Mark Lv 2III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Markús Skeggjason, Lausavísur 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 297.
Sœgs ‘of the sea’
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1. sœgr (noun m.): [sea]
kennings
málan sverri sólar sœgs,‘the prattling flinger of the sun of the sea, ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the sun of the sea, → GOLD
the prattling flinger of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
Sœgs ‘of the sea’
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1. sœgr (noun m.): [sea]
kennings
málan sverri sólar sœgs,‘the prattling flinger of the sun of the sea, ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the sun of the sea, → GOLD
the prattling flinger of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
munk ‘I shall’
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munu (verb): will, must
síðr ‘’
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2. síðr (adv.): less, hardly
notes
[1] síðr an eigi ‘by no means’: Lit. ‘lesser than not’.
an ‘’
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2. an (conj.): than
notes
[1] síðr an eigi ‘by no means’: Lit. ‘lesser than not’.
eigi ‘by no means’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
notes
[1] síðr an eigi ‘by no means’: Lit. ‘lesser than not’.
sá ‘the one’
[2] sás illr es brag spillir (‘sa er illr er brag spillir’): ‘[…]’ B, ‘s . er illr er brag spiller’ 744ˣ
s ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[2] sás illr es brag spillir (‘sa er illr er brag spillir’): ‘[…]’ B, ‘s . er illr er brag spiller’ 744ˣ
illr ‘wicked’
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illr (adj.): bad, evil, unwell
[2] sás illr es brag spillir (‘sa er illr er brag spillir’): ‘[…]’ B, ‘s . er illr er brag spiller’ 744ˣ
es ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
[2] sás illr es brag spillir (‘sa er illr er brag spillir’): ‘[…]’ B, ‘s . er illr er brag spiller’ 744ˣ
brag ‘a praise poem’
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bragr (noun m.; °-ar): poem, poetry
[2] sás illr es brag spillir (‘sa er illr er brag spillir’): ‘[…]’ B, ‘s . er illr er brag spiller’ 744ˣ
spillir ‘spoils’
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spilla (verb): destroy
[2] sás illr es brag spillir (‘sa er illr er brag spillir’): ‘[…]’ B, ‘s . er illr er brag spiller’ 744ˣ
sólar ‘of the sun’
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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun
[3] sólar sverri málan: ‘[…]lar suerri m[…]’ B, ‘solar suerrí mala’ 744ˣ
kennings
málan sverri sólar sœgs,‘the prattling flinger of the sun of the sea, ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the sun of the sea, → GOLD
the prattling flinger of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
sólar ‘of the sun’
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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun
[3] sólar sverri málan: ‘[…]lar suerri m[…]’ B, ‘solar suerrí mala’ 744ˣ
kennings
málan sverri sólar sœgs,‘the prattling flinger of the sun of the sea, ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the sun of the sea, → GOLD
the prattling flinger of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
sverri ‘flinger’
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sverrir (noun m.): [flinger]
[3] sólar sverri málan: ‘[…]lar suerri m[…]’ B, ‘solar suerrí mala’ 744ˣ
kennings
málan sverri sólar sœgs,‘the prattling flinger of the sun of the sea, ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the sun of the sea, → GOLD
the prattling flinger of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
málan ‘the prattling’
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máll (adj.): beloved, prattling
[3] sólar sverri málan: ‘[…]lar suerri m[…]’ B, ‘solar suerrí mala’ 744ˣ
kennings
málan sverri sólar sœgs,‘the prattling flinger of the sun of the sea, ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the sun of the sea, → GOLD
the prattling flinger of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[3] málan (m. acc. sg.) ‘prattling’: The adj. máll ‘prattling, talkative, chatty’ is otherwise attested only as the second element of compounds (see LP: máll). It is formed from the noun mál n. ‘speech’.
slíðr ‘of the scabbard’
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1. slíðr (noun f.; °; slíðrir/slíðrar): [tough, sheath] < slíðráll (noun m.): [scabbard-eel]
kennings
regin slíðráls;‘gods of the scabbard-eel; ’
= WARRIORS
the scabbard-eel; → SWORD
gods of the SWORD → WARRIORS
notes
[4] regin slíðráls ‘gods of the scabbard-eel [SWORD > WARRIORS]’: Taken here as a form of address in keeping with Skj B and Skald (although both eds emend to sg. reginn; see the next Note). Faulkes (SnE 1998) construes the kenning as the subject of the intercalary clause in l. 2, which is possible only if the m. nom. sg. reginn is adopted as the base-word.
slíðr ‘of the scabbard’
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1. slíðr (noun f.; °; slíðrir/slíðrar): [tough, sheath] < slíðráll (noun m.): [scabbard-eel]
kennings
regin slíðráls;‘gods of the scabbard-eel; ’
= WARRIORS
the scabbard-eel; → SWORD
gods of the SWORD → WARRIORS
notes
[4] regin slíðráls ‘gods of the scabbard-eel [SWORD > WARRIORS]’: Taken here as a form of address in keeping with Skj B and Skald (although both eds emend to sg. reginn; see the next Note). Faulkes (SnE 1998) construes the kenning as the subject of the intercalary clause in l. 2, which is possible only if the m. nom. sg. reginn is adopted as the base-word.
áls ‘eel’
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1. áll (noun m.; °dat. ál; álar): eel < slíðráll (noun m.): [scabbard-eel]
kennings
regin slíðráls;‘gods of the scabbard-eel; ’
= WARRIORS
the scabbard-eel; → SWORD
gods of the SWORD → WARRIORS
notes
[4] regin slíðráls ‘gods of the scabbard-eel [SWORD > WARRIORS]’: Taken here as a form of address in keeping with Skj B and Skald (although both eds emend to sg. reginn; see the next Note). Faulkes (SnE 1998) construes the kenning as the subject of the intercalary clause in l. 2, which is possible only if the m. nom. sg. reginn is adopted as the base-word.
áls ‘eel’
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1. áll (noun m.; °dat. ál; álar): eel < slíðráll (noun m.): [scabbard-eel]
kennings
regin slíðráls;‘gods of the scabbard-eel; ’
= WARRIORS
the scabbard-eel; → SWORD
gods of the SWORD → WARRIORS
notes
[4] regin slíðráls ‘gods of the scabbard-eel [SWORD > WARRIORS]’: Taken here as a form of address in keeping with Skj B and Skald (although both eds emend to sg. reginn; see the next Note). Faulkes (SnE 1998) construes the kenning as the subject of the intercalary clause in l. 2, which is possible only if the m. nom. sg. reginn is adopted as the base-word.
regin ‘gods’
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regin (noun n.): divine power
[4] regin níða: ‘[…]n […]iða’ B, ‘regín vida’ 744ˣ, regin niðja C
kennings
regin slíðráls;‘gods of the scabbard-eel; ’
= WARRIORS
the scabbard-eel; → SWORD
gods of the SWORD → WARRIORS
notes
[4] regin ‘gods’: All mss have regin n. pl. ‘gods’, which has been retained in the present edn. Earlier eds emend silently to reginn m. nom. sg., but it is not quite clear to whom or what this base-word refers. Reginn is the name of a legendary smith and a dwarf (see Note to Þul Dverga 6/4). Finnur Jónsson (LP: reginn) also gives reginn as a common noun meaning ‘wielder’, but Meissner argues that the m. sg. common noun may have been derived from the n. pl. regin ‘gods’ and that reginn means ‘god’ (see Meissner 264, SnE 1998, II, 374 and Notes to Þjóð Haustl 12/6 and Glúmr Gráf 4/6I). — [4] regin slíðráls ‘gods of the scabbard-eel [SWORD > WARRIORS]’: Taken here as a form of address in keeping with Skj B and Skald (although both eds emend to sg. reginn; see the next Note). Faulkes (SnE 1998) construes the kenning as the subject of the intercalary clause in l. 2, which is possible only if the m. nom. sg. reginn is adopted as the base-word.
regin ‘gods’
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regin (noun n.): divine power
[4] regin níða: ‘[…]n […]iða’ B, ‘regín vida’ 744ˣ, regin niðja C
kennings
regin slíðráls;‘gods of the scabbard-eel; ’
= WARRIORS
the scabbard-eel; → SWORD
gods of the SWORD → WARRIORS
notes
[4] regin ‘gods’: All mss have regin n. pl. ‘gods’, which has been retained in the present edn. Earlier eds emend silently to reginn m. nom. sg., but it is not quite clear to whom or what this base-word refers. Reginn is the name of a legendary smith and a dwarf (see Note to Þul Dverga 6/4). Finnur Jónsson (LP: reginn) also gives reginn as a common noun meaning ‘wielder’, but Meissner argues that the m. sg. common noun may have been derived from the n. pl. regin ‘gods’ and that reginn means ‘god’ (see Meissner 264, SnE 1998, II, 374 and Notes to Þjóð Haustl 12/6 and Glúmr Gráf 4/6I). — [4] regin slíðráls ‘gods of the scabbard-eel [SWORD > WARRIORS]’: Taken here as a form of address in keeping with Skj B and Skald (although both eds emend to sg. reginn; see the next Note). Faulkes (SnE 1998) construes the kenning as the subject of the intercalary clause in l. 2, which is possible only if the m. nom. sg. reginn is adopted as the base-word.
níða ‘deride’
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níða (verb): [deride]
[4] regin níða: ‘[…]n […]iða’ B, ‘regín vida’ 744ˣ, regin niðja C
notes
[4] níða ‘deride’: In the present context and juxtaposed to brag ‘praise poem’ (l. 2), this verb most likely refers to poetic verbal derision (see, e.g., Þjsk JarlI). The sense of this helmingr seems to be that, although Markús feels the urge to belittle his prattling opponent, he refrains from doing so because poetry, according to him, ought to be used for praise and not for punishment (see also the discussion in SnE 1998, I, 217).
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