Ólsv Hákdr 2III
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2017, ‘Óláfr svartaskáld Leggsson, Hákonardrápa 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. 312.
Hrein ‘of the pure’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure < hreinstolpi (noun m.): [pure pillar]
kennings
hreinstólpa hjálpar;‘of the pure pillar of help; ’
= S. Óláfr
the pure pillar of help; → S. Óláfr
notes
[1] hreinstólpa hjálpar ‘of the pure pillar of help [= S. Óláfr]’: This would appear to refer to King Óláfr inn helgi Haraldsson (S. Óláfr), the patron saint of Norway, who occupied the Norwegian throne in the early C11th (r. 1015-1030; see his Biography in SkP I). A number of other poetic uses of stólpi ‘pillar’ occur in religious poetry, particularly with reference to the Virgin Mary, see e.g. Anon Pét 5/7VII and Note there.
stólpa ‘pillar’
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stolpi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): pillar < hreinstolpi (noun m.): [pure pillar]
kennings
hreinstólpa hjálpar;‘of the pure pillar of help; ’
= S. Óláfr
the pure pillar of help; → S. Óláfr
notes
[1] hreinstólpa hjálpar ‘of the pure pillar of help [= S. Óláfr]’: This would appear to refer to King Óláfr inn helgi Haraldsson (S. Óláfr), the patron saint of Norway, who occupied the Norwegian throne in the early C11th (r. 1015-1030; see his Biography in SkP I). A number of other poetic uses of stólpi ‘pillar’ occur in religious poetry, particularly with reference to the Virgin Mary, see e.g. Anon Pét 5/7VII and Note there.
átt ‘you ought’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
hjálpar ‘of help’
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hjǫlp (noun f.; °hjalpar; hjalpir/hjalpar): help, salvation
kennings
hreinstólpa hjálpar;‘of the pure pillar of help; ’
= S. Óláfr
the pure pillar of help; → S. Óláfr
notes
[1] hreinstólpa hjálpar ‘of the pure pillar of help [= S. Óláfr]’: This would appear to refer to King Óláfr inn helgi Haraldsson (S. Óláfr), the patron saint of Norway, who occupied the Norwegian throne in the early C11th (r. 1015-1030; see his Biography in SkP I). A number of other poetic uses of stólpi ‘pillar’ occur in religious poetry, particularly with reference to the Virgin Mary, see e.g. Anon Pét 5/7VII and Note there.
her ‘War’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host < herrekkir (noun m.): [War-promoter]
kennings
Herrekkir,‘War-promoter, ’
= WARRIOR
War-promoter, → WARRIOR
rekkir ‘promoter’
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rekkir (noun m.): [emboldener] < herrekkir (noun m.): [War-promoter]
kennings
Herrekkir,‘War-promoter, ’
= WARRIOR
War-promoter, → WARRIOR
brag ‘the praise’
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bragr (noun m.; °-ar): poem, poetry
þekkja ‘to recognise’
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1. þekkja (verb): perceive, know
hátt ‘tall’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
notes
[3] hátt ‘tall’: Lit. ‘high’ (adv.).
sitið ‘sit’
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sitja (verb): sit
hans ‘his’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
réttu ‘proper’
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3. réttr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): right, straight, direct
hvarmætr ‘excellent in all respects’
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hvarmætr (adj.): excellent in all respects
[4] hvarmætr: ‘hnar mætr’ 743ˣ, ‘hnär mætur’ 2368ˣ
skǫrungr ‘leader’
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skǫrungr (noun m.; °; -ar): champion
sæti ‘seat’
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2. sæti (noun n.; °-s; -): seat
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