Eil Þdr 15III
Edith Marold (ed.) 2017, ‘Eilífr Goðrúnarson, Þórsdrápa 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. 108.
hôm ‘the high’
kennings
hôm loga himna,‘the high flame of the skies, ’
= LIGHTNING
the high flame of the skies, → LIGHTNING
loga ‘flame’
kennings
hôm loga himna,‘the high flame of the skies, ’
= LIGHTNING
the high flame of the skies, → LIGHTNING
kennings
hôm loga himna,‘the high flame of the skies, ’
= LIGHTNING
the high flame of the skies, → LIGHTNING
hall ‘of the sloping’
kennings
fylvingum hallvallar‘by the nuts of the sloping-plain ’
= STONES
the sloping-plain → MOUNTAINS
by the nuts of MOUNTAINS → STONES
hall ‘of the sloping’
kennings
fylvingum hallvallar‘by the nuts of the sloping-plain ’
= STONES
the sloping-plain → MOUNTAINS
by the nuts of MOUNTAINS → STONES
fylvingum ‘by the nuts’
kennings
fylvingum hallvallar‘by the nuts of the sloping-plain ’
= STONES
the sloping-plain → MOUNTAINS
by the nuts of MOUNTAINS → STONES
kennings
fylvingum hallvallar‘by the nuts of the sloping-plain ’
= STONES
the sloping-plain → MOUNTAINS
by the nuts of MOUNTAINS → STONES
kennings
fylvingum hallvallar‘by the nuts of the sloping-plain ’
= STONES
the sloping-plain → MOUNTAINS
by the nuts of MOUNTAINS → STONES
trôðusk ‘They were trampled upon’
við ‘against’
tróði ‘the rafter’
tungls ‘of the moon’
kennings
tungls brásali*‘eyelash-hall of the moon’
= HEAD
the moon of eyelashes → EYE
the hall of the EYE → HEAD
tungls ‘of the moon’
kennings
tungls brásali*‘eyelash-hall of the moon’
= HEAD
the moon of eyelashes → EYE
the hall of the EYE → HEAD
brá ‘of eyelashes’
1. brá (noun f.; °brár; brár): eyelash, eyebrow < 1. brásalr (noun m.)
kennings
tungls brásali*‘eyelash-hall of the moon’
= HEAD
the moon of eyelashes → EYE
the hall of the EYE → HEAD
brá ‘of eyelashes’
1. brá (noun f.; °brár; brár): eyelash, eyebrow < 1. brásalr (noun m.)
kennings
tungls brásali*‘eyelash-hall of the moon’
= HEAD
the moon of eyelashes → EYE
the hall of the EYE → HEAD
sali* ‘the hall’
1. salr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; dat. sǫlum): hall < 1. brásalr (noun m.)
[4] ‑sali*: ‑sólar R, ‑sólir Tˣ, W
kennings
tungls brásali*‘eyelash-hall of the moon’
= HEAD
the moon of eyelashes → EYE
the hall of the EYE → HEAD
þrungu ‘pressed’
Hof ‘The temple’
1. hóf (noun n.; °-s; -): court, temple < húfstjóri (noun m.)
[5] Hof‑: so Tˣ, W, húf‑ R
kennings
Hofstjóri váfreiðar hreggs‘The temple-steerer of the hovering chariot of the thunderstorm ’
= Þórr
The temple-steerer of the hovering chariot of the thunderstorm → Þórr
stjóri ‘steerer’
kennings
Hofstjóri váfreiðar hreggs‘The temple-steerer of the hovering chariot of the thunderstorm ’
= Þórr
The temple-steerer of the hovering chariot of the thunderstorm → Þórr
hvôru ‘of both’
kennings
hvôrutveggja sprundi hellis.‘of both women of the cave. ’
= GIANTESSES
both women of the cave. → GIANTESSES
hreggs ‘of the thunderstorm’
kennings
Hofstjóri váfreiðar hreggs‘The temple-steerer of the hovering chariot of the thunderstorm ’
= Þórr
The temple-steerer of the hovering chariot of the thunderstorm → Þórr
váf ‘of the hovering’
2. váfa (verb): hover, hang, swing < váfreið (noun f.)
[6] váfreiðar: váfreiða R, W, ‘vareuda’ Tˣ
kennings
Hofstjóri váfreiðar hreggs‘The temple-steerer of the hovering chariot of the thunderstorm ’
= Þórr
The temple-steerer of the hovering chariot of the thunderstorm → Þórr
reiðar ‘chariot’
1. reið (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar): riding; chariot < váfreið (noun f.)
[6] váfreiðar: váfreiða R, W, ‘vareuda’ Tˣ
kennings
Hofstjóri váfreiðar hreggs‘The temple-steerer of the hovering chariot of the thunderstorm ’
= Þórr
The temple-steerer of the hovering chariot of the thunderstorm → Þórr
tveggja ‘’
kennings
hvôrutveggja sprundi hellis.‘of both women of the cave. ’
= GIANTESSES
both women of the cave. → GIANTESSES
hlátr ‘of the laughter’
hlátr (noun m.; °hlátrs/hlátrar, dat. hlátri): laughter < hlátrelliði (noun m.)
kennings
hundfornan kjǫl hlátrelliða‘the age-old keel of the laughter-ship ’
= BACK
the laughter-ship → BREAST
the age-old keel of the BREAST → BACK
hlátr ‘of the laughter’
hlátr (noun m.; °hlátrs/hlátrar, dat. hlátri): laughter < hlátrelliði (noun m.)
kennings
hundfornan kjǫl hlátrelliða‘the age-old keel of the laughter-ship ’
= BACK
the laughter-ship → BREAST
the age-old keel of the BREAST → BACK
kennings
hundfornan kjǫl hlátrelliða‘the age-old keel of the laughter-ship ’
= BACK
the laughter-ship → BREAST
the age-old keel of the BREAST → BACK
kennings
hundfornan kjǫl hlátrelliða‘the age-old keel of the laughter-ship ’
= BACK
the laughter-ship → BREAST
the age-old keel of the BREAST → BACK
hellis ‘of the cave’
hellir (noun m.; °-s/hells, dat. -i; -ar, acc. -a/-ra): cave
kennings
hvôrutveggja sprundi hellis.‘of both women of the cave. ’
= GIANTESSES
both women of the cave. → GIANTESSES
kennings
hundfornan kjǫl hlátrelliða‘the age-old keel of the laughter-ship ’
= BACK
the laughter-ship → BREAST
the age-old keel of the BREAST → BACK
kennings
hundfornan kjǫl hlátrelliða‘the age-old keel of the laughter-ship ’
= BACK
the laughter-ship → BREAST
the age-old keel of the BREAST → BACK
kennings
hundfornan kjǫl hlátrelliða‘the age-old keel of the laughter-ship ’
= BACK
the laughter-ship → BREAST
the age-old keel of the BREAST → BACK
kennings
hvôrutveggja sprundi hellis.‘of both women of the cave. ’
= GIANTESSES
both women of the cave. → GIANTESSES
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Ok hôm loga himna |
They were trampled upon by the nuts of the sloping-plain [MOUNTAINS > STONES] and the high flame of the skies [LIGHTNING], those who pressed the hall of the moon of eyelashes [(lit. ‘eyelash-hall of the moon’) EYE > HEAD] against the rafter. The temple-steerer of the hovering chariot of the thunderstorm [= Þórr] broke the age-old keel of the laughter-ship [BREAST > BACK] of both women of the cave [GIANTESSES].
See Context to st. 1.
The content of this stanza essentially corresponds to Snorri’s narrative in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 25). As it goes, Þórr, seated in a chair, is squashed against the roof by the giantesses and defends himself by pressing the staff Gríðarvǫlr against the roof. In doing so he breaks the backs of the two giantesses under his chair. However, all editorial attempts to produce an exact match between the content of the stanza and the story as it is told in Skm have led to unacceptable textual interpretations of the stanza. The present edn assumes that Snorri’s narrative could be based on a variant version of the myth that does not fully agree with the stanza. The relatively simple interpretation given here, with minimal emendations, differs somewhat from Snorri’s version. According to the stanza, Þórr, the thunder god, armed with bolts of lightning that cause a rockslide, defends himself against the giantesses and breaks their backs.
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