ESk Geisl 41VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Geisli 41’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 41.
Sótti ‘sought’
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sœkja (verb): seek, attack
skrín ‘shrine’
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skrín (noun n.; °-s; -): shrine
it ‘the one’
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2. inn (art.): the
skreytta ‘ornamented’
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skreyta (verb): adorn
skíð ‘of the ski’
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skíð (noun n.; °; -): ski < skíðrennandi (noun m.)
kennings
Unnar skíðrennandi‘ski-runner of the wave’
= SEAFARER
the ski of the wave → SHIP
The runner of the SHIP → SEAFARER
notes
[3, 2] unnar skíðrennandi ‘the runner of the ski of the wave’: The kenning may possibly indicate that Halldórr was a sailor (although this is somewhat unlikely), or Einarr may have chosen the comp. skíðrennandi simply for the sake of the alliteration. Cf. sendis lǫgskíðs ‘sender of sea-ski’ in Geisl 20/6, 7.
skíð ‘of the ski’
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skíð (noun n.; °; -): ski < skíðrennandi (noun m.)
kennings
Unnar skíðrennandi‘ski-runner of the wave’
= SEAFARER
the ski of the wave → SHIP
The runner of the SHIP → SEAFARER
notes
[3, 2] unnar skíðrennandi ‘the runner of the ski of the wave’: The kenning may possibly indicate that Halldórr was a sailor (although this is somewhat unlikely), or Einarr may have chosen the comp. skíðrennandi simply for the sake of the alliteration. Cf. sendis lǫgskíðs ‘sender of sea-ski’ in Geisl 20/6, 7.
rennandi ‘The runner’
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2. rennandi (noun m.): runner, driver < skíðrennandi (noun m.)
kennings
Unnar skíðrennandi‘ski-runner of the wave’
= SEAFARER
the ski of the wave → SHIP
The runner of the SHIP → SEAFARER
notes
[3, 2] unnar skíðrennandi ‘the runner of the ski of the wave’: The kenning may possibly indicate that Halldórr was a sailor (although this is somewhat unlikely), or Einarr may have chosen the comp. skíðrennandi simply for the sake of the alliteration. Cf. sendis lǫgskíðs ‘sender of sea-ski’ in Geisl 20/6, 7.
síðan ‘then’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
orð ‘words’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
finnask ‘come to’
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2. finna (verb): find, meet
mér ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
unnar ‘of the wave’
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2. unnr (noun f.): wave
kennings
Unnar skíðrennandi‘ski-runner of the wave’
= SEAFARER
the ski of the wave → SHIP
The runner of the SHIP → SEAFARER
notes
[3, 2] unnar skíðrennandi ‘the runner of the ski of the wave’: The kenning may possibly indicate that Halldórr was a sailor (although this is somewhat unlikely), or Einarr may have chosen the comp. skíðrennandi simply for the sake of the alliteration. Cf. sendis lǫgskíðs ‘sender of sea-ski’ in Geisl 20/6, 7.
unnar ‘of the wave’
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2. unnr (noun f.): wave
kennings
Unnar skíðrennandi‘ski-runner of the wave’
= SEAFARER
the ski of the wave → SHIP
The runner of the SHIP → SEAFARER
notes
[3, 2] unnar skíðrennandi ‘the runner of the ski of the wave’: The kenning may possibly indicate that Halldórr was a sailor (although this is somewhat unlikely), or Einarr may have chosen the comp. skíðrennandi simply for the sake of the alliteration. Cf. sendis lǫgskíðs ‘sender of sea-ski’ in Geisl 20/6, 7.
Óláfs ‘Óláfr’s’
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Óláfr (noun m.): Óláfr
dreka ‘of the dragon’
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dreki (noun m.; °-a; -ar): dragon, dragon-ship
kennings
bóli dreka;‘with the dwelling of the dragon; ’
= GOLD
with the dwelling of the dragon; → GOLD
notes
[4] bóli dreka ‘with the dwelling of the dragon [GOLD]’: The gold-kenning (to be construed with skreytta ‘ornamented’) is a conventional allusion to the dragon Fáfnir and his hoard.
bóli ‘with the dwelling’
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ból (noun n.; °-s; -): dwelling
kennings
bóli dreka;‘with the dwelling of the dragon; ’
= GOLD
with the dwelling of the dragon; → GOLD
notes
[4] bóli dreka ‘with the dwelling of the dragon [GOLD]’: The gold-kenning (to be construed with skreytta ‘ornamented’) is a conventional allusion to the dragon Fáfnir and his hoard.
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
es ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
notes
[5, 6] es vel vakði teiti Hugins ‘who well aroused the gladness of Huginn’: The rel. cl. is equivalent to kennings referring to warriors or men as promoters of the joy of carrion beasts and birds, by slaying enemies and so providing them with food; cf. 43/3-4. It applies to the beneficiary of the miracle.
val ‘’
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2. val (noun n.): choice
notes
[5, 6] es vel vakði teiti Hugins ‘who well aroused the gladness of Huginn’: The rel. cl. is equivalent to kennings referring to warriors or men as promoters of the joy of carrion beasts and birds, by slaying enemies and so providing them with food; cf. 43/3-4. It applies to the beneficiary of the miracle.
vakði ‘aroused’
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4. vaka (verb): awaken
notes
[5, 6] es vel vakði teiti Hugins ‘who well aroused the gladness of Huginn’: The rel. cl. is equivalent to kennings referring to warriors or men as promoters of the joy of carrion beasts and birds, by slaying enemies and so providing them with food; cf. 43/3-4. It applies to the beneficiary of the miracle.
veitk ‘I know’
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1. vita (verb): know
sǫnn ‘true’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
Hugins ‘of Huginn’
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1. Huginn (noun m.): Huginn
notes
[5, 6] es vel vakði teiti Hugins ‘who well aroused the gladness of Huginn’: The rel. cl. is equivalent to kennings referring to warriors or men as promoters of the joy of carrion beasts and birds, by slaying enemies and so providing them with food; cf. 43/3-4. It applies to the beneficiary of the miracle.
teiti ‘the gladness’
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teiti (noun f.): cheerfulness
notes
[5, 6] es vel vakði teiti Hugins ‘who well aroused the gladness of Huginn’: The rel. cl. is equivalent to kennings referring to warriors or men as promoters of the joy of carrion beasts and birds, by slaying enemies and so providing them with food; cf. 43/3-4. It applies to the beneficiary of the miracle.
máls ‘of speech’
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1. mál (noun n.; °-s; -): speech, matter
fekk ‘got’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
hilmir ‘prince’
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hilmir (noun m.): prince, protector
heilsu ‘the health’
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1. heilsa (noun f.; °-u): health
heilagr ‘the holy’
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
á ‘of’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
deilir ‘’
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deilir (noun m.): ruler, ordainer
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Sótti skrín it skreytta |
The runner of the ski of the wave [(lit. ‘ski-runner of the wave’) SHIP > SEAFARER] then sought Óláfr’s shrine, the one ornamented with the dwelling of the dragon [GOLD]; words come to me; and the holy prince got the health of speech for that man who had well aroused the gladness of Huginn <raven>; I know true proof of that.
Cf. verbal echoes in the prose accounts: Biðr miok gratande hinn hælga Olaf konong lia ser mals oc hæilsu. Þui næst feck hann mal oc miskunn af þæim goða kononge ‘Weeping greatly, he beseeches the holy king Óláfr to grant him speech and health. Immediately he obtained speech and mercy from the good king’ (ÓHLeg 1982, 226: the sentence also appears in HómNo, 116).
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