Gísl Magnkv 1II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Gísl Illugason, Erfikvæði about Magnús berfœttr 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 417.
Ungr ‘The young one’
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ungr (adj.): young
notes
[1] framði ‘excelled’: Reyndi (sik) ‘tested himself’ (so F) is an equally good reading. Ungr framði sik ‘the young one excelled’ echoes Mark Eirdr 18/3, 4, which was composed approximately at the same time as Magnkv.
alendr ‘the nourishers’
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alandi (noun m.): [nourishers]
kennings
alendr faxa Imðar‘the nourishers of Imð’s steed ’
= WARRIORS
Imð’s steed → WOLF
the nourishers of the WOLF → WARRIORS
vildu ‘wished’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
lofsælan ‘the praise-blessed’
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lofsæll (adj.): praise-blessed, glorious
gram ‘lord’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
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[4] ræna landi ‘to rob of his land’: Ræna lífi ‘rob of his life’ (so F) is also a possible reading.
ræna ‘to rob’
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ræna (verb): rob
notes
[4] ræna landi ‘to rob of his land’: Ræna lífi ‘rob of his life’ (so F) is also a possible reading.
Imðar ‘of Imð’s’
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Imð (noun f.): Imð
kennings
alendr faxa Imðar‘the nourishers of Imð’s steed ’
= WARRIORS
Imð’s steed → WOLF
the nourishers of the WOLF → WARRIORS
notes
[5] faxa Imðar ‘of Imð’s <troll-woman’s> steed [WOLF]’: Fáka Imðar ‘of Imð’s steeds’ (so F) is metrically and contextually possible. The name of the troll-woman is rendered variously as Imð or Imðr (see LP: Imð, Imðr).
Imðar ‘of Imð’s’
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Imð (noun f.): Imð
kennings
alendr faxa Imðar‘the nourishers of Imð’s steed ’
= WARRIORS
Imð’s steed → WOLF
the nourishers of the WOLF → WARRIORS
notes
[5] faxa Imðar ‘of Imð’s <troll-woman’s> steed [WOLF]’: Fáka Imðar ‘of Imð’s steeds’ (so F) is metrically and contextually possible. The name of the troll-woman is rendered variously as Imð or Imðr (see LP: Imð, Imðr).
kennings
alendr faxa Imðar‘the nourishers of Imð’s steed ’
= WARRIORS
Imð’s steed → WOLF
the nourishers of the WOLF → WARRIORS
notes
[5] faxa Imðar ‘of Imð’s <troll-woman’s> steed [WOLF]’: Fáka Imðar ‘of Imð’s steeds’ (so F) is metrically and contextually possible. The name of the troll-woman is rendered variously as Imð or Imðr (see LP: Imð, Imðr).
kennings
alendr faxa Imðar‘the nourishers of Imð’s steed ’
= WARRIORS
Imð’s steed → WOLF
the nourishers of the WOLF → WARRIORS
notes
[5] faxa Imðar ‘of Imð’s <troll-woman’s> steed [WOLF]’: Fáka Imðar ‘of Imð’s steeds’ (so F) is metrically and contextually possible. The name of the troll-woman is rendered variously as Imð or Imðr (see LP: Imð, Imðr).
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
sótti ‘attacked’
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sœkja (verb): seek, attack
Báleygs ‘Báleygr’s’
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Báleygr (noun m.): Báleygr
kennings
viðu Báleygs‘Báleygr’s trees ’
= WARRIORS
Báleygr’s trees → WARRIORS
viðu ‘trees’
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1. viðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -u/-i): wood, tree
kennings
viðu Báleygs‘Báleygr’s trees ’
= WARRIORS
Báleygr’s trees → WARRIORS
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
notes
[8] með blôum hjǫrvi ‘with the dark sword’: For the meaning of the adj. blár lit. ‘blue’, see Wolf 2006.
blôum ‘the dark’
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blár (adj.): black
notes
[8] með blôum hjǫrvi ‘with the dark sword’: For the meaning of the adj. blár lit. ‘blue’, see Wolf 2006.
hjǫrvi ‘sword’
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hjǫrr (noun m.): sword
[8] hjǫrvi: so all others, ‘iofri’ corrected in the same hand in the left margin to ‘hiorvi’ Mork
notes
[8] með blôum hjǫrvi ‘with the dark sword’: For the meaning of the adj. blár lit. ‘blue’, see Wolf 2006.
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Stanzas 1-3 are cited as a block, documenting how Magnús set out from Oslo in 1094 and travelled north to capture the leaders of the rebellion against him, Steigar-Þórir Þórðarson and Egill Áskelsson (or Ásláksson).
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