ESk Lv 7III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Lausavísur 7’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 169.
Baugs ‘of the ring’
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baugr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): ring
kennings
þýðr friðstøkkvir baugs;‘kind truce-banisher of the ring; ’
= GENEROUS MAN
kind truce-banisher of the ring; → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[1, 4] friðstøkkvir baugs ‘truce-banisher of the ring [GENEROUS MAN]’: A man who banishes the truce of rings is a person who violates their peace by distributing them as gifts. Alternatively, baugr ‘ring’ could be taken as pars pro toto for ‘shield’ (see LP: baugr 4), in which case friðstøkkvir baugs ‘truce-banisher of the shield’ would be a kenning for ‘warrior’.
getr ‘’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
þér ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
þeygi ‘certainly cannot’
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þeygi (adv.): not at all
kennings
þýðr friðstøkkvir baugs;‘kind truce-banisher of the ring; ’
= GENEROUS MAN
kind truce-banisher of the ring; → GENEROUS MAN
drengr ‘The man’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior
lengi ‘long’
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lengi (adv.): for a long time
elg ‘the elk’
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elgr (noun m.; °-s; -ir/-ar): elk
[3] elg búum: ‘eglbuinn’ 2368ˣ, ‘Elgbunn’ 743ˣ
kennings
elg flóðs,‘the elk of the flood ’
= SHIP
the elk of the flood → SHIP
notes
[3] elg ‘the elk’: This is the Eurasian elk (Alces alces).
búum ‘we’ll ready’
[3] elg búum: ‘eglbuinn’ 2368ˣ, ‘Elgbunn’ 743ˣ
notes
[3] búum (1st pers. pl. pres. indic.) ‘we’ll ready’: Taken here as Einarr referring either to himself in the 1st pers. pl. or to himself and his men. It could also be construed as 1st pers. pl. imp. ‘let us ready’, but that is less likely because Einarr appears to be addressing a ruler.
flóðs ‘of the flood’
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2. flóð (noun n.): flood
kennings
elg flóðs,‘the elk of the flood ’
= SHIP
the elk of the flood → SHIP
nema ‘unless’
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2. nema (conj.): unless
fylgi ‘follows’
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2. fylgja (verb): follow, accompany
frið ‘truce’
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friðr (noun m.): peace < friðstøkkvir (noun m.)
kennings
þýðr friðstøkkvir baugs;‘kind truce-banisher of the ring; ’
= GENEROUS MAN
kind truce-banisher of the ring; → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[1, 4] friðstøkkvir baugs ‘truce-banisher of the ring [GENEROUS MAN]’: A man who banishes the truce of rings is a person who violates their peace by distributing them as gifts. Alternatively, baugr ‘ring’ could be taken as pars pro toto for ‘shield’ (see LP: baugr 4), in which case friðstøkkvir baugs ‘truce-banisher of the shield’ would be a kenning for ‘warrior’.
støkkvir ‘banisher’
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støkkvir (noun m.): dispenser, flinger < friðstøkkvir (noun m.)
[4] ‑støkkvir (‘‑stavkqvir’): ‘‑stocuir’ Tˣ, ‘‑stokkvir’ W, 743ˣ, ‘‑stockvir’ U, ‘‑stǫckvi’ A, ‘stóckuir’ 2368ˣ
kennings
þýðr friðstøkkvir baugs;‘kind truce-banisher of the ring; ’
= GENEROUS MAN
kind truce-banisher of the ring; → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[1, 4] friðstøkkvir baugs ‘truce-banisher of the ring [GENEROUS MAN]’: A man who banishes the truce of rings is a person who violates their peace by distributing them as gifts. Alternatively, baugr ‘ring’ could be taken as pars pro toto for ‘shield’ (see LP: baugr 4), in which case friðstøkkvir baugs ‘truce-banisher of the shield’ would be a kenning for ‘warrior’. — [4] -støkkvir; nøkkvat ‘-banisher; something’: The vowel in this internal rhyme is ensured by -støkkvir (w-umlaut of [e], see AEW: 2. støkkva). For the many possible variant spellings of nøkkvat ‘something’, which caused scribal confusion in the various mss containing this stanza, see ANG §475.3. See also Lv 8/8 below and Note there.
støkkvir ‘banisher’
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støkkvir (noun m.): dispenser, flinger < friðstøkkvir (noun m.)
[4] ‑støkkvir (‘‑stavkqvir’): ‘‑stocuir’ Tˣ, ‘‑stokkvir’ W, 743ˣ, ‘‑stockvir’ U, ‘‑stǫckvi’ A, ‘stóckuir’ 2368ˣ
kennings
þýðr friðstøkkvir baugs;‘kind truce-banisher of the ring; ’
= GENEROUS MAN
kind truce-banisher of the ring; → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[1, 4] friðstøkkvir baugs ‘truce-banisher of the ring [GENEROUS MAN]’: A man who banishes the truce of rings is a person who violates their peace by distributing them as gifts. Alternatively, baugr ‘ring’ could be taken as pars pro toto for ‘shield’ (see LP: baugr 4), in which case friðstøkkvir baugs ‘truce-banisher of the shield’ would be a kenning for ‘warrior’. — [4] -støkkvir; nøkkvat ‘-banisher; something’: The vowel in this internal rhyme is ensured by -støkkvir (w-umlaut of [e], see AEW: 2. støkkva). For the many possible variant spellings of nøkkvat ‘something’, which caused scribal confusion in the various mss containing this stanza, see ANG §475.3. See also Lv 8/8 below and Note there.
því ‘for that’
[4] því: þér U, ‘þi’ A
notes
[4] því ‘[in return] for that’: I.e. in return for the poem (see Introduction above).
nøkkvat ‘something’
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nøkkurr (pron.): some, a certain
[4] nøkkvat (‘nakqva’): ‘noccua’ Tˣ, ‘nakkva’ W, ‘nockvt’ U, ‘nokc ᷎’ A, ‘nóckua’ 2368ˣ, ‘nockva’ 743ˣ
notes
[4] -støkkvir; nøkkvat ‘-banisher; something’: The vowel in this internal rhyme is ensured by -støkkvir (w-umlaut of [e], see AEW: 2. støkkva). For the many possible variant spellings of nøkkvat ‘something’, which caused scribal confusion in the various mss containing this stanza, see ANG §475.3. See also Lv 8/8 below and Note there.
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