EVald Þórr 2III
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Eysteinn Valdason, Poem about Þórr 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 186.
Leit ‘stared’
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líta (verb): look, see; appear
á ‘at’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
brattrar ‘of the steep’
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brattr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): steep
[1] brattrar: so W, brattar R, U
kennings
baug brattrar brautar‘the ring of the steep road; ’
= Miðgarðsormr
the ring of the steep road; → Miðgarðsormr
notes
[1-2] baug brattrar brautar ‘the ring of the steep road [= Miðgarðsormr]’: A slightly unusual kenning for the World Serpent, often referred to as the ring, thong or rope of the sea, alluding to his lying in the ocean encircling the world. Brattrar brautar ‘of the steep road’ might refer to towering seas or possibly to sea-cliffs. In such kennings the determinant is usually a noun or phrase for the earth.
brautar ‘road’
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1. braut (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; -ir): path, way; away
[1] brautar: so W, ‘brautir’ R, U
kennings
baug brattrar brautar‘the ring of the steep road; ’
= Miðgarðsormr
the ring of the steep road; → Miðgarðsormr
notes
[1-2] baug brattrar brautar ‘the ring of the steep road [= Miðgarðsormr]’: A slightly unusual kenning for the World Serpent, often referred to as the ring, thong or rope of the sea, alluding to his lying in the ocean encircling the world. Brattrar brautar ‘of the steep road’ might refer to towering seas or possibly to sea-cliffs. In such kennings the determinant is usually a noun or phrase for the earth.
kennings
baug brattrar brautar‘the ring of the steep road; ’
= Miðgarðsormr
the ring of the steep road; → Miðgarðsormr
notes
[1-2] baug brattrar brautar ‘the ring of the steep road [= Miðgarðsormr]’: A slightly unusual kenning for the World Serpent, often referred to as the ring, thong or rope of the sea, alluding to his lying in the ocean encircling the world. Brattrar brautar ‘of the steep road’ might refer to towering seas or possibly to sea-cliffs. In such kennings the determinant is usually a noun or phrase for the earth.
hvassligum ‘with piercing’
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hvassligr (adj.): [with piercing]
augum ‘eyes’
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auga (noun n.; °auga; augu/augun, gen. augna): eye
œstisk ‘surged’
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œsa (verb): surge
at ‘against’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
flausti ‘the boat’
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flaust (noun n.): ship
kennings
búð ǫggs‘the dwelling of the redfish ’
= SEA
the dwelling of the redfish → SEA
búð ‘the dwelling’
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búð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): booth, dwelling
kennings
búð ǫggs‘the dwelling of the redfish ’
= SEA
the dwelling of the redfish → SEA
faðir ‘The father’
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faðir (noun m.): father
kennings
Faðir Þrúðar‘The father of Þrúðr ’
= Þórr
The father of Þrúðr → Þórr
Þrúðar ‘of Þrúðr’
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Þrúðr (noun f.): Þrúðr
kennings
Faðir Þrúðar‘The father of Þrúðr ’
= Þórr
The father of Þrúðr → Þórr
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The piercing or baleful stares of the two cosmic adversaries, Þórr and Miðgarðsormr, are stressed in several poems about their encounter; cf. Bragi Þórr 4 and ÚlfrU Húsdr 3-4.
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