Hallv Knútdr 5^III

Grund ‘land’

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grund (noun f.): earth, land

liggr ‘lies’

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liggja (verb): lie

und ‘under’

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3. und (prep.): under, underneath

bǫr ‘the tree’

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bǫrr (noun m.): tree

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bundin ‘surrounded’

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binda (verb; °bindr; batt/bant(cf. [$332$]), bundu; bundinn): bind, tie

[1] bundin: bundinn C

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[1, 4] bundin eitrsvǫlum naðri ‘surrounded by the poison-cold serpent <Miðgarðsormr>’: This serpent is Miðgarðsormr ‘the World Serpent’ which, according to Old Norse myth, surrounded the earth. Miðgarðsormr is the god Þórr’s opponent in Bragi Þórr and in Hym (see also ÚlfrU Húsdr 3-6 and EVald Þórr).  

breið ‘The broad’

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breiðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): broad, wide

holm ‘of the island’

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holmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): island, islet < holmfjǫturr (noun m.): island-fetter

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[2] holmfjǫturs ‘of the island-fetter [SERPENT]’: Taken here as a kenning for Miðgarðsormr (see the previous Note); so also Skj B and SnE 1998, II, 316 (cf. Meissner 238). Kock (NN §1126) argues that this cpd is not another kenning for Miðgarðsormr, but rather for ‘sea’, and this idea is also entertained in LP: holmfjǫturr. In that case the larger kenning would be ‘the tree of the path of the island-fetter [SEA > SEAFARER]’. Alternatively, a kenning for ‘seafarer’ could be achieved by taking ‘the path of the world serpent’ as a kenning for ‘sea’.

holm ‘of the island’

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holmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): island, islet < holmfjǫturr (noun m.): island-fetter

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[2] holmfjǫturs ‘of the island-fetter [SERPENT]’: Taken here as a kenning for Miðgarðsormr (see the previous Note); so also Skj B and SnE 1998, II, 316 (cf. Meissner 238). Kock (NN §1126) argues that this cpd is not another kenning for Miðgarðsormr, but rather for ‘sea’, and this idea is also entertained in LP: holmfjǫturr. In that case the larger kenning would be ‘the tree of the path of the island-fetter [SEA > SEAFARER]’. Alternatively, a kenning for ‘seafarer’ could be achieved by taking ‘the path of the world serpent’ as a kenning for ‘sea’.

holm ‘of the island’

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holmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): island, islet < holmfjǫturr (noun m.): island-fetter

kennings

notes

[2] holmfjǫturs ‘of the island-fetter [SERPENT]’: Taken here as a kenning for Miðgarðsormr (see the previous Note); so also Skj B and SnE 1998, II, 316 (cf. Meissner 238). Kock (NN §1126) argues that this cpd is not another kenning for Miðgarðsormr, but rather for ‘sea’, and this idea is also entertained in LP: holmfjǫturr. In that case the larger kenning would be ‘the tree of the path of the island-fetter [SEA > SEAFARER]’. Alternatively, a kenning for ‘seafarer’ could be achieved by taking ‘the path of the world serpent’ as a kenning for ‘sea’.

fjǫturs ‘fetter’

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fjǫturr (noun m.): fetter < holmfjǫturr (noun m.): island-fetter

[2] ‑fjǫturs: ‘‑fio᷎trs’ Tˣ, ‘‑fiotrs’ C

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notes

[2] holmfjǫturs ‘of the island-fetter [SERPENT]’: Taken here as a kenning for Miðgarðsormr (see the previous Note); so also Skj B and SnE 1998, II, 316 (cf. Meissner 238). Kock (NN §1126) argues that this cpd is not another kenning for Miðgarðsormr, but rather for ‘sea’, and this idea is also entertained in LP: holmfjǫturr. In that case the larger kenning would be ‘the tree of the path of the island-fetter [SEA > SEAFARER]’. Alternatively, a kenning for ‘seafarer’ could be achieved by taking ‘the path of the world serpent’ as a kenning for ‘sea’.

fjǫturs ‘fetter’

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fjǫturr (noun m.): fetter < holmfjǫturr (noun m.): island-fetter

[2] ‑fjǫturs: ‘‑fio᷎trs’ Tˣ, ‘‑fiotrs’ C

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notes

[2] holmfjǫturs ‘of the island-fetter [SERPENT]’: Taken here as a kenning for Miðgarðsormr (see the previous Note); so also Skj B and SnE 1998, II, 316 (cf. Meissner 238). Kock (NN §1126) argues that this cpd is not another kenning for Miðgarðsormr, but rather for ‘sea’, and this idea is also entertained in LP: holmfjǫturr. In that case the larger kenning would be ‘the tree of the path of the island-fetter [SEA > SEAFARER]’. Alternatively, a kenning for ‘seafarer’ could be achieved by taking ‘the path of the world serpent’ as a kenning for ‘sea’.

fjǫturs ‘fetter’

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fjǫturr (noun m.): fetter < holmfjǫturr (noun m.): island-fetter

[2] ‑fjǫturs: ‘‑fio᷎trs’ Tˣ, ‘‑fiotrs’ C

kennings

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[2] holmfjǫturs ‘of the island-fetter [SERPENT]’: Taken here as a kenning for Miðgarðsormr (see the previous Note); so also Skj B and SnE 1998, II, 316 (cf. Meissner 238). Kock (NN §1126) argues that this cpd is not another kenning for Miðgarðsormr, but rather for ‘sea’, and this idea is also entertained in LP: holmfjǫturr. In that case the larger kenning would be ‘the tree of the path of the island-fetter [SEA > SEAFARER]’. Alternatively, a kenning for ‘seafarer’ could be achieved by taking ‘the path of the world serpent’ as a kenning for ‘sea’.

leiðar ‘of the path’

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leið (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir/-ar): path, way

[2] leiðar: ‘[…]eidar’ C

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leiðar ‘of the path’

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leið (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir/-ar): path, way

[2] leiðar: ‘[…]eidar’ C

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hein ‘of the whetstone’

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hein (noun f.; °-ar): whetstone < 2. heinland (noun n.)

[3] hein‑: so A, C, ‘lein’ R, Tˣ

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[3] heinlands ‘of the whetstone-land’: For sword-kennings in which the determinant is a word for ‘whetstone’, see Meissner 155. For whetstones in Viking-Age Scandinavia, see Note to Þjóð Haustl 20/3-4.

hein ‘of the whetstone’

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hein (noun f.; °-ar): whetstone < 2. heinland (noun n.)

[3] hein‑: so A, C, ‘lein’ R, Tˣ

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[3] heinlands ‘of the whetstone-land’: For sword-kennings in which the determinant is a word for ‘whetstone’, see Meissner 155. For whetstones in Viking-Age Scandinavia, see Note to Þjóð Haustl 20/3-4.

lands ‘land’

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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land < 2. heinland (noun n.)

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[3] heinlands ‘of the whetstone-land’: For sword-kennings in which the determinant is a word for ‘whetstone’, see Meissner 155. For whetstones in Viking-Age Scandinavia, see Note to Þjóð Haustl 20/3-4.

lands ‘land’

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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land < 2. heinland (noun n.)

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[3] heinlands ‘of the whetstone-land’: For sword-kennings in which the determinant is a word for ‘whetstone’, see Meissner 155. For whetstones in Viking-Age Scandinavia, see Note to Þjóð Haustl 20/3-4.

hoddum ‘hoards’

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1. hodd (noun f.): gold, treasure

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[3] grandar hoddum ‘harms hoards’: Knútr harms hoards by dispersing them, by being generous.

grandar ‘harms’

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grand (noun n.): injury

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[3] grandar hoddum ‘harms hoards’: Knútr harms hoards by dispersing them, by being generous.

Hǫðr ‘the Hǫðr’

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Hǫðr (noun m.): Hǫðr

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eitr ‘by the poison’

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eitr (noun n.; °; dat. -um): poison < eitrsvalr (adj.)

[4] eitr‑: ‘æitir’ A

notes

[1, 4] bundin eitrsvǫlum naðri ‘surrounded by the poison-cold serpent <Miðgarðsormr>’: This serpent is Miðgarðsormr ‘the World Serpent’ which, according to Old Norse myth, surrounded the earth. Miðgarðsormr is the god Þórr’s opponent in Bragi Þórr and in Hym (see also ÚlfrU Húsdr 3-6 and EVald Þórr).  

svǫlum ‘cold’

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svalr (adj.): cool < eitrsvalr (adj.)

[4] ‑svǫlum: so all others, ‘svꜹlun’ R

notes

[1, 4] bundin eitrsvǫlum naðri ‘surrounded by the poison-cold serpent <Miðgarðsormr>’: This serpent is Miðgarðsormr ‘the World Serpent’ which, according to Old Norse myth, surrounded the earth. Miðgarðsormr is the god Þórr’s opponent in Bragi Þórr and in Hym (see also ÚlfrU Húsdr 3-6 and EVald Þórr).  

naðri ‘serpent’

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naðr (noun m.): snake

[4] naðri: corrected from ‘navðri’ R

notes

[1, 4] bundin eitrsvǫlum naðri ‘surrounded by the poison-cold serpent <Miðgarðsormr>’: This serpent is Miðgarðsormr ‘the World Serpent’ which, according to Old Norse myth, surrounded the earth. Miðgarðsormr is the god Þórr’s opponent in Bragi Þórr and in Hym (see also ÚlfrU Húsdr 3-6 and EVald Þórr).