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Kolli Ingdr 3^II

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Kolli inn prúði, Ingadrápa 3’ 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. 530-1.

Kolli inn prúði Ingadrápa

Lýsa ‘describe’

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2. lýsa (verb): illuminate, show

munk ‘I shall’

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munu (verb): will, must

hvé ‘how’

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hvé (conj.): how

ljósa ‘bright’

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ljóss (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright

kennings

ljósa sárísa;
‘bright wound-icicles; ’
= SWORDS
bright wound-icicles; → SWORDS

notes

[1, 4] ljósa sárísa ‘bright wound-icicles [SWORDS]’: Skj B takes the adj. ljósa (m. acc. pl.) ‘bright’ as a f. acc. sg. modifying ben (l. 2; taken as sg. ‘wound’): í ljósa ben Gauta ‘in the bright wound of the Gautar’. Again, Ingi could not possibly have ‘reddened the bright wound-icicles’ on this occasion (see Notes to sts. 1/7 and 2/5, 8 above).

laut ‘bent’

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1. lúta (verb): (strong)

hrafn ‘the raven’

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hrafn (noun m.; °hrafns; dat. hrafni; hrafnar): raven

í ‘over’

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í (prep.): in, into

ben ‘the wounds’

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1. ben (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -; -jar , gen. -a(var. EiðKrC 402¹³: AM 77 4° D)): wound

Gauta ‘of the Gautar’

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gauti (noun m.): man, Geat

ǫrn ‘not seldom’

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1. ǫrn (noun m.; °arnar, dat. erni; ernir, acc. ǫrnu): eagle

fylldit ‘did the eagle’

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fylla (verb): fill

[3] fylldit: fylldi F, 42ˣ, Hr

sik ‘sate’

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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)

sjaldan ‘itself’

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sjaldan (adv.): seldom

sár ‘wound’

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2. sár (noun n.; °-s; -): wound < sáríss (noun m.): [wound-icicles]

kennings

ljósa sárísa;
‘bright wound-icicles; ’
= SWORDS
bright wound-icicles; → SWORDS

notes

[1, 4] ljósa sárísa ‘bright wound-icicles [SWORDS]’: Skj B takes the adj. ljósa (m. acc. pl.) ‘bright’ as a f. acc. sg. modifying ben (l. 2; taken as sg. ‘wound’): í ljósa ben Gauta ‘in the bright wound of the Gautar’. Again, Ingi could not possibly have ‘reddened the bright wound-icicles’ on this occasion (see Notes to sts. 1/7 and 2/5, 8 above).

ísa ‘icicles’

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íss (noun m.; °íss; dat. ísi/ís; ísar): ice < sáríss (noun m.): [wound-icicles]

kennings

ljósa sárísa;
‘bright wound-icicles; ’
= SWORDS
bright wound-icicles; → SWORDS

notes

[1, 4] ljósa sárísa ‘bright wound-icicles [SWORDS]’: Skj B takes the adj. ljósa (m. acc. pl.) ‘bright’ as a f. acc. sg. modifying ben (l. 2; taken as sg. ‘wound’): í ljósa ben Gauta ‘in the bright wound of the Gautar’. Again, Ingi could not possibly have ‘reddened the bright wound-icicles’ on this occasion (see Notes to sts. 1/7 and 2/5, 8 above).

rauð ‘reddened’

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rjóða (verb): to redden

vísi ‘the ruler’

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vísi (noun m.; °-a): leader

[4] vísi: vísir Hr

Goldit ‘repaid’

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1. gjalda (verb): pay, repay

varð ‘were’

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1. verða (verb): become, be

[5] varð: var Hr

þeims ‘who’

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1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

gerðu ‘caused’

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1. gera (verb): do, make

glaum ‘of the racket’

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glaumr (noun m.): noise < glaumherðandi (noun m.)

kennings

Sverða glaumherðǫndum,
‘racket-strengtheners of swords’
= WARRIORS
the racket of swords → BATTLE
The strengtheners of the BATTLE → WARRIORS

glaum ‘of the racket’

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glaumr (noun m.): noise < glaumherðandi (noun m.)

kennings

Sverða glaumherðǫndum,
‘racket-strengtheners of swords’
= WARRIORS
the racket of swords → BATTLE
The strengtheners of the BATTLE → WARRIORS

herðǫndum ‘The strengtheners’

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1. herðandi (noun m.): strengthener < glaumherðandi (noun m.)

kennings

Sverða glaumherðǫndum,
‘racket-strengtheners of swords’
= WARRIORS
the racket of swords → BATTLE
The strengtheners of the BATTLE → WARRIORS

sverða ‘of swords’

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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword

kennings

Sverða glaumherðǫndum,
‘racket-strengtheners of swords’
= WARRIORS
the racket of swords → BATTLE
The strengtheners of the BATTLE → WARRIORS

sverða ‘of swords’

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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword

kennings

Sverða glaumherðǫndum,
‘racket-strengtheners of swords’
= WARRIORS
the racket of swords → BATTLE
The strengtheners of the BATTLE → WARRIORS

rauns ‘there is proof’

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raun (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): ordeal, proof, experience

[7] rauns (‘raun er’): raun Hr

at ‘of’

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3. at (prep.): at, to

ríki ‘power’

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ríki (noun n.; °-s; -): kingdom, power

þínu ‘your’

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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your

róg ‘strife’

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róg (noun n.; °-s): strife, slander

á ‘in’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

notes

[8] á Krókaskógi ‘in Sörbygden’: Located in Bohuslän, present-day Sweden.

Krókaskógi ‘Sörbygden’

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Krókaskógr (noun m.): [Sörbygden]

notes

[8] á Krókaskógi ‘in Sörbygden’: Located in Bohuslän, present-day Sweden.

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The st. describes the battle of Sörbygden between Ingi’s men, Magnús inn blindi and Magnús’s Swed. ally, Jarl Karl Sónason (Mork: ‘Sørkvisson’) of Götaland in 1137.

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