Halli XI Fl 2II
Russell Poole (ed.) 2009, ‘Halli stirði, Flokkr 2’ 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. 339-40.
Gerðir ‘seals’
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2. gerða (verb): enclose
[1] Gerðir: ‘Giorðer’ F, ‘Geyrðir’ F, Gerðuð H, Hr
fyr ‘off’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
jǫrðu ‘his land’
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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304)): ground, earth
eiðfastr ‘Oath-firm’
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eiðfastr (adj.): [Oath-firm]
Haraldr ‘Haraldr’
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Haraldr (noun m.): Haraldr
skeiðum ‘with ships’
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1. skeið (noun f.; °-ar; -r/-ar/-ir): ship
Sveinn ‘Sveinn’
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2. Sveinn (noun m.): Sveinn
skerr ‘cuts’
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skera (verb): cut
ok ‘also’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
annars ‘the other’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
eysund ‘the island-sound’
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eysund (noun n.): [island-sound]
[4] eysund: so 39, F, E, H, Hr, eysunds Kˣ, J2ˣ
notes
[4] eysund ‘the island-sound’: This hap. leg. might refer to the stretch of water now known as the Kattegat, which has many islands and would be a likely route for a voyager originating in Denmark to follow in crossing to the Götaälv in present-day Sweden.
fundar ‘meet’
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fundr (noun m.): discovery, meeting
Út ‘out [at sea]’
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út (adv.): out(side)
lið ‘force’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
lítit ‘small’
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lítill (adj.; °lítinn): little
lofsnjallr ‘The praise-keen’
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lofsnjallr (adj.): [praise-keen]
kennings
Lofsnjallr hrafngrennir,‘The praise-keen raven-feeder, ’
= WARRIOR = Sveinn
The praise-keen raven-feeder, → WARRIOR = Sveinn
Dana ‘the Danes’
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Danr (noun m.; °dat. -; -ir): Dane
allra ‘of all’
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allr (adj.): all
hinn ‘he’
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2. inn (art.): the
es ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
hvern ‘every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
vág ‘bay’
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vágr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): sea, wave
sunnan ‘from the south’
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sunnan (adv.): (from the) south
hrafn ‘raven’
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hrafn (noun m.; °hrafns; dat. hrafni; hrafnar): raven < hrafngrennir (noun m.): [raven-feeder]
kennings
Lofsnjallr hrafngrennir,‘The praise-keen raven-feeder, ’
= WARRIOR = Sveinn
The praise-keen raven-feeder, → WARRIOR = Sveinn
notes
[8] hrafngrennir ‘raven-feeder [WARRIOR = Sveinn]’: The nomen agentis is from the verb grenna ‘feed, sate’ < Gmc *garaznjan. Noteworthy is the morphological symmetry between this kenning and its counterpart in st. 1/3, hrafngœlir ‘raven-gladdener’.
grennir ‘feeder’
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1. grennir (noun m.): feeder < hrafngrennir (noun m.): [raven-feeder]
kennings
Lofsnjallr hrafngrennir,‘The praise-keen raven-feeder, ’
= WARRIOR = Sveinn
The praise-keen raven-feeder, → WARRIOR = Sveinn
notes
[8] hrafngrennir ‘raven-feeder [WARRIOR = Sveinn]’: The nomen agentis is from the verb grenna ‘feed, sate’ < Gmc *garaznjan. Noteworthy is the morphological symmetry between this kenning and its counterpart in st. 1/3, hrafngœlir ‘raven-gladdener’.
lykr ‘blocks’
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lykja (verb): lock up, enclose
stǫfnum ‘with the prows’
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stafn (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): prow
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