ESk Geisl 60VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Geisli 60’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 56.
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
með ‘by’
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með (prep.): with
tangar ‘the tong’s’
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tǫng (noun f.; °tangar, dat. -u/-; tengr/tangir): tongs
tír ‘to praise’
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tírr (noun m.; °-s): glory, honour < tírkunnr (adj.)
kunns ‘of the one accustomed’
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kunnr (adj.): known (?) < tírkunnr (adj.)
[2] ‑kunns: ‑kunn Bb
lokin ‘closed’
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1. lúka (verb): end, close
notes
[2] numin ‘taken’: Bb’s reading makes sense, while Flat’s lokin, from luka ‘to close, bring to an end’, does not.
munni ‘mouth’
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munni (noun m.; °-a; -ar): [mouth]
vasa ‘that was not’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
sem ‘’
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sem (conj.): as, which
vænst ‘a very hopeful’
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2. vanr (adj.): lacking
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
notes
[6] þrysvar ‘three times’: This detail is explained in the prose accounts: sidan drogo þeir ut tvngo hans oc skoꝛo af mikit oc spurdo ef hann metti mela en hann leitadi vid at mela þa toko þeir i tungo stufiɴ oc skoꝛo af tysvar þadan af oc i tungo rotom it sidarsta siɴ ‘then they drew out his tongue and cut off a big piece and asked if he could speak, and he tried to speak; then they took the stump of the tongue and cut off two more pieces, the last time cutting out the root of the tongue’ (Louis-Jensen 1970, 37; cf. Hkr, ÍF 28, 336; ÓH 1941, 652-3).
viðr ‘treatment’
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2. við (prep.): with, against < viðrlíf (noun n.)
líf ‘’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life < viðrlíf (noun n.)
skorin ‘cut’
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skera (verb): cut
knífi ‘with a knife’
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knífr (noun m.; °-s dat. -i; -ar): knife
aur ‘’
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aurr (noun m.): sand or gravel bank, ford
Auð ‘The wealth’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth < auðskiptir (noun m.): wealth-distributor
[5] Auð‑: aur‑ Bb
kennings
Auðskiptir‘The wealth-distributor ’
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The wealth-distributor → MAN
skiptir ‘distributor’
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skiptir (noun m.): [distributor] < auðskiptir (noun m.): wealth-distributor
kennings
Auðskiptir‘The wealth-distributor ’
= MAN
The wealth-distributor → MAN
lá ‘lying’
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liggja (verb): lie
eptir ‘remained’
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eptir (prep.): after, behind
ǫnd ‘the ghost’
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2. ǫnd (noun f.; °andar, dat. ǫnd/ǫndu; andir): soul, breath
lætr ‘gives up’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
maðr ‘a man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
notes
[6] á strǫndu ‘on the beach’: The prose versions tell us that the incident took place on the shore of a lake. Einarr specifies a similar location in his account of the man mutilated by the Wends (st. 40); he may have confused the circumstances of the two miracles.
strǫndu ‘the beach’
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strǫnd (noun f.; °strandar, dat. -u/-; strandir/strendr): beach, shore
notes
[6] á strǫndu ‘on the beach’: The prose versions tell us that the incident took place on the shore of a lake. Einarr specifies a similar location in his account of the man mutilated by the Wends (st. 40); he may have confused the circumstances of the two miracles.
margr ‘many’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
of ‘from’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
minni ‘fewer’
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3. minni (adj. comp.; °superl. minnstr): less, least
sorgir ‘afflictions’
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sorg (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sorrow, affliction
mein ‘pain’
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mein (noun n.; °-s; -): harm, injury < meinsamliga (adv.)
samliga ‘fully’
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-samligr (adj.): (having the quality) < meinsamliga (adv.)
hamlaðr ‘mutilated’
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3. hamla (verb): [mutilated]
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