Bǫlv Hardr 4II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Bǫlverkr Arnórsson, Drápa about Haraldr harðráði 4’ 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. 289-90.
Súð ‘The ship’
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súð (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): planking, ship
varð ‘became’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
þars ‘where’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
blés ‘gushed’
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2. blása (verb; °blǽss; blés, blésu; blásinn): blow
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[1] blés blóði ‘blood gushed’: Lit. ‘it gushed with blood’. Blása ‘gush, spout’ is used impersonally with blóði (n. dat. sg.) ‘blood’ as the object.
blóði ‘blood’
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blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood
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[1] blés blóði ‘blood gushed’: Lit. ‘it gushed with blood’. Blása ‘gush, spout’ is used impersonally with blóði (n. dat. sg.) ‘blood’ as the object.
bǫrð ‘bows’
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barð (noun n.): prow, stern (of a ship)
at ‘toward’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
jǫrðu ‘land’
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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304)): ground, earth
vátt ‘you fought’
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1. vega (verb): strike, slay
drengliga ‘valiantly’
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drengliga (adv.; °superl. -ast): [valiantly]
[3] drengliga: drengiliga Hr
dróttinn ‘lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
dreyrafull ‘gore-filled’
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dreyrafullr (adj.): [gore-filled]
við ‘by’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
eyri ‘the sandbank’
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eyrir (noun m.; °eyris, dat. eyri; aurar): ounce, money, property
Vann ‘conquered’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
und ‘’
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3. und (prep.): under, underneath
sik ‘’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
fyr ‘’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
sunnan ‘south’
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sunnan (adv.): (from the) south
Sikiley ‘of Sicily’
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Sikiley (noun f.): [Sicily]
liði ‘host’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
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[6] miklu liði (n. dat. sg.) ‘with a great host’: Skj B connects this phrase with the next cl. (translated as hvor blodet strömmede … ud af mange mænds legemer ‘where blood rushed … out of many men’s bodies’), which complicates the w. o. unnecessarily (see NN §1793B). For the dat. in this expression, see NS §110.b. The image of defeat and slaughter worded as if this were a glorious conquest (‘the sunken corpse conquered sand with a great host [of corpses]’) is clearly meant to be ironic.
miklu ‘with a great’
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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large
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[6] miklu liði (n. dat. sg.) ‘with a great host’: Skj B connects this phrase with the next cl. (translated as hvor blodet strömmede … ud af mange mænds legemer ‘where blood rushed … out of many men’s bodies’), which complicates the w. o. unnecessarily (see NN §1793B). For the dat. in this expression, see NS §110.b. The image of defeat and slaughter worded as if this were a glorious conquest (‘the sunken corpse conquered sand with a great host [of corpses]’) is clearly meant to be ironic.
sand ‘sand’
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sand (noun n.): sand
þars ‘where’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
sveiti ‘blood’
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sveiti (noun m.; °-a): blood
skyndi ‘rushed’
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2. skynda (verb): rush, hasten
sokkit ‘The sunken’
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1. søkkva (verb): sink, strong intrans.
lík ‘corpse’
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1. lík (noun n.; °-s; -): body, shape
of ‘over’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
notes
[8] of skokka ‘over bottom-boards’: Skokkr can mean ‘coffin, shrine’, ‘sheath for a knife’ and ‘bottom-boards’ (see Heggstad, Hødnebø and Simensen 1997: skokkr 1-3). See also sts 5/8 and 8/5 below, Arn Þorfdr 21/8, Kolli Ingdr 4/7, NN §1793 and Lindquist 1928.
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[8] of skokka ‘over bottom-boards’: Skokkr can mean ‘coffin, shrine’, ‘sheath for a knife’ and ‘bottom-boards’ (see Heggstad, Hødnebø and Simensen 1997: skokkr 1-3). See also sts 5/8 and 8/5 below, Arn Þorfdr 21/8, Kolli Ingdr 4/7, NN §1793 and Lindquist 1928.
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Haraldr campaigned in North Africa.
For this campaign, see also ÞjóðA Sex 2-3, Ill Har 4, Sigfús Blöndal 1978, 60-3 and Jesch 2001a, 88-9. — [1] súð ‘the ship’: See Note to Hharð Gamv 2/2.
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