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ESk Sigdr II 1^II

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Sigurðardrápa 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. 550-1.

Einarr Skúlason Sigurðardrápa II 1

Snild ‘The eloquence’

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snilld (noun f.; °-ar): eloquence, courage

berr ‘is’

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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry

snarpa* ‘the sharp’

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snarpr (adj.): sharp, keen

[1] snarp*a: snarpra all

kennings

snarp*a elda sárflóðs
‘the sharp fires of the wound-flood ’
= SWORDS
the wound-flood → BLOOD
the sharp fires of the BLOOD → SWORDS

notes

[1] snarp*a (m. acc. pl.) ‘sharp’: Snarpra (gen. pl.) has been emended to acc. pl. because the adj. qualifies elda (m. acc. pl.) ‘fires’ (l. 1).

elda ‘fires’

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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire

kennings

snarp*a elda sárflóðs
‘the sharp fires of the wound-flood ’
= SWORDS
the wound-flood → BLOOD
the sharp fires of the BLOOD → SWORDS

sár ‘of the wound’

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2. sár (noun n.; °-s; -): wound < sárflóð (noun n.): [wound-flood]

kennings

snarp*a elda sárflóðs
‘the sharp fires of the wound-flood ’
= SWORDS
the wound-flood → BLOOD
the sharp fires of the BLOOD → SWORDS

sár ‘of the wound’

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2. sár (noun n.; °-s; -): wound < sárflóð (noun n.): [wound-flood]

kennings

snarp*a elda sárflóðs
‘the sharp fires of the wound-flood ’
= SWORDS
the wound-flood → BLOOD
the sharp fires of the BLOOD → SWORDS

flóðs ‘flood’

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2. flóð (noun n.): flood < sárflóð (noun n.): [wound-flood]

kennings

snarp*a elda sárflóðs
‘the sharp fires of the wound-flood ’
= SWORDS
the wound-flood → BLOOD
the sharp fires of the BLOOD → SWORDS

flóðs ‘flood’

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2. flóð (noun n.): flood < sárflóð (noun n.): [wound-flood]

kennings

snarp*a elda sárflóðs
‘the sharp fires of the wound-flood ’
= SWORDS
the wound-flood → BLOOD
the sharp fires of the BLOOD → SWORDS

þess’s ‘who’

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1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

rýðr ‘reddens’

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rjóða (verb): to redden

blóði ‘with blood’

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blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood

gefit ‘given’

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gefa (verb): give

hefr ‘has’

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hafa (verb): have

goð ‘God’

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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God

sjalfr ‘himself’

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sjalfr (adj.): self

jǫfri ‘to the prince’

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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince

gagn ‘advantage’

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1. gagn (noun n.): victory

notes

[4] gagn ‘advantage’: This word usually means ‘victory’ (see LP: gagn 5), which makes less sense in the present context.

Sigvarðar ‘of Sigurðr’

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Sigurðr (noun m.): Sigurðr

[4] Sigvarðar: Sigurðar all

notes

[4] Sigvarðar ‘of Sigurðr’: The longer, more archaic form of the name is necessary to avoid the sequence of three short syllables (see Kuhn 1983, 109). For Sigurðr munnr Haraldsson, see ‘Royal Biographies’ in Introduction to this vol.

magni ‘overwhelming’

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magn (noun n.; °-s): strength

Svás ‘Thus it is’

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svá (adv.): so, thus

ef ‘if’

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3. ef (conj.): if

[5] ef: þá er F, E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, sem H, þá Hr

Rauma ‘of the Raumar’

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2. Raumar (noun m.; °-s; -ar): the Raumar

kennings

reiðorðr ræsir Rauma
‘the clear-talking ruler of the Raumar ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Sigurðr
the clear-talking ruler of the Raumar → NORWEGIAN KING = Sigurðr

ræsir ‘ruler’

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ræsir (noun m.): ruler

kennings

reiðorðr ræsir Rauma
‘the clear-talking ruler of the Raumar ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Sigurðr
the clear-talking ruler of the Raumar → NORWEGIAN KING = Sigurðr

reiðorðr ‘the clear-talking’

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reiðorðr (adj.): [clear-talking]

kennings

reiðorðr ræsir Rauma
‘the clear-talking ruler of the Raumar ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Sigurðr
the clear-talking ruler of the Raumar → NORWEGIAN KING = Sigurðr

notes

[6] reiðorðr ‘clear-talking’: This word, which lit. means ‘clear-worded’ (cf. AEW: reiðr; greiðr), could also be taken as ‘wrath-worded’ (< vreið-), and Einarr clearly made a pun on this double entendre with the adj. glaðmæltr ‘glad-spoken’ (l. 8). Cf. Sigurðr’s nickname, munnr ‘Mouth’, even though this could also refer to his facial features (so Finnur Jónsson 1907, 204: en stor mund ‘a large mouth’; ÍF 28, 330: munnljótr ‘ugly of mouth’).

tǫlur ‘speeches’

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1. tala (noun f.; °*-u; *-ur): [speeches]

[6] tǫlur: tǫlu Hr

greiðir ‘gives’

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greiða (verb): alleviate

rausn ‘splendour’

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1. rausn (noun f.): magnificence

vinnr ‘displays’

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2. vinna (verb): perform, work

gramr ‘lord’

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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler

[7] gramr: gram Hr

sem ‘as if’

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sem (conj.): as, which

[7] sem: þá er Hr

gumnar ‘men’

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gumi (noun m.; °-a; gumar/gumnar): man

glaðmæltr ‘the glad-spoken’

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glaðmæltr (adj.): [glad-spoken]

þegi ‘are silent’

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þegja (verb): be silent

aðrir ‘other’

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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second

[8] aðrir: allir Hr

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The st. illustrates the eloquence of Sigurðr munnr Haraldsson.

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