Ormr Woman 1III
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Ormr Steinþórsson, Poem about a woman 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. 325.
Seggir ‘Men’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
þurfut ‘need not’
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2. þurfa (verb): need, be necessary
[1] þurfut ala: so W, U, þurfu at ása R, þurfa at ala Tˣ, þurfu at ala B
ala ‘harbour’
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ala (verb; °elr; ól, ólu; alinn): to beget, produce, procreate
[1] þurfut ala: so W, U, þurfu at ása R, þurfa at ala Tˣ, þurfu at ala B
ugg ‘anxiety’
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uggr (noun m.; °dat. -): fear
notes
[1] ugg (m. acc. sg.) ‘anxiety’: This word also occurs in Hhárf Snædr 1/1I.
engu ‘no’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
kennings
feng Viðurs;‘the theft of Viðurr; we [I] ’
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the theft of Viðurr; we [I] → POEM
feng ‘the theft’
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fengr (noun m.; °-jar/-s, dat. -/-i): loot
kennings
feng Viðurs;‘the theft of Viðurr; we [I] ’
= POEM
the theft of Viðurr; we [I] → POEM
háði ‘satire’
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háð (noun n.; °-s): scorn
hróðrsmíð ‘work of praise’
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hróðrsmíð (noun f.): [work of praise]
[3] hróðrsmíð: hróðrs smíð Tˣ, B, ‘hroðs smið’ W
of ‘about’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
minn ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
brag ‘poem’
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bragr (noun m.; °-ar): poem, poetry
notes
[4] brag (m. acc. sg.) ‘poem’: This word also occurs in Hhárf Snædr 1/8I.
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In Skm (SnE) the stanza is used to illustrate kennings for ‘poetry’.
While any satire might be cause of apprehension for an audience, the poet may be particularly thinking of specifically Norse traditions of satire (níð), namely satire directed against kings and other rulers, to which was attributed ‘biting’, i.e. physically injurious, powers (see especially Þjsk JarlI), or against a woman’s male protector, normally her husband. The latter type of satire is the more obviously relevant to Ormr’s subject matter. — [3-4]: For a similar expression, also in hálfhnept, of the poet’s confidence in his skill, see Ótt Óldr 1/3-4I.
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