Hallv Knútdr 2III
Matthew Townend (ed.) 2017, ‘Hallvarðr háreksblesi, Knútsdrápa 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 232.
Vestr ‘west’
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2. vestr (adv.): west, in the west
lézt ‘you caused’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
í ‘across’
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í (prep.): in, into
haf ‘the sea’
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haf (noun n.; °-s; *-): sea
hristir ‘Shaker’
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hristir (noun m.): shaker
kennings
harð ‘of the hard’
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harðr (adj.; °comp. -ari; superl. -astr): hard, harsh < harðvigg (noun n.)
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viggs ‘horse’
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vigg (noun n.): steed < harðvigg (noun n.)
kennings
sikul ‘of the sword’
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sikulgjǫrð (noun f.): [sword] < sikulgjǫrð (noun f.): [sword]
kennings
notes
[2] sikulgjarðar ‘of the sword-belt’: Elsewhere in skaldic poetry this cpd occurs only in Þul Skipa 5/6 (see Note there), where it may indicate some sort of sail-rope (Fritzner records no occurrences in prose). Here, though, it is a determinant combining with the base-word íss ‘ice’ (l. 4) to form a sword-kenning, and earlier eds agree that ‘sword-belt’ is the likely meaning (LP: sikulgjǫrð; Frank 1994b, 120; Jesch 2000, 246; Faulkes, SnE 1998, II, 386), though Falk (1914b, 37) suggests some sort of baldric. Spellings with initial <sv> in R and C may show uncertainty or confusion with ON svikall, ModIcel. svikull ‘treacherous’.
sikul ‘of the sword’
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sikulgjǫrð (noun f.): [sword] < sikulgjǫrð (noun f.): [sword]
kennings
notes
[2] sikulgjarðar ‘of the sword-belt’: Elsewhere in skaldic poetry this cpd occurs only in Þul Skipa 5/6 (see Note there), where it may indicate some sort of sail-rope (Fritzner records no occurrences in prose). Here, though, it is a determinant combining with the base-word íss ‘ice’ (l. 4) to form a sword-kenning, and earlier eds agree that ‘sword-belt’ is the likely meaning (LP: sikulgjǫrð; Frank 1994b, 120; Jesch 2000, 246; Faulkes, SnE 1998, II, 386), though Falk (1914b, 37) suggests some sort of baldric. Spellings with initial <sv> in R and C may show uncertainty or confusion with ON svikall, ModIcel. svikull ‘treacherous’.
gjarðar ‘-belt’
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gjǫrð (noun f.): girdle < sikulgjǫrð (noun f.): [sword]
kennings
notes
[2] sikulgjarðar ‘of the sword-belt’: Elsewhere in skaldic poetry this cpd occurs only in Þul Skipa 5/6 (see Note there), where it may indicate some sort of sail-rope (Fritzner records no occurrences in prose). Here, though, it is a determinant combining with the base-word íss ‘ice’ (l. 4) to form a sword-kenning, and earlier eds agree that ‘sword-belt’ is the likely meaning (LP: sikulgjǫrð; Frank 1994b, 120; Jesch 2000, 246; Faulkes, SnE 1998, II, 386), though Falk (1914b, 37) suggests some sort of baldric. Spellings with initial <sv> in R and C may show uncertainty or confusion with ON svikall, ModIcel. svikull ‘treacherous’.
gjarðar ‘-belt’
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gjǫrð (noun f.): girdle < sikulgjǫrð (noun f.): [sword]
kennings
notes
[2] sikulgjarðar ‘of the sword-belt’: Elsewhere in skaldic poetry this cpd occurs only in Þul Skipa 5/6 (see Note there), where it may indicate some sort of sail-rope (Fritzner records no occurrences in prose). Here, though, it is a determinant combining with the base-word íss ‘ice’ (l. 4) to form a sword-kenning, and earlier eds agree that ‘sword-belt’ is the likely meaning (LP: sikulgjǫrð; Frank 1994b, 120; Jesch 2000, 246; Faulkes, SnE 1998, II, 386), though Falk (1914b, 37) suggests some sort of baldric. Spellings with initial <sv> in R and C may show uncertainty or confusion with ON svikall, ModIcel. svikull ‘treacherous’.
umbands ‘of the encircling band’
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umband (noun n.): [encircling band]
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umbands ‘of the encircling band’
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umband (noun n.): [encircling band]
kennings
allra ‘of all’
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allr (adj.): all
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allra ‘of all’
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allr (adj.): all
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landa ‘lands’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land
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landa ‘lands’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land
kennings
íss ‘of the ice’
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íss (noun m.; °íss; dat. ísi/ís; ísar): ice
kennings
íss ‘of the ice’
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íss (noun m.; °íss; dat. ísi/ís; ísar): ice
kennings
framstafni ‘the fore-stem’
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framstafn (noun m.): fore-stem
vísat ‘to be directed’
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2. vísa (verb): show
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