Gísl Magnkv 11II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Gísl Illugason, Erfikvæði about Magnús berfœttr 11’ 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. 424.
notes
[1] hôðum hildi ‘we waged war’: This seems to imply that Gísl had accompanied Magnús on this expedition, and that he had been an eyewitness to the events he is composing about.
hildi ‘war’
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1. hildr (noun f.): battle
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[1] hôðum hildi ‘we waged war’: This seems to imply that Gísl had accompanied Magnús on this expedition, and that he had been an eyewitness to the events he is composing about.
Haralds ‘Haraldr’s’
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Haraldr (noun m.): Haraldr
kennings
frænda Haralds‘Haraldr’s kinsman ’
= Magnús
Haraldr’s kinsman → Magnús
notes
[2] frænda Haralds ‘Haraldr’s kinsman [= Magnús]’: The reference must be to Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Magnús’s grandfather.
frænda ‘kinsman’
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frændi (noun m.): kinsman, male relative
kennings
frænda Haralds‘Haraldr’s kinsman ’
= Magnús
Haraldr’s kinsman → Magnús
notes
[2] frænda Haralds ‘Haraldr’s kinsman [= Magnús]’: The reference must be to Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Magnús’s grandfather.
Ǫnguls ‘of Angles’
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Ǫngull (noun m.): [Angles] < Ǫngulsey (noun f.): [Menai]
notes
[3-4] við Ǫngulsey innanverða ‘on the inner side of Anglesey’: Island off the north-western coast of Wales, separated from Wales by the Menai Strait.
við ‘on’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
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[3-4] við Ǫngulsey innanverða ‘on the inner side of Anglesey’: Island off the north-western coast of Wales, separated from Wales by the Menai Strait.
ey ‘ey’
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1. ey (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -ju/-; -jar): island < Ǫngulsey (noun f.): [Menai]
notes
[3-4] við Ǫngulsey innanverða ‘on the inner side of Anglesey’: Island off the north-western coast of Wales, separated from Wales by the Menai Strait.
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[3-4] við Ǫngulsey innanverða ‘on the inner side of Anglesey’: Island off the north-western coast of Wales, separated from Wales by the Menai Strait.
þars ‘where’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
af ‘with’
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af (prep.): from
reiði ‘rage’
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2. reiði (noun f.; °-): anger
ríkisvendir ‘the royal sceptres’
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ríkisvǫndr (noun m.): royal sceptre
[6] ríkisvendir: ríklundaðir F
konungr ‘the king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
jarlar ‘the earls’
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jarl (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): poet, earl
kapp ‘courage’
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kapp (noun n.; °-s; *-): strength, vigour, courage
[8] kapp sitt brutu: kappi deilðu F
notes
[8] brutu kapp sitt ‘tested their courage’: Synonymous with the F variant deilðu kappi ‘tested [their] courage’.
sitt ‘their’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
[8] kapp sitt brutu: kappi deilðu F
notes
[8] brutu kapp sitt ‘tested their courage’: Synonymous with the F variant deilðu kappi ‘tested [their] courage’.
brutu ‘tested’
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brjóta (verb; °brýtr; braut, brutu; brotinn): to break, destroy
[8] kapp sitt brutu: kappi deilðu F
notes
[8] brutu kapp sitt ‘tested their courage’: Synonymous with the F variant deilðu kappi ‘tested [their] courage’.
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