Ill Har 1II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Illugi bryndœlaskáld, Poem about Haraldr harðráði 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. 282-3.
Vargs ‘of the wolf’
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vargr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): wolf
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
munr ‘the pleasure’
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munr (noun m.; °-ar/-s, dat. -/-i; -ir, acc. -i): mind, pleasure
[1] munr: munnr Tˣ, A, B, papp10ˣ, 2368ˣ, 743ˣ, muðr U, C
notes
[1] munr (m. nom. sg.) ‘pleasure’: The variants munnr (or muðr) ‘mouth’ (so Tˣ, U, A, B, C, 743ˣ) and þars ‘there where’ (so U, A, B, 743ˣ) give a less preferable reading of ll. 1 and 4: munnr (or muðr) vargs vas, þars dróttinn minn rak margan flótta ‘the mouth of the wolf was there where my lord put many to flight’.
þats ‘that’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
[1] þats (‘þat er’): þar er U, A, B, 2368ˣ, 743ˣ, þá er C, þar papp10ˣ
margan ‘many’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
men ‘the necklace’
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2. men (noun n.; °; dat. menjum): neck-ring < menskerðir (noun m.): necklace-diminisher
[2] menskerðir: ‘men[…]ðir’ B
kennings
menskerðir‘the necklace-diminisher ’
= GENEROUS MAN = Sigurðr
the necklace-diminisher → GENEROUS MAN = Sigurðr
skerðir ‘diminisher’
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skerðir (noun m.): diminisher < menskerðir (noun m.): necklace-diminisher
[2] menskerðir: ‘men[…]ðir’ B
kennings
menskerðir‘the necklace-diminisher ’
= GENEROUS MAN = Sigurðr
the necklace-diminisher → GENEROUS MAN = Sigurðr
stakk ‘pierced’
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stinga (verb): stab, poke
sverði ‘with the sword’
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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword
myrk ‘the dark’
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2. myrkr (adj.; °-an/-jan/-van; compar. -(v)ari/-ri, superl. -(v)astr): dark, murky < myrkaurriði (noun m.): [dark trout]
[3] myrkaurriða: ‘myrk[…]riða’ B, ‘myrk . . rriða’ 744ˣ, ‘mirkavridi’ papp10ˣ
kennings
myrkaurriða markar‘the dark trout of the forest ’
= SERPENT = Fáfnir
the dark trout of the forest → SERPENT = Fáfnir
aurriða ‘trout’
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aurriði (noun m.): [trout] < myrkaurriði (noun m.): [dark trout]
[3] myrkaurriða: ‘myrk[…]riða’ B, ‘myrk . . rriða’ 744ˣ, ‘mirkavridi’ papp10ˣ
kennings
myrkaurriða markar‘the dark trout of the forest ’
= SERPENT = Fáfnir
the dark trout of the forest → SERPENT = Fáfnir
markar ‘of the forest’
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2. mǫrk (noun f.; °merkr; merkr): forest
kennings
myrkaurriða markar‘the dark trout of the forest ’
= SERPENT = Fáfnir
the dark trout of the forest → SERPENT = Fáfnir
minn ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
dróttinn ‘lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
rak ‘put’
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2. reka (verb): drive, force
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The word vargr is given as one of several examples of heiti for ‘wolf’.
Because B is very difficult to read at this point, AM 744 4°ˣ (744ˣ), an early C18th copy of B made by Jón Ólafsson when B was more legible, has been consulted selectively. — [1, 4]: Most likely refers to Haraldr’s early exploits in Russia (see ÞjóðA Run 1, 3; Sigfús Blöndal 1978, 55). — [1] þats ‘that’: For the use of þats as a conj. (‘that’) see NS §267. — [2-3]: The embedded cl. refers to Sigurðr’s slaying of the dragon Fáfnir (see Fáfn; NK 180-8; SnE 1998, I, 46).
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