ESk Ingdr 4II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Ingadrápa 4’ 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. 565.
seima ‘of gold’
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2. seimr (noun m.; °dat. -i): gold
kennings
Sendir seima‘The dispenser of gold ’
= GENEROUS MAN
The dispenser of gold → GENEROUS MAN
sendir ‘The dispenser’
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sendir (noun m.): sender, distributor
kennings
Sendir seima‘The dispenser of gold ’
= GENEROUS MAN
The dispenser of gold → GENEROUS MAN
svá ‘so’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
brátt ‘suddenly’
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bráðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): quick(ly)
hafa ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
látit ‘lost’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
spjót ‘spears’
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spjót (noun n.; °-s; -): spear
flugu ‘flew’
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fljúga (verb): fly
langt ‘far’
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langr (adj.; °compar. lengri, superl. lengstr): long
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
ljótri ‘the hideous’
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ljótr (adj.): ugly
kennings
ljótri drífu boga—,‘the hideous storm of bows—, ’
= BATTLE
the hideous storm of bows—, → BATTLE
líf ‘life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
sitt ‘his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
boga ‘of bows’
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bogi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): bow
kennings
ljótri drífu boga—,‘the hideous storm of bows—, ’
= BATTLE
the hideous storm of bows—, → BATTLE
drífu ‘storm’
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1. drífa (noun f.; °-u): snow-storm
kennings
ljótri drífu boga—,‘the hideous storm of bows—, ’
= BATTLE
the hideous storm of bows—, → BATTLE
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
al ‘of most’
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allr (adj.): all < alkostigr (adj.): [excellent]
notes
[5, 6] alkostigs Eysteins ‘of most splendid Eysteinn’: For Eysteinn Haraldsson, see ‘Royal Biographies’ in Introduction to this vol.
kostigs ‘splendid’
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kostigr (adj.): splendid, virtued < alkostigr (adj.): [excellent]
[5] ‑kostigs: ‘‑kostes’ FskAˣ
notes
[5, 6] alkostigs Eysteins ‘of most splendid Eysteinn’: For Eysteinn Haraldsson, see ‘Royal Biographies’ in Introduction to this vol.
austan ‘from the east’
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austan (adv.): from the east
notes
[5] austan ‘from the east’: The three half-brothers were to meet in Bergen, but Eysteinn, who resided in Viken at this time, had a longer distance to travel and did not arrive in Bergen until two or three days after the killing had taken place.
notes
[5, 6] alkostigs Eysteins ‘of most splendid Eysteinn’: For Eysteinn Haraldsson, see ‘Royal Biographies’ in Introduction to this vol.
flota ‘the fleet’
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floti (noun m.): fleet
notes
[6] þeysti ‘had speeded’: The FskAˣ variant leysti ‘had loosened’ is syntactically and metrically possible.
beinn ‘a steady’
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2. beinn (adj.; °beinan; compar. beinni, superl. beinastr/beinstr): straight
notes
[7, 8] beinn byrr ‘a steady wind’: Lit. ‘a straight wind’.
at ‘towards’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
Bjǫrg ‘Berg’
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bjǫrg (noun f.; °bjargar; bjargir): help, deliverance < Bjǫrgyn (noun f.): [Bergen]
sunnan ‘from the south’
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sunnan (adv.): (from the) south
byrr ‘wind’
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byrr (noun m.; °-jar/-s; -ir, acc. -i/-u(SigrVal 188¹³)): favourable wind
notes
[7, 8] beinn byrr ‘a steady wind’: Lit. ‘a straight wind’.
tveim ‘two’
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tveir (num. cardinal): two
notes
[8] tveim dǫgum fyrri ‘two days earlier’: This is at odds with the Fsk prose which has Eysteinn arriving in Bergen three days after sts 2-4 were recited. If Einarr had composed the sts at the time when the events took place, he would not have known the exact time of Eysteinn’s arrival.
dǫgum ‘days’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
notes
[8] tveim dǫgum fyrri ‘two days earlier’: This is at odds with the Fsk prose which has Eysteinn arriving in Bergen three days after sts 2-4 were recited. If Einarr had composed the sts at the time when the events took place, he would not have known the exact time of Eysteinn’s arrival.
fyrri ‘earlier’
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2. fyrri (adv.): before, previously
notes
[8] tveim dǫgum fyrri ‘two days earlier’: This is at odds with the Fsk prose which has Eysteinn arriving in Bergen three days after sts 2-4 were recited. If Einarr had composed the sts at the time when the events took place, he would not have known the exact time of Eysteinn’s arrival.
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