Bjbp Jóms 45I
Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa 45’ 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. 998.
Þá ‘Then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
gekk ‘proceeded’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
kennings
ǫrlyndr Ullr þrymu randa‘the brave Ullr of the thunder of shields ’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
the thunder of shields → BATTLE
the brave Ullr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Vagn
notes
[1] Ullr: This god’s name has been used in a similar kenning for Vagn in st. 43/7. — [3] menn ‘men’: As frequently in ON, it is impossible to know whether the sense is ‘men’ or ‘people’ here.
kennings
ǫrlyndr Ullr þrymu randa‘the brave Ullr of the thunder of shields ’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
the thunder of shields → BATTLE
the brave Ullr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Vagn
notes
[1] Ullr: This god’s name has been used in a similar kenning for Vagn in st. 43/7. — [3] menn ‘men’: As frequently in ON, it is impossible to know whether the sense is ‘men’ or ‘people’ here.
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
eiga ‘marry’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
ǫrlyndr ‘the brave’
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ǫrlyndr (adj.): liberal-minded
kennings
ǫrlyndr Ullr þrymu randa‘the brave Ullr of the thunder of shields ’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
the thunder of shields → BATTLE
the brave Ullr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Vagn
þrymu ‘of the thunder’
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þryma (noun f.): [thunder]
kennings
ǫrlyndr Ullr þrymu randa‘the brave Ullr of the thunder of shields ’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
the thunder of shields → BATTLE
the brave Ullr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Vagn
þrymu ‘of the thunder’
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þryma (noun f.): [thunder]
kennings
ǫrlyndr Ullr þrymu randa‘the brave Ullr of the thunder of shields ’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
the thunder of shields → BATTLE
the brave Ullr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Vagn
randa ‘of shields’
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rǫnd (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; rendr/randir): shield, shield-rim
[2] randa: landa 54, Bb
kennings
ǫrlyndr Ullr þrymu randa‘the brave Ullr of the thunder of shields ’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
the thunder of shields → BATTLE
the brave Ullr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Vagn
randa ‘of shields’
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rǫnd (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; rendr/randir): shield, shield-rim
[2] randa: landa 54, Bb
kennings
ǫrlyndr Ullr þrymu randa‘the brave Ullr of the thunder of shields ’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
the thunder of shields → BATTLE
the brave Ullr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Vagn
menn ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
notes
[3] menn ‘men’: As frequently in ON, it is impossible to know whether the sense is ‘men’ or ‘people’ here.
mæta ‘the splendid’
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mætr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): honoured, respected
margir ‘many’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
Ingibjǫrgu ‘Ingibjǫrg’
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Ingibjǫrg (noun f.): Ingibjǫrg
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The Norwegian army separates: Hákon jarl goes north to Þrándheimr (Trøndelag) and is unhappy that Eiríkr has granted quarter to Vagn; Eiríkr goes to Upplǫnd (Opplandene) and then east to Vík (Viken). Vagn accompanies Eiríkr and is married to Ingibjǫrg, Þorkell leira’s daughter.
On the text of sts 41-5, see Note to st. 41 [All]. — There is clearly some narrative content missing here at the end of the poem. Apart from the fact that this and st. 44 are only single helmingar, the narrative ends very abruptly and there is no close to the poem in the skald’s voice to match the leisurely opening.
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