ESk Lv 6II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Lausavísur 6’ 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. 573-4.
Hola ‘the hollow’
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hol (noun n.; °; -): [hull, hollow]
bôru ‘billow’
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1. bára (noun f.; °-u; -ur): wave
rístr ‘carves’
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rísta (verb): carve, raise
hlýrum ‘with the bow’
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2. hlýr (noun n.; °-s; -): cheek, bow
hreystisprund ‘The spirited woman’
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hreystisprund (noun n.): [spirited woman]
at ‘toward’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
sundi ‘the straits’
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sund (noun n.; °-s; -): sound, strait; swimming
blæss ‘fills’
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2. blása (verb; °blǽss; blés, blésu; blásinn): blow
él ‘the storm’
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él (noun n.; °; dat. -um): storm < élreki (noun m.): storm-driver
kennings
élreki‘the storm-chaser ’
= WIND
the storm-chaser → WIND
reki ‘chaser’
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reki (noun m.; °-a; -ar): ruler < élreki (noun m.): storm-driver
kennings
élreki‘the storm-chaser ’
= WIND
the storm-chaser → WIND
of ‘above’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
ási ‘the sprit’
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1. áss (noun m.; °ásar/áss, dat. ǽsi/ás; ǽsir/ǽsar, gen. ása/ǽsa, dat. ásum/ǽsum, acc. ásu/ǽsi/ása): rafter, ridge
Útsteins ‘of Utsteinen’
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Útsteinn (noun m.): Utsteinen, Utstein
notes
[4] Útsteins ‘of Utsteinen’: Located near Haugesund in Boknafjorden, Hordaland, Norway. This is a good distance south of Bergen; hence there is a discrepancy between the information given in the prose and in the poetry.
vefi ‘sails’
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vefr (noun m.; °-jar; -ir): cloth, sail, weaving
þrútna ‘the swollen’
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þrútinn (adj./verb p.p.): swollen
Varla ‘There is hardly’
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varla (adv.): hardly
heldr ‘another’
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heldr (adv.): rather
und ‘beneath’
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3. und (prep.): under, underneath
vildra ‘a more precious’
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vilðr (adj.): desirable
vík ‘bay’
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vík (noun f.): bay < víkmarr (noun m.): [bay-steed]
kennings
víkmarr‘bay-steed ’
= SHIP
bay-steed → SHIP
marr ‘steed’
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2. marr (noun m.): horse < víkmarr (noun m.): [bay-steed]
kennings
víkmarr‘bay-steed ’
= SHIP
bay-steed → SHIP
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
jarðríki ‘earth’
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jarðríki (noun n.): [earth]
breiðr ‘the broad’
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breiðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): broad, wide
notes
[7, 8] breiðr barmr ‘the broad rim’: I.e. the upper strakes in the ship-side, but cf. ModIcel. barmur ‘bosom’, ModNorw. barm ‘breast’ (see AEW: barmr 1). It is tempting to take this wording as an intended pun on the physical attributes of the ‘precious burden’ of the ship. See such fem. nicknames as knarrarbringa ‘knǫrr-breasted’, i.e. ‘with breasts like the prow of a ship’ (Finnur Jónsson 1907, 214-15). However, barmr is not attested in the meaning ‘bosom, breast’ until after the Reformation (see Jesch 2001a, 141 n. 43). See also Note to Bǫlv Hardr 2/8.
viðr ‘gains’
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2. viða (verb): gain, bring about
[7] viðr: við added in the right margin Mork
notes
[7] viðr (3rd pers. sg. pres. indic.) ‘gains’: Við ‘with’ (added in right margin of the ms.) leaves the cl. without a verb.
brimsgang ‘surf-speed’
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brimsgangr (noun m.): [surf-speed]
súðum ‘for the ship-boards’
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súð (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): planking, ship
notes
[7] súðum ‘for the ship-boards’: See Note to Hharð Gamv 2/2.
barmr ‘rim’
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barmr (noun m.; °dat. -i; *-um): rim
notes
[7, 8] breiðr barmr ‘the broad rim’: I.e. the upper strakes in the ship-side, but cf. ModIcel. barmur ‘bosom’, ModNorw. barm ‘breast’ (see AEW: barmr 1). It is tempting to take this wording as an intended pun on the physical attributes of the ‘precious burden’ of the ship. See such fem. nicknames as knarrarbringa ‘knǫrr-breasted’, i.e. ‘with breasts like the prow of a ship’ (Finnur Jónsson 1907, 214-15). However, barmr is not attested in the meaning ‘bosom, breast’ until after the Reformation (see Jesch 2001a, 141 n. 43). See also Note to Bǫlv Hardr 2/8.
lyptingar ‘of the deck’
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lyfting (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u, acc. -): after-deck
notes
[8] lyptingar ‘of the deck’: See Note to Arn Hryn 10/1. — [8] lyptingar ‘of the deck’: Lypting was the raised deck in the back of a ship (see Falk 1912, 49, 82, 84; Jesch 2001a, 153).
lyptingar ‘of the deck’
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lyfting (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u, acc. -): after-deck
notes
[8] lyptingar ‘of the deck’: See Note to Arn Hryn 10/1. — [8] lyptingar ‘of the deck’: Lypting was the raised deck in the back of a ship (see Falk 1912, 49, 82, 84; Jesch 2001a, 153).
farmi ‘burden’
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farmr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): cargo
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Hola bôru rístr hlýrum |
The spirited woman carves the hollow billow with the bow toward the straits of Utsteinen; the storm-chaser [WIND] fills the swollen sails above the sprit. There is hardly another bay-steed [SHIP] on earth that sails beneath a more precious burden of the deck; the broad rim gains surf-speed for the ship-boards.
King Eysteinn Haraldsson challenges Einarr to compose a st. about the wife of Páll Skoptason, Ragnhildr, who is sailing on a ship out of the bay of Bergen. According to the bet, Einarr must complete the st. before the ship sails past Holmen. In return, Einarr stipulates that King Eysteinn and his retainers must each memorise one l. of the st. Einarr wins the bet, because the others can only remember the first and the last l.
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