ESk Harsonkv 1II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Haraldssonakvæði (?) 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, p. 549.
Auð ‘wealth’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth
gefr ‘gives’
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gefa (verb): give
Eysteinn ‘Eysteinn’
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Eysteinn (noun m.): Eysteinn
lýðum ‘people’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
eykr ‘increases’
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1. auka (verb; °eykr; jók, jóku/juku): (str. intrans.) increase
hjaldr ‘the noise’
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1. hjaldr (noun m.): battle
kennings
hjaldr skjaldar;‘the noise of the shield; ’
= BATTLE
the noise of the shield; → BATTLE
Sigurðr ‘Sigurðr’
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Sigurðr (noun m.): Sigurðr
skjaldar ‘of the shield’
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skjǫldr (noun m.; °skjaldar/skildar, dat. skildi; skildir, acc. skjǫldu): shield
kennings
hjaldr skjaldar;‘the noise of the shield; ’
= BATTLE
the noise of the shield; → BATTLE
lætr ‘lets’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
Ingi ‘Ingi’
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Ingi (noun m.): king, Ingi
slǫg ‘weapons’
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slag (noun n.; °-s; *-): weapon
semr ‘creates’
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2. semja (verb): befit
Magnús ‘Magnús’
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2. Magnús (noun m.): Magnús
ferð ‘’
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ferð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-arMork 196¹²)): host, journey
bragna ‘between men’
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bragnar (noun m.): men, warriors
Fjǫldýrs ‘of the very precious’
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fjǫldýrr (adj.): [very precious]
hafa ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
fjórir ‘four’
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fjórir (num. cardinal): four
folk ‘the battle-’
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folk (noun n.): people < folktjald (noun n.): [battle-tent]
kennings
folktjald‘the battle-tent ’
= SHIELD
the battle-tent → SHIELD
valds ‘’
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valdr (noun m.): ruler
tjald ‘tent’
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tjald (noun n.; °-s; *-): tent, awning < folktjald (noun n.): [battle-tent]
[6] ‑tjald: tjalds F, E, J2ˣ, Hr, valds 42ˣ
kennings
folktjald‘the battle-tent ’
= SHIELD
the battle-tent → SHIELD
komit ‘appeared’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
aldri ‘never’
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aldri (adv.): never
rýðr ‘reddens’
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rjóða (verb): to redden
bragnings ‘ruler’
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bragningr (noun m.; °; -ar): prince, ruler
blóði ‘with blood’
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blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood
und ‘beneath’
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3. und (prep.): under, underneath
sól ‘the sun’
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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun
[8] sól in (‘sol hin’): sólu F, sól en E, Hr, sól enn J2ˣ, H, sól er 42ˣ
in ‘’
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2. inn (art.): the
[8] sól in (‘sol hin’): sólu F, sól en E, Hr, sól enn J2ˣ, H, sól er 42ˣ
notes
[8] in œðri ‘more distinguished’: In is an intensifying adv. placed before comp. adjectives (see Heggstad, Hødnebø and Simensen, 1997: enn adv. 5). The more common form of this adv. is enn, but it was weakened to in in unstressed position.
aldri ‘’
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aldri (adv.): never
notes
[8] in œðri ‘more distinguished’: In is an intensifying adv. placed before comp. adjectives (see Heggstad, Hødnebø and Simensen, 1997: enn adv. 5). The more common form of this adv. is enn, but it was weakened to in in unstressed position.
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The st. is cited to document the good qualities of the sons of Haraldr gilli.
For information on Haraldr’s sons Eysteinn, Ingi and Sigurðr, see Notes to Anon Nkt 56, 58-60 and ‘Royal Biographies’ in Introduction to this vol. Magnús died young, and very little is known about him (see Hkr, ÍF 28, 321).
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