Bjbp Jóms 6^I

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[1] …: ‘S(v)[…]gv’(?) RCP, ‘S(v)[…]gvm’(?) RFJ

vér ‘We [I]’

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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our

notes

[1] vér sitja ‘we … sat’: The inf. sitja ‘sat’, lit. ‘to sit, sitting’ (the reading of Finnur Jónsson and af Petersens) would form an acc. with inf. construction with acc. pl. hǫfðingja ‘chieftains’, and would suggest that a verb of hearing or learning in the pret. tense is missing; cf. st. 7/1, 2 frák Harald heyja ‘I have heard that Haraldr fought (lit. ‘I have heard Haraldr to fight)’. Frágu/frágum ‘we have heard’ is accordingly supplied in Jvs 1879, 107, followed by CPB II, 303, Skj B and Skald. The same eds have also supplied the adv. suðr ‘south’ as the first word of l. 1, aptly referring to the location of Jómsborg on the Baltic coast. These editorial conjectures are acceptable metrically: suðr alliterates with sitja in l. 1 and seima ‘of gold’ in l. 2, and the phrase suðr frágu/frágum brings the syllable count in l. 1 up to the required six syllables; the munnvǫrp metre does not require hending in odd lines.

sitja ‘sat’

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sitja (verb): sit

[1] sitja: ‘[…]’ R, sitja RCP, RFJ

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[1] vér sitja ‘we … sat’: The inf. sitja ‘sat’, lit. ‘to sit, sitting’ (the reading of Finnur Jónsson and af Petersens) would form an acc. with inf. construction with acc. pl. hǫfðingja ‘chieftains’, and would suggest that a verb of hearing or learning in the pret. tense is missing; cf. st. 7/1, 2 frák Harald heyja ‘I have heard that Haraldr fought (lit. ‘I have heard Haraldr to fight)’. Frágu/frágum ‘we have heard’ is accordingly supplied in Jvs 1879, 107, followed by CPB II, 303, Skj B and Skald. The same eds have also supplied the adv. suðr ‘south’ as the first word of l. 1, aptly referring to the location of Jómsborg on the Baltic coast. These editorial conjectures are acceptable metrically: suðr alliterates with sitja in l. 1 and seima ‘of gold’ in l. 2, and the phrase suðr frágu/frágum brings the syllable count in l. 1 up to the required six syllables; the munnvǫrp metre does not require hending in odd lines.

seima ‘of gold’

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2. seimr (noun m.; °dat. -i): gold

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[2] Guðr seima ‘Guðr <valkyrie> of gold [WOMAN]’: Guðr/Gunnr is fairly common in woman-kennings (Meissner 406), but in the use of this valkyrie-name, the two thematic elements of the stanza and the poem as a whole, battle and women, are appropriately conjoined. Seima (gen. pl.) is perhaps strictly ‘of gold threads’ (cf. LP: seimr).

Guðr ‘Guðr’

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2. Guðr (noun f.): [Gunnr, Guðr]

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[2] Guðr seima ‘Guðr <valkyrie> of gold [WOMAN]’: Guðr/Gunnr is fairly common in woman-kennings (Meissner 406), but in the use of this valkyrie-name, the two thematic elements of the stanza and the poem as a whole, battle and women, are appropriately conjoined. Seima (gen. pl.) is perhaps strictly ‘of gold threads’ (cf. LP: seimr).

at ‘at’

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3. at (prep.): at, to

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[2] at Jómi ‘at Jómsborg’: ON Jóm or Jómsborg is identified with present-day Wolin, set on an island at the mouth of the Oder on the Baltic coast. See Jvs 1969, 28-51 on Jómsborg and the Jómsvíkingar; also Note to st. 17/4 below.

Jómi ‘Jómsborg’

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Jóm (noun n.): [Wollin, Jómsborg]

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[2] at Jómi ‘at Jómsborg’: ON Jóm or Jómsborg is identified with present-day Wolin, set on an island at the mouth of the Oder on the Baltic coast. See Jvs 1969, 28-51 on Jómsborg and the Jómsvíkingar; also Note to st. 17/4 below.

fǫgr ‘the beautiful’

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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful

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rænir ‘robs’

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ræna (verb): rob

mik ‘me’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

flaumi ‘of happiness’

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flaumr (noun m.; °dat. -): eddy

fimm ‘five’

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fimm (num. cardinal): five

hǫfðingja ‘chieftains’

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hǫfðingi (noun m.; °-ja; -jar): chieftain

snemma ‘once’

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snemma (adv.): early

notes

[4] snemma ‘once’: So also Skj B and LP: snimma 3. The adv. could alternatively be construed with the intercalary clause about the poet’s unhappy experience in love, perhaps with its more common sense ‘early (in the day)’.

Vel ‘fitting’

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vel (adv.): well, very

samir ‘it is very’

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2. sama (verb): befit

víst ‘Certainly’

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1. víss (adj.): wise, certain(ly)

at ‘to’

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

telja ‘recount’

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telja (verb): tell, count

vinnur ‘the deeds’

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1. vinna (noun f.; °-u; -ur): achievement, deed

hreysti ‘of courageous’

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hreysti (noun f.; °-): valour, prowess < hreystimaðr (noun m.): [courageous men]

manna ‘men’

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maðr (noun m.): man, person < hreystimaðr (noun m.): [courageous men]

þar ‘in this case’

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þar (adv.): there

notes

[7, 8] þar er at yrkja ‘in this case it is a matter of composing’: Lit. ‘there it is to compose’, but there is no clear reference to place, and þar frequently refers to abstract circumstances (Fritzner, LP: þar 2).

er ‘it is’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

notes

[7, 8] þar er at yrkja ‘in this case it is a matter of composing’: Lit. ‘there it is to compose’, but there is no clear reference to place, and þar frequently refers to abstract circumstances (Fritzner, LP: þar 2).

of ‘about’

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3. of (prep.): around, from; too

málm ‘of the weapon’

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malmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): metal < malmþing (noun n.): weapon-assembly

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málm ‘of the weapon’

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malmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): metal < malmþing (noun n.): weapon-assembly

kennings

þings ‘assembly’

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þing (noun n.; °-s; -): meeting, assembly < malmþing (noun n.): weapon-assembly

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þings ‘assembly’

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þing (noun n.; °-s; -): meeting, assembly < malmþing (noun n.): weapon-assembly

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meiða ‘poles’

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meiðr (noun m.): beam, tree

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merkiliga ‘notable’

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merkiligr (adj.): notable, stately

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at ‘a matter’

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

notes

[7, 8] þar er at yrkja ‘in this case it is a matter of composing’: Lit. ‘there it is to compose’, but there is no clear reference to place, and þar frequently refers to abstract circumstances (Fritzner, LP: þar 2).

yrkja ‘of composing’

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yrkja (verb): compose

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[7, 8] þar er at yrkja ‘in this case it is a matter of composing’: Lit. ‘there it is to compose’, but there is no clear reference to place, and þar frequently refers to abstract circumstances (Fritzner, LP: þar 2).