Ólhv Hryn 7II
Lauren Goetting (ed.) 2009, ‘Óláfr hvítaskáld Þórðarson, Hrynhenda 7’ 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. 664.
Hauk ‘The hawk’
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1. haukr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): hawk < hauksnjallr (adj.): hawk-brave
[1] Hauk‑: ‘hau‑’ 81a
kennings
Hauksnjallr stillir hersa‘The hawk-brave ruler of hersar ’
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The hawk-brave ruler of hersar → Skúli
notes
[1] hauksnjallr ‘hawk-brave’: Cf. Þstf Stuttdr 1/3.
snjallr ‘brave’
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snjallr (adj.): quick, resourceful, bold < hauksnjallr (adj.): hawk-brave
[1] ‑snjallr: snjallt 42ˣ, ‘snallr’ 81a
kennings
Hauksnjallr stillir hersa‘The hawk-brave ruler of hersar ’
= Skúli
The hawk-brave ruler of hersar → Skúli
notes
[1] hauksnjallr ‘hawk-brave’: Cf. Þstf Stuttdr 1/3.
tók ‘took’
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2. taka (verb): take
hersa ‘hersar’
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hersir (noun m.; °-is; -ar): cheiftan
kennings
Hauksnjallr stillir hersa‘The hawk-brave ruler of hersar ’
= Skúli
The hawk-brave ruler of hersar → Skúli
stillir ‘ruler’
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stillir (noun m.): ruler
kennings
Hauksnjallr stillir hersa‘The hawk-brave ruler of hersar ’
= Skúli
The hawk-brave ruler of hersar → Skúli
hæra ‘a higher’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
[2] hæra: herra 42ˣ
nafn ‘title’
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nafn (noun n.; °-s; *-): name
en ‘than’
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4. en (conj.): than
mundang ‘fitting’
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mundang (noun n.; °-s; gen. -a): appropriate
[2] mundang: ‘mdang’ 81a
notes
[2] mundang ‘fitting’: Lit. ‘moderation, balance’, used adjectivally to mean ‘proper, fitting’. This is the sole occurrence of the word in poetry.
væri ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
Þrœndir ‘the Þrœndir’
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Þrœndr (noun m.; °; þrǿndir/þrǿndr): people from Tröndelag
[3] Þrœndir: þrætur Flat
notes
[3] Þrœndir efldu reyndan þengil ‘the Þrœndir supported the tried prince’: See Note to st. 2/1 above.
efldu ‘supported’
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efla (verb; °-fld-/-að-(RómvUpph¹ 382²⁴)): strengthen
notes
[3] Þrœndir efldu reyndan þengil ‘the Þrœndir supported the tried prince’: See Note to st. 2/1 above.
þengil ‘prince’
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þengill (noun m.): prince, ruler
notes
[3] Þrœndir efldu reyndan þengil ‘the Þrœndir supported the tried prince’: See Note to st. 2/1 above.
reyndan ‘the tried’
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reyna (verb): test, try, experience
[3] reyndan: reyndar 42ˣ, ríkan Flat
notes
[3] Þrœndir efldu reyndan þengil ‘the Þrœndir supported the tried prince’: See Note to st. 2/1 above.
þungr ‘the heavy’
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þungr (adj.): heavy
magnaðisk ‘increased’
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magna (verb): strengthen, increase
agi ‘turmoil’
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agi (noun m.; °-a): [seas, turmoil]
bragna ‘of the people’
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bragnar (noun m.): men, warriors
[4] bragna: manna 42ˣ, þar bragna Flat
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