Jór Send 5I
Judith Jesch (ed.) 2012, ‘Jórunn skáldmær, Sendibítr 5’ 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. 149.
Hróðr ‘panegyric’
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hróðr (noun m.): encomium, praise
vann ‘performed’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
hringa ‘of rings’
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1. hringr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): ring; sword
kennings
Stríðir hringa‘The enemy of rings ’
= GENEROUS MAN
The enemy of rings → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[1] stríðir hringa ‘the enemy of rings [GENEROUS MAN]’: This type of kenning would most often refer to a ruler, but it is here used of the poet Guthormr, who expects only the reconciliation of the kings as his reward for the poem (see st. 4/8 and Introduction above). The ms. reading, implying a hróðr stríðis hringa ‘poem of the generous man’, cannot be made to make sense as it leaves the clause without a subject.
stríðis ‘’
kennings
Stríðir hringa‘The enemy of rings ’
= GENEROUS MAN
The enemy of rings → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[1] stríðir hringa ‘the enemy of rings [GENEROUS MAN]’: This type of kenning would most often refer to a ruler, but it is here used of the poet Guthormr, who expects only the reconciliation of the kings as his reward for the poem (see st. 4/8 and Introduction above). The ms. reading, implying a hróðr stríðis hringa ‘poem of the generous man’, cannot be made to make sense as it leaves the clause without a subject.
har̄ ‘’
framkveðins ‘’
framkveðins ‘’
kveðinn ‘’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
[2] framm kveðinn: framkveðins 75c
ramman ‘powerful’
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rammr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): mighty
Goðþormr ‘Guthormr’
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Guthormr: Gutthormr, Guthormr
notes
[3] Goðþormr ‘Guthormr’: Given the uncertainties about the etymology of this name (see the Biography of Guthormr sindri), and about the dating of Send, the authentic form for this stanza cannot be determined with any certainty.
laut ‘’
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1. lúta (verb): (strong)
af ‘from the’
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af (prep.): from
geti ‘’
góð ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
laun ‘reward’
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3. laun (noun n.; °-; -): rewards
kveðins ‘recited’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
óðar ‘poem’
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1. óðr (noun m.): poem
Raunframra ‘truly successful’
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raunframr (adj.): [truly successful]
brá ‘ended’
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bregða (verb; °bregðr/brigðr; brá, brugðu; brugðinn/brogðinn): pull, jerk, break; change
rimmu ‘the clash’
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rimma (noun f.; °-u): battle
runnr ‘The tree’
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runnr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): bush, tree
kennings
Runnr gunnar‘The tree of battle ’
= WARRIOR
The tree of battle → WARRIOR
skjǫldunga ‘rulers’
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skjǫldungr (noun m.): king
gunnar ‘of battle’
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gunnr (noun f.): battle
kennings
Runnr gunnar‘The tree of battle ’
= WARRIOR
The tree of battle → WARRIOR
áðr ‘previously’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
herr ‘the army’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
til ‘for’
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til (prep.): to
hjǫrva ‘of swords’
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hjǫrr (noun m.): sword
kennings
hreggs hjǫrva.‘a storm of swords. ’
= BATTLE
a storm of swords. → BATTLE
hreggs ‘a storm’
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hregg (noun n.): storm
kennings
hreggs hjǫrva.‘a storm of swords. ’
= BATTLE
a storm of swords. → BATTLE
dǫglinga ‘princes’
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dǫglingr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, ruler
notes
[8] tveggja dǫglinga ‘of the two princes’: Haraldr hárfagri and his son Hálfdan svarti; see Introduction.
tveggja ‘two’
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tveir (num. cardinal): two
notes
[8] tveggja dǫglinga ‘of the two princes’: Haraldr hárfagri and his son Hálfdan svarti; see Introduction.
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Hróðr vann hringa stríðir |
The enemy of rings [GENEROUS MAN] performed a powerful panegyric for Haraldr; Guthormr got good reward for the recited poem from the sovereign. The tree of battle [WARRIOR] ended the clash between the truly successful rulers; previously the army of [each of] the two princes had prepared for a storm of swords [BATTLE].
As for sts 2 and 3.
[7-8]: As Kock (NN §1051) points out, ‘the army had previously prepared for the battle of the two princes’ is equally possible. — [8]: This line echoes Þhorn Gldr 3/8, with a similar battle context, but, as de Vries (1964-7, I, 151) notes, they mean quite different things.
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