Kolli Ingdr 1II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Kolli inn prúði, Ingadrápa 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. 528-9.
Unnuð ‘You fought’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
austr ‘east’
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3. austr (adv.; °compar. -ar, superl. -ast): east, in the east
fyr ‘by’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
notes
[1] Mynni ‘Minne’: Located on the southern shore of Lake Mjøsa, Norway.
odd ‘a point’
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oddr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): point of weapon < oddhríð (noun f.): point-storm
kennings
oddhríð‘a point-storm ’
= BATTLE
a point-storm → BATTLE
hríð ‘storm’
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hríð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): time, storm < oddhríð (noun f.): point-storm
kennings
oddhríð‘a point-storm ’
= BATTLE
a point-storm → BATTLE
brátt ‘soon’
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bráðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): quick(ly)
[2] brátt: brá Kˣ, brak E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, H, Hr
síðan ‘thereafter’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
hilmir ‘ruler’
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hilmir (noun m.): prince, protector
fekk ‘furnished’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
[3] fekk: fekkt F, fekktu Kˣ
und ‘beneath’
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3. und (prep.): under, underneath
hjalmi ‘the helmet’
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1. hjalmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): helmet
hrafns ‘raven’s’
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hrafn (noun m.; °hrafns; dat. hrafni; hrafnar): raven
kennings
verðar hrafns‘raven’s food ’
= CORPSES
raven’s food → CORPSES
verðar ‘food’
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1. verðr (noun m.; °dat. -i): food
[4] verðar: so Kˣ, E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, H, Hr, ferðar Mork, F
kennings
verðar hrafns‘raven’s food ’
= CORPSES
raven’s food → CORPSES
lið ‘the host’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
sverðum ‘with swords’
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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword
Lǫgðuð ‘crashed’
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leggja (verb): put, lay
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
eirar ‘mercy’
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eir (noun f.): mercy
ǫrr ‘brave’
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ǫrr (adj.): generous, brave
synjaðir ‘you refused’
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1. synja (verb): refuse
[6] synjaðir: ‘synia þit’ Mork, synjaði F
brynju ‘to the byrnie’
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1. brynja (noun f.; °-u (dat. brynnoni Gibb 38⁹); -ur): mailcoat
ungr ‘as a youth’
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ungr (adj.): young
notes
[7] ungr ‘as a youth’: Lit. ‘young’. There is certainly some truth in this statement, because Ingi was only one year old when this battle toook place (see Note to Ív Sig 36/1, 3). According to Hkr (ÍF 28, 305), Ingi’s supporter, Þjóstólfr Álason, carried Ingi inside his tunic during the battle: Svá er sagt, at Þjóstólfr Álason hafði Inga konung í kiltingu sér, meðan orrosta var, ok gekk undir merki, ok kom Þjóstólfr í mikla nauð af erfiði ok atsókn, ok er þat mál manna, at þá hafi Ingi fengit vanheilendi þat, er hann hafði allan aldr síðan, ok knýtti hrygginn, en annarr fótrinn var skemmri en annarr ok svá afllítill, at hann var illa gengr, meðan hann lifði ‘It is told that Þjóstólfr Álason had King Ingi inside his tunic during the battle, and he advanced beneath the standard, and Þjóstólfr was hard pressed because of the strain and the attack. And people say that Ingi then got that disability which he had for the rest of his life. His back was crooked, and one leg was shorter than the other and so weak that he had problems walking as long as he lived’.
varðir ‘defended’
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2. varða (verb): defend
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
þengill ‘lord’
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þengill (noun m.): prince, ruler
þitt ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
land ‘land’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land
saman ‘together’
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saman (adv.): together
randir ‘shields’
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rǫnd (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; rendr/randir): shield, shield-rim
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The st. describes the battle of Minne, Norway, between Ingi Haraldsson and his men and Magnús inn blindi ‘the Blind’ Sigurðarson (1137).
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