RvHbreiðm Hl 35III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr Þórarinsson, Háttalykill 35’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1044.
Þjóð ‘People’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
hefr ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
til ‘of’
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til (prep.): to
Fróða ‘Fróði’
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Fróði (noun m.): Fróði
ferð ‘the company’
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ferð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-arMork 196¹²)): host, journey
leyfir ‘commends’
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leyfa (verb): permit; praise
men ‘the necklace’
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2. men (noun n.; °; dat. menjum): neck-ring < menskerðir (noun m.): necklace-diminisher
kennings
menskerði;‘the necklace-diminisher; ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the necklace-diminisher; → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[2] menskerði ‘the necklace-diminisher [GENEROUS MAN]’: For this cpd, see also Ill Har 1/2II.
skerði ‘diminisher’
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skerðir (noun m.): diminisher < menskerðir (noun m.): necklace-diminisher
kennings
menskerði;‘the necklace-diminisher; ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the necklace-diminisher; → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[2] menskerði ‘the necklace-diminisher [GENEROUS MAN]’: For this cpd, see also Ill Har 1/2II.
hróðr ‘praise’
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hróðr (noun m.): encomium, praise
hefk ‘I have’
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hafa (verb): have
hugt ‘intended’
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2. hyggja (verb): think, consider
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
smíða ‘forge’
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smíða (verb): craft
hring ‘for the ring’
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1. hringr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): ring; sword < hringmikill (adj.): ring-great
notes
[4] hringmiklum ‘for the ring-powerful’: Hringmildum ‘ring-generous’ (so R683ˣ) is also a plausible reading but is likely to be a lectio facilior.
miklum ‘powerful’
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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large < hringmikill (adj.): ring-great
[4] ‑miklum: ‑mildum R683ˣ
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[4] hringmiklum ‘for the ring-powerful’: Hringmildum ‘ring-generous’ (so R683ˣ) is also a plausible reading but is likely to be a lectio facilior.
dǫglingi ‘ruler’
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dǫglingr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, ruler
Hôtt ‘high’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
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[5, 6] bar hjalmstall hôtt ‘carried the helmet-support [HEAD] high’: Recalls Hharð Lv 14/5, 6, 8II.
bar ‘carried’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
notes
[5, 6] bar hjalmstall hôtt ‘carried the helmet-support [HEAD] high’: Recalls Hharð Lv 14/5, 6, 8II.
kennings
Inn margsnjalli veitir hodda‘The very capable bestower of treasures ’
= GENEROUS MAN
The very capable bestower of treasures → GENEROUS MAN
veitir ‘bestower’
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veitir (noun m.): giver
kennings
Inn margsnjalli veitir hodda‘The very capable bestower of treasures ’
= GENEROUS MAN
The very capable bestower of treasures → GENEROUS MAN
hjalm ‘the helmet’
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1. hjalmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): helmet < hjalmstallr (noun m.): [helmet-support]
kennings
hjalmstall‘the helmet-support ’
= HEAD
the helmet-support → HEAD
notes
[5, 6] bar hjalmstall hôtt ‘carried the helmet-support [HEAD] high’: Recalls Hharð Lv 14/5, 6, 8II.
stall ‘support’
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stallr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): seat, stall, support < hjalmstallr (noun m.): [helmet-support]
kennings
hjalmstall‘the helmet-support ’
= HEAD
the helmet-support → HEAD
notes
[5, 6] bar hjalmstall hôtt ‘carried the helmet-support [HEAD] high’: Recalls Hharð Lv 14/5, 6, 8II.
inn ‘The’
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2. inn (art.): the
kennings
Inn margsnjalli veitir hodda‘The very capable bestower of treasures ’
= GENEROUS MAN
The very capable bestower of treasures → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[6] inn margsnjalli ‘the very capable’: See the closely similar phrase in st. 36/2.
margsnjalli ‘very capable’
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margsnjallr (adj.): [very capable]
kennings
Inn margsnjalli veitir hodda‘The very capable bestower of treasures ’
= GENEROUS MAN
The very capable bestower of treasures → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[6] inn margsnjalli ‘the very capable’: See the closely similar phrase in st. 36/2.
alkostigr ‘the thoroughly splendid’
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alkostigr (adj.): [excellent]
gekk ‘went’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
œstu ‘the raging’
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œstr (adj.): raging
kennings
œstu brynþingi.‘the raging byrnie-assembly. ’
= BATTLE
the raging byrnie-assembly. → BATTLE
ǫðlingr ‘lord’
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ǫðlingr (noun m.; °; -ar): prince, ruler
at ‘to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
bryn ‘byrnie’
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1. brynja (noun f.; °-u (dat. brynnoni Gibb 38⁹); -ur): mailcoat < brynþing (noun n.): byrnie-assembly
kennings
œstu brynþingi.‘the raging byrnie-assembly. ’
= BATTLE
the raging byrnie-assembly. → BATTLE
þingi ‘assembly’
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þing (noun n.; °-s; -): meeting, assembly < brynþing (noun n.): byrnie-assembly
kennings
œstu brynþingi.‘the raging byrnie-assembly. ’
= BATTLE
the raging byrnie-assembly. → BATTLE
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Þjóð hefr frétt til Fróða; |
People have heard of Fróði; the company commends the necklace-diminisher [GENEROUS MAN]; I have intended to forge praise for the ring-powerful ruler. The very capable bestower of treasures [GENEROUS MAN] carried the helmet-support [HEAD] high; the thoroughly splendid lord went to the raging byrnie-assembly [BATTLE].
The heading is detthent (‘Detthent’) ‘falling-’ or ‘stumbling-rhymed’ (cf. SnSt Ht 29). The metre is a variant of dróttkvætt in which all even lines end in a trisyllabic compound with internal rhyme on the second syllable (metrical position 5).
Lines containing this metrical feature occur regularly in dróttkvætt poetry, but it is never systematically carried through as in this stanza and in Ht 29. Holtsmark (Hl 1941, 131) compares the name of the verse-form to Lat. cadentes. — Fróði Friðleifsson was the brother of Áli (sts 33-4; see ÍF 26, 51-5, ÍF 35, 17-22 and Saxo 2005, I, 6, 4, 13-5, 1, pp. 378-81, 6, 5, 18-19, pp. 390-1).
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