Cookies on our website

We use cookies on this website, mainly to provide a secure browsing experience but also to collect statistics on how the website is used. You can find out more about the cookies we set, the information we store and how we use it on the cookies page.

Continue

Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

Menu Search

Close

HSt Rst 27^I

Rolf Stavnem (ed.) 2012, ‘Hallar-Steinn, Rekstefja 27’ 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. 929.

Hallar-Steinn Rekstefja

Annarr ‘one’

(not checked:)
1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second

ǫðlings ‘of the ruler’s’

(not checked:)
ǫðlingr (noun m.; °; -ar): prince, ruler

manna ‘men’

(not checked:)
maðr (noun m.): man, person

ókvíðinn ‘fearless’

(not checked:)
ókvíðinn (adj./verb p.p.): unworried, fearless

réð ‘started’

(not checked:)
ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide

notes

[2, 4] réð ... at ganga ‘started to go’: Or strictly ‘decided to go’. Réð could alternatively be taken as a pleonastic auxiliary.

síðan ‘Then’

(not checked:)
síðan (adv.): later, then

stígr ‘the route’

(not checked:)
1. stígr (noun m.; °dat. -; -ar/-ir, acc. -a/-u): path

varð ‘was’

(not checked:)
1. verða (verb): become, be

[3] varð: var Bb(94va)

stála ‘of steel weapons’

(not checked:)
1. stál (noun n.; °-s; -): steel, weapon, prow

kennings

sveigi stála.
‘for the swinger of steel weapons. ’
= WARRIOR
for the swinger of steel weapons. → WARRIOR

sveigi ‘for the swinger’

(not checked:)
sveigir (noun m.): brandisher

kennings

sveigi stála.
‘for the swinger of steel weapons. ’
= WARRIOR
for the swinger of steel weapons. → WARRIOR

strangr ‘hard’

(not checked:)
strangr (adj.): strong

[4] strangr: strangt Flat

í ‘up’

(not checked:)
í (prep.): in, into

bjarg ‘the crag’

(not checked:)
bjarg (noun n.; °-s; *-): mountain, cliff

[4] bjarg: berg all others

at ‘to’

(not checked:)
5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)

ganga ‘go’

(not checked:)
2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go

notes

[2, 4] réð ... at ganga ‘started to go’: Or strictly ‘decided to go’. Réð could alternatively be taken as a pleonastic auxiliary.

Hôtt ‘the high’

(not checked:)
3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high

fjall ‘mountain’

(not checked:)
1. fjall (noun n.): mountain

hvárki ‘neither’

(not checked:)
hvárki (conj.): neither

mátti ‘could’

(not checked:)
mega (verb): may, might

hans ‘his’

(not checked:)
hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...

vas ‘had come’

(not checked:)
2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

líf ‘life’

(not checked:)
líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life

þrotit ‘to an end’

(not checked:)
þrjóta (verb; str. 2; þrýtr, þraut, þrutu, þrotinn): end, fail

klífa ‘climb’

(not checked:)
klífa (verb): climb

eld ‘of the fire’

(not checked:)
eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire < eldrunnr (noun m.)

kennings

Ǫlna foldar eldrunnr
‘fire-tree of the land of fish’
= MAN
the land of fish → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The tree of the GOLD → MAN

eld ‘of the fire’

(not checked:)
eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire < eldrunnr (noun m.)

kennings

Ǫlna foldar eldrunnr
‘fire-tree of the land of fish’
= MAN
the land of fish → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The tree of the GOLD → MAN

runnr ‘The tree’

(not checked:)
runnr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): bush, tree < eldrunnr (noun m.)

[7] ‑runnr: ‑auðr 54, Bb(94va)

kennings

Ǫlna foldar eldrunnr
‘fire-tree of the land of fish’
= MAN
the land of fish → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The tree of the GOLD → MAN

ǫlna ‘of fish’

(not checked:)
ǫln (noun f.; °alnar; alnar/alnir): mackerel

kennings

Ǫlna foldar eldrunnr
‘fire-tree of the land of fish’
= MAN
the land of fish → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The tree of the GOLD → MAN

notes

[7] ǫlna ‘of fish’: Cf. Note to st. 15/6.

ǫlna ‘of fish’

(not checked:)
ǫln (noun f.; °alnar; alnar/alnir): mackerel

kennings

Ǫlna foldar eldrunnr
‘fire-tree of the land of fish’
= MAN
the land of fish → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The tree of the GOLD → MAN

notes

[7] ǫlna ‘of fish’: Cf. Note to st. 15/6.

ǫlna ‘of fish’

(not checked:)
ǫln (noun f.; °alnar; alnar/alnir): mackerel

kennings

Ǫlna foldar eldrunnr
‘fire-tree of the land of fish’
= MAN
the land of fish → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The tree of the GOLD → MAN

notes

[7] ǫlna ‘of fish’: Cf. Note to st. 15/6.

foldar ‘of the land’

(not checked:)
fold (noun f.): land

kennings

Ǫlna foldar eldrunnr
‘fire-tree of the land of fish’
= MAN
the land of fish → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The tree of the GOLD → MAN

foldar ‘of the land’

(not checked:)
fold (noun f.): land

kennings

Ǫlna foldar eldrunnr
‘fire-tree of the land of fish’
= MAN
the land of fish → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The tree of the GOLD → MAN

foldar ‘of the land’

(not checked:)
fold (noun f.): land

kennings

Ǫlna foldar eldrunnr
‘fire-tree of the land of fish’
= MAN
the land of fish → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The tree of the GOLD → MAN

upp ‘up’

(not checked:)
upp (adv.): up

eðr ‘nor’

(not checked:)
eða (conj.): or

niðr ‘down’

(not checked:)
3. niðr (adv.): down

frá ‘from’

(not checked:)
frá (prep.): from

miðju ‘the middle’

(not checked:)
miðja (noun f.; °-u): the middle

Interactive view: tap on words in the text for notes and glosses

verse
prose

See st. 26. One man retreats in terror, but the other gets stuck on the crag and shouts for help.

log in home page info previous up a level next archive and create persistent link on archive.org

© Skaldic Project Academic Body and Brepols, unless otherwise noted. Database structure and interface developed by Tarrin Wills. All users of material on this database are reminded that its content may be either subject to copyright restrictions or is the property of the custodians of linked databases that have given permission for members of the skaldic project to use their material for research purposes. Those users who have been given access to as yet unpublished material are further reminded that they may not use, publish or otherwise manipulate such material except with the express permission of the individual editor of the material in question and the General Editor of the volume in which the material is to be published. Applications for permission to use such material should be made in the first instance to the General Editor of the volume in question. All information that appears in the published volumes has been thoroughly reviewed. If you believe some information here is incorrect please contact Tarrin Wills with full details.

Close

Stanza/chapter/text segment

Use the buttons at the top of the page to navigate between stanzas in a poem.

Information tab

text: if the stanza has been published, the edited text of the stanza and translation are here; if it hasn't been published an old edition (usually Skj) is given for reference
sources: a list of the manuscripts or inscriptions containing this stanza, with page and line references and links (eye button) to images where available, and transcription where available
readings: a list of variant manuscript readings of words in the main text
editions and texts: a list of editions of the stanza with links to the bibliography; and a list of prose works in which the stanza occurs, allowing you to navigate within the prose context
notes and context: notes not linked to individual words are given here, along with the account of the prose context for the stanza, where relevant

Interactive tab

The text and translation are given here, with buttons to toggle whether the text is shown in the verse order or prose word order. Clicking on indiviudal words gives dictionary links, variant readings, kennings and notes, where relevant.

Full text tab

This is the text of the edition in a similar format to how the edition appears in the printed volumes.

Chapter/text segment

This view is also used for chapters and other text segments. Not all the headings shown are relevant to such sections.