Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa 43

Emily Lethbridge

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Bjbp Jóms 43^I

Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa 43’ 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. 996.

Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson Jómsvíkingadrápa

42 43 44

kennings

Hyggjugegn hreytir hringa
‘The thought-steady scatterer of rings ’
= GENEROUS MAN = Eiríkr
The thought-steady scatterer of rings → GENEROUS MAN = Eiríkr

hreytir ‘scatterer’

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hreytir (noun m.): flinger

kennings

Hyggjugegn hreytir hringa
‘The thought-steady scatterer of rings ’
= GENEROUS MAN = Eiríkr
The thought-steady scatterer of rings → GENEROUS MAN = Eiríkr

hyggju ‘The thought’

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1. hyggja (noun f.; °-u; -ur): thought, mind < hyggjugegn (adj.)

kennings

Hyggjugegn hreytir hringa
‘The thought-steady scatterer of rings ’
= GENEROUS MAN = Eiríkr
The thought-steady scatterer of rings → GENEROUS MAN = Eiríkr

gegn ‘steady’

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1. gegn (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. -astr/-str): reliable < hyggjugegn (adj.)

kennings

Hyggjugegn hreytir hringa
‘The thought-steady scatterer of rings ’
= GENEROUS MAN = Eiríkr
The thought-steady scatterer of rings → GENEROUS MAN = Eiríkr

at ‘to’

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3. at (prep.): at, to

Vagni ‘Vagn’

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

él ‘of the storm’

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él (noun n.; °; dat. -um): storm < élsvellandi (noun m.)

kennings

‘Yggjar élsvellandi,
‘storm-sweller of Yggr’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
the storm of Yggr, → BATTLE
‘Sweller of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Vagn

él ‘of the storm’

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él (noun n.; °; dat. -um): storm < élsvellandi (noun m.)

kennings

‘Yggjar élsvellandi,
‘storm-sweller of Yggr’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
the storm of Yggr, → BATTLE
‘Sweller of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Vagn

svellandi ‘Sweller’

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svellandi (noun m.): [Sweller] < élsvellandi (noun m.)

kennings

‘Yggjar élsvellandi,
‘storm-sweller of Yggr’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
the storm of Yggr, → BATTLE
‘Sweller of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Vagn

yðvart ‘your’

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yðvarr (pron.; °f. yður; pl. yðrir): your

Yggjar ‘of Yggr’

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1. Yggr (noun m.): Yggr

kennings

‘Yggjar élsvellandi,
‘storm-sweller of Yggr’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
the storm of Yggr, → BATTLE
‘Sweller of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Vagn

Yggjar ‘of Yggr’

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1. Yggr (noun m.): Yggr

kennings

‘Yggjar élsvellandi,
‘storm-sweller of Yggr’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
the storm of Yggr, → BATTLE
‘Sweller of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Vagn

líf ‘life’

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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life

of ‘’

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4. of (particle): (before verb)

[4] of: af 54, at Bb

þiggja ‘accept’

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þiggja (verb): receive, get

Eigi ‘not’

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3. eigi (adv.): not

munk ‘I shall’

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munu (verb): will, must

nema ‘unless’

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2. nema (conj.): unless

[5] nema efnak (‘nema ek efna’): so 54, Bb, nema efna 61, 53

efnak ‘I fulfil’

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2. efna (verb; °-fnd-): fulfil

[5] nema efnak (‘nema ek efna’): so 54, Bb, nema efna 61, 53

ungr ‘the young’

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ungr (adj.): young

kennings

ungr Ullr egghríðar
‘the young Ullr of the blade-storm ’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
the blade-storm → BATTLE
the young Ullr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Vagn

notes

[6] ungr ‘young’: Following Skj B and Ólafur Halldórsson (2000), the adj. is taken here as qualifying the warrior-kenning with the base-word Ullr which is the subject of the intercalary clause. A simpler word order is produced if it is taken with þat er nam strengja, hence ‘that I swore when young’ in Vagn’s response to Eiríkr (so Fms 12; also Kock in NN §3141 and Skald).

þat ‘that’

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1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

[6] þat er: þat 53

er ‘’

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2. er (conj.): who, which, when

[6] þat er: þat 53

heit ‘the vow’

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heit (noun n.; °; -): promise

notes

[6] heit ‘the vow’: This is the vow that Vagn swore at the feast back in Denmark, concerning the Norwegian Þorkell leira’s daughter, Ingibjǫrg; see st. 14/5, 6, 8 and Note to st. 14/5.

nam ‘I’

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1. nema (verb): to take

notes

[6] nam strengja ‘I made’: Another pleonastic use of nam (cf. Note to st. 37/1). Nam, though lacking enclitic -k here, is 1st pers. sg.

strengja ‘made’

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strengja (verb): [test, made]

notes

[6] nam strengja ‘I made’: Another pleonastic use of nam (cf. Note to st. 37/1). Nam, though lacking enclitic -k here, is 1st pers. sg.

svá ‘thus’

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svá (adv.): so, thus

[7] svá: ‘[...]va’ 54

kvað ‘spoke’

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

Ullr ‘Ullr’

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Ullr (noun m.): Ullr

kennings

ungr Ullr egghríðar
‘the young Ullr of the blade-storm ’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
the blade-storm → BATTLE
the young Ullr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Vagn

at ‘to’

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3. at (prep.): at, to

[7] at: af Bb

jarli ‘the jarl’

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jarl (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): poet, earl

egg ‘of the blade’

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1. egg (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -ju/-): edge, blade < egghríð (noun f.): edge-storm

[8] egg‑: elg‑ Bb

kennings

ungr Ullr egghríðar
‘the young Ullr of the blade-storm ’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
the blade-storm → BATTLE
the young Ullr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Vagn

egg ‘of the blade’

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1. egg (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -ju/-): edge, blade < egghríð (noun f.): edge-storm

[8] egg‑: elg‑ Bb

kennings

ungr Ullr egghríðar
‘the young Ullr of the blade-storm ’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
the blade-storm → BATTLE
the young Ullr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Vagn

hríðar ‘storm’

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hríð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): time, storm < egghríð (noun f.): edge-storm

[8] ‑hríðar: so all others, ‑hrið 61

kennings

ungr Ullr egghríðar
‘the young Ullr of the blade-storm ’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
the blade-storm → BATTLE
the young Ullr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Vagn

hríðar ‘storm’

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hríð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): time, storm < egghríð (noun f.): edge-storm

[8] ‑hríðar: so all others, ‑hrið 61

kennings

ungr Ullr egghríðar
‘the young Ullr of the blade-storm ’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
the blade-storm → BATTLE
the young Ullr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Vagn

fjǫr ‘life’

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fjǫr (noun n.): life

þiggja ‘accept’

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þiggja (verb): receive, get

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Eiríkr asks Vagn if he will accept a truce; Vagn replies that he will if he can fulfil his oath (see Note to l. 6 heit below).

On the text of sts 41-5, see Note to st. 41 [All]. The novelty in this stanza is the use of direct speech, which is rare in early skaldic poetry (see Fidjestøl 1993c) and not found elsewhere in Jóms, though it is common in later poetry, for instance much of the Christian poetry in SkP VII.

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Bjbp Jóms 43I

Vilt ‘will you’

kvað ‘said’

hringa ‘of rings’

kennings

hreytir ‘scatterer’

kennings

hyggju ‘The thought’

kennings

gegn ‘steady’

kennings

at ‘to’

Vagni ‘Vagn’

él ‘of the storm’

kennings

él ‘of the storm’

kennings

svellandi ‘Sweller’

kennings

yðvart ‘your’

Yggjar ‘of Yggr’

kennings

Yggjar ‘of Yggr’

kennings

líf ‘life’

of ‘’

þiggja ‘accept’

Eigi ‘not’

munk ‘I shall’

nema ‘unless’

efnak ‘I fulfil’

ungr ‘the young’

kennings

notes

þat ‘that’

er ‘’

heit ‘the vow’

notes

nam ‘I’

notes

strengja ‘made’

notes

svá ‘thus’

kvað ‘spoke’

Ullr ‘Ullr’

kennings

at ‘to’

jarli ‘the jarl’

egg ‘of the blade’

kennings

egg ‘of the blade’

kennings

hríðar ‘storm’

kennings

hríðar ‘storm’

kennings

fjǫr ‘life’

þiggja ‘accept’

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