Ólsv Kristdr 1III
Edith Marold (ed.) 2017, ‘Óláfr svartaskáld Leggsson, Kristsdrápa 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 314.
Heldr ‘a very’
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heldr (adv.): rather
vas ‘It was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
honum ‘for him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[1] honum: hinn 2368ˣ
notes
[1] honum (m. dat. sg.) ‘for him’: The line is unusual because of the resolution on this word in the second lift. The 2368ˣ reading hinn m. nom. sg. ‘that one’ obviates that problem, but hinn does not make sense syntactically and must be a lectio facilior.
es ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
seldi ‘sold’
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4. selja (verb): hand over, sell, give
harðkeypt ‘hard bargain’
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harðkeyptr (adj./verb p.p.): [hard bargain]
sonu ‘the sons’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
kennings
alla sonu jarðar.‘all the sons of the earth. ’
= HUMANS
all the sons of the earth. → HUMANS
jarðar ‘of the earth’
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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304)): ground, earth
kennings
alla sonu jarðar.‘all the sons of the earth. ’
= HUMANS
all the sons of the earth. → HUMANS
oss ‘us’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
stillir ‘regulates’
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stilla (verb): control
notes
[3] stillir ‘regulates’: Taken here in the sense that the death of Christ redeemed mankind, and hence it shapes and regulates the destiny of men. The agent noun stillir ‘controller’ is rather common as a base-word in kennings for ‘God’ (LP: stillir 2). Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) translates stillir oss as bringer os … ro ‘gives us … peace’, which is not immediately transparent. In LP: stilla 3 he gives the translation anbringe i en farlig, vanskelig stilling ‘place in a dangerous, difficult position’, which makes little sense in the context.
alla ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
kennings
alla sonu jarðar.‘all the sons of the earth. ’
= HUMANS
all the sons of the earth. → HUMANS
auðugt ‘his precious’
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auðigr (adj.; °auðgan/auðigan; compar. auðgari/auðigri, superl. auðgastr/auðigastr): wealthy
[4] auðugt: auðigt 2368ˣ
notes
[4] auðugt ‘precious’: Lit. ‘wealthy’. The 2368ˣ reading auðigt is a variant form and also possible.
líf ‘life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
fyr ‘in return for’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
dauða ‘death’
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dauði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death
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The helmingr illustrates kennings for ‘man’ in which the base-word is a term for ‘son’ (sonr, mǫgr) and the determinant is a word either for ‘earth’ or for þeirrar hofudskiepnu, er madur er afskapadur ‘that main element from which man is created’ (LaufE 1979, 372).
The present edn follows Skj B. Kock (Skald; NN §1332) emends sonu m. acc. pl. ‘sons’ (l. 2) to sonum m. dat. pl. and construes the phrase sonum jarðar as the indirect object of the second clause (es seldi sonum jarðar auðugt líf fyr dauða ‘who gave the sons of the earth precious life instead of death’). That emendation is unnecessary and goes against the ms. witnesses.
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