Mberf Lv 5II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson, Lausavísur 5’ 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, p. 389.
Jǫrp ‘The brown-haired’
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jarpr (adj.): brown-, brown-haired
kennings
Jǫrp arm-Hlín*‘The brown-haired Hlín of the arm ’
= WOMAN
The brown-haired Hlín of the arm → WOMAN
notes
[1] jǫrp ‘the brown-haired’: Lit. ‘brown’.
mun ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
eigi ‘not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
verpa ‘throw away’
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1. verpa (verb): to throw, cast (up)
arm ‘of the arm’
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1. armr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): arm < armhlín (noun f.)
[2] arm‑: so F, E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, orm‑ Mork, H, Hr
kennings
Jǫrp arm-Hlín*‘The brown-haired Hlín of the arm ’
= WOMAN
The brown-haired Hlín of the arm → WOMAN
notes
[2] arm-Hlín* ‘the Hlín <goddess> of the arm [WOMAN]’: Ormlinns ‘of the snake-tree’ or ‘of the snake-fire’ (so Mork, Hr) and armlinns ‘of the arm-snake’ or ‘of the arm-tree’, ‘of the arm-fire’ (so F, E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ) make no sense in the present context, and the emendation is in keeping with earlier eds. Linnr usually means ‘snake’ and, more rarely, ‘tree’ (see LP: linnr 1-2).
Hlín* ‘Hlín’
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Hlín (noun f.): Hlín < armhlín (noun f.)
[2] ‑Hlín*: ‑linns Mork, F, E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, ‑lín with a partly erased letter after ‑n H, ‑líns Hr
kennings
Jǫrp arm-Hlín*‘The brown-haired Hlín of the arm ’
= WOMAN
The brown-haired Hlín of the arm → WOMAN
notes
[2] arm-Hlín* ‘the Hlín <goddess> of the arm [WOMAN]’: Ormlinns ‘of the snake-tree’ or ‘of the snake-fire’ (so Mork, Hr) and armlinns ‘of the arm-snake’ or ‘of the arm-tree’, ‘of the arm-fire’ (so F, E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ) make no sense in the present context, and the emendation is in keeping with earlier eds. Linnr usually means ‘snake’ and, more rarely, ‘tree’ (see LP: linnr 1-2).
á ‘to’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
glæ ‘no avail’
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2. glær (adj.): splendid
sínum ‘her [words]’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
[2] sínum: sinni F, E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ
notes
[2] sínum ‘her [words]’: In the construction verpa á glæ, lit. ‘throw into the sea’, i.e. ‘throw away to no avail’ (ll. 1, 2), an implicit orðum (n. dat. pl.) ‘words’ is understood as a referent to sínum (dat. pl. or m. dat. sg.) ‘her’ (so Skj B). Kock’s (NN §2532) attempt to explain sínum as an absolute dat. (kvinnan kastar inte sitt i sjön ‘the woman does not throw hers into the sea’, i.e. ‘what she does, is not thrown away’, ‘what she does, she does not do in vain’) is less convincing. For the idioms kasta, verpa, bera á glæ ‘throw, carry into the sea’ (‘throw away to no avail’), see Fritzner: glær.
orð ‘words’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
spyrk ‘I hear’
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spyrja (verb; spurði): ask; hear, find out
gollhrings ‘of the gold ring’
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gullhringr (noun m.): gold ring
kennings
Gerðar gollhrings‘of the Gerðr of the gold ring ’
= WOMAN
the Gerðr of the gold ring → WOMAN
notes
[3] Gerðar gollhrings ‘of the Gerðr <goddess> of the gold ring [WOMAN]’: This woman-kenning also occurs in the refrain of the Gamanvísur ‘Jesting Vísur’ (Hharð Gamv), which Magnús’s grandfather, Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, composed about his future wife, Ellisif (Elizabeth), the daughter of Jaroslav of Novgorod. The verbal echo is hardly coincidental, because Magnús seems to have wanted to emulate his grandfather (cf. his military campaigns in the west).
Gerðar ‘of the Gerðr’
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Gerðr (noun f.): Gerðr
kennings
Gerðar gollhrings‘of the Gerðr of the gold ring ’
= WOMAN
the Gerðr of the gold ring → WOMAN
notes
[3] Gerðar gollhrings ‘of the Gerðr <goddess> of the gold ring [WOMAN]’: This woman-kenning also occurs in the refrain of the Gamanvísur ‘Jesting Vísur’ (Hharð Gamv), which Magnús’s grandfather, Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, composed about his future wife, Ellisif (Elizabeth), the daughter of Jaroslav of Novgorod. The verbal echo is hardly coincidental, because Magnús seems to have wanted to emulate his grandfather (cf. his military campaigns in the west).
góð ‘the kind’
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góðr (adj.): good
skald ‘the skald’
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skáld (noun n.; °-s; -): poet
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
hljóði ‘secret’
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hljóð (noun n.; °-s; -): sound, silence, a hearing
Annk ‘I love’
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1. unna (verb): love
eigi ‘I don’t’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
opt ‘often’
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opt (adv.): often
goðvefjar ‘of precious cloth’
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goðvefr (noun m.): [precious cloth]
kennings
þoptu goðvefjar,‘the thwart of precious cloth, ’
= WOMAN
the thwart of precious cloth, → WOMAN
þoptu ‘the thwart’
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þofta (noun f.; °-u; -ur): thwart, rowing-bench
kennings
þoptu goðvefjar,‘the thwart of precious cloth, ’
= WOMAN
the thwart of precious cloth, → WOMAN
viti ‘know’
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1. vita (verb): know
menn ‘let men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
hennar ‘of her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[7] hennar: so F, E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, henni Mork, H, Hr
notes
[7] hennar (f. gen. sg.) ‘her’: Henni (f. dat. sg.) ‘her’ (so Mork, H, Hr) is ungrammatical in the present context.
hôla ‘very highly’
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háll (adj.; °[af e-u]): slippery, deceitful
[8] hôla: ‘hal ꜳ’ Hr, ‘hæla’ F, ‘halar’ 42ˣ
rœkðarmôlum ‘caring comments’
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rœkðarmál (noun n.): [caring comments]
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Jǫrp mun eigi verpa |
The brown-haired Hlín <goddess> of the arm [WOMAN] will not throw away her [words] to no avail; I hear in secret the kind words of the Gerðr <goddess> of the gold ring [WOMAN] about the skald. I love the thwart of precious cloth [WOMAN], although I don’t often meet [her]; let men know that I think very highly of her caring comments.
As Lv 3-4 above.
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