ESk Ingdr 1II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Ingadrápa 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. 562-3.
Frák ‘I heard’
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1. fregna (verb): hear of
við ‘near’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
[1] við Holm at: ‘við [...]olm at’ U, ‘[...]’ B, ‘uið holm at’ 744ˣ
Holm ‘Holm’
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holmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): island, islet
[1] við Holm at: ‘við [...]olm at’ U, ‘[...]’ B, ‘uið holm at’ 744ˣ
notes
[1, 3] Holm inn grána ‘Holmengrå’: An island in Hvaler, off the western coast of present-day Sweden. The battle of Holmengrå, fought by the allies Sigurðr slembidjákn ‘Fortuitous-deacon’ (?) Magnússon and Magnús inn blindi ‘the Blind’ Sigurðarson against the troops of Ingi and Sigurðr Haraldssynir, took place on 12 November 1139. See also Ív Sig 34-45, Balti Sigdr, and Kolli Ingdr 4-5.
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
[1] við Holm at: ‘við [...]olm at’ U, ‘[...]’ B, ‘uið holm at’ 744ˣ
hildinga* ‘the rulers’
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hildingr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, ruler
[2] hildinga*: hildingar R, Tˣ, U, A, 744ˣ, C, ‘[...]illdingar’ B
notes
[2] hildinga* gingu framm (m. acc. pl) ‘the rulers advanced’: Emended, with earlier eds, from hildingar (m. nom. pl.) ‘the rulers’, because it is part of an acc. with inf. construction (gingu lit. ‘went’ is past inf.). It appears that Einarr, like Kolli and Balti, had scant knowledge of this battle, which was fought at sea. Ingi was three years old when the battle took place, and could hardly have advanced with his five-year-old brother, Sigurðr, ‘to hold a spear-assembly’ (at heyja geirþing, ll. 1, 4) with his enemies. See Note to Balti Sigdr 1/5, 8.
framm ‘’
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fram (adv.): out, forth, forwards, away
notes
[2] hildinga* gingu framm (m. acc. pl) ‘the rulers advanced’: Emended, with earlier eds, from hildingar (m. nom. pl.) ‘the rulers’, because it is part of an acc. with inf. construction (gingu lit. ‘went’ is past inf.). It appears that Einarr, like Kolli and Balti, had scant knowledge of this battle, which was fought at sea. Ingi was three years old when the battle took place, and could hardly have advanced with his five-year-old brother, Sigurðr, ‘to hold a spear-assembly’ (at heyja geirþing, ll. 1, 4) with his enemies. See Note to Balti Sigdr 1/5, 8.
gingu ‘advanced’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
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[2] hildinga* gingu framm (m. acc. pl) ‘the rulers advanced’: Emended, with earlier eds, from hildingar (m. nom. pl.) ‘the rulers’, because it is part of an acc. with inf. construction (gingu lit. ‘went’ is past inf.). It appears that Einarr, like Kolli and Balti, had scant knowledge of this battle, which was fought at sea. Ingi was three years old when the battle took place, and could hardly have advanced with his five-year-old brother, Sigurðr, ‘to hold a spear-assembly’ (at heyja geirþing, ll. 1, 4) with his enemies. See Note to Balti Sigdr 1/5, 8.
lind ‘linden-shield’
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1. lind (noun f.): linden-shield, linden tree
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[3] grœn lind ‘the green linden-shield’: For shields painted green, see Falk 1914, 147.
varð ‘had’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
grœn ‘the green’
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2. grœnn (adj.; °superl. grǿnastr/grǿnstr): green
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[3] grœn lind ‘the green linden-shield’: For shields painted green, see Falk 1914, 147.
notes
[1, 3] Holm inn grána ‘Holmengrå’: An island in Hvaler, off the western coast of present-day Sweden. The battle of Holmengrå, fought by the allies Sigurðr slembidjákn ‘Fortuitous-deacon’ (?) Magnússon and Magnús inn blindi ‘the Blind’ Sigurðarson against the troops of Ingi and Sigurðr Haraldssynir, took place on 12 November 1139. See also Ív Sig 34-45, Balti Sigdr, and Kolli Ingdr 4-5.
grána ‘grå’
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gránn (adj.): grey
[3] inn grána: margna Tˣ, ‘hin [...]’ B, ‘hin grunna’ 744ˣ
notes
[1, 3] Holm inn grána ‘Holmengrå’: An island in Hvaler, off the western coast of present-day Sweden. The battle of Holmengrå, fought by the allies Sigurðr slembidjákn ‘Fortuitous-deacon’ (?) Magnússon and Magnús inn blindi ‘the Blind’ Sigurðarson against the troops of Ingi and Sigurðr Haraldssynir, took place on 12 November 1139. See also Ív Sig 34-45, Balti Sigdr, and Kolli Ingdr 4-5.
geir ‘a spear’
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geirr (noun m.): spear < geirþing (noun n.): spear-assembly
kennings
geirþing;‘a spear-assembly; ’
= BATTLE
a spear-assembly; → BATTLE
þing ‘assembly’
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þing (noun n.; °-s; -): meeting, assembly < geirþing (noun n.): spear-assembly
[4] ‑þing: so U, A, B, ‑þings R, C, ‘‑ding’ Tˣ
kennings
geirþing;‘a spear-assembly; ’
= BATTLE
a spear-assembly; → BATTLE
springa ‘to split’
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springa (verb): burst, spring apart
[4] í tvau springa: ‘vam[...]inga’ U
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