ESk Geisl 67VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Geisli 67’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 61-2.
Talðak ‘I have told’
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3. tala (verb): speak, talk
fátt ‘little’
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3. fár (adj.; °compar. fǽrri/fárri(Mág² 11), superl. fǽstr): few
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
fjǫlða ‘the multitude’
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fjǫlði (noun m.): multitude
frið ‘of peace’
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friðr (noun m.): peace < friðgegn (adj.)
notes
[2] friðgegns (m. gen. sg.) ‘peace-loving’: The epithet has decidedly Christian connotations: Óláfr now dwells in peace in the heavenly Jerusalem.
gegns ‘loving’
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1. gegn (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. -astr/-str): reliable < friðgegn (adj.)
notes
[2] friðgegns (m. gen. sg.) ‘peace-loving’: The epithet has decidedly Christian connotations: Óláfr now dwells in peace in the heavenly Jerusalem.
af ‘of’
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af (prep.): from
jartegnum ‘miracles’
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jarteign (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): miracle
ber ‘clear’
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2. berr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bare
koma ‘come’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
notes
[3] koma frá ‘come from’: Here Bb’s reading is adopted, as Flat’s koma af means ‘descend from’ (in a genealogical sense) and is inappropriate here.
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
orð ‘words’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
af ‘’
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af (prep.): from
notes
[3] koma frá ‘come from’: Here Bb’s reading is adopted, as Flat’s koma af means ‘descend from’ (in a genealogical sense) and is inappropriate here.
órum ‘our [my]’
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órr (noun m.; °; -ar): [our [my]]
kennings
órum stóli bragar.‘our [my] seat of poetry. ’
= MOUTH
our [my] seat of poetry. → MOUTH
Óláfs ‘Óláfr’
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Óláfr (noun m.): Óláfr
bragar ‘of poetry’
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bragr (noun m.; °-ar): poem, poetry
kennings
órum stóli bragar.‘our [my] seat of poetry. ’
= MOUTH
our [my] seat of poetry. → MOUTH
notes
[4] stóli bragar ‘seat of poetry [MOUTH]’: The kenning is multivalent. LP identifies it as a reference to the poet’s breast or soul, but it could also refer to his voice or mouth, or even (secondarily) to the seat from which he proclaimed his poem to the audience.
stóli ‘seat’
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1. stóll (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): seat, throne
kennings
órum stóli bragar.‘our [my] seat of poetry. ’
= MOUTH
our [my] seat of poetry. → MOUTH
notes
[4] stóli bragar ‘seat of poetry [MOUTH]’: The kenning is multivalent. LP identifies it as a reference to the poet’s breast or soul, but it could also refer to his voice or mouth, or even (secondarily) to the seat from which he proclaimed his poem to the audience.
taki ‘receive’
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2. taka (verb): take
Bóls ‘of the dwelling-place’
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ból (noun n.; °-s; -): dwelling
kennings
siklings bóls heiðbjartrar sólar,‘of the lord of the dwelling-place of the cloud-free sun, ’
= Óláfr
the dwelling-place of the cloud-free sun, → SKY/HEAVEN
the lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → Óláfr
Bóls ‘of the dwelling-place’
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ból (noun n.; °-s; -): dwelling
kennings
siklings bóls heiðbjartrar sólar,‘of the lord of the dwelling-place of the cloud-free sun, ’
= Óláfr
the dwelling-place of the cloud-free sun, → SKY/HEAVEN
the lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → Óláfr
taki ‘’
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2. taka (verb): take
seggr ‘man’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
hverr ‘each’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
[5] hverrs (‘huerr er’): hverr Bb
sólar ‘sun’
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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun
kennings
siklings bóls heiðbjartrar sólar,‘of the lord of the dwelling-place of the cloud-free sun, ’
= Óláfr
the dwelling-place of the cloud-free sun, → SKY/HEAVEN
the lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → Óláfr
sólar ‘sun’
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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun
kennings
siklings bóls heiðbjartrar sólar,‘of the lord of the dwelling-place of the cloud-free sun, ’
= Óláfr
the dwelling-place of the cloud-free sun, → SKY/HEAVEN
the lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → Óláfr
hefir ‘has’
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hafa (verb): have
siklings ‘of the lord’
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siklingr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, ruler
kennings
siklings bóls heiðbjartrar sólar,‘of the lord of the dwelling-place of the cloud-free sun, ’
= Óláfr
the dwelling-place of the cloud-free sun, → SKY/HEAVEN
the lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → Óláfr
hefir ‘’
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hafa (verb): have
þess ‘’
[6] þess’s guð (‘þess er guð’): so Bb, hefir Flat
hefir ‘’
’s ‘whom’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
[6] þess’s guð (‘þess er guð’): so Bb, hefir Flat
guð ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
[6] þess’s guð (‘þess er guð’): so Bb, hefir Flat
ôst ‘the love’
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ást (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): love
ins ‘of the’
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2. inn (art.): the
hæsta ‘highest’
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hœgri (adj. comp.): higher, highest
heið ‘of the cloud’
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2. heið (noun n.; °; -): clear sky < heiðbjartr (adj.)
[8] heiðbjartrar: so Bb, heiðbjartr er Flat
kennings
siklings bóls heiðbjartrar sólar,‘of the lord of the dwelling-place of the cloud-free sun, ’
= Óláfr
the dwelling-place of the cloud-free sun, → SKY/HEAVEN
the lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → Óláfr
heið ‘of the cloud’
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2. heið (noun n.; °; -): clear sky < heiðbjartr (adj.)
[8] heiðbjartrar: so Bb, heiðbjartr er Flat
kennings
siklings bóls heiðbjartrar sólar,‘of the lord of the dwelling-place of the cloud-free sun, ’
= Óláfr
the dwelling-place of the cloud-free sun, → SKY/HEAVEN
the lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → Óláfr
greiðir ‘///’
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greiða (verb): alleviate
bjartrar ‘free’
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bjartr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright < heiðbjartr (adj.)
[8] heiðbjartrar: so Bb, heiðbjartr er Flat
kennings
siklings bóls heiðbjartrar sólar,‘of the lord of the dwelling-place of the cloud-free sun, ’
= Óláfr
the dwelling-place of the cloud-free sun, → SKY/HEAVEN
the lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → Óláfr
bjartrar ‘free’
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bjartr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright < heiðbjartr (adj.)
[8] heiðbjartrar: so Bb, heiðbjartr er Flat
kennings
siklings bóls heiðbjartrar sólar,‘of the lord of the dwelling-place of the cloud-free sun, ’
= Óláfr
the dwelling-place of the cloud-free sun, → SKY/HEAVEN
the lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → Óláfr
lof ‘the praise’
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lof (noun n.; °-s; -): praise, leave, permission
greiðir ‘’
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greiða (verb): alleviate
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Talðak fátt ór fjǫlða |
I have told little from the multitude of miracles of peace-loving Óláfr; clear words come from our [my] seat of poetry [MOUTH]. May each man who spreads the praise of the lord of the dwelling-place of the cloud-free sun [SKY/HEAVEN > = Óláfr], whom God makes great, receive the love of the highest Lord,
[5-8]: There are considerable differences between Flat and Bb in the second helmingr. Neither version is unproblematic, so readings have been taken from both. The sense of ll. 5-8 is continued by the svát-cl. introducing st. 68. The interpretation offered here differs slightly from both Skj B and Kock (Skald and NN §951). Kock reads ll. 6-7 as an intercalary, adopting Flat’s l. 6, though with emendation of siklings to siklingr, and another emendation in l. 8 (heiðbjarts). Skj B takes lof hilmis ‘praise of the prince’ (Óláfr) together and constructs the kenning (st ens hæsta) siklings heiðbjartrar sólar bóls ‘(the highest love) of the king of the dwelling-place of the cloud-free sun [SKY/HEAVEN > = God]’. The cl. þess’s guð miklar ‘whom God makes great’ then depends on gen. sg. hilmis (l. 7), referring to Óláfr, which avoids the difficulty in the interpretation adopted here that the gen. phrase is the kenning siklings bóls heiðbjartrar sólar ‘lord of the dwelling-place of the cloud-free sun’, which must be assumed to refer, unusually, to the saint rather than to God.
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