ESk Geisl 26VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Geisli 26’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 27-8.
Mál ‘speech’
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1. mál (noun n.; °-s; -): speech, matter
notes
[1] fekk maðr mál ‘a man gained speech’: Cf. st. 24/1 Sjón fekk seggr.
fekk ‘gained’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
notes
[1] fekk maðr mál ‘a man gained speech’: Cf. st. 24/1 Sjón fekk seggr.
maðr ‘a man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
notes
[1] fekk maðr mál ‘a man gained speech’: Cf. st. 24/1 Sjón fekk seggr.
hvílir ‘rests’
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2. hvíla (verb): rest
marg ‘the very’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many < margfríðr (adj.)
fríðr ‘beautiful’
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fríðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): beautiful, fair < margfríðr (adj.)
jǫfurr ‘king’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
síðan ‘Then’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
áðr ‘earlier’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
notes
[3-4]: There are two possible readings of these ll., one following Flat and the other Bb. Following Flat: maðr, sás afskurðr hlýru orða hafði áðr farit (as in translation above), the reading requires one to assume a r : ð rhyme (cf. Kuhn 1983, 79). Following Bb: maðr, sás áðr hafði farit afskýfðr hlýðu orða ‘the man who earlier had gone deprived of the shipboard of words [TONGUE]’. The rhyme here is acceptable (áðr : hlýðu) and hlýða ‘ship’s planking’ is the difficilior lectio (for this reading, see Skald and NN §2536). Einarr uses a similarly nautical tongue-kenning, r óðar ‘oar of poetry’, in 40/7-8.
sá ‘’
notes
[3-4]: There are two possible readings of these ll., one following Flat and the other Bb. Following Flat: maðr, sás afskurðr hlýru orða hafði áðr farit (as in translation above), the reading requires one to assume a r : ð rhyme (cf. Kuhn 1983, 79). Following Bb: maðr, sás áðr hafði farit afskýfðr hlýðu orða ‘the man who earlier had gone deprived of the shipboard of words [TONGUE]’. The rhyme here is acceptable (áðr : hlýðu) and hlýða ‘ship’s planking’ is the difficilior lectio (for this reading, see Skald and NN §2536). Einarr uses a similarly nautical tongue-kenning, r óðar ‘oar of poetry’, in 40/7-8.
s ‘whose’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
notes
[3-4]: There are two possible readings of these ll., one following Flat and the other Bb. Following Flat: maðr, sás afskurðr hlýru orða hafði áðr farit (as in translation above), the reading requires one to assume a r : ð rhyme (cf. Kuhn 1983, 79). Following Bb: maðr, sás áðr hafði farit afskýfðr hlýðu orða ‘the man who earlier had gone deprived of the shipboard of words [TONGUE]’. The rhyme here is acceptable (áðr : hlýðu) and hlýða ‘ship’s planking’ is the difficilior lectio (for this reading, see Skald and NN §2536). Einarr uses a similarly nautical tongue-kenning, r óðar ‘oar of poetry’, in 40/7-8.
orða ‘of words’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
kennings
hlýru orða‘of the ship-bow of words ’
= TONGUE
the ship-bow of words → TONGUE
notes
[3-4]: There are two possible readings of these ll., one following Flat and the other Bb. Following Flat: maðr, sás afskurðr hlýru orða hafði áðr farit (as in translation above), the reading requires one to assume a r : ð rhyme (cf. Kuhn 1983, 79). Following Bb: maðr, sás áðr hafði farit afskýfðr hlýðu orða ‘the man who earlier had gone deprived of the shipboard of words [TONGUE]’. The rhyme here is acceptable (áðr : hlýðu) and hlýða ‘ship’s planking’ is the difficilior lectio (for this reading, see Skald and NN §2536). Einarr uses a similarly nautical tongue-kenning, r óðar ‘oar of poetry’, in 40/7-8.
hlýðu ‘’
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1. hlýða (noun f.): washboard
kennings
hlýru orða‘of the ship-bow of words ’
= TONGUE
the ship-bow of words → TONGUE
notes
[3-4]: There are two possible readings of these ll., one following Flat and the other Bb. Following Flat: maðr, sás afskurðr hlýru orða hafði áðr farit (as in translation above), the reading requires one to assume a r : ð rhyme (cf. Kuhn 1983, 79). Following Bb: maðr, sás áðr hafði farit afskýfðr hlýðu orða ‘the man who earlier had gone deprived of the shipboard of words [TONGUE]’. The rhyme here is acceptable (áðr : hlýðu) and hlýða ‘ship’s planking’ is the difficilior lectio (for this reading, see Skald and NN §2536). Einarr uses a similarly nautical tongue-kenning, r óðar ‘oar of poetry’, in 40/7-8.
notes
[3-4]: There are two possible readings of these ll., one following Flat and the other Bb. Following Flat: maðr, sás afskurðr hlýru orða hafði áðr farit (as in translation above), the reading requires one to assume a r : ð rhyme (cf. Kuhn 1983, 79). Following Bb: maðr, sás áðr hafði farit afskýfðr hlýðu orða ‘the man who earlier had gone deprived of the shipboard of words [TONGUE]’. The rhyme here is acceptable (áðr : hlýðu) and hlýða ‘ship’s planking’ is the difficilior lectio (for this reading, see Skald and NN §2536). Einarr uses a similarly nautical tongue-kenning, r óðar ‘oar of poetry’, in 40/7-8.
farit ‘been destroyed’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
[4] farit: ‘farezt’ Bb
notes
[3-4]: There are two possible readings of these ll., one following Flat and the other Bb. Following Flat: maðr, sás afskurðr hlýru orða hafði áðr farit (as in translation above), the reading requires one to assume a r : ð rhyme (cf. Kuhn 1983, 79). Following Bb: maðr, sás áðr hafði farit afskýfðr hlýðu orða ‘the man who earlier had gone deprived of the shipboard of words [TONGUE]’. The rhyme here is acceptable (áðr : hlýðu) and hlýða ‘ship’s planking’ is the difficilior lectio (for this reading, see Skald and NN §2536). Einarr uses a similarly nautical tongue-kenning, r óðar ‘oar of poetry’, in 40/7-8.
hafði ‘had’
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hafa (verb): have
notes
[3-4]: There are two possible readings of these ll., one following Flat and the other Bb. Following Flat: maðr, sás afskurðr hlýru orða hafði áðr farit (as in translation above), the reading requires one to assume a r : ð rhyme (cf. Kuhn 1983, 79). Following Bb: maðr, sás áðr hafði farit afskýfðr hlýðu orða ‘the man who earlier had gone deprived of the shipboard of words [TONGUE]’. The rhyme here is acceptable (áðr : hlýðu) and hlýða ‘ship’s planking’ is the difficilior lectio (for this reading, see Skald and NN §2536). Einarr uses a similarly nautical tongue-kenning, r óðar ‘oar of poetry’, in 40/7-8.
Frægð ‘The fame’
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frægð (noun f.): fame
ríðr ‘travels’
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1. ríða (verb): ride
fylkis ‘leader’
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fylkir (noun m.): leader
kennings
folksterks fylkis Egða‘of the army-strong leader of the Egðir ’
= Óláfr
the army-strong leader of the Egðir → Óláfr
Egða ‘of the Egðir’
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Egðir (noun m.): the Egðir
kennings
folksterks fylkis Egða‘of the army-strong leader of the Egðir ’
= Óláfr
the army-strong leader of the Egðir → Óláfr
kennings
folksterks fylkis Egða‘of the army-strong leader of the Egðir ’
= Óláfr
the army-strong leader of the Egðir → Óláfr
sterks ‘strong’
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sterkr (adj.): strong < folksterkr (adj.)
kennings
folksterks fylkis Egða‘of the army-strong leader of the Egðir ’
= Óláfr
the army-strong leader of the Egðir → Óláfr
af ‘because of’
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af (prep.): from
verki ‘deed’
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verk (noun n.; °-s; -): deed
jǫfurs ‘king’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
snilli ‘the honour’
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snilli (noun f.): eloquence
þreifst ‘’
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þreifa (verb): feel with hand
alla ‘the whole’
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allr (adj.): all
notes
[8] á alla danska tungu ‘in the whole Norse [lit. Danish] tongue’: I.e. ‘wherever the Norse tongue is spoken’; an idiom referring to the Scandinavian peoples whose common language was recognised to be Norse. It does not mean ‘Danish’ in the modern sense. Cf. also Sigv Víkv 15/8I, Mark Eirdr 25/4II, Anon Lil 4/4. The use of tunga is possibly a grisly pun on the theme of the first helmingr.
ungs ‘of the young’
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ungr (adj.): young
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
notes
[8] á alla danska tungu ‘in the whole Norse [lit. Danish] tongue’: I.e. ‘wherever the Norse tongue is spoken’; an idiom referring to the Scandinavian peoples whose common language was recognised to be Norse. It does not mean ‘Danish’ in the modern sense. Cf. also Sigv Víkv 15/8I, Mark Eirdr 25/4II, Anon Lil 4/4. The use of tunga is possibly a grisly pun on the theme of the first helmingr.
danska ‘Norse’
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danskr (adj.): Danish
notes
[8] á alla danska tungu ‘in the whole Norse [lit. Danish] tongue’: I.e. ‘wherever the Norse tongue is spoken’; an idiom referring to the Scandinavian peoples whose common language was recognised to be Norse. It does not mean ‘Danish’ in the modern sense. Cf. also Sigv Víkv 15/8I, Mark Eirdr 25/4II, Anon Lil 4/4. The use of tunga is possibly a grisly pun on the theme of the first helmingr.
tungu ‘tongue’
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tunga (noun f.; °-u; -ur): tongue, language
notes
[8] á alla danska tungu ‘in the whole Norse [lit. Danish] tongue’: I.e. ‘wherever the Norse tongue is spoken’; an idiom referring to the Scandinavian peoples whose common language was recognised to be Norse. It does not mean ‘Danish’ in the modern sense. Cf. also Sigv Víkv 15/8I, Mark Eirdr 25/4II, Anon Lil 4/4. The use of tunga is possibly a grisly pun on the theme of the first helmingr.
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Mál fekk maðr, þars hvílir |
Then a man gained speech, where the very beautiful king rests, whose cut-off piece of the ship-bow of words [TONGUE] had earlier been destroyed. The fame of the army-strong leader of the Egðir [= Óláfr] travels because of that deed; the honour of the young king is advanced in the whole Norse tongue.
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