Mark Eirdr 31II
Jayne Carroll (ed.) 2009, ‘Markús Skeggjason, Eiríksdrápa 31’ 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. 459-60.
Ræsir ‘The king’
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ræsir (noun m.): ruler
lét ‘made’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
notes
[1] af roðnum hausi ‘from the reddened skull’: Ornamental figurehead at a ship’s stem. See Notes to Valg Har 10/5, 11/4.
roðnum ‘the reddened’
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rjóða (verb): to redden
notes
[1] af roðnum hausi ‘from the reddened skull’: Ornamental figurehead at a ship’s stem. See Notes to Valg Har 10/5, 11/4.
hausi ‘skull’
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hauss (noun m.; °hauss, dat. hausi/haus; hausar): skull
notes
[1] af roðnum hausi ‘from the reddened skull’: Ornamental figurehead at a ship’s stem. See Notes to Valg Har 10/5, 11/4.
kennings
sól Rínar‘the sun of the Rhine ’
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the sun of the Rhine → GOLD
sól ‘the sun’
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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun
kennings
sól Rínar‘the sun of the Rhine ’
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the sun of the Rhine → GOLD
á ‘onto’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
mar ‘the sea’
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1. marr (noun m.): sea < marfjall (noun n.)
kennings
marfjǫll.‘the sea-mountains.’
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the sea-mountains. → WAVES
fjǫll ‘mountains’
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1. fjall (noun n.): mountain < marfjall (noun n.)
[2] ‑fjǫll: fjǫl B, ‑fold C
kennings
marfjǫll.‘the sea-mountains.’
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the sea-mountains. → WAVES
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As sts 1-2 above. In SnE (Skm) the name of the second son of Hálfdan and Alvig, Ræsir, is given as a heiti for kings and jarls.
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