Eindr Lv 1I
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2012, ‘Eindriði Einarsson, Lausavísa 1’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 806.
Mér ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
kom ‘came’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
mundar ‘of the hand’
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1. mund (noun f.): hand
kennings
Freyr fúra mundar‘the Freyr of flames of the hand ’
= MAN = Eindriði
flames of the hand → GOLD
the Freyr of the GOLD → MAN = Eindriði
mundar ‘of the hand’
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1. mund (noun f.): hand
kennings
Freyr fúra mundar‘the Freyr of flames of the hand ’
= MAN = Eindriði
flames of the hand → GOLD
the Freyr of the GOLD → MAN = Eindriði
fúra ‘of flames’
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fúrr (noun m.): fire
kennings
Freyr fúra mundar‘the Freyr of flames of the hand ’
= MAN = Eindriði
flames of the hand → GOLD
the Freyr of the GOLD → MAN = Eindriði
fúra ‘of flames’
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fúrr (noun m.): fire
kennings
Freyr fúra mundar‘the Freyr of flames of the hand ’
= MAN = Eindriði
flames of the hand → GOLD
the Freyr of the GOLD → MAN = Eindriði
meyjar ‘The maiden’s’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
hold ‘flesh’
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hold (noun n.; °-s; -): flesh
í ‘on’
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í (prep.): in, into
eyju ‘the island’
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1. ey (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -ju/-; -jar): island
fátt ‘few’
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3. fár (adj.; °compar. fǽrri/fárri(Mág² 11), superl. fǽstr): few
notes
[3] fátt it réttra ‘few things more true’: The phrase is grammatically sg. Kock (NN §2013; Skald) disputes the need for emendation, reading fátt it rétta. This would mean ‘few things [that are] true’, presumably referring to the speech of the accuser rather than the poet, but this seems unlikely given that the accuser is not introduced until the second helmingr.
segir ‘says’
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segja (verb): say, tell
Freyr ‘the Freyr’
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Freyr (noun m.): (a god)
kennings
Freyr fúra mundar‘the Freyr of flames of the hand ’
= MAN = Eindriði
flames of the hand → GOLD
the Freyr of the GOLD → MAN = Eindriði
it ‘things’
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2. inn (art.): the
notes
[3] fátt it réttra ‘few things more true’: The phrase is grammatically sg. Kock (NN §2013; Skald) disputes the need for emendation, reading fátt it rétta. This would mean ‘few things [that are] true’, presumably referring to the speech of the accuser rather than the poet, but this seems unlikely given that the accuser is not introduced until the second helmingr.
réttra ‘more true’
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3. réttr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): right, straight, direct
[3] réttra: rétta Flat
notes
[3] fátt it réttra ‘few things more true’: The phrase is grammatically sg. Kock (NN §2013; Skald) disputes the need for emendation, reading fátt it rétta. This would mean ‘few things [that are] true’, presumably referring to the speech of the accuser rather than the poet, but this seems unlikely given that the accuser is not introduced until the second helmingr.
fjarri ‘nowhere near’
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fjarri (adv.): far, far from it, unlikely
allt ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
nema ‘except’
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2. nema (conj.): unless
En ‘But may’
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4. en (conj.): than
sás ‘who’
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sás (conj.): the one who
oss ‘us [me]’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
vill ‘wants’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
kenna ‘to accuse’
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kenna (verb): know, teach
atgeirs ‘of the halberd’
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atgeirr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): [halberd]
kennings
Baldr atgeirs,‘the Baldr of the halberd ’
= WARRIOR
the Baldr of the halberd → WARRIOR
af ‘about’
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af (prep.): from
fleira ‘further’
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fleiri (adj. comp.; °superl. flestr): more, most
Baldr ‘the Baldr’
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Baldr (noun m.): [Baldr, Baldur]
kennings
Baldr atgeirs,‘the Baldr of the halberd ’
= WARRIOR
the Baldr of the halberd → WARRIOR
mun ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
sjá ‘this man [the accuser]’
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1. sjá (pron.; °gen. þessa dat. þessum/þeima, acc. þenna; f. sjá/þessi; n. þetta, dat. þessu/þvísa; pl. þessir): this
til ‘too’
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til (prep.): to
sjaldan ‘seldom’
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sjaldan (adv.): seldom
segi ‘speak’
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segja (verb): say, tell
notes
[8] segi allvesall ‘may ... speak completely wretched’: I.e. ‘a curse on him and his words’. An alternative view of the syntax favoured by Kock (NN §2013; Skald) takes this as the intercalary. However, the remaining words of the helmingr then belong together, and the clause beginning sás ‘(the warrior) who’ becomes subject to the verb phrase mun þegja ‘will be silent’, making sjá ‘this man’ redundant.
allvesall ‘completely wretched’
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allvesall (adj.): very wretched
notes
[8] segi allvesall ‘may ... speak completely wretched’: I.e. ‘a curse on him and his words’. An alternative view of the syntax favoured by Kock (NN §2013; Skald) takes this as the intercalary. However, the remaining words of the helmingr then belong together, and the clause beginning sás ‘(the warrior) who’ becomes subject to the verb phrase mun þegja ‘will be silent’, making sjá ‘this man’ redundant.
þegja ‘be silent’
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þegja (verb): be silent
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Mér kom (mundar fúra) |
The maiden’s flesh came nowhere near [lit. far from] me on the island, all except the lips; the Freyr <god> of flames of the hand [GOLD > MAN = Eindriði] says few things more true. But may the Baldr <god> of the halberd [WARRIOR] who wants to accuse us [me] further about that speak completely wretched; this man [the accuser] will too seldom be silent.
Eindriði spends three nights sheltering from a storm in a fishing hut with Sigríðr, daughter of the magnate Erlingr Skjálgsson. Returning her home to her father, Eindriði attempts to convince him that he has not dishonoured the woman or her kinsmen. After the stanza, it is told how he proves his honour through an ordeal of hot iron.
For another stanza referring to the irate father of a woman, see Stefnir Lv 2.
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