Gísl Magnkv 10II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Gísl Illugason, Erfikvæði about Magnús berfœttr 10’ 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, pp. 423-4.
Ættlǫndum ‘ancestral territories’
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ættland (noun n.): ancestral land
vann ‘subjugated’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
eyja ‘of the isles’
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1. ey (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -ju/-; -jar): island
[2] eyja: eyjar Hr
notes
[2] dróttar eyja ‘of the men of the isles’: So H. This is preferable to dróttinn eyja ‘lord of the isles’ (so Mork, Hr, F) because Magnús was not lord of the isles.
notes
[2] dróttar eyja ‘of the men of the isles’: So H. This is preferable to dróttinn eyja ‘lord of the isles’ (so Mork, Hr, F) because Magnús was not lord of the isles.
folk ‘The people’s ’
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folk (noun n.): people < folkvǫrðr (noun m.): people’s guardian
kennings
Folkvǫrðr‘The people’s guardian ’
= RULER
The people’s guardian → RULER
vǫrðr ‘guardian’
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vǫrðr (noun m.; °varðar, dat. verði/vǫrð; verðir, acc. vǫrðu): guardian, defender < folkvǫrðr (noun m.): people’s guardian
kennings
Folkvǫrðr‘The people’s guardian ’
= RULER
The people’s guardian → RULER
und ‘’
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3. und (prep.): under, underneath
sik ‘’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
fjórum ‘four’
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fjórir (num. cardinal): four
þrungit ‘’
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þrøngva (verb): press, throng
áðr ‘before’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
an ‘’
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2. an (conj.): than
hitti ‘met’
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hitta (verb): meet, encounter
sás ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
notes
[6] sás fylkði hamalt ‘who marshalled his troops in a wedge-shaped array’: This was the so-called svínfylking ‘pig-array’ (Lat. porcinum caput; see Fritzner: svínfylking, Falk 1914, 151 and Jesch 2001a, 209). See also ÞjóðA Run 1/4 and Mark Eirdr 15/3.
hamalt ‘in a wedge-shaped array’
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hamall (adj.): wedge-shaped
notes
[6] sás fylkði hamalt ‘who marshalled his troops in a wedge-shaped array’: This was the so-called svínfylking ‘pig-array’ (Lat. porcinum caput; see Fritzner: svínfylking, Falk 1914, 151 and Jesch 2001a, 209). See also ÞjóðA Run 1/4 and Mark Eirdr 15/3.
fylkði ‘marshalled his troops’
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fylkja (verb): marshal
notes
[6] sás fylkði hamalt ‘who marshalled his troops in a wedge-shaped array’: This was the so-called svínfylking ‘pig-array’ (Lat. porcinum caput; see Fritzner: svínfylking, Falk 1914, 151 and Jesch 2001a, 209). See also ÞjóðA Run 1/4 and Mark Eirdr 15/3.
veðr ‘wind’
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2. veðr (noun n.; °-s; -): weather, wind, storm < veðrsmiðr (noun m.)
[7] veðr‑: ‘veðurs’ Hr, val‑ F
kennings
Viðurs veðrsmiðr,‘Viðurr’s wind-smith’
= WARRIOR
Viðurr’s wind, → BATTLE
the smith of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
veðr ‘wind’
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2. veðr (noun n.; °-s; -): weather, wind, storm < veðrsmiðr (noun m.)
[7] veðr‑: ‘veðurs’ Hr, val‑ F
kennings
Viðurs veðrsmiðr,‘Viðurr’s wind-smith’
= WARRIOR
Viðurr’s wind, → BATTLE
the smith of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
smiðr ‘the smith’
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smiðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar/-ir, acc. -a/-i/-u): smithy, something crafted < veðrsmiðr (noun m.)
kennings
Viðurs veðrsmiðr,‘Viðurr’s wind-smith’
= WARRIOR
Viðurr’s wind, → BATTLE
the smith of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
kennings
Viðurs veðrsmiðr,‘Viðurr’s wind-smith’
= WARRIOR
Viðurr’s wind, → BATTLE
the smith of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
kennings
Viðurs veðrsmiðr,‘Viðurr’s wind-smith’
= WARRIOR
Viðurr’s wind, → BATTLE
the smith of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
valska ‘the Norman’
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valskr (adj.): foreign, French
notes
[8] valska jarla ‘the Norman earls’: Hugh of Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury (Hugi inn prúði ‘the Proud’) and Hugh of Avranches, Earl of Chester (Hugi inn digri ‘the Stout’). See Bkrepp Magndr 11 and Power 1986, 109-10.
jarla ‘earls’
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jarl (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): poet, earl
notes
[8] valska jarla ‘the Norman earls’: Hugh of Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury (Hugi inn prúði ‘the Proud’) and Hugh of Avranches, Earl of Chester (Hugi inn digri ‘the Stout’). See Bkrepp Magndr 11 and Power 1986, 109-10.
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Stanzas 10-13 commemorate the battle of the Menai Strait (1098), when Magnús killed Hugh of Shrewsbury with an arrow. In Mork and F these sts are given in a block without intervening prose, whereas H and Hr incorporate them into the prose that recounts the battle.
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