Gísl Magnkv 16II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Gísl Illugason, Erfikvæði about Magnús berfœttr 16’ 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. 427-8.
Blár ‘The dark’
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blár (adj.): black
notes
[1] blár ægir ‘the dark ocean’: See Notes to sts 1/8 and 15/8.
ægir ‘ocean’
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2. ægir (noun m.): ocean, sea
notes
[1] blár ægir ‘the dark ocean’: See Notes to sts 1/8 and 15/8.
skaut ‘struck against’
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skjóta (verb): shoot
svíra ‘neck’
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svíri (noun m.; °-a; -ar): neck
gjalfr ‘the surge’
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gjalfr (noun n.; °-s): surge, waves
hljóp ‘leaped’
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hlaupa (verb): leap, run
í ‘into’
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í (prep.): in, into
gin ‘the jaws’
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gin (noun n.): [mouth, jaws]
gollnu ‘of the golden’
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gullinn (adj.): golden
hǫfði ‘head’
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hǫfuð (noun n.; °-s; -): head
Skein ‘shone’
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skína (verb): shine
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
hausum ‘the skulls’
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hauss (noun m.; °hauss, dat. hausi/haus; hausar): skull
[5] hausum: hǫfðum H
sem ‘like’
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sem (conj.): as, which
himins ‘of heaven’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
kennings
eisa himins‘the cinder of heaven ’
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the cinder of heaven → SUN
eisa ‘the cinder’
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1. eisa (noun f.; °; -ur): flame, ember
kennings
eisa himins‘the cinder of heaven ’
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the cinder of heaven → SUN
dǫglings ‘of the ruler’s’
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dǫglingr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, ruler
dreka ‘dragon’
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dreki (noun m.; °-a; -ar): dragon, dragon-ship
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[7] dreka ‘dragon’: See Note to st. 15/5.
djúps ‘of the deep’
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djúp (noun n.; °-s; dat. -um): depth, the deep
[8] djúps val‑: djúpr sal‑ F
kennings
Valfasti djúps‘The corpse-flame of the deep ’
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The corpse-flame of the deep → GOLD
val ‘The corpse-’
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1. valr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ir): corpse, the slain < valfasti (noun m.)
[8] djúps val‑: djúpr sal‑ F
kennings
Valfasti djúps‘The corpse-flame of the deep ’
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The corpse-flame of the deep → GOLD
notes
[8] valfasti ‘the corpse-flame [SWORD (brandr ‘fire’)]’: A kenning for ‘sword’. It seems that we are dealing with an ofljóst (‘too transparent’) construction, i.e. a play on the word brandr, which can mean both ‘sword’ (valfasti) and ‘fire’. Another alternative would be to adopt the F variant salfasti ‘hall-fire’ and read salfasti djúps ‘the hall-fire of the deep’, i.e. ‘the hall-fire of the sea’. The god Ægir was the personification of the sea (see Note to st. 15/8), and, according to the prose introduction to Lok (see NK 96), his hall was lit by white gold (lýsigull) (see also NN §2534 and the detailed discussion in Clunies Ross 1987, 138-50). Kock (NN §2534) emends to djúps svalfasti ‘the cool fire of the deep’ i.e. ‘gold’ while Finnur Jónsson (LP: valfasti 2) merely notes that the cpd in this particular instance means ‘fire’.
val ‘The corpse-’
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1. valr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ir): corpse, the slain < valfasti (noun m.)
[8] djúps val‑: djúpr sal‑ F
kennings
Valfasti djúps‘The corpse-flame of the deep ’
= GOLD
The corpse-flame of the deep → GOLD
notes
[8] valfasti ‘the corpse-flame [SWORD (brandr ‘fire’)]’: A kenning for ‘sword’. It seems that we are dealing with an ofljóst (‘too transparent’) construction, i.e. a play on the word brandr, which can mean both ‘sword’ (valfasti) and ‘fire’. Another alternative would be to adopt the F variant salfasti ‘hall-fire’ and read salfasti djúps ‘the hall-fire of the deep’, i.e. ‘the hall-fire of the sea’. The god Ægir was the personification of the sea (see Note to st. 15/8), and, according to the prose introduction to Lok (see NK 96), his hall was lit by white gold (lýsigull) (see also NN §2534 and the detailed discussion in Clunies Ross 1987, 138-50). Kock (NN §2534) emends to djúps svalfasti ‘the cool fire of the deep’ i.e. ‘gold’ while Finnur Jónsson (LP: valfasti 2) merely notes that the cpd in this particular instance means ‘fire’.
fasti ‘flame’
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fasti (noun m.; °; -ar): flame, fire < valfasti (noun m.)
kennings
Valfasti djúps‘The corpse-flame of the deep ’
= GOLD
The corpse-flame of the deep → GOLD
notes
[8] valfasti ‘the corpse-flame [SWORD (brandr ‘fire’)]’: A kenning for ‘sword’. It seems that we are dealing with an ofljóst (‘too transparent’) construction, i.e. a play on the word brandr, which can mean both ‘sword’ (valfasti) and ‘fire’. Another alternative would be to adopt the F variant salfasti ‘hall-fire’ and read salfasti djúps ‘the hall-fire of the deep’, i.e. ‘the hall-fire of the sea’. The god Ægir was the personification of the sea (see Note to st. 15/8), and, according to the prose introduction to Lok (see NK 96), his hall was lit by white gold (lýsigull) (see also NN §2534 and the detailed discussion in Clunies Ross 1987, 138-50). Kock (NN §2534) emends to djúps svalfasti ‘the cool fire of the deep’ i.e. ‘gold’ while Finnur Jónsson (LP: valfasti 2) merely notes that the cpd in this particular instance means ‘fire’.
fasti ‘flame’
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fasti (noun m.; °; -ar): flame, fire < valfasti (noun m.)
kennings
Valfasti djúps‘The corpse-flame of the deep ’
= GOLD
The corpse-flame of the deep → GOLD
notes
[8] valfasti ‘the corpse-flame [SWORD (brandr ‘fire’)]’: A kenning for ‘sword’. It seems that we are dealing with an ofljóst (‘too transparent’) construction, i.e. a play on the word brandr, which can mean both ‘sword’ (valfasti) and ‘fire’. Another alternative would be to adopt the F variant salfasti ‘hall-fire’ and read salfasti djúps ‘the hall-fire of the deep’, i.e. ‘the hall-fire of the sea’. The god Ægir was the personification of the sea (see Note to st. 15/8), and, according to the prose introduction to Lok (see NK 96), his hall was lit by white gold (lýsigull) (see also NN §2534 and the detailed discussion in Clunies Ross 1987, 138-50). Kock (NN §2534) emends to djúps svalfasti ‘the cool fire of the deep’ i.e. ‘gold’ while Finnur Jónsson (LP: valfasti 2) merely notes that the cpd in this particular instance means ‘fire’.
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