ESk Hardr II 1II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Haraldsdrápa II 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 544-5.
Sótti ‘went’
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sœkja (verb): seek, attack
á ‘to’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
kennings
Ungr seiðs hrynleiðar eldskerðir‘fire-cleaver of the pollack’s flowing path’
= GENEROUS MAN
the pollack’s flowing path → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The young cleaver of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[2] seiðs ‘of the pollack’s’: A seiðr is a pollack, a salt-water fish of the cod family (Pollachius virens).
kennings
Ungr seiðs hrynleiðar eldskerðir‘fire-cleaver of the pollack’s flowing path’
= GENEROUS MAN
the pollack’s flowing path → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The young cleaver of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[2] seiðs ‘of the pollack’s’: A seiðr is a pollack, a salt-water fish of the cod family (Pollachius virens).
kennings
Ungr seiðs hrynleiðar eldskerðir‘fire-cleaver of the pollack’s flowing path’
= GENEROUS MAN
the pollack’s flowing path → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The young cleaver of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[2] seiðs ‘of the pollack’s’: A seiðr is a pollack, a salt-water fish of the cod family (Pollachius virens).
hryn ‘flowing’
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hrynja (verb): fall, flow < hrynleið (noun f.)
kennings
Ungr seiðs hrynleiðar eldskerðir‘fire-cleaver of the pollack’s flowing path’
= GENEROUS MAN
the pollack’s flowing path → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The young cleaver of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
hryn ‘flowing’
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hrynja (verb): fall, flow < hrynleið (noun f.)
kennings
Ungr seiðs hrynleiðar eldskerðir‘fire-cleaver of the pollack’s flowing path’
= GENEROUS MAN
the pollack’s flowing path → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The young cleaver of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
hryn ‘flowing’
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hrynja (verb): fall, flow < hrynleið (noun f.)
kennings
Ungr seiðs hrynleiðar eldskerðir‘fire-cleaver of the pollack’s flowing path’
= GENEROUS MAN
the pollack’s flowing path → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The young cleaver of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
leiðar ‘path’
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leið (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir/-ar): path, way < hrynleið (noun f.)
kennings
Ungr seiðs hrynleiðar eldskerðir‘fire-cleaver of the pollack’s flowing path’
= GENEROUS MAN
the pollack’s flowing path → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The young cleaver of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
leiðar ‘path’
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leið (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir/-ar): path, way < hrynleið (noun f.)
kennings
Ungr seiðs hrynleiðar eldskerðir‘fire-cleaver of the pollack’s flowing path’
= GENEROUS MAN
the pollack’s flowing path → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The young cleaver of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
leiðar ‘path’
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leið (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir/-ar): path, way < hrynleið (noun f.)
kennings
Ungr seiðs hrynleiðar eldskerðir‘fire-cleaver of the pollack’s flowing path’
= GENEROUS MAN
the pollack’s flowing path → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The young cleaver of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
jǫrð ‘land’
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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304)): ground, earth
notes
[3-4] jǫrð Skônunga ‘the land of the Skánungar’: The district Skåne (Scania) in present-day Sweden, then a part of Denmark.
eld ‘of the fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire < eldskerðir (noun m.)
kennings
Ungr seiðs hrynleiðar eldskerðir‘fire-cleaver of the pollack’s flowing path’
= GENEROUS MAN
the pollack’s flowing path → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The young cleaver of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
eld ‘of the fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire < eldskerðir (noun m.)
kennings
Ungr seiðs hrynleiðar eldskerðir‘fire-cleaver of the pollack’s flowing path’
= GENEROUS MAN
the pollack’s flowing path → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The young cleaver of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
skerðir ‘cleaver’
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skerðir (noun m.): diminisher < eldskerðir (noun m.)
kennings
Ungr seiðs hrynleiðar eldskerðir‘fire-cleaver of the pollack’s flowing path’
= GENEROUS MAN
the pollack’s flowing path → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The young cleaver of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
ungr ‘The young’
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ungr (adj.): young
kennings
Ungr seiðs hrynleiðar eldskerðir‘fire-cleaver of the pollack’s flowing path’
= GENEROUS MAN
the pollack’s flowing path → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The young cleaver of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
Skônunga ‘of the Skánungar’
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Skánungr (noun m.; °; -ar): one of the Skánungar
notes
[3-4] jǫrð Skônunga ‘the land of the Skánungar’: The district Skåne (Scania) in present-day Sweden, then a part of Denmark.
Fann ‘met’
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2. finna (verb): find, meet
fjǫl ‘the very’
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2. fjǫl (noun n.): very < fjǫlnenninn (adj.)
kennings
fjǫlnenninn landreka Dana.‘the very vigorous land-ruler of the Danes.’
= DANISH KING = Eiríkr
the very vigorous land-ruler of the Danes. → DANISH KING = Eiríkr
nenninn ‘vigorous’
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nenninn (adj.): vigorous < fjǫlnenninn (adj.)
kennings
fjǫlnenninn landreka Dana.‘the very vigorous land-ruler of the Danes.’
= DANISH KING = Eiríkr
the very vigorous land-ruler of the Danes. → DANISH KING = Eiríkr
freks ‘of the ravenous’
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2. frekr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): greedy
kennings
Gǫfugr granrjóðr freks gífrskæs‘The glorious whisker-reddener of the ravenous steed of the troll-woman ’
= WARRIOR
the ravenous steed of the troll-woman → WOLF
The glorious whisker-reddener of the WOLF → WARRIOR
freks ‘of the ravenous’
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2. frekr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): greedy
kennings
Gǫfugr granrjóðr freks gífrskæs‘The glorious whisker-reddener of the ravenous steed of the troll-woman ’
= WARRIOR
the ravenous steed of the troll-woman → WOLF
The glorious whisker-reddener of the WOLF → WARRIOR
landreka ‘land-ruler’
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landreki (noun m.): land-ruler
kennings
fjǫlnenninn landreka Dana.‘the very vigorous land-ruler of the Danes.’
= DANISH KING = Eiríkr
the very vigorous land-ruler of the Danes. → DANISH KING = Eiríkr
notes
[6, 8] landreka Dana ‘the land-ruler of the Danes [DANISH KING = Eiríkr]’: King Eiríkr eymuni ‘the Long-remembered’ (r. 1134-7). See Note to Hskv Hardr 2/4. For landreki ‘land-ruler’ see Note to ÞjóðA Magnfl 17/8 and ÞjóðA Sex 9, 15 and 27.
gífr ‘of the troll-woman’
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1. gífr (noun n.): troll-woman < gífrskær (adj.)
kennings
Gǫfugr granrjóðr freks gífrskæs‘The glorious whisker-reddener of the ravenous steed of the troll-woman ’
= WARRIOR
the ravenous steed of the troll-woman → WOLF
The glorious whisker-reddener of the WOLF → WARRIOR
gífr ‘of the troll-woman’
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1. gífr (noun n.): troll-woman < gífrskær (adj.)
kennings
Gǫfugr granrjóðr freks gífrskæs‘The glorious whisker-reddener of the ravenous steed of the troll-woman ’
= WARRIOR
the ravenous steed of the troll-woman → WOLF
The glorious whisker-reddener of the WOLF → WARRIOR
skæs ‘steed’
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1. skær (noun m.): horse < gífrskær (adj.)
kennings
Gǫfugr granrjóðr freks gífrskæs‘The glorious whisker-reddener of the ravenous steed of the troll-woman ’
= WARRIOR
the ravenous steed of the troll-woman → WOLF
The glorious whisker-reddener of the WOLF → WARRIOR
skæs ‘steed’
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1. skær (noun m.): horse < gífrskær (adj.)
kennings
Gǫfugr granrjóðr freks gífrskæs‘The glorious whisker-reddener of the ravenous steed of the troll-woman ’
= WARRIOR
the ravenous steed of the troll-woman → WOLF
The glorious whisker-reddener of the WOLF → WARRIOR
gǫfugr ‘The glorious’
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gǫfugr (adj.; °gǫfgan/gǫfugan; compar. gǫfgari/gǫfugri, superl. gǫfgastr/gǫfugstr/gǫfugastr): noble, glorious
kennings
Gǫfugr granrjóðr freks gífrskæs‘The glorious whisker-reddener of the ravenous steed of the troll-woman ’
= WARRIOR
the ravenous steed of the troll-woman → WOLF
The glorious whisker-reddener of the WOLF → WARRIOR
gran ‘whisker’
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grǫn (noun f.): mouth < granrjóðr (noun m.)
kennings
Gǫfugr granrjóðr freks gífrskæs‘The glorious whisker-reddener of the ravenous steed of the troll-woman ’
= WARRIOR
the ravenous steed of the troll-woman → WOLF
The glorious whisker-reddener of the WOLF → WARRIOR
rjóðr ‘reddener’
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1. rjóðr (noun m.): reddener < granrjóðr (noun m.)
kennings
Gǫfugr granrjóðr freks gífrskæs‘The glorious whisker-reddener of the ravenous steed of the troll-woman ’
= WARRIOR
the ravenous steed of the troll-woman → WOLF
The glorious whisker-reddener of the WOLF → WARRIOR
Dana ‘of the Danes’
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Danr (noun m.; °dat. -; -ir): Dane
kennings
fjǫlnenninn landreka Dana.‘the very vigorous land-ruler of the Danes.’
= DANISH KING = Eiríkr
the very vigorous land-ruler of the Danes. → DANISH KING = Eiríkr
notes
[6, 8] landreka Dana ‘the land-ruler of the Danes [DANISH KING = Eiríkr]’: King Eiríkr eymuni ‘the Long-remembered’ (r. 1134-7). See Note to Hskv Hardr 2/4. For landreki ‘land-ruler’ see Note to ÞjóðA Magnfl 17/8 and ÞjóðA Sex 9, 15 and 27.
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The young cleaver of the fire of the pollack’s flowing path [(lit. ‘fire-cleaver of the pollack’s flowing path’) SEA > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN] went to the level land of the Skánungar. The glorious whisker-reddener of the ravenous steed of the troll-woman [WOLF > WARRIOR] met the very vigorous land-ruler of the Danes [DANISH KING = Eiríkr].
The st. documents Haraldr gilli’s escape from Norway to Denmark after the battle of Färlev in 1134, where he was defeated by his nephew, Magnús inn blindi ‘the Blind’ Sigurðarson.
After the battle of Färlev (in present-day Sweden), Haraldr returned to Viken and set out for Denmark. For this battle, see also Ingimarr Lv and Hskv Hardr 1-2.
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