Ormr Woman 2III
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Ormr Steinþórsson, Poem about a woman 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. 326.
Þvít ‘Because’
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þvít (conj.): because, since
kennings
bjarkar hols hrynbáls hramma‘of the birch of the hollow ringing fire of hands ’
= WOMAN
the hollow ringing fire of hands → RING
the birch of the RING → WOMAN
kennings
bjarkar hols hrynbáls hramma‘of the birch of the hollow ringing fire of hands ’
= WOMAN
the hollow ringing fire of hands → RING
the birch of the RING → WOMAN
hrynbáls ‘ringing fire’
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hrynbál (noun n.): [ringing fire]
kennings
bjarkar hols hrynbáls hramma‘of the birch of the hollow ringing fire of hands ’
= WOMAN
the hollow ringing fire of hands → RING
the birch of the RING → WOMAN
hrynbáls ‘ringing fire’
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hrynbál (noun n.): [ringing fire]
kennings
bjarkar hols hrynbáls hramma‘of the birch of the hollow ringing fire of hands ’
= WOMAN
the hollow ringing fire of hands → RING
the birch of the RING → WOMAN
kennings
bjarkar hols hrynbáls hramma‘of the birch of the hollow ringing fire of hands ’
= WOMAN
the hollow ringing fire of hands → RING
the birch of the RING → WOMAN
kennings
bjarkar hols hrynbáls hramma‘of the birch of the hollow ringing fire of hands ’
= WOMAN
the hollow ringing fire of hands → RING
the birch of the RING → WOMAN
berk ‘I deliver’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
framm ‘’
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fram (adv.): out, forth, forwards, away
Billings ‘of Billingr’
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Billingr (noun m.; °dat. -i): Billingr
kennings
full burar Billings,‘the cup of the son of Billingr, ’
= POEM
the son of Billingr, → DWARF
the cup of the DWARF → POEM
notes
[3] full burar Billings ‘the cup of the son of Billingr <dwarf> [DWARF > POEM]’: A dwarf named Billingr is mentioned in the Hauksbók text of Vsp 13 (NK 3 n.). A person or being of that name is also mentioned in Hávm 97/1 but cannot be definitely identified as a dwarf (cf. Evans 1986, 58). Faulkes (SnE 1998, II, 448) explains burar Billings ‘of the son of Billingr’ as meaning ‘any dwarf or giant’ in the context of the myth of the mead of poetry, where dwarfs and giants were among the beings to hold possession of the mead at various points.
Billings ‘of Billingr’
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Billingr (noun m.; °dat. -i): Billingr
kennings
full burar Billings,‘the cup of the son of Billingr, ’
= POEM
the son of Billingr, → DWARF
the cup of the DWARF → POEM
notes
[3] full burar Billings ‘the cup of the son of Billingr <dwarf> [DWARF > POEM]’: A dwarf named Billingr is mentioned in the Hauksbók text of Vsp 13 (NK 3 n.). A person or being of that name is also mentioned in Hávm 97/1 but cannot be definitely identified as a dwarf (cf. Evans 1986, 58). Faulkes (SnE 1998, II, 448) explains burar Billings ‘of the son of Billingr’ as meaning ‘any dwarf or giant’ in the context of the myth of the mead of poetry, where dwarfs and giants were among the beings to hold possession of the mead at various points.
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
kennings
full burar Billings,‘the cup of the son of Billingr, ’
= POEM
the son of Billingr, → DWARF
the cup of the DWARF → POEM
notes
[3] full burar Billings ‘the cup of the son of Billingr <dwarf> [DWARF > POEM]’: A dwarf named Billingr is mentioned in the Hauksbók text of Vsp 13 (NK 3 n.). A person or being of that name is also mentioned in Hávm 97/1 but cannot be definitely identified as a dwarf (cf. Evans 1986, 58). Faulkes (SnE 1998, II, 448) explains burar Billings ‘of the son of Billingr’ as meaning ‘any dwarf or giant’ in the context of the myth of the mead of poetry, where dwarfs and giants were among the beings to hold possession of the mead at various points.
kennings
full burar Billings,‘the cup of the son of Billingr, ’
= POEM
the son of Billingr, → DWARF
the cup of the DWARF → POEM
notes
[3] full burar Billings ‘the cup of the son of Billingr <dwarf> [DWARF > POEM]’: A dwarf named Billingr is mentioned in the Hauksbók text of Vsp 13 (NK 3 n.). A person or being of that name is also mentioned in Hávm 97/1 but cannot be definitely identified as a dwarf (cf. Evans 1986, 58). Faulkes (SnE 1998, II, 448) explains burar Billings ‘of the son of Billingr’ as meaning ‘any dwarf or giant’ in the context of the myth of the mead of poetry, where dwarfs and giants were among the beings to hold possession of the mead at various points.
full ‘the cup’
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full (noun n.): cup, toast, filled cup
kennings
full burar Billings,‘the cup of the son of Billingr, ’
= POEM
the son of Billingr, → DWARF
the cup of the DWARF → POEM
notes
[3] full burar Billings ‘the cup of the son of Billingr <dwarf> [DWARF > POEM]’: A dwarf named Billingr is mentioned in the Hauksbók text of Vsp 13 (NK 3 n.). A person or being of that name is also mentioned in Hávm 97/1 but cannot be definitely identified as a dwarf (cf. Evans 1986, 58). Faulkes (SnE 1998, II, 448) explains burar Billings ‘of the son of Billingr’ as meaning ‘any dwarf or giant’ in the context of the myth of the mead of poetry, where dwarfs and giants were among the beings to hold possession of the mead at various points.
bjarkar ‘of the birch’
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bjǫrk (noun f.): birch
kennings
bjarkar hols hrynbáls hramma‘of the birch of the hollow ringing fire of hands ’
= WOMAN
the hollow ringing fire of hands → RING
the birch of the RING → WOMAN
hefk ‘I have’
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hafa (verb): have
lagit ‘placed’
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leggja (verb): put, lay
mark ‘the mark’
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mark (noun n.; °-s; *-): sign
notes
[4] mark ‘the mark’: In Skj B, Finnur Jónsson takes lagit mark ‘placed the mark’ as meaning that the poet has described the woman in the poem he composes about her (karakterisert hende i det digt ‘described her in that poem’). More specifically, it could be interpreted as hinting that the poem contained an identification of the beloved woman (and if so, presumably via the ofljóst in st. 6/4).
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