Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Geisli 50’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 48.
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meiðr (noun m.): beam, tree
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304)): ground, earth
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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304)): ground, earth
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1. eisa (noun f.; °; -ur): flame, ember
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
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hjǫrr (noun m.): sword
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1. gjalda (verb): pay, repay
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2. slétta (verb): [level, I smooth]
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1. óðr (noun m.): poem
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
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Óláfr (noun m.): Óláfr
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bragr (noun m.; °-ar): poem, poetry
[4] tólum bragar ‘with the tools of poetry [ORGANS OF SPEECH]’: A kenning for the tongue and possibly the other speech organs (lips, teeth) and the voice. Cf. st. 19/8 máltól ‘speech-tools’.
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tól (noun n.; °; -): [tools, with tools]
[4] tólum bragar ‘with the tools of poetry [ORGANS OF SPEECH]’: A kenning for the tongue and possibly the other speech organs (lips, teeth) and the voice. Cf. st. 19/8 máltól ‘speech-tools’.
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yfirskjǫldungr (noun m.)
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
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oddr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): point of weapon < oddhríð (noun f.): point-storm
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oddr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): point of weapon < oddhríð (noun f.): point-storm
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oddr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): point of weapon < oddhríð (noun f.): point-storm
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hríð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): time, storm < oddhríð (noun f.): point-storm
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hríð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): time, storm < oddhríð (noun f.): point-storm
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hríð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): time, storm < oddhríð (noun f.): point-storm
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3. á (prep.): on, at
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af (prep.): from
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þar (adv.): there
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síðan (adv.): later, then
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garðr (noun m.): enclosure, yard
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garðr (noun m.): enclosure, yard
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3. á (prep.): on, at
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af (prep.): from
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gull (noun n.): gold
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1. verða (verb): become, be
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grand (noun n.): injury
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2. altari (noun n.; °-s/-(fx. HómNo¹² 67¹¹); -): altar
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standa (verb): stand
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Môs frák jarðar eisu |
I heard [that] the ruler of all [= Byzantine emperor] paid with the fire of the gull’s land [SEA > GOLD] for the sword which Óláfr had owned; I smooth [my] poem with the tools of poetry [ORGANS OF SPEECH]. The supreme king of princes [= Byzantine emperor] then caused the harm of the yard of the point-storm [BATTLE > SHIELD > SWORD] to stand there over the altar adorned with gold.
[1-4]: Bb’s readings have been followed here for the most part; Flat’s allvalds (l. 2) would have to be taken with hjǫr ‘(for the) sword of the all-ruler’, and that would then make the rel. cl. þanns Óláfr átti ‘which Óláfr owned’ (ll. 3, 4) redundant. — [5-8]: These ll. refer to the Byzantine emperor’s purchase of Óláfr’s sword for a high price and his causing it to be hung over the altar of a church the Varangians had dedicated to Óláfr (see Chase 2005, 42 and references for the possible identity of this church).
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