Hskv Útkv 1II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Halldórr skvaldri, Útfararkviða 1’ 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. 482-3.
Varð ‘appeared’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
fyr ‘before’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
stafni ‘the prow’
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stafn (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): prow
kennings
styrjargjǫrnum friðraskaði.‘of the battle-eager peace-disturber. ’
= WARRIOR
the battle-eager peace-disturber. → WARRIOR
gjǫrnum ‘eager’
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gjarn (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): eager
[2] gjǫrnum: auki H, Hr
kennings
styrjargjǫrnum friðraskaði.‘of the battle-eager peace-disturber. ’
= WARRIOR
the battle-eager peace-disturber. → WARRIOR
kennings
styrjargjǫrnum friðraskaði.‘of the battle-eager peace-disturber. ’
= WARRIOR
the battle-eager peace-disturber. → WARRIOR
notes
[3] friðraskaði ‘peace-disturber’: Friðr raskaðisk (so H, Hr) translates as ‘peace was disturbed’. The second element of the cpd, -raskaði, is dat. sg. of the m. noun rǫskuðr ‘disturber’ formed from the weak verb raska ‘disturb’.
raskaði ‘disturber’
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raskaði (noun m.): [disturber] < friðrǫskuðr (noun m.)
[3] ‑raskaði: raskar E, ‘raskare’ J2ˣ, raskari 42ˣ, raskaðisk H, Hr
kennings
styrjargjǫrnum friðraskaði.‘of the battle-eager peace-disturber. ’
= WARRIOR
the battle-eager peace-disturber. → WARRIOR
notes
[3] friðraskaði ‘peace-disturber’: Friðr raskaðisk (so H, Hr) translates as ‘peace was disturbed’. The second element of the cpd, -raskaði, is dat. sg. of the m. noun rǫskuðr ‘disturber’ formed from the weak verb raska ‘disturb’.
Forminterra ‘Formentera’
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Forminterra (noun f.): [Formentera]
[4] Forminterra: ‘formintera’ H, ‘formítera’ Hr
notes
[4] Forminterra ‘Formentera’: An island south of Ibiza in the Mediterranean.
Þar ‘There’
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þar (adv.): there
varð ‘had’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
eggjar ‘sword-blades’
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1. egg (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -ju/-): edge, blade
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
eld ‘fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
þola ‘to suffer’
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þola (verb): suffer, endure
blámanna ‘of dark men’
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blámaðr (noun m.; °·manns; ·menn): dark man
notes
[7] lið blámanna ‘the troop of dark men’: ON blámenn ‘dark men’ designated black Africans as well as the Moors. See also Þfisk Lv 2/6 and Bǫlv Hardr 5/4. In this particular case, the heathens hiding in the cave were likely to have been Moors.
lið ‘the troop’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
notes
[7] lið blámanna ‘the troop of dark men’: ON blámenn ‘dark men’ designated black Africans as well as the Moors. See also Þfisk Lv 2/6 and Bǫlv Hardr 5/4. In this particular case, the heathens hiding in the cave were likely to have been Moors.
áðr ‘before’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
bana ‘death’
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bani (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death, killer
fengi ‘they met’
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On his journey to Palestine (1110), Sigurðr attacked a cave occupied by Moors and destroyed it with fire.
For a full description of this event, see Þstf Stuttdr 4 Context above. See also Hskv Útf 7-8 below.
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