Jór Send 1I
Judith Jesch (ed.) 2012, ‘Jórunn skáldmær, Sendibítr 1’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 145.
Bragningr ‘The ruler’
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bragningr (noun m.; °; -ar): prince, ruler
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[1, 2] bragningr; konungs ‘the ruler; the king’s’: Without a clear context for this stanza (see second Note to [All]), it is not certain who is indicated by these terms, but the most likely is that both refer to Haraldr hárfagri, the king who is named in st. 2/1, 4 and prominent throughout Send.
ræð ‘’
rauð ‘’
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rjóða (verb): to redden
réð ‘’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
[1] réð í blóði: ‘[…]’ B, réð blóði 744ˣ; réð: rauð U, C, ‘ręð’ A
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[1] réð: An auxiliary to inf. rjóða (l. 4), hence réð rjóða ‘reddened’.
beið ‘suffered’
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bíða (verb; °bíðr; beið, biðu; beðit): wait, suffer, experience
[2] beið herr konungs: ‘[…]’ B, ‘beið … konungss’ 744ˣ
herr ‘the army’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
[2] beið herr konungs: ‘[…]’ B, ‘beið … konungss’ 744ˣ
konungs ‘the king’s’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
[2] beið herr konungs: ‘[…]’ B, ‘beið … konungss’ 744ˣ
notes
[1, 2] bragningr; konungs ‘the ruler; the king’s’: Without a clear context for this stanza (see second Note to [All]), it is not certain who is indicated by these terms, but the most likely is that both refer to Haraldr hárfagri, the king who is named in st. 2/1, 4 and prominent throughout Send.
reiði ‘anger’
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2. reiði (noun f.; °-): anger
hús ‘houses’
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hús (noun n.; °-s; -): house
hlutu ‘’
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hljóta (verb): alot, gain
opt ‘often’
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opt (adv.): often
fyr ‘because of’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
eisum ‘fires’
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1. eisa (noun f.; °; -ur): flame, ember
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[3] eisum ‘fires’: This word occurs predominantly in poems of the C12th or later, supporting Fidjestøl’s suggestion (1982, 181) that this is a later poem based on historical events.
ý ‘’
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ýr (noun m.): yew, yew-bow, bow
í ‘’
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í (prep.): in, into
ó ‘of evil’
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ó- ((prefix)): un- < óþjóð (noun f.): evildoer, evil tribe
[4] ó‑: so Tˣ, U, A, 744ˣ, ‘i‑’ R, ‘[…]’ B, ‘y‑’ C
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[4] óþjóðar ‘of evil people’: Another word which seems to be typical of the C12th or later, though it does occur in Arn Hryn 12/1II.
þjóðar ‘people’
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[4] óþjóðar ‘of evil people’: Another word which seems to be typical of the C12th or later, though it does occur in Arn Hryn 12/1II.
hrjóða ‘’
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1. hrjóða (verb): clear, destroy
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The helmingr is cited in the Skm section of SnE for its use of the word bragningr ‘ruler’, one example of the honorific titles (tignarnǫfn) derived from the names given to the descendants of the sons of the legendary king Hálfdan gamli ‘the Old’, in this case Bragi.
The C18th copy 744ˣ has been used in the Readings above where B is not legible. — Although the helmingr refers to burning of buildings and the anger of a king, it does not clearly match the prose narrative with which Send is associated (see Introduction), but rather seems to be a generic battle description. Kreutzer (1972, 93-4) takes it to be the first half of st. 3.
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