ESk Frag 15III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Fragments 15’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 165.
Lǫgr ‘The ocean’
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lǫgr (noun m.; °lagar, dat. legi): sea
notes
[1] flaust ‘the ships’: This can either be grammatically n. nom. sg. or pl.
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
fagrir ‘fair’
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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful
kennings
glóðum flóðs.‘embers of the flood. ’
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embers of the flood. → GOLD
notes
[2] glóðum flóðs ‘embers of the flood [GOLD]’: Earlier eds emend to stóðum flóðs ‘stud-horses of the flood’, i.e. ‘ships’. That reading is not supported by any of the ms. witnesses, and the gold that is washed by the ocean must be the golden ornaments on the ships (see Fidjestøl 1982, 208). For similar imagery of such ornaments being sprayed by the sea, see Valg Har 11II and Gísl Magnkv 16II.
brim ‘the surf’
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brim (noun n.): surf
glóðum ‘embers’
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glóð (noun f.): ember
kennings
glóðum flóðs.‘embers of the flood. ’
= GOLD
embers of the flood. → GOLD
notes
[2] glóðum flóðs ‘embers of the flood [GOLD]’: Earlier eds emend to stóðum flóðs ‘stud-horses of the flood’, i.e. ‘ships’. That reading is not supported by any of the ms. witnesses, and the gold that is washed by the ocean must be the golden ornaments on the ships (see Fidjestøl 1982, 208). For similar imagery of such ornaments being sprayed by the sea, see Valg Har 11II and Gísl Magnkv 16II.
þars ‘where’
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þars (conj.): where
sær ‘the sea’
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sjór (noun m.): sea
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
hlið ‘side’
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1. hlið (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; -ar): side
hvára ‘each’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
veðrvitar ‘weather-vanes’
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veðrviti (noun m.): weather-vane
notes
[4] veðrvitar ‘weather-vanes’: These could be fastened to the mast or the prow of a ship to indicate the direction of the wind. Merchant ships did not usually carry weather-vanes. See Note to Ív Sig 16/1II.
glymja ‘resound’
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glymja (verb): resound
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Lǫgr is given as one of several heiti for ‘sea’ in Skm.
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