Eil Þdr 2III
Edith Marold (ed.) 2017, ‘Eilífr Goðrúnarson, Þórsdrápa 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. 77.
Geðstrangrar ‘on a challenging’
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geðstrangr (adj.): [mind-strong]
[1] Geðstrangrar: geðstrangr Tˣ
lét ‘had’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
gǫngu ‘journey’
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1. ganga (noun f.): way
gamm ‘vulture’
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gammr (noun m.): vulture < gammleið (noun f.)
kennings
gammleið‘vulture-path ’
= AIR = Loptr <= Loki>
vulture-path → AIR = Loptr <= Loki>
leið ‘path’
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leið (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir/-ar): path, way < gammleið (noun f.)
kennings
gammleið‘vulture-path ’
= AIR = Loptr <= Loki>
vulture-path → AIR = Loptr <= Loki>
Þórr ‘Þórr’
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Þórr (noun m.): Thor; giant, ogre, monster
notes
[2] fyr skǫmmu ‘a short time ago’: Since l. 2 has too few syllables and other attempts to restore the line are unconvincing (cf. Þóarr or Þonarr, see Note to l. 2 Þórr above), fyr has been inserted. This calls to mind ófyrskǫmmu ‘no short time ago’ in Þjóð Haustl 2/4. Þdr could be stressing here the immediacy of the myth for Eilífr’s patron, Hákon jarl.
notes
[2] fyr skǫmmu ‘a short time ago’: Since l. 2 has too few syllables and other attempts to restore the line are unconvincing (cf. Þóarr or Þonarr, see Note to l. 2 Þórr above), fyr has been inserted. This calls to mind ófyrskǫmmu ‘no short time ago’ in Þjóð Haustl 2/4. Þdr could be stressing here the immediacy of the myth for Eilífr’s patron, Hákon jarl.
þeir ‘they’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
þrýsta ‘crush’
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þrýsta (verb): crush, press, thrust
kennings
niðjum Þorns –,‘the descendants of Þorn –, ’
= GIANTS
the descendants of Þorn –, → GIANTS
niðjum ‘the descendants’
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1. niðr (noun m.; °-s; niðjar/niðir, acc. niði): son, kinsman, relative
kennings
niðjum Þorns –,‘the descendants of Þorn –, ’
= GIANTS
the descendants of Þorn –, → GIANTS
sik ‘him’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
gjarð ‘the belt’
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gjǫrð (noun f.): girdle < gjarðvaniðr (adj./verb p.p.)
vani*ðr ‘familiar one’
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vaniðr (adj./verb p.p.): familiar one, visitor < gjarðvaniðr (adj./verb p.p.)
[5] ‑vani*ðr: ‑venjuðr R, ‑vendi Tˣ, W
gerðisk ‘once set’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
Gandvíkr ‘of Gandvík’
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Gandvík (noun f.): White Sea
[6] Gandvíkr: ‘gandvíkir’ corrected from gandvíkum W
kennings
Skotum Gandvíkr,‘the Scots of Gandvík, ’
= GIANTS
the Scots of Gandvík, → GIANTS
Skotum ‘the Scots’
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Skotr (noun m.): Scot
kennings
Skotum Gandvíkr,‘the Scots of Gandvík, ’
= GIANTS
the Scots of Gandvík, → GIANTS
ríkri ‘mightier than’
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ríkr (adj.): mighty, powerful, rich
endr ‘out’
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endr (adv.): formerly, once, again
til ‘for’
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til (prep.): to
Ymsa ‘of Ymsi’
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Ymsi (noun m.): Ymsi
kennings
kindar Ymsa‘the offspring of Ymsi ’
= GIANT
the offspring of Ymsi → GIANT
kindar ‘the offspring’
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kind (noun f.; °-ar; -r): offspring, race
[7] kindar: ‘kyndar’ Tˣ, landa W
kennings
kindar Ymsa‘the offspring of Ymsi ’
= GIANT
the offspring of Ymsi → GIANT
kennings
setrs Iðja.‘towards the seat of Iði. ’
= MOUNTAINS
towards the seat of Iði. → MOUNTAINS
kennings
setrs Iðja.‘towards the seat of Iði. ’
= MOUNTAINS
towards the seat of Iði. → MOUNTAINS
frá ‘from’
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frá (prep.): from
Þriðja ‘Þriði’
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Þriði (noun m.): Þriði
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Geðstrangrar lét gǫngu |
Þórr had vulture-path [AIR = Loptr <= Loki> (lopt ‘air’)] invite him on a challenging journey a short time ago – they were eager to crush the descendants of Þorn <giant> [GIANTS] –, when the belt-familiar one [= Þórr], mightier than the Scots of Gandvík [GIANTS], once set out from Þriði <= Óðinn> for the offspring of Ymsi <giant> [GIANT] towards the seat of Iði <giant> [MOUNTAINS].
See Context to st. 1.
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