Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr Þórarinsson, Háttalykill 47

Kari Ellen Gade

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RvHbreiðm Hl 47^III

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr Þórarinsson, Háttalykill 47’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1055.

Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr Þórarinsson Háttalykill

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Hrólfs ‘Hrólfr’s’

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Hrolfr (noun m.): [Hrólfr, Hrólf]

[1] Hrólfs: ‘Rorlf’ papp25ˣ, Rolf R683ˣ

notes

[1] Hrólfs (m. gen. sg.) ‘Hrólfr’s’: This emendation (following previous eds) is necessary because the acc. (Hrólf) is syntactically incorrect. The loss of final -s could have been caused by the onset of the next syllable (s-; see Hl 1941, 111).

[2] hafs: ‘hadz’ papp25ˣ, R683ˣ

kennings

dag hafs;
‘daylight of the sea; ’
= GOLD
daylight of the sea; → GOLD

notes

[2] hafs (n. gen. sg.) ‘of the sea’: Finnur Jónssons’s emendation (Skj B). The word is clearly part of a gold-kenning, and Holtsmark’s attempt to retain the ms. reading (dag hadds ‘the daylight of the hair [GOLD]’, Hl 1941) is not persuasive.

veitti ‘he gave’

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2. veita (verb): grant, give

[2] veitti: veitti hann papp25ˣ, R683ˣ

dag ‘daylight’

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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day

kennings

dag hafs;
‘daylight of the sea; ’
= GOLD
daylight of the sea; → GOLD

fló ‘flew’

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fljúga (verb): fly

Faðmis ‘of Faðmir’

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Faðmir (noun m.): [snake, Faðmir]

kennings

setr Faðmis
‘the seat of Faðmir ’
= GOLD
the seat of Faðmir → GOLD

notes

[3] Faðmis ‘of Faðmir <serpent>’: For the form Faðmir for Fáfnir, see Note to st. 7/3.

setr ‘the seat’

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setr (noun n.; °-s; -): seat, abode

[3] setr: ‘setus’ R683ˣ

kennings

setr Faðmis
‘the seat of Faðmir ’
= GOLD
the seat of Faðmir → GOLD

fáir ‘few’

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3. fár (adj.; °compar. fǽrri/fárri(Mág² 11), superl. fǽstr): few

[4] fáir *: fáir þóttu papp25ˣ, R683ˣ

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[4] fáir * ‘few’: Þóttu ‘they thought’ (so both mss) has been omitted because it makes the line hypermetrical: see NN §2076 and Hl 1941). Skj B omits kunnu ‘could do’ and reads fáir þóttu betr ‘few were thought to be better’, which is also possible.

* ‘’

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(non-lexical)

[4] fáir *: fáir þóttu papp25ˣ, R683ˣ

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kunnu ‘could do’

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kunna (verb): know, can, be able

betr ‘better’

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betr (adv.; °superl. bezt/bazt; pos. vel adv.): better

Hann ‘He’

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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...

veitti ‘gave’

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2. veita (verb): grant, give

her ‘to the army’

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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host

[5] her: herr R683ˣ

hauk ‘of the hawk’

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1. haukr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): hawk < haukslóð (noun f.): [hawk-track]

kennings

sker haukslóðar;
‘skerries of the hawk-track ’
= GOLD
the hawk-track → ARM
skerries of the ARM → GOLD

notes

kennings

láð linna
‘the land of snakes ’
= GOLD
the land of snakes → GOLD

láð ‘the land’

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2. láð (noun n.): earth, land

[7] láð: so R683ˣ, ‘laud’ papp25ˣ

kennings

láð linna
‘the land of snakes ’
= GOLD
the land of snakes → GOLD

við ‘at’

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2. við (prep.): with, against

lofðungs ‘of the hero’

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lofðungr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, leader

ráð ‘the counsel’

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ráð (noun n.; °-s; -): advice, plan, control, power

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The heading is runhent (‘Run hænt’) ‘end-rhymed,’ and this variant is similar to fornyrðislag (Types E, D4 and B) with end-rhyme. It corresponds to SnSt Ht 87, except that Snorri extends the end-rhyme throughout the helmingr (and not to the couplets only). The distribution of rhymes is similar in Snorri’s in minnsta runhenda ‘the least end-rhyme’.

For a discussion of this metre, see Section 4, General Introduction in SkP I. — The hero is the legendary Danish king Hrólfr kraki ‘Pole-ladder’. Once, when pursued by his enemy, the Swedish King Aðils of Uppsala, Hrólfr scattered gold on the ground to delay Aðils and his men; they stopped to pick it up. See Hrólfs saga kraka (Hrólf), SnE 1998, I, 58-9, SnSt Ht 94/2 and Note to Þstf Stuttdr 1/8^II. See also Anon Bjark, Note to Eyv Lv 8/3-4^I, ÍF 35, 25, 37, 42, 43-5 and Saxo 2005, I, 2, 5, 4-8, 5, pp. 160-89.

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RvHbreiðm Hl 47III

Hrólfs ‘Hrólfr’s’

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spurðak ‘I heard about’

hag ‘behaviour’

hafs ‘of the sea’

kennings

notes

veitti ‘he gave’

dag ‘daylight’

kennings

fló ‘flew’

Faðmis ‘of Faðmir’

kennings

notes

setr ‘the seat’

kennings

fáir ‘few’

notes

* ‘’

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kunnu ‘could do’

betr ‘better’

Hann ‘He’

veitti ‘gave’

her ‘to the army’

hauk ‘of the hawk’

kennings

notes

hauk ‘of the hawk’

kennings

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slóðar ‘track’

kennings

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slóðar ‘track’

kennings

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sker ‘skerries’

kennings

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brast ‘burst’

linna ‘of snakes’

kennings

láð ‘the land’

kennings

við ‘at’

lofðungs ‘of the hero’

ráð ‘the counsel’

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