HSt Rst 1I
Rolf Stavnem (ed.) 2012, ‘Hallar-Steinn, Rekstefja 1’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 897.
kennings
hrunda hǫrs‘of valkyries of linen ’
= WOMEN
valkyries of linen → WOMEN
notes
[1] hǫrs ‘of linen’: (a) Ms. hers ‘of the troop’ is emended here, as in previous eds (Konráð Gíslason 1895-7; Skj B; Skald) to hǫrs, which combines with hrunda, gen. pl. of the valkyrie-name Hrund, to form a standard woman-kenning; cf. Meissner 407, 415, and cf. herr prúðr hǫrvi ‘troop adorned with linen’ referring to women in st. 35/7. (b) The ms. reading hers could be retained, giving gnótt hers hrunda ‘the great number of the army of valkyries’, which would presumably be a kenning or informal genitival expression meaning ‘women’. However, this would be without parallel, and gnótt ‘great number’ with hers ‘of the army’ would be somewhat tautological. Emendation to hǫrs therefore seems preferable, especially given that Bb is the only ms. for the stanza. — [1, 2] kveðk mér hljóðs gnótt hrunda hǫrs ‘I ask silence for myself from the great number of valkyries of linen [WOMEN]’: The skald’s request for silence is surprisingly directed towards women, who are addressed again at the close of the poem, st. 35/7-8, though a male audience seems to be indicated by st. 24/1, 3. There is no obvious explanation for this.
kennings
hrunda hǫrs‘of valkyries of linen ’
= WOMEN
valkyries of linen → WOMEN
notes
[1] hǫrs ‘of linen’: (a) Ms. hers ‘of the troop’ is emended here, as in previous eds (Konráð Gíslason 1895-7; Skj B; Skald) to hǫrs, which combines with hrunda, gen. pl. of the valkyrie-name Hrund, to form a standard woman-kenning; cf. Meissner 407, 415, and cf. herr prúðr hǫrvi ‘troop adorned with linen’ referring to women in st. 35/7. (b) The ms. reading hers could be retained, giving gnótt hers hrunda ‘the great number of the army of valkyries’, which would presumably be a kenning or informal genitival expression meaning ‘women’. However, this would be without parallel, and gnótt ‘great number’ with hers ‘of the army’ would be somewhat tautological. Emendation to hǫrs therefore seems preferable, especially given that Bb is the only ms. for the stanza. — [1, 2] kveðk mér hljóðs gnótt hrunda hǫrs ‘I ask silence for myself from the great number of valkyries of linen [WOMEN]’: The skald’s request for silence is surprisingly directed towards women, who are addressed again at the close of the poem, st. 35/7-8, though a male audience seems to be indicated by st. 24/1, 3. There is no obvious explanation for this.
gnótt ‘from the great number’
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gnótt (noun f.): abundance
notes
[1, 2] kveðk mér hljóðs gnótt hrunda hǫrs ‘I ask silence for myself from the great number of valkyries of linen [WOMEN]’: The skald’s request for silence is surprisingly directed towards women, who are addressed again at the close of the poem, st. 35/7-8, though a male audience seems to be indicated by st. 24/1, 3. There is no obvious explanation for this.
hrunda ‘of valkyries’
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Hrund (noun f.): Runde, Hrund, valkyrie
kennings
hrunda hǫrs‘of valkyries of linen ’
= WOMEN
valkyries of linen → WOMEN
notes
[1, 2] kveðk mér hljóðs gnótt hrunda hǫrs ‘I ask silence for myself from the great number of valkyries of linen [WOMEN]’: The skald’s request for silence is surprisingly directed towards women, who are addressed again at the close of the poem, st. 35/7-8, though a male audience seems to be indicated by st. 24/1, 3. There is no obvious explanation for this.
sléttum ‘smooth’
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sléttr (adj.): level, smooth
hljóðs ‘silence’
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hljóð (noun n.; °-s; -): sound, silence, a hearing
notes
[1, 2] kveðk mér hljóðs gnótt hrunda hǫrs ‘I ask silence for myself from the great number of valkyries of linen [WOMEN]’: The skald’s request for silence is surprisingly directed towards women, who are addressed again at the close of the poem, st. 35/7-8, though a male audience seems to be indicated by st. 24/1, 3. There is no obvious explanation for this.
kveðk ‘I ask’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
notes
[1, 2] kveðk mér hljóðs gnótt hrunda hǫrs ‘I ask silence for myself from the great number of valkyries of linen [WOMEN]’: The skald’s request for silence is surprisingly directed towards women, who are addressed again at the close of the poem, st. 35/7-8, though a male audience seems to be indicated by st. 24/1, 3. There is no obvious explanation for this.
mér ‘for myself’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
notes
[1, 2] kveðk mér hljóðs gnótt hrunda hǫrs ‘I ask silence for myself from the great number of valkyries of linen [WOMEN]’: The skald’s request for silence is surprisingly directed towards women, who are addressed again at the close of the poem, st. 35/7-8, though a male audience seems to be indicated by st. 24/1, 3. There is no obvious explanation for this.
at ‘for the’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
óði ‘poem’
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1. óðr (noun m.): poem
rand ‘of the rim’
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rǫnd (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; rendr/randir): shield, shield-rim < randhvél (noun n.): [rim-wheel]
kennings
Þundi rennu randhvéls;‘about the Þundr of the rush of the rim-wheel; ’
= WARRIOR = Óláfr Tryggvason
the rim-wheel; → SHIELD
the rush of the SHIELD → BATTLE
about the Þundr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Óláfr Tryggvason
notes
[3] Þundi rennu randhvéls ‘about the Þundr <= Oðinn> of the rush of the rim-wheel [SHIELD > BATTLE > WARRIOR = Óláfr Tryggvason]’: (a) This kenning can be construed with óði ‘poem’ as in the interpretation above (and in Skj B and Skald). (b) It could alternatively be construed with Rekstefju, thus, ‘I commence Rekstefja about the warrior’. Either case involves the use of the dat. case to mean ‘about’, which is unusual, but cf. lof ‘praise-poem’ with a kenning in the dat. in the second helmingr.
rand ‘of the rim’
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rǫnd (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; rendr/randir): shield, shield-rim < randhvél (noun n.): [rim-wheel]
kennings
Þundi rennu randhvéls;‘about the Þundr of the rush of the rim-wheel; ’
= WARRIOR = Óláfr Tryggvason
the rim-wheel; → SHIELD
the rush of the SHIELD → BATTLE
about the Þundr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Óláfr Tryggvason
notes
[3] Þundi rennu randhvéls ‘about the Þundr <= Oðinn> of the rush of the rim-wheel [SHIELD > BATTLE > WARRIOR = Óláfr Tryggvason]’: (a) This kenning can be construed with óði ‘poem’ as in the interpretation above (and in Skj B and Skald). (b) It could alternatively be construed with Rekstefju, thus, ‘I commence Rekstefja about the warrior’. Either case involves the use of the dat. case to mean ‘about’, which is unusual, but cf. lof ‘praise-poem’ with a kenning in the dat. in the second helmingr.
rand ‘of the rim’
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rǫnd (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; rendr/randir): shield, shield-rim < randhvél (noun n.): [rim-wheel]
kennings
Þundi rennu randhvéls;‘about the Þundr of the rush of the rim-wheel; ’
= WARRIOR = Óláfr Tryggvason
the rim-wheel; → SHIELD
the rush of the SHIELD → BATTLE
about the Þundr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Óláfr Tryggvason
notes
[3] Þundi rennu randhvéls ‘about the Þundr <= Oðinn> of the rush of the rim-wheel [SHIELD > BATTLE > WARRIOR = Óláfr Tryggvason]’: (a) This kenning can be construed with óði ‘poem’ as in the interpretation above (and in Skj B and Skald). (b) It could alternatively be construed with Rekstefju, thus, ‘I commence Rekstefja about the warrior’. Either case involves the use of the dat. case to mean ‘about’, which is unusual, but cf. lof ‘praise-poem’ with a kenning in the dat. in the second helmingr.
hvéls ‘wheel’
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hvél (noun n.; °; -): wheel < randhvél (noun n.): [rim-wheel]
kennings
Þundi rennu randhvéls;‘about the Þundr of the rush of the rim-wheel; ’
= WARRIOR = Óláfr Tryggvason
the rim-wheel; → SHIELD
the rush of the SHIELD → BATTLE
about the Þundr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Óláfr Tryggvason
notes
[3] Þundi rennu randhvéls ‘about the Þundr <= Oðinn> of the rush of the rim-wheel [SHIELD > BATTLE > WARRIOR = Óláfr Tryggvason]’: (a) This kenning can be construed with óði ‘poem’ as in the interpretation above (and in Skj B and Skald). (b) It could alternatively be construed with Rekstefju, thus, ‘I commence Rekstefja about the warrior’. Either case involves the use of the dat. case to mean ‘about’, which is unusual, but cf. lof ‘praise-poem’ with a kenning in the dat. in the second helmingr.
hvéls ‘wheel’
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hvél (noun n.; °; -): wheel < randhvél (noun n.): [rim-wheel]
kennings
Þundi rennu randhvéls;‘about the Þundr of the rush of the rim-wheel; ’
= WARRIOR = Óláfr Tryggvason
the rim-wheel; → SHIELD
the rush of the SHIELD → BATTLE
about the Þundr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Óláfr Tryggvason
notes
[3] Þundi rennu randhvéls ‘about the Þundr <= Oðinn> of the rush of the rim-wheel [SHIELD > BATTLE > WARRIOR = Óláfr Tryggvason]’: (a) This kenning can be construed with óði ‘poem’ as in the interpretation above (and in Skj B and Skald). (b) It could alternatively be construed with Rekstefju, thus, ‘I commence Rekstefja about the warrior’. Either case involves the use of the dat. case to mean ‘about’, which is unusual, but cf. lof ‘praise-poem’ with a kenning in the dat. in the second helmingr.
hvéls ‘wheel’
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hvél (noun n.; °; -): wheel < randhvél (noun n.): [rim-wheel]
kennings
Þundi rennu randhvéls;‘about the Þundr of the rush of the rim-wheel; ’
= WARRIOR = Óláfr Tryggvason
the rim-wheel; → SHIELD
the rush of the SHIELD → BATTLE
about the Þundr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Óláfr Tryggvason
notes
[3] Þundi rennu randhvéls ‘about the Þundr <= Oðinn> of the rush of the rim-wheel [SHIELD > BATTLE > WARRIOR = Óláfr Tryggvason]’: (a) This kenning can be construed with óði ‘poem’ as in the interpretation above (and in Skj B and Skald). (b) It could alternatively be construed with Rekstefju, thus, ‘I commence Rekstefja about the warrior’. Either case involves the use of the dat. case to mean ‘about’, which is unusual, but cf. lof ‘praise-poem’ with a kenning in the dat. in the second helmingr.
rennu ‘of the rush’
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1. renna (noun f.; °-u): [rush]
kennings
Þundi rennu randhvéls;‘about the Þundr of the rush of the rim-wheel; ’
= WARRIOR = Óláfr Tryggvason
the rim-wheel; → SHIELD
the rush of the SHIELD → BATTLE
about the Þundr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Óláfr Tryggvason
notes
[3] Þundi rennu randhvéls ‘about the Þundr <= Oðinn> of the rush of the rim-wheel [SHIELD > BATTLE > WARRIOR = Óláfr Tryggvason]’: (a) This kenning can be construed with óði ‘poem’ as in the interpretation above (and in Skj B and Skald). (b) It could alternatively be construed with Rekstefju, thus, ‘I commence Rekstefja about the warrior’. Either case involves the use of the dat. case to mean ‘about’, which is unusual, but cf. lof ‘praise-poem’ with a kenning in the dat. in the second helmingr.
rennu ‘of the rush’
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1. renna (noun f.; °-u): [rush]
kennings
Þundi rennu randhvéls;‘about the Þundr of the rush of the rim-wheel; ’
= WARRIOR = Óláfr Tryggvason
the rim-wheel; → SHIELD
the rush of the SHIELD → BATTLE
about the Þundr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Óláfr Tryggvason
notes
[3] Þundi rennu randhvéls ‘about the Þundr <= Oðinn> of the rush of the rim-wheel [SHIELD > BATTLE > WARRIOR = Óláfr Tryggvason]’: (a) This kenning can be construed with óði ‘poem’ as in the interpretation above (and in Skj B and Skald). (b) It could alternatively be construed with Rekstefju, thus, ‘I commence Rekstefja about the warrior’. Either case involves the use of the dat. case to mean ‘about’, which is unusual, but cf. lof ‘praise-poem’ with a kenning in the dat. in the second helmingr.
Þundi ‘about the Þundr’
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Þundr (noun m.): Þundr
kennings
Þundi rennu randhvéls;‘about the Þundr of the rush of the rim-wheel; ’
= WARRIOR = Óláfr Tryggvason
the rim-wheel; → SHIELD
the rush of the SHIELD → BATTLE
about the Þundr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Óláfr Tryggvason
notes
[3] Þundi rennu randhvéls ‘about the Þundr <= Oðinn> of the rush of the rim-wheel [SHIELD > BATTLE > WARRIOR = Óláfr Tryggvason]’: (a) This kenning can be construed with óði ‘poem’ as in the interpretation above (and in Skj B and Skald). (b) It could alternatively be construed with Rekstefju, thus, ‘I commence Rekstefja about the warrior’. Either case involves the use of the dat. case to mean ‘about’, which is unusual, but cf. lof ‘praise-poem’ with a kenning in the dat. in the second helmingr.
Rekstefju ‘Rekstefja (‘Split-refrain’ (?))’
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rekstefja (noun f.): split-refrain
notes
[4] Rekstefju ‘Rekstefja (“Split-refrain” (?))’: On the meaning of the title, see Introduction.
tekk ‘I’
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2. taka (verb): take
hefja ‘commence’
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hefja (verb): lift, start
Ský ‘of the cloud’
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ský (noun n.; °-s; -): cloud < skýrunnr (noun m.)
[5] Skýrunn*: ‘skvrvnzst’ Bb
kennings
fríðum skjaldar linna skýrunn*,‘cloud-tree of the snakes of the shield’
= WARRIOR = Óláfr
the snakes of the shield, → SWORDS
the cloud of SWORDS → SHIELD
for the handsome tree of the SHIELD → WARRIOR = Óláfr
notes
[5] skýrunn* ‘tree of the cloud (lit. ‘cloud-tree’)’: (a) Finnur Jónsson in Skj B, partly following SHI 3, 271, emends the incomprehensible ms. reading ‘skurunzst’ to skýrunns (gen. sg.) ‘cloud-tree’, and assumes that the warrior-kenning of which runn- ‘tree’ is base-word forms a gen. with lof, hence ‘praise-poem about the warrior’. (b) The present edn, with Konráð Gíslason (1895-7) and Kock (NN §1167), prefers to take skýrunn as a dat. sg. with lof and to assume that two kennings stand in apposition. Both Konráð and Kock point to a parallel for endingless dat. sg. -runn rather than the more usual -runni.
Ský ‘of the cloud’
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ský (noun n.; °-s; -): cloud < skýrunnr (noun m.)
[5] Skýrunn*: ‘skvrvnzst’ Bb
kennings
fríðum skjaldar linna skýrunn*,‘cloud-tree of the snakes of the shield’
= WARRIOR = Óláfr
the snakes of the shield, → SWORDS
the cloud of SWORDS → SHIELD
for the handsome tree of the SHIELD → WARRIOR = Óláfr
notes
[5] skýrunn* ‘tree of the cloud (lit. ‘cloud-tree’)’: (a) Finnur Jónsson in Skj B, partly following SHI 3, 271, emends the incomprehensible ms. reading ‘skurunzst’ to skýrunns (gen. sg.) ‘cloud-tree’, and assumes that the warrior-kenning of which runn- ‘tree’ is base-word forms a gen. with lof, hence ‘praise-poem about the warrior’. (b) The present edn, with Konráð Gíslason (1895-7) and Kock (NN §1167), prefers to take skýrunn as a dat. sg. with lof and to assume that two kennings stand in apposition. Both Konráð and Kock point to a parallel for endingless dat. sg. -runn rather than the more usual -runni.
runn* ‘tree’
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runnr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): bush, tree < skýrunnr (noun m.)
[5] Skýrunn*: ‘skvrvnzst’ Bb
kennings
fríðum skjaldar linna skýrunn*,‘cloud-tree of the snakes of the shield’
= WARRIOR = Óláfr
the snakes of the shield, → SWORDS
the cloud of SWORDS → SHIELD
for the handsome tree of the SHIELD → WARRIOR = Óláfr
notes
[5] skýrunn* ‘tree of the cloud (lit. ‘cloud-tree’)’: (a) Finnur Jónsson in Skj B, partly following SHI 3, 271, emends the incomprehensible ms. reading ‘skurunzst’ to skýrunns (gen. sg.) ‘cloud-tree’, and assumes that the warrior-kenning of which runn- ‘tree’ is base-word forms a gen. with lof, hence ‘praise-poem about the warrior’. (b) The present edn, with Konráð Gíslason (1895-7) and Kock (NN §1167), prefers to take skýrunn as a dat. sg. with lof and to assume that two kennings stand in apposition. Both Konráð and Kock point to a parallel for endingless dat. sg. -runn rather than the more usual -runni.
skjaldar ‘of the shield’
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skjǫldr (noun m.; °skjaldar/skildar, dat. skildi; skildir, acc. skjǫldu): shield
kennings
fríðum skjaldar linna skýrunn*,‘cloud-tree of the snakes of the shield’
= WARRIOR = Óláfr
the snakes of the shield, → SWORDS
the cloud of SWORDS → SHIELD
for the handsome tree of the SHIELD → WARRIOR = Óláfr
skjaldar ‘of the shield’
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skjǫldr (noun m.; °skjaldar/skildar, dat. skildi; skildir, acc. skjǫldu): shield
kennings
fríðum skjaldar linna skýrunn*,‘cloud-tree of the snakes of the shield’
= WARRIOR = Óláfr
the snakes of the shield, → SWORDS
the cloud of SWORDS → SHIELD
for the handsome tree of the SHIELD → WARRIOR = Óláfr
skjaldar ‘of the shield’
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skjǫldr (noun m.; °skjaldar/skildar, dat. skildi; skildir, acc. skjǫldu): shield
kennings
fríðum skjaldar linna skýrunn*,‘cloud-tree of the snakes of the shield’
= WARRIOR = Óláfr
the snakes of the shield, → SWORDS
the cloud of SWORDS → SHIELD
for the handsome tree of the SHIELD → WARRIOR = Óláfr
linna ‘of the snakes’
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linnr (noun m.): snake
kennings
fríðum skjaldar linna skýrunn*,‘cloud-tree of the snakes of the shield’
= WARRIOR = Óláfr
the snakes of the shield, → SWORDS
the cloud of SWORDS → SHIELD
for the handsome tree of the SHIELD → WARRIOR = Óláfr
linna ‘of the snakes’
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linnr (noun m.): snake
kennings
fríðum skjaldar linna skýrunn*,‘cloud-tree of the snakes of the shield’
= WARRIOR = Óláfr
the snakes of the shield, → SWORDS
the cloud of SWORDS → SHIELD
for the handsome tree of the SHIELD → WARRIOR = Óláfr
linna ‘of the snakes’
(not checked:)
linnr (noun m.): snake
kennings
fríðum skjaldar linna skýrunn*,‘cloud-tree of the snakes of the shield’
= WARRIOR = Óláfr
the snakes of the shield, → SWORDS
the cloud of SWORDS → SHIELD
for the handsome tree of the SHIELD → WARRIOR = Óláfr
skalk ‘I will’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
fríðum ‘for the handsome’
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fríðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): beautiful, fair
kennings
fríðum skjaldar linna skýrunn*,‘cloud-tree of the snakes of the shield’
= WARRIOR = Óláfr
the snakes of the shield, → SWORDS
the cloud of SWORDS → SHIELD
for the handsome tree of the SHIELD → WARRIOR = Óláfr
lof ‘a praise-poem’
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lof (noun n.; °-s; -): praise, leave, permission
smíða ‘forge’
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smíða (verb): craft
þing ‘of the assembly’
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þing (noun n.; °-s; -): meeting, assembly < þingbaldr (noun m.)
[7] þing‑: ‘þig‑’ Bb
kennings
mildum Þróttar þing-Baldr,‘assembly-Baldr of Þróttr’
= WARRIOR = Óláfr
the assembly of Þróttr, → BATTLE
for the generous Baldr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Óláfr
notes
[7] þing- ‘assembly’: An unavoidable emendation introduced by Sveinbjörn Egilsson (SHI 3, 244). — [7] Þróttar þing-Baldr ‘Baldr <god> of the assembly of Þróttr <= Óðinn> [(lit. ‘assembly-Baldr of Þróttr’) BATTLE > WARRIOR = Óláfr]’: Konráð Gíslason (1895-7) interprets this as the skald addressing a man, possibly the one who commissioned the poem, whereas Kock and this edn prefer to construe it as a parallel phrase to the warrior-kenning based on runn ‘tree’. On the form Baldr as dat., cf. Finnur Jónsson (1901, 7-8).
þing ‘of the assembly’
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þing (noun n.; °-s; -): meeting, assembly < þingbaldr (noun m.)
[7] þing‑: ‘þig‑’ Bb
kennings
mildum Þróttar þing-Baldr,‘assembly-Baldr of Þróttr’
= WARRIOR = Óláfr
the assembly of Þróttr, → BATTLE
for the generous Baldr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Óláfr
notes
[7] þing- ‘assembly’: An unavoidable emendation introduced by Sveinbjörn Egilsson (SHI 3, 244). — [7] Þróttar þing-Baldr ‘Baldr <god> of the assembly of Þróttr <= Óðinn> [(lit. ‘assembly-Baldr of Þróttr’) BATTLE > WARRIOR = Óláfr]’: Konráð Gíslason (1895-7) interprets this as the skald addressing a man, possibly the one who commissioned the poem, whereas Kock and this edn prefer to construe it as a parallel phrase to the warrior-kenning based on runn ‘tree’. On the form Baldr as dat., cf. Finnur Jónsson (1901, 7-8).
þing ‘of the assembly’
(not checked:)
þing (noun n.; °-s; -): meeting, assembly < þingbaldr (noun m.)
[7] þing‑: ‘þig‑’ Bb
kennings
mildum Þróttar þing-Baldr,‘assembly-Baldr of Þróttr’
= WARRIOR = Óláfr
the assembly of Þróttr, → BATTLE
for the generous Baldr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Óláfr
notes
[7] þing- ‘assembly’: An unavoidable emendation introduced by Sveinbjörn Egilsson (SHI 3, 244). — [7] Þróttar þing-Baldr ‘Baldr <god> of the assembly of Þróttr <= Óðinn> [(lit. ‘assembly-Baldr of Þróttr’) BATTLE > WARRIOR = Óláfr]’: Konráð Gíslason (1895-7) interprets this as the skald addressing a man, possibly the one who commissioned the poem, whereas Kock and this edn prefer to construe it as a parallel phrase to the warrior-kenning based on runn ‘tree’. On the form Baldr as dat., cf. Finnur Jónsson (1901, 7-8).
þing ‘of the assembly’
(not checked:)
þing (noun n.; °-s; -): meeting, assembly < þingbaldr (noun m.)
[7] þing‑: ‘þig‑’ Bb
kennings
mildum Þróttar þing-Baldr,‘assembly-Baldr of Þróttr’
= WARRIOR = Óláfr
the assembly of Þróttr, → BATTLE
for the generous Baldr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Óláfr
notes
[7] þing- ‘assembly’: An unavoidable emendation introduced by Sveinbjörn Egilsson (SHI 3, 244). — [7] Þróttar þing-Baldr ‘Baldr <god> of the assembly of Þróttr <= Óðinn> [(lit. ‘assembly-Baldr of Þróttr’) BATTLE > WARRIOR = Óláfr]’: Konráð Gíslason (1895-7) interprets this as the skald addressing a man, possibly the one who commissioned the poem, whereas Kock and this edn prefer to construe it as a parallel phrase to the warrior-kenning based on runn ‘tree’. On the form Baldr as dat., cf. Finnur Jónsson (1901, 7-8).
Baldr ‘Baldr’
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Baldr (noun m.): [Baldr, Baldur] < þingbaldr (noun m.)
kennings
mildum Þróttar þing-Baldr,‘assembly-Baldr of Þróttr’
= WARRIOR = Óláfr
the assembly of Þróttr, → BATTLE
for the generous Baldr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Óláfr
notes
[7] Þróttar þing-Baldr ‘Baldr <god> of the assembly of Þróttr <= Óðinn> [(lit. ‘assembly-Baldr of Þróttr’) BATTLE > WARRIOR = Óláfr]’: Konráð Gíslason (1895-7) interprets this as the skald addressing a man, possibly the one who commissioned the poem, whereas Kock and this edn prefer to construe it as a parallel phrase to the warrior-kenning based on runn ‘tree’. On the form Baldr as dat., cf. Finnur Jónsson (1901, 7-8).
Þróttar ‘of Þróttr’
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2. Þróttr (noun m.): Þróttr
kennings
mildum Þróttar þing-Baldr,‘assembly-Baldr of Þróttr’
= WARRIOR = Óláfr
the assembly of Þróttr, → BATTLE
for the generous Baldr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Óláfr
notes
[7] Þróttar þing-Baldr ‘Baldr <god> of the assembly of Þróttr <= Óðinn> [(lit. ‘assembly-Baldr of Þróttr’) BATTLE > WARRIOR = Óláfr]’: Konráð Gíslason (1895-7) interprets this as the skald addressing a man, possibly the one who commissioned the poem, whereas Kock and this edn prefer to construe it as a parallel phrase to the warrior-kenning based on runn ‘tree’. On the form Baldr as dat., cf. Finnur Jónsson (1901, 7-8).
Þróttar ‘of Þróttr’
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2. Þróttr (noun m.): Þróttr
kennings
mildum Þróttar þing-Baldr,‘assembly-Baldr of Þróttr’
= WARRIOR = Óláfr
the assembly of Þróttr, → BATTLE
for the generous Baldr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Óláfr
notes
[7] Þróttar þing-Baldr ‘Baldr <god> of the assembly of Þróttr <= Óðinn> [(lit. ‘assembly-Baldr of Þróttr’) BATTLE > WARRIOR = Óláfr]’: Konráð Gíslason (1895-7) interprets this as the skald addressing a man, possibly the one who commissioned the poem, whereas Kock and this edn prefer to construe it as a parallel phrase to the warrior-kenning based on runn ‘tree’. On the form Baldr as dat., cf. Finnur Jónsson (1901, 7-8).
mildum ‘for the generous’
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mildr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): mild, gentle, gracious, generous
kennings
mildum Þróttar þing-Baldr,‘assembly-Baldr of Þróttr’
= WARRIOR = Óláfr
the assembly of Þróttr, → BATTLE
for the generous Baldr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Óláfr
þeims ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
fremstr ‘the best’
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framr (adj.; °compar. framari/fremri, superl. framastr/fremstr): outstanding, foremost
varð ‘was’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
beima ‘of men’
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beimi (noun m.; °; -ar): man
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Hǫrs gnótt hrunda sléttum |
I ask silence for myself from the great number of valkyries of linen [WOMEN] for the smooth poem about the Þundr <= Óðinn> of the rush of the rim-wheel [SHIELD > BATTLE > WARRIOR = Óláfr Tryggvason]; I commence Rekstefja (‘Split-refrain’ (?)). I will forge a praise-poem for the handsome tree of the cloud of the snakes of the shield [(lit. ‘cloud-tree of the snakes of the shield’) SWORDS > SHIELD > WARRIOR = Óláfr], for the generous Baldr <god> of the assembly of Þróttr <= Óðinn> [(lit. ‘assembly-Baldr of Þróttr’) BATTLE > WARRIOR = Óláfr], who was the best of men.
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