Ill Har 2II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Illugi bryndœlaskáld, Poem about Haraldr harðráði 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. 283-4.
Enn ‘Again’
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2. enn (adv.): still, yet, again
helt ‘embarked on’
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halda (verb): hold, keep
notes
[1] helt ‘embarked on’: Skj B silently emends to lét ‘let’, which Finnur connects with gǫrva ‘be readied’ (see also SnE 1848-87, III, 597-8). That emendation is unnecessary. For this meaning of halda, see Fritzner: halda 14.
ulfa ‘of wolves’
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1. ulfr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): wolf
kennings
brynnir ulfa‘the thirst-quencher of wolves ’
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the thirst-quencher of wolves → WARRIOR
brynnir ‘the thirst-quencher’
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brynnir (noun m.): [thirst-quencher]
kennings
brynnir ulfa‘the thirst-quencher of wolves ’
= WARRIOR
the thirst-quencher of wolves → WARRIOR
eiskaldi ‘heart’
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eiskald (noun n.; °; *-): [heart]
notes
[2] eiskaldi (n. dat. sg.) ‘heart’: The etymology of eiskald n. (also eiskǫld f., eiskaldr m.) is obscure (see AEW: eiskald). The same word occurs in Fáfn, and the similarity of wording indicates that Illugi knew that poem (see Fáfn 27; NK 185): Sittu nú, Sigurðr, | enn ec mun sofa ganga, | oc halt Fáfnis hiarta við funa! | eiscǫld | ec vil etinn láta | eptir þenna dreyra drycc ‘Sit down now, Sigurðr,—and I will go to sleep—and hold Fáfnir’s heart to the fire! The heart I shall eat after this drink of blood’.
gramr ‘ruler’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
beisku ‘the bitter’
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beiskr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bitter
mildr ‘the generous’
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mildr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): mild, gentle, gracious, generous
réð ‘moved’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
orms ‘of the snake’
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ormr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): serpent
of ‘across’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
eldi ‘the fire’
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eldi (noun n.): fire
austr ‘’
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2. austr (noun n.; °-s): the east < austrfǫr (noun f.): °journey to the east
notes
[4] austrfǫr ‘expedition to the east’: Haraldr’s journey from Russia to Constantinople (see Jesch 2001a, 90).
fǫr ‘expedition’
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fǫr (noun f.): journey, fate; movement < austrfǫr (noun f.): °journey to the east
notes
[4] austrfǫr ‘expedition to the east’: Haraldr’s journey from Russia to Constantinople (see Jesch 2001a, 90).
þaðan ‘eastward’
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þaðan (adv.): from there
gǫrva ‘ a well-prepared’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
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