HSt Frag 7III
Edith Marold (ed.) 2017, ‘Hallar-Steinn, Fragments 7’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 209.
Flaug ‘flew’
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fljúga (verb): fly
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
firna ‘the overly’
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firn (noun n.): amazingly, overly, vehemently < firnabjúgr (adj.)
kennings
firnabjúgir fleygi-Nirðir fjarðelds‘the overly stooping throwing-Nirðir of fjord-fire ’
= GENEROUS MEN
fjord-fire → GOLD
the overly stooping throwing-Nirðir of the GOLD → GENEROUS MEN
notes
[1] firnabjúgir ‘overly stooping’: The sense of this adj. is not entirely clear: it could mean that the men were stooping because they had already been wounded by hurled stones, or that they were ducking to avoid them. The first element of the cpd, firna- (gen. pl. of firn ‘something extraordinary’), is used as an intensifier (cf. Fritzner: firn).
bjúgir ‘stooping’
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bjúgr (adj.; °compar. -ari): bent < firnabjúgr (adj.)
[1] ‑bjúgir: ‘biugri’ 743ˣ
kennings
firnabjúgir fleygi-Nirðir fjarðelds‘the overly stooping throwing-Nirðir of fjord-fire ’
= GENEROUS MEN
fjord-fire → GOLD
the overly stooping throwing-Nirðir of the GOLD → GENEROUS MEN
notes
[1] firnabjúgir ‘overly stooping’: The sense of this adj. is not entirely clear: it could mean that the men were stooping because they had already been wounded by hurled stones, or that they were ducking to avoid them. The first element of the cpd, firna- (gen. pl. of firn ‘something extraordinary’), is used as an intensifier (cf. Fritzner: firn).
foldar ‘of the earth’
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fold (noun f.): land
kennings
Hnegg foldar‘The heart of the earth ’
= STONE
The heart of the earth → STONE
hnegg ‘The heart’
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1. hnegg (noun n.): [core, heart]
kennings
Hnegg foldar‘The heart of the earth ’
= STONE
The heart of the earth → STONE
notes
[2] hnegg ‘the heart’: Listed as a heiti for ‘heart’ in Þul Hugar ok hjarta l. 1 (see Note there).
at ‘at’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
seggjum ‘men’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
fjarð ‘of fjord’
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fjǫrðr (noun m.): fjord < fjarðeldr (noun m.)
kennings
firnabjúgir fleygi-Nirðir fjarðelds‘the overly stooping throwing-Nirðir of fjord-fire ’
= GENEROUS MEN
fjord-fire → GOLD
the overly stooping throwing-Nirðir of the GOLD → GENEROUS MEN
fjarð ‘of fjord’
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fjǫrðr (noun m.): fjord < fjarðeldr (noun m.)
kennings
firnabjúgir fleygi-Nirðir fjarðelds‘the overly stooping throwing-Nirðir of fjord-fire ’
= GENEROUS MEN
fjord-fire → GOLD
the overly stooping throwing-Nirðir of the GOLD → GENEROUS MEN
elds ‘fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire < fjarðeldr (noun m.)
kennings
firnabjúgir fleygi-Nirðir fjarðelds‘the overly stooping throwing-Nirðir of fjord-fire ’
= GENEROUS MEN
fjord-fire → GOLD
the overly stooping throwing-Nirðir of the GOLD → GENEROUS MEN
elds ‘fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire < fjarðeldr (noun m.)
kennings
firnabjúgir fleygi-Nirðir fjarðelds‘the overly stooping throwing-Nirðir of fjord-fire ’
= GENEROUS MEN
fjord-fire → GOLD
the overly stooping throwing-Nirðir of the GOLD → GENEROUS MEN
fleygi ‘throwing’
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fleygja (verb): fling < fleyginjǫrðr (noun m.)
kennings
firnabjúgir fleygi-Nirðir fjarðelds‘the overly stooping throwing-Nirðir of fjord-fire ’
= GENEROUS MEN
fjord-fire → GOLD
the overly stooping throwing-Nirðir of the GOLD → GENEROUS MEN
Nirðir ‘Nirðir’
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Njǫrðr (noun m.): Njǫrðr < fleyginjǫrðr (noun m.)
kennings
firnabjúgir fleygi-Nirðir fjarðelds‘the overly stooping throwing-Nirðir of fjord-fire ’
= GENEROUS MEN
fjord-fire → GOLD
the overly stooping throwing-Nirðir of the GOLD → GENEROUS MEN
notes
[4] fellu (3rd pers. pl. pret. indic.) ‘fell’: Both mss have felli, which could be construed as 3rd pers. pl. pret. subj. The subj. mood is not syntactically motivated here, however, and all previous eds emend to fellu.
skjótt ‘quickly’
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2. skjótr (adj.): quick(ly)
at ‘on’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
velli ‘the field’
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vǫllr (noun m.; °vallar, dat. velli; vellir acc. vǫllu/velli): plain, field
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