Gísl Magnkv 13II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Gísl Illugason, Erfikvæði about Magnús berfœttr 13’ 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. 425-6.
Bǫð ‘The battle’
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bǫð (noun f.; °-s; -): battle < bǫðkennir (noun m.): [battle-teacher]
kennings
Bǫðkennir‘The battle-teacher ’
= WARRIOR
The battle-teacher → WARRIOR
notes
[1] bǫðkennir ‘the battle-teacher’: Kennir is taken here in its most usual meaning (cf. kenna ‘teach’), but the word could also mean ‘tester, expert’ (see LP: kennir).
kennir ‘teacher’
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kennir (noun m.): teacher < bǫðkennir (noun m.): [battle-teacher]
kennings
Bǫðkennir‘The battle-teacher ’
= WARRIOR
The battle-teacher → WARRIOR
notes
[1] bǫðkennir ‘the battle-teacher’: Kennir is taken here in its most usual meaning (cf. kenna ‘teach’), but the word could also mean ‘tester, expert’ (see LP: kennir).
skaut ‘shot’
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skjóta (verb): shoot
notes
[1, 2] skaut bôðum hǫndum ‘shot with both hands’: Echoes Ív Sig 38/3-4.
bôðum ‘with both’
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báðir (pron.; °gen. beggja (báðra), nom./acc. n. bǽði): both
notes
[1, 2] skaut bôðum hǫndum ‘shot with both hands’: Echoes Ív Sig 38/3-4.
hǫndum ‘hands’
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand
notes
[1, 2] skaut bôðum hǫndum ‘shot with both hands’: Echoes Ív Sig 38/3-4.
allr ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
vá ‘fought’
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1. vega (verb): strike, slay
hilmis ‘the lord’s’
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hilmir (noun m.): prince, protector
herr ‘army’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
prúðliga ‘splendidly’
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prúðliga (adv.): [splendidly]
notes
[4] prúðliga ‘splendidly’: This seems to be a deliberate allusion to Hugh’s nickname, inn prúði ‘the Proud’.
Stukku ‘flew’
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1. støkkva (verb): (str.) leap, spring; scatter
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
almi ‘the elm-bow’
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almr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): bow, elm-bow
þeims ‘which’
[6] þeims: þeim Hr
jǫfurr ‘the king’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
sveigði ‘bent’
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sveigja (verb): bend
hvítmýlingar ‘White-muzzled arrows’
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hvítmýlingr (noun m.): white-muzzled one
notes
[7] hvítmýlingar ‘white-muzzled arrows’: Refers to the gleaming steel of the arrow-points. See Falk 1914, 96. See also Þul Ǫrvar 1/2III.
áðr ‘before’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
Hugi ‘Hugh’
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2. Hugi (noun m.): [Hugh]
notes
[8] Hugi ‘Hugh’: Hugh of Shrewsbury was killed by an arrow, apparently shot by Magnús himself. See Bkrepp Magndr 11 and Note, Þham Magndr 3 and Power 1986, 109-10.
felli ‘fell’
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falla (verb): fall
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