Eil Þdr 16III
Edith Marold (ed.) 2017, ‘Eilífr Goðrúnarson, Þórsdrápa 16’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 111.
Fátíða ‘an uncommon’
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fátíðr (adj.)
nam ‘got’
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1. nema (verb): to take
fjarð ‘of the fjord’
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fjǫrðr (noun m.): fjord < fjarðepli (noun n.)
kennings
menn legs mœrar fjarðeplis‘the men of the lair of the land of the fjord-apple ’
= GIANTS
the fjord -apple → STONE
the land of the STONE → MOUNTAINS
the lair of MOUNTAINS → CAVE
the men of the CAVE → GIANTS
fjarð ‘of the fjord’
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fjǫrðr (noun m.): fjord < fjarðepli (noun n.)
kennings
menn legs mœrar fjarðeplis‘the men of the lair of the land of the fjord-apple ’
= GIANTS
the fjord -apple → STONE
the land of the STONE → MOUNTAINS
the lair of MOUNTAINS → CAVE
the men of the CAVE → GIANTS
fjarð ‘of the fjord’
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fjǫrðr (noun m.): fjord < fjarðepli (noun n.)
kennings
menn legs mœrar fjarðeplis‘the men of the lair of the land of the fjord-apple ’
= GIANTS
the fjord -apple → STONE
the land of the STONE → MOUNTAINS
the lair of MOUNTAINS → CAVE
the men of the CAVE → GIANTS
fjarð ‘of the fjord’
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fjǫrðr (noun m.): fjord < fjarðepli (noun n.)
kennings
menn legs mœrar fjarðeplis‘the men of the lair of the land of the fjord-apple ’
= GIANTS
the fjord -apple → STONE
the land of the STONE → MOUNTAINS
the lair of MOUNTAINS → CAVE
the men of the CAVE → GIANTS
eplis ‘apple’
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epli (noun n.; °-s; -): apple < fjarðepli (noun n.)
kennings
menn legs mœrar fjarðeplis‘the men of the lair of the land of the fjord-apple ’
= GIANTS
the fjord -apple → STONE
the land of the STONE → MOUNTAINS
the lair of MOUNTAINS → CAVE
the men of the CAVE → GIANTS
eplis ‘apple’
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epli (noun n.; °-s; -): apple < fjarðepli (noun n.)
kennings
menn legs mœrar fjarðeplis‘the men of the lair of the land of the fjord-apple ’
= GIANTS
the fjord -apple → STONE
the land of the STONE → MOUNTAINS
the lair of MOUNTAINS → CAVE
the men of the CAVE → GIANTS
eplis ‘apple’
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epli (noun n.; °-s; -): apple < fjarðepli (noun n.)
kennings
menn legs mœrar fjarðeplis‘the men of the lair of the land of the fjord-apple ’
= GIANTS
the fjord -apple → STONE
the land of the STONE → MOUNTAINS
the lair of MOUNTAINS → CAVE
the men of the CAVE → GIANTS
eplis ‘apple’
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epli (noun n.; °-s; -): apple < fjarðepli (noun n.)
kennings
menn legs mœrar fjarðeplis‘the men of the lair of the land of the fjord-apple ’
= GIANTS
the fjord -apple → STONE
the land of the STONE → MOUNTAINS
the lair of MOUNTAINS → CAVE
the men of the CAVE → GIANTS
kon ‘The son’
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konr (noun m.; °-ar): kind, descendant
kennings
Kon Jarðar‘The son of Jǫrð ’
= Þórr
The son of Jǫrð → Þórr
Jarðar ‘of Jǫrð’
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2. Jǫrð (noun f.): Jǫrð
kennings
Kon Jarðar‘The son of Jǫrð ’
= Þórr
The son of Jǫrð → Þórr
kennings
menn legs mœrar fjarðeplis‘the men of the lair of the land of the fjord-apple ’
= GIANTS
the fjord -apple → STONE
the land of the STONE → MOUNTAINS
the lair of MOUNTAINS → CAVE
the men of the CAVE → GIANTS
kennings
menn legs mœrar fjarðeplis‘the men of the lair of the land of the fjord-apple ’
= GIANTS
the fjord -apple → STONE
the land of the STONE → MOUNTAINS
the lair of MOUNTAINS → CAVE
the men of the CAVE → GIANTS
kennings
menn legs mœrar fjarðeplis‘the men of the lair of the land of the fjord-apple ’
= GIANTS
the fjord -apple → STONE
the land of the STONE → MOUNTAINS
the lair of MOUNTAINS → CAVE
the men of the CAVE → GIANTS
legs ‘of the lair’
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2. leg (noun n.; °-s; -): [lair]
kennings
menn legs mœrar fjarðeplis‘the men of the lair of the land of the fjord-apple ’
= GIANTS
the fjord -apple → STONE
the land of the STONE → MOUNTAINS
the lair of MOUNTAINS → CAVE
the men of the CAVE → GIANTS
legs ‘of the lair’
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2. leg (noun n.; °-s; -): [lair]
kennings
menn legs mœrar fjarðeplis‘the men of the lair of the land of the fjord-apple ’
= GIANTS
the fjord -apple → STONE
the land of the STONE → MOUNTAINS
the lair of MOUNTAINS → CAVE
the men of the CAVE → GIANTS
né ‘nor did’
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né (conj.): nor
mýgðu ‘suppress’
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mýgja (verb): [press down]
[3] mýgðu: ‘mvgþo’ R, ‘mugdo’ Tˣ, ‘mvgðv’ W
menn ‘the men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
kennings
menn legs mœrar fjarðeplis‘the men of the lair of the land of the fjord-apple ’
= GIANTS
the fjord -apple → STONE
the land of the STONE → MOUNTAINS
the lair of MOUNTAINS → CAVE
the men of the CAVE → GIANTS
ǫl ‘the ale’
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ǫl (noun n.; °-s; -): ale < 1. ǫlteiti (noun f.): [ale-cheer]
teiti ‘cheer’
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teiti (noun f.): cheerfulness < 1. ǫlteiti (noun f.): [ale-cheer]
kenna ‘to know’
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kenna (verb): know, teach
Alm ‘of the bow’
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almr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): bow, elm-bow < almtaug (noun f.)
kennings
Œgir almtaugar,‘The terrifier of the bow-string, ’
= WARRIOR = Geirrøðr
The terrifier of the bow-string, → WARRIOR = Geirrøðr
taugar ‘string’
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taug (noun f.; °dat. -u; -ir/-ar(Ridd623 28³⁰)): fishing-line, string < almtaug (noun f.)
[5] ‑taugar: so W, ‘tǫgar’ R, togar Tˣ
kennings
Œgir almtaugar,‘The terrifier of the bow-string, ’
= WARRIOR = Geirrøðr
The terrifier of the bow-string, → WARRIOR = Geirrøðr
laust ‘struck’
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2. ljósta (verb): strike
œgir ‘The terrifier’
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œgir (noun m.): terrifier
kennings
Œgir almtaugar,‘The terrifier of the bow-string, ’
= WARRIOR = Geirrøðr
The terrifier of the bow-string, → WARRIOR = Geirrøðr
angr ‘of the sorrow’
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2. angr (noun n.): grief, sin < angrþjófr (noun m.)
kennings
angrþjóf Óðins.‘of the sorrow-thief of Óðinn. ’
= Þórr
the sorrow-thief of Óðinn. → Þórr
angr ‘of the sorrow’
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2. angr (noun n.): grief, sin < angrþjófr (noun m.)
kennings
angrþjóf Óðins.‘of the sorrow-thief of Óðinn. ’
= Þórr
the sorrow-thief of Óðinn. → Þórr
þjóf ‘thief’
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þjófr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): thief < angrþjófr (noun m.)
kennings
angrþjóf Óðins.‘of the sorrow-thief of Óðinn. ’
= Þórr
the sorrow-thief of Óðinn. → Þórr
þjóf ‘thief’
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þjófr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): thief < angrþjófr (noun m.)
kennings
angrþjóf Óðins.‘of the sorrow-thief of Óðinn. ’
= Þórr
the sorrow-thief of Óðinn. → Þórr
sega ‘morsel’
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segi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): [shreds, morsel]
[6] sega: so Tˣ, ‘‑segv’ R, ‑segi W
kennings
afli soðnum sega tangar‘a hearth-boiled morsel of tongs ’
= PIECE OF IRON
a hearth-boiled morsel of tongs → PIECE OF IRON
tangar ‘of tongs’
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tǫng (noun f.; °tangar, dat. -u/-; tengr/tangir): tongs
[6] tangar: ‘tongv’ R, tungu Tˣ, ‘tǫngv’ W
kennings
afli soðnum sega tangar‘a hearth-boiled morsel of tongs ’
= PIECE OF IRON
a hearth-boiled morsel of tongs → PIECE OF IRON
kennings
angrþjóf Óðins.‘of the sorrow-thief of Óðinn. ’
= Þórr
the sorrow-thief of Óðinn. → Þórr
afli ‘a hearth’
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1. afl (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): hearth, forge
kennings
afli soðnum sega tangar‘a hearth-boiled morsel of tongs ’
= PIECE OF IRON
a hearth-boiled morsel of tongs → PIECE OF IRON
soðnum ‘boiled’
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soða (verb): [boiled]
kennings
afli soðnum sega tangar‘a hearth-boiled morsel of tongs ’
= PIECE OF IRON
a hearth-boiled morsel of tongs → PIECE OF IRON
kennings
áttruðr Suðra,‘the relative of Suðri, ’
= GIANT
the relative of Suðri, → GIANT
í ‘into’
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í (prep.): in, into
gin ‘the mouth’
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gin (noun n.): [mouth, jaws]
Suðra ‘of Suðri’
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Suðri (noun m.): Suðri
kennings
áttruðr Suðra,‘the relative of Suðri, ’
= GIANT
the relative of Suðri, → GIANT
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Fátíða nam frœði |
The son of Jǫrð <goddess> [= Þórr] got to know an uncommon skill; nor did the men of the lair of the land of the fjord-apple [STONE > MOUNTAINS > CAVE > GIANTS] suppress the ale-cheer. The terrifier of the bow-string [WARRIOR = Geirrøðr], the relative of Suðri <dwarf> [GIANT], struck a hearth-boiled morsel of tongs [PIECE OF IRON] into the mouth of the sorrow-thief [HELPER] of Óðinn <god> [= Þórr].
See Context to st. 1.
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