Bkrepp Magndr 3II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Bjǫrn krepphendi, Magnússdrápa 3’ 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. 398-9.
Hrafn ‘The raven-’
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hrafn (noun m.; °hrafns; dat. hrafni; hrafnar): raven < hrafngreddir (noun m.): [raven-feeder]
[1] Hrafn‑: Hraun‑ Hr
kennings
Hrafngreddir,‘The raven-feeder, ’
= WARRIOR
The raven-feeder, → WARRIOR
greddir ‘feeder’
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greddir (noun m.): feeder < hrafngreddir (noun m.): [raven-feeder]
[1] ‑greddir: ‘græþir’ 39, ‘giæðir’ H, Hr
kennings
Hrafngreddir,‘The raven-feeder, ’
= WARRIOR
The raven-feeder, → WARRIOR
hlífar ‘protection’
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hlíf (noun f.; °-ar; -ar): shield, defence
[2] hlífar: hlífðar J2ˣ, 42ˣ
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
byggðum ‘the settlements’
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byggð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): dwelling, settlement
þrœnzka ‘the host’
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þrœnzkr (adj.): from Trøndelag
drótt ‘from Trøndelag’
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1. drótt (noun f.): troop
es ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
þótti ‘it seemed’
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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think
markar ‘of the forest’
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2. mǫrk (noun f.; °merkr; merkr): forest
kennings
bǫl markar‘the harm of the forest ’
= FIRE
the harm of the forest → FIRE
bǫl ‘the harm’
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bǫl (noun n.; °-s, dat. bǫlvi): evil
kennings
bǫl markar‘the harm of the forest ’
= FIRE
the harm of the forest → FIRE
sveima ‘was raging’
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sveima (verb): surge
Hygg ‘I believe’
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2. hyggja (verb): think, consider
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
notes
[5, 6] aldri tveggja hersa ‘the lives of two hersar’: These two chieftains were Steigar-Þórir and Egill, who were hanged by Magnús (see Note to st. 2 [All]).
tveggja ‘of two’
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tveir (num. cardinal): two
notes
[5, 6] aldri tveggja hersa ‘the lives of two hersar’: These two chieftains were Steigar-Þórir and Egill, who were hanged by Magnús (see Note to st. 2 [All]).
her ‘the army’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host < herbaldr (noun m.)
kennings
her-Baldr‘the army-Baldr ’
= WARRIOR
the army-Baldr → WARRIOR
Baldr ‘Baldr’
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Baldr (noun m.): [Baldr, Baldur] < herbaldr (noun m.)
kennings
her-Baldr‘the army-Baldr ’
= WARRIOR
the army-Baldr → WARRIOR
lyki ‘ended’
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1. lúka (verb): end, close
[6] lyki: so 39, E, H, Hr, lýkz Kˣ, luki J2ˣ, 42ˣ
aldri ‘the lives’
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aldri (adv.): never
notes
[5, 6] aldri tveggja hersa ‘the lives of two hersar’: These two chieftains were Steigar-Þórir and Egill, who were hanged by Magnús (see Note to st. 2 [All]).
sinn ‘simultaneously’
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2. sinn (noun n.; °?dat. -): time
[7] sinn jór vasa (‘sinn iór vara’): sinn jór E, jór vara underlined and ‘jorsnara’ given in the margin in the same hand J2ˣ, ‘sinn iorsnara’ 42ˣ, ‘synðr or varara’ H, ‘syndur or vara’ Hr
jór ‘the horse’
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jór (noun m.): stallion, steed
[7] sinn jór vasa (‘sinn iór vara’): sinn jór E, jór vara underlined and ‘jorsnara’ given in the margin in the same hand J2ˣ, ‘sinn iorsnara’ 42ˣ, ‘synðr or varara’ H, ‘syndur or vara’ Hr
kennings
jór svôru‘the horse of the troll-woman ’
= WOLF
the horse of the troll-woman → WOLF
vasa ‘was not’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[7] sinn jór vasa (‘sinn iór vara’): sinn jór E, jór vara underlined and ‘jorsnara’ given in the margin in the same hand J2ˣ, ‘sinn iorsnara’ 42ˣ, ‘synðr or varara’ H, ‘syndur or vara’ Hr
svôru ‘of the troll-woman’
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Svára (noun f.): [troll-woman]
kennings
jór svôru‘the horse of the troll-woman ’
= WOLF
the horse of the troll-woman → WOLF
svangr ‘hungry’
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2. svangr (adj.): hungry
ǫrn ‘the eagle’
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1. ǫrn (noun m.; °arnar, dat. erni; ernir, acc. ǫrnu): eagle
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
hanga ‘the hanged ones’
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hangi (noun m.; °-a): hanged one
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Hrafngreddir vann hrædda |
The raven-feeder [WARRIOR], shy of protection, frightened the host from Trøndelag in the settlements, when it seemed to them that the harm of the forest [FIRE] was raging. I believe that the army-Baldr <god> [WARRIOR] ended simultaneously the lives of two hersar; the horse of the troll-woman [WOLF] was not hungry; the eagle flew to the hanged ones.
Magnús punished people in Trøndelag who had been part of the conspiracy against him (in 1094; see st. 2 and Notes).
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