): hawk-tempered
[6] ‑lyndan: ‑lundan 54, Bb
kennings
hauklyndan son Áka;‘the hawk-tempered son of Áki; ’
= Vagn
the hawk-tempered son of Áki; → Vagn
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[6] hauklyndan ‘hawk-tempered’: Used of Vagn also in st. 8/8, and see Note.
son ‘son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
kennings
hauklyndan son Áka;‘the hawk-tempered son of Áki; ’
= Vagn
the hawk-tempered son of Áki; → Vagn
kennings
hauklyndan son Áka;‘the hawk-tempered son of Áki; ’
= Vagn
the hawk-tempered son of Áki; → Vagn
Vagn ‘Vagn’
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2. Vagn (noun m.): [Vagn, with Vagn]
gat ‘managed’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
heldr ‘instead’
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heldr (adv.): rather
at ‘to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
hánum ‘him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
heipt ‘strife’
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heift (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): hatred, enmity < heiftǫrr (noun f.)
[8] heiptǫrr: heiptar Bb
vegit ‘slay’
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1. vega (verb): strike, slay
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Ok með fjǫrnis fálu |
And Þorkell leira (‘Clay’) advanced with the giantess of the helmet [AXE], when the neck-ring-breaker [GENEROUS MAN = Vagn] spoke a love-song about the Gná <goddess> of rings [WOMAN = Ingibjǫrg]. He [Þorkell] made to strike the hawk-tempered son of Áki [= Vagn]; strife-keen Vagn managed instead to slay him first.
Þorkell leira is displeased when Sigurðr, the handsome and bold natural son of Búi, is granted his life by Eiríkr jarl. He states that Vagn Ákason will not come away alive and charges at him with his axe but is tripped by Bjǫrn inn brezki ‘the British’. Vagn gets hold of Þorkell’s axe and strikes Þorkell a death-blow.
On the text of sts 41-5, see Note to st. 41 [All]. — The verse-form fjórðungalok ‘couplets’ closure’ is used here (cf. Note to st. 2 [All]), though the clause in ll. 3-4 is subordinate to ll. 1-2.
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