Bkrepp Magndr 1II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Bjǫrn krepphendi, Magnússdrápa 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 396-7.
Vítt ‘far and wide’
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víðr (adj.): far
notes
[1] vítt (adv.) ‘far and wide’: Skj B takes this as an adj. ‘wide’ (n. acc. sg.) modifying Halland (l. 2). That reading is unlikely because the word is used adverbially on numerous occasions in this poem (e.g. sts 2/3, 4/3, 5/3, 8/1, 11/7; see NN §§1148, 2785). — [1, 4] lét Halland farit vítt brandi ‘advanced far and wide in Halland with the sword’: For this meaning of fara, see LP: fara 4. See also st. 11/5-6 below and Sturl Hákfl 3/5-6.
Vítt ‘far and wide’
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víðr (adj.): far
notes
[1] vítt (adv.) ‘far and wide’: Skj B takes this as an adj. ‘wide’ (n. acc. sg.) modifying Halland (l. 2). That reading is unlikely because the word is used adverbially on numerous occasions in this poem (e.g. sts 2/3, 4/3, 5/3, 8/1, 11/7; see NN §§1148, 2785). — [1, 4] lét Halland farit vítt brandi ‘advanced far and wide in Halland with the sword’: For this meaning of fara, see LP: fara 4. See also st. 11/5-6 below and Sturl Hákfl 3/5-6.
lét ‘’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
notes
[1, 4] lét Halland farit vítt brandi ‘advanced far and wide in Halland with the sword’: For this meaning of fara, see LP: fara 4. See also st. 11/5-6 below and Sturl Hákfl 3/5-6.
Vǫrsa ‘of the Vǫrsar’
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Vǫrsar (noun m.; °; -ar/-ir): the Vǫrsar
kennings
Dróttinn Vǫrsa‘The lord of the Vǫrsar ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
The lord of the Vǫrsar → NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
dróttinn ‘The lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
kennings
Dróttinn Vǫrsa‘The lord of the Vǫrsar ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
The lord of the Vǫrsar → NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
varð ‘were’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
skjótt ‘with haste’
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2. skjótr (adj.): quick(ly)
rekinn ‘pursued’
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2. reka (verb): drive, force
flótti ‘the fleeing ones’
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flótti (noun m.): flight, fleeing
hús ‘houses’
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hús (noun n.; °-s; -): house
sveið ‘scorched’
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1. svíða (verb): cause pain, burn
Hǫrða ‘of the Hǫrðar’
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Hǫrðar (noun m.): the Hǫrðar
kennings
ræsir Hǫrða‘the ruler of the Hǫrðar ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
the ruler of the Hǫrðar → NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
ræsir ‘the ruler’
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ræsir (noun m.): ruler
kennings
ræsir Hǫrða‘the ruler of the Hǫrðar ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
the ruler of the Hǫrðar → NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
Hal ‘in Hal’
[4] Hal‑: heldr Hr
notes
[1, 4] lét Halland farit vítt brandi ‘advanced far and wide in Halland with the sword’: For this meaning of fara, see LP: fara 4. See also st. 11/5-6 below and Sturl Hákfl 3/5-6. — [4] Halland: The Kˣ variant Hallands (n. gen. sg.) could qualify hús (n. acc. pl.) ‘houses’ (l. 3) (hús Hallands ‘the houses of Halland’), but the form is not supported by the other ms. witnesses. Halland is a district in the south-west of present-day Sweden (then a part of Denmark).
Hal ‘in Hal’
[4] Hal‑: heldr Hr
notes
[1, 4] lét Halland farit vítt brandi ‘advanced far and wide in Halland with the sword’: For this meaning of fara, see LP: fara 4. See also st. 11/5-6 below and Sturl Hákfl 3/5-6. — [4] Halland: The Kˣ variant Hallands (n. gen. sg.) could qualify hús (n. acc. pl.) ‘houses’ (l. 3) (hús Hallands ‘the houses of Halland’), but the form is not supported by the other ms. witnesses. Halland is a district in the south-west of present-day Sweden (then a part of Denmark).
land ‘land’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land < Halland (noun n.): Halland
[4] ‑land: so all others, ‑lands Kˣ
notes
[1, 4] lét Halland farit vítt brandi ‘advanced far and wide in Halland with the sword’: For this meaning of fara, see LP: fara 4. See also st. 11/5-6 below and Sturl Hákfl 3/5-6. — [4] Halland: The Kˣ variant Hallands (n. gen. sg.) could qualify hús (n. acc. pl.) ‘houses’ (l. 3) (hús Hallands ‘the houses of Halland’), but the form is not supported by the other ms. witnesses. Halland is a district in the south-west of present-day Sweden (then a part of Denmark).
land ‘land’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land < Halland (noun n.): Halland
[4] ‑land: so all others, ‑lands Kˣ
notes
[1, 4] lét Halland farit vítt brandi ‘advanced far and wide in Halland with the sword’: For this meaning of fara, see LP: fara 4. See also st. 11/5-6 below and Sturl Hákfl 3/5-6. — [4] Halland: The Kˣ variant Hallands (n. gen. sg.) could qualify hús (n. acc. pl.) ‘houses’ (l. 3) (hús Hallands ‘the houses of Halland’), but the form is not supported by the other ms. witnesses. Halland is a district in the south-west of present-day Sweden (then a part of Denmark).
notes
[1, 4] lét Halland farit vítt brandi ‘advanced far and wide in Halland with the sword’: For this meaning of fara, see LP: fara 4. See also st. 11/5-6 below and Sturl Hákfl 3/5-6.
brandi ‘with the sword’
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brandr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sword, prow; fire
notes
[1, 4] lét Halland farit vítt brandi ‘advanced far and wide in Halland with the sword’: For this meaning of fara, see LP: fara 4. See also st. 11/5-6 below and Sturl Hákfl 3/5-6.
Brenndi ‘burned’
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3. brenna (verb; (weak, transitive)): to burn (weak, intr.)
buðlungr ‘the lord’
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buðlungr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, prince
kennings
buðlungr Þrœnda‘the lord of the Þrœndir ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
the lord of the Þrœndir → NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
Þrœnda ‘of the Þrœndir’
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Þrœndr (noun m.; °; þrǿndir/þrǿndr): people from Tröndelag
kennings
buðlungr Þrœnda‘the lord of the Þrœndir ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
the lord of the Þrœndir → NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús
blés ‘breathed life’
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2. blása (verb; °blǽss; blés, blésu; blásinn): blow
kastar ‘of the wood pile’
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kǫstr (noun m.; °dat. kesti; kestir, acc. kǫstu): pile
[6] kastar: so E, J2ˣ, H, Hr, Mork, F, rastar Kˣ, 39, kasta 42ˣ
kennings
hel kastar‘the death of the wood pile ’
= FIRE
the death of the wood pile → FIRE
notes
[6] hel kastar ‘the death of the wood pile [FIRE]’: Hel is a synonym for ‘death’, but it is also the name of Hel, the daughter of Loki, who in ON mythology presided over the realm of the dead. It is not clear whether the word should be taken as a pers. n. or as a common noun here.
hel ‘the death’
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1. hel (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -ju): death, Hel, hell
[6] hel fasta: él fasta 39, vel fasta 42ˣ, Hr, hræfasti Mork, F
kennings
hel kastar‘the death of the wood pile ’
= FIRE
the death of the wood pile → FIRE
notes
[6] hel kastar ‘the death of the wood pile [FIRE]’: Hel is a synonym for ‘death’, but it is also the name of Hel, the daughter of Loki, who in ON mythology presided over the realm of the dead. It is not clear whether the word should be taken as a pers. n. or as a common noun here.
fasta ‘into the blaze’
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fasti (noun m.; °; -ar): flame, fire
[6] hel fasta: él fasta 39, vel fasta 42ˣ, Hr, hræfasti Mork, F
viskdœlsk ‘from Viskedal’
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viskdœlskr (adj.): [from Viskedal]
[7] viskdœlsk: ‘viskdǫsk’ E, ‘viskdolg’ 42ˣ, vígdœlsk H, víkdœlsk Hr
notes
[7] viskdœlsk ekkja ‘the widow from Viskedal’: Viskedal is located near the river Viskan in Halland.
ekkja ‘the widow’
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1. ekkja (noun f.; °-u; -ur, gen. ekkna): widow, woman
notes
[7] viskdœlsk ekkja ‘the widow from Viskedal’: Viskedal is located near the river Viskan in Halland.
notes
[8] víðs mǫrg ‘a great many’: Víðs is used adverbially, serving as an intensifier to the adj. mǫrg. Kock (NN §3217) is inclined to treat it as a locative adv. (cf. vítt ‘far and wide’; l. 1), but his argument is not persuasive considering other instances in which víðs occurs as an intensifier to an adj. (see LP: víðr).
mǫrg ‘many’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
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[8] víðs mǫrg ‘a great many’: Víðs is used adverbially, serving as an intensifier to the adj. mǫrg. Kock (NN §3217) is inclined to treat it as a locative adv. (cf. vítt ‘far and wide’; l. 1), but his argument is not persuasive considering other instances in which víðs occurs as an intensifier to an adj. (see LP: víðr).
herǫð ‘herǫð’
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herað (noun n.; °-s; heruð): district
síðan ‘Later’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
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Vítt lét Vǫrsa dróttinn |
The lord of the Vǫrsar [NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús] advanced far and wide in Halland with the sword; the fleeing ones were pursued with haste; the ruler of the Hǫrðar [NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús] scorched houses. Later the lord of the Þrœndir [NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús] burned a great many herǫð; the death of the wood pile [FIRE] breathed life into the blaze; the widow from Viskedal lay awake.
Magnús campaigned in Halland.
The date of this campaign is disputed. Fsk (ÍF 29, 302) gives the year 1093, whereas Hkr (ÍF 28, 212-13) and Mork (Mork 1928-32, 315) place the campaign in 1094-5. There is no other information about the expedition, and we do not know what prompted Magnús to attack this Dan. district. Saxo (2005, II, 13, 1, 2, pp. 86-7) mentions an attack by Magnús on Halland, but this seems to have taken place at a later point in his career.
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