ESk Geisl 59VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Geisli 59’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 55-6.
Lustu ‘broke’
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2. ljósta (verb): strike
notes
[1] lustu sundr á sandi ‘broke ... on the beach’: Bb’s readings must be preferred here, both for metrical reasons, and for sense (á sandi).
notes
[1] lustu sundr á sandi ‘broke ... on the beach’: Bb’s readings must be preferred here, both for metrical reasons, and for sense (á sandi).
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
notes
[1] lustu sundr á sandi ‘broke ... on the beach’: Bb’s readings must be preferred here, both for metrical reasons, and for sense (á sandi).
sandi ‘the beach’
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sandr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sand, beach
notes
[1] lustu sundr á sandi ‘broke ... on the beach’: Bb’s readings must be preferred here, both for metrical reasons, and for sense (á sandi).
sex ‘six’
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sex (num. cardinal): six
seggs ‘the man’s’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
[2] seggs: ‘se⸜g⸝x’ corrected from ‘sex’ in a different hand Flat, sex Bb
marg ‘Frequent’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many < marglitandi (noun m.)
[2] marglitendr: so Bb, marglituðr Flat
kennings
Marglitendr eggja‘Frequent-stainers of blades ’
= WARRIORS = Einarr and Andréas
Frequent-stainers of blades → WARRIORS = Einarr and Andréas
marglituðr ‘///’
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marglituðr (noun m.)
litendr ‘stainers’
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litandi (noun m.): [stainers] < marglitandi (noun m.)
[2] marglitendr: so Bb, marglituðr Flat
kennings
Marglitendr eggja‘Frequent-stainers of blades ’
= WARRIORS = Einarr and Andréas
Frequent-stainers of blades → WARRIORS = Einarr and Andréas
eggi ‘’
kennings
Marglitendr eggja‘Frequent-stainers of blades ’
= WARRIORS = Einarr and Andréas
Frequent-stainers of blades → WARRIORS = Einarr and Andréas
greri ‘///’
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Grerr (noun m.)
hǫrð ‘hard’
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harðr (adj.; °comp. -ari; superl. -astr): hard, harsh
greri ‘’
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Grerr (noun m.)
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
fjón ‘hatred’
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fjón (noun f.): hatred
með ‘’
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með (prep.): with
fyrða ‘of men’
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2. fyrðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): man
fót ‘leg’
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1. fótr (noun m.): foot, leg
aldr ‘of the lifelong’
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aldr (noun m.; °aldrs, dat. aldri; aldrar): life, age < aldrtregi (noun m.)
trega ‘sorrows’
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tregi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): sorrow < aldrtregi (noun m.)
fyrst ‘of the prince’
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fyrst (noun f.): first(ly)
rótum ‘the roots’
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1. rót (noun f.; °-ar; rǿtr): root
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
fyrst ‘’
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fyrstr (num. ordinal): first
lim ‘///’
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2. lim (noun n.; °; -): limb
prest ‘of the priest’
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prestr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i/-; -ar): priest
[5] prest: fyrst W
leystu ‘///’
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leysa (verb): release, loosen, redeem
s ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
leygðar ‘///’
lim ‘’
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1. lim (noun f.; °; -ar): limb
leystu ‘’
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leysa (verb): release, loosen, redeem
leygðar ‘’
líknar ‘mercy’
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líkn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): grace, mercy
[6] líknar: so Bb, ‘feyfdar’ Flat, leygðar W
ór ‘from’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
hǫfði ‘the head’
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hǫfuð (noun n.; °-s; -): head
hætt ‘a dangerous’
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hættr (adj.; °compar. -ari/-ri, superl. -astr): dangerous
mál ‘undertaking’
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1. mál (noun n.; °-s; -): speech, matter
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
þegar ‘when’
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þegar (adv.): at once, then
heila ‘of the brain’
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1. heili (noun m.; °-a): brain
kennings
himintungl heila‘the heavenly bodies of the brain ’
= EYES
the heavenly bodies of the brain → EYES
himintungl ‘the heavenly bodies’
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himintungl (noun n.): heavenly body
kennings
himintungl heila‘the heavenly bodies of the brain ’
= EYES
the heavenly bodies of the brain → EYES
þegar ‘’
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1. þegar (conj.): as soon as, when
stungu ‘struck’
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stinga (verb): stab, poke
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Lustu sundr á sandi |
Frequent-stainers of blades [WARRIORS = Einarr and Andréas] broke the man’s leg on the beach; hard hatred grows from the roots of the lifelong sorrows of men; and men, those who broke the law, from which mercy was demanded, struck the heavenly bodies of the brain [EYES] from the head of the priest; that was a dangerous undertaking.
In addition to st. 59’s presence in Flat and Bb, ll. 5-8 are quoted in the W text of SnE (1924, 112) in a section listing heiti and kennings for the eyes.
[3-4]: Bb’s reading of l. 3 is again followed, although Flat’s greri ‘grew’ would also be possible. Kock’s understanding of the intercalary (Skald and NN §949) is followed here, rather than Skj B’s hǫrð fjón aldrtrega fyrða grœr af rótum ‘mændenes hårde dødelige had havde rodfæstet sig’ (‘mankind’s hard deadly hatred had taken root’).
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