ESk Geisl 22VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Geisli 22’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 25.
Drótt ‘The retainers’
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1. drótt (noun f.): troop
þó ‘washed’
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1. þvá (verb): wash
dýran ‘precious’
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dýrr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -str/-astr): precious
sveita ‘blood’
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sveiti (noun m.; °-a): blood
dǫglings ‘prince’
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dǫglingr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, ruler
ríks ‘of the powerful’
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ríkr (adj.): mighty, powerful, rich
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
líki ‘the body’
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líki (noun n.; °-s; dat. -jum): [body]
vôn ‘anticipation’
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ván (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): hope, expectation
gleðr ‘gladdens’
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gleðja (verb): gladden, rejoice
hug ‘the mind’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
hreinu ‘pure’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure
hárs ‘’
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2. hár (noun n.; °-s; -): hair
hans ‘of his’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[4] hans: hárs Bb
batnaðar ‘improvement’
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batnaðr (noun m.): atonement, improvement
vatni ‘water’
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vatn (noun n.; °-s; -*): water, lake
Satts ‘It is true’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
[5] Satts (‘satt er’): so Bb, satt var Flat
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
Sygna ‘of the Sygnir’
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Sygnir (noun m.; °; -ir): the Sygnir
kennings
dróttin* Sygna,‘the lord of the Sygnir, ’
= Óláfr
the lord of the Sygnir, → Óláfr
dróttin* ‘the lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
[5] dróttin*: dróttins Flat, dróttinn Bb
kennings
dróttin* Sygna,‘the lord of the Sygnir, ’
= Óláfr
the lord of the Sygnir, → Óláfr
notes
[5] dróttin* (acc. sg.) ‘the lord’: A slight emendation to Bb’s reading makes better sense than Flat’s dróttins. While it is possible to produce sense from the latter (see Chase 2005, 143 for possible readings), they are strained and involve considerable syntactic fragmentation.
særendr ‘the wounders’
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særandi (noun m.): [wounder, wounders]
kennings
særendr hrings‘the wounders of the ring ’
= GENEROUS MEN
the wounders of the ring → GENEROUS MEN
guði ‘to God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
kæran ‘dear’
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kærr (adj.; °superl. kǽrstr/kǽrastr): dear
hrings ‘of the ring’
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1. hringr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): ring; sword
kennings
særendr hrings‘the wounders of the ring ’
= GENEROUS MEN
the wounders of the ring → GENEROUS MEN
skulu ‘’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
heyra ‘hear’
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2. heyra (verb): hear
drengir ‘men’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior
hans ‘of his’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
brǫgð ‘deeds’
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bragð (noun n.; °-s; *-): action, movement, trick
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
grǫf ‘the grave’
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grǫf (noun f.): grave
lǫgðu ‘laid’
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leggja (verb): put, lay
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Sts 22-4 relate the miracle of a blind man who regains his sight by smearing some of the bloody water used to wash Óláfr’s body on his eyes; for analogues, see Chase 2005, 37-8.
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