RvHbreiðm Hl 26III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr Þórarinsson, Háttalykill 26’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1034.
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við ‘at’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
notes
[1] við ‘at’: The exact meaning of the prep. við ‘at, by, because of’ cannot be determined because the verb is missing.
geira ‘of spears’
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geirr (noun m.): spear
kennings
galdr geira‘the incantation of spears ’
= BATTLE
the incantation of spears → BATTLE
galdr ‘the incantation’
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galdr (noun m.): chant, incantation
[2] galdr: ‘glodr’ papp25ˣ, ‘gladur’ R683ˣ
kennings
galdr geira‘the incantation of spears ’
= BATTLE
the incantation of spears → BATTLE
notes
[2] galdr ‘the incantation’: The reading is supported by the internal rhyme.
allvalda ‘of the mighty rulers’
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allvaldr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): mighty ruler
hafs ‘of the ocean’
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haf (noun n.; °-s; *-): sea
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herr ‘the army’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
[4] herr unni: ‘… unni’ papp25ˣ, R683ˣ
notes
[4] herr ‘the army’: The reading is conjectural. The line must have begun with a monosyllable with an initial h- and the root ‑err (other possibilities would be her (acc. or dat. sg.) ‘army’ or hverr ‘every’). Unni is either ‘sword’ (m. dat. sg.) or ‘granted’ (3rd pers. sg. pret. indic. of unna). If the latter interpretation is adopted, verr ‘defends’ (3rd pers. sg. pres. indic. of verja) would have to be taken as verr (adv. comp.) ‘worse’: herr unni verr ‘the army granted worse’ (?).
verr ‘defends’
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3. verja (verb): defend
Þats ‘That is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
of ‘about’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
hilmi ‘lord’
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hilmir (noun m.): prince, protector
harðráðan ‘the hard-ruling’
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harðráðr (adj.): hard-ruling
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var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
snarast ‘the bravest’
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snarr (adj.): gallant, bold
notes
[8] snarast ‘the bravest’: This is most likely sup. n. sg. of snarr ‘brave’, but it could also be construed as snarask ‘turn, rush forth’. If so, var (‘var’ both mss) cannot be a form of vera ‘be’. The metre also indicates that the word in position 2 (‘var’) ought to be long (varr or ‑varr, Type A2k), but since the stanza is so fragmentary, any emendation would be conjectural.
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As st. 25 above.
Rugman’s transcriptions of this stanza are hopelessly garbled. Skj A follows R683ˣ and has faulty line-divisions in the first helmingr (so also Skj B; corrected in Skald).
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