RvHbreiðm Hl 50III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr Þórarinsson, Háttalykill 50’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1058.
Hausa ‘skulls’
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hauss (noun m.; °hauss, dat. hausi/haus; hausar): skull
beit ‘bit’
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bíta (verb; °bítr; beit, bitu; bitinn): bite
hjalm ‘of the helmet’
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1. hjalmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): helmet < hjalmtýr (noun m.)
kennings
hjalm-Týs‘of the helmet-Týr ’
= WARRIOR
the helmet-Týr → WARRIOR
Týs ‘Týr’
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Týr (noun m.): Týr < hjalmtýr (noun m.)
kennings
hjalm-Týs‘of the helmet-Týr ’
= WARRIOR
the helmet-Týr → WARRIOR
hjaldr ‘battle’
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1. hjaldr (noun m.): battle < hjaldrliðr (noun m.)
kennings
Allstiðr hjaldrliðr‘The thoroughly stiff battle-snake ’
= SWORD
The thoroughly stiff battle-snake → SWORD
liðr ‘snake’
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linnr (noun m.): snake < hjaldrliðr (noun m.)
[2] ‑liðr allstiðr: ‘‑lijdur alstrijdur’ R683ˣ
kennings
Allstiðr hjaldrliðr‘The thoroughly stiff battle-snake ’
= SWORD
The thoroughly stiff battle-snake → SWORD
allstiðr ‘The thoroughly stiff’
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alstinnr (adj.)
[2] ‑liðr allstiðr: ‘‑lijdur alstrijdur’ R683ˣ
kennings
Allstiðr hjaldrliðr‘The thoroughly stiff battle-snake ’
= SWORD
The thoroughly stiff battle-snake → SWORD
sundra ‘sundered’
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sundra (verb): shatter, sunder
nam ‘’
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1. nema (verb): to take
snar ‘the powerfully’
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snarr (adj.): gallant, bold < snarbeindr (adj./verb p.p.)
notes
[3] snarbeind* (m. acc. sg.) ‘powerfully straightened’: The ms. reading snarbeindr m. nom. sg. is syntactically incorrect (the adj. qualifies egg f. nom. sg. ‘edge’, l. 4). For the possible inorganic final ‑r in the mss, see Note to st. 8/4.
beind* ‘straightened’
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2. beina (verb; °-nd-): help < snarbeindr (adj./verb p.p.)
[3] ‑beind*: ‑beindr papp25ˣ, R683ˣ
notes
[3] snarbeind* (m. acc. sg.) ‘powerfully straightened’: The ms. reading snarbeindr m. nom. sg. is syntactically incorrect (the adj. qualifies egg f. nom. sg. ‘edge’, l. 4). For the possible inorganic final ‑r in the mss, see Note to st. 8/4.
sverðs ‘of the sword’
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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword
egg ‘edge’
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1. egg (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -ju/-): edge, blade
manns ‘a man’s’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
legg ‘leg’
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leggr (noun m.; °-jar, dat. -; -ir): limb
notes
[5] veita ‘gave’: Lit. ‘give’ (inf. with pleonastic réð ‘did’). For the ms. spelling <tt> for <t>, see Note to st. 4/3.
réð ‘’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
vell ‘The gold’
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vell (noun n.): gold < vellbrjótr (noun m.): [gold-breaker]
[5] vellbrjótr: vellbrjót papp25ˣ, R683ˣ
kennings
Vellbrjótr‘The gold-breaker ’
= GENEROUS MAN
The gold-breaker → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[5] vellbrjótr (m. nom. sg.) ‘the gold-breaker [GENEROUS MAN]’: The nom. is needed to furnish the missing subject. For the loss of final -r, see Note to st. 5/2.
brjótr ‘breaker’
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brjótr (noun m.): breaker < vellbrjótr (noun m.): [gold-breaker]
[5] vellbrjótr: vellbrjót papp25ˣ, R683ˣ
kennings
Vellbrjótr‘The gold-breaker ’
= GENEROUS MAN
The gold-breaker → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[5] vellbrjótr (m. nom. sg.) ‘the gold-breaker [GENEROUS MAN]’: The nom. is needed to furnish the missing subject. For the loss of final -r, see Note to st. 5/2.
val ‘to the corpse’
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1. valr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ir): corpse, the slain < valgjóðr (noun m.): [to corpse-buzzard]
kennings
valgjóð‘to the corpse-buzzard; ’
= RAVEN/EAGLE
to the corpse-buzzard; → RAVEN/EAGLE
gjóð ‘buzzard’
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gjóðr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): osprey < valgjóðr (noun m.): [to corpse-buzzard]
kennings
valgjóð‘to the corpse-buzzard; ’
= RAVEN/EAGLE
to the corpse-buzzard; → RAVEN/EAGLE
hræ ‘carrion’
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hræ (noun n.; °; -): corpse, carrion < hræflóð (noun n.): [carrion-flood]
kennings
hræflóð;‘carrion-flood ’
= BLOOD
carrion-flood → BLOOD
flóð ‘flood’
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2. flóð (noun n.): flood < hræflóð (noun n.): [carrion-flood]
kennings
hræflóð;‘carrion-flood ’
= BLOOD
carrion-flood → BLOOD
haukum ‘to hawks’
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1. haukr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): hawk
kennings
haukum hjǫrleiks.‘to hawks of sword-play. ’
= RAVENS/EAGLES
sword-play. → BATTLE
to hawks of the BATTLE → RAVENS/EAGLES
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
hjǫr ‘of sword’
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hjǫrr (noun m.): sword < hjǫrleikr (noun m.): sword-play
kennings
haukum hjǫrleiks.‘to hawks of sword-play. ’
= RAVENS/EAGLES
sword-play. → BATTLE
to hawks of the BATTLE → RAVENS/EAGLES
hjǫr ‘of sword’
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hjǫrr (noun m.): sword < hjǫrleikr (noun m.): sword-play
kennings
haukum hjǫrleiks.‘to hawks of sword-play. ’
= RAVENS/EAGLES
sword-play. → BATTLE
to hawks of the BATTLE → RAVENS/EAGLES
leiks ‘play’
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1. leikr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -/-i; -ar): sport, play < hjǫrleikr (noun m.): sword-play
kennings
haukum hjǫrleiks.‘to hawks of sword-play. ’
= RAVENS/EAGLES
sword-play. → BATTLE
to hawks of the BATTLE → RAVENS/EAGLES
leiks ‘play’
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1. leikr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -/-i; -ar): sport, play < hjǫrleikr (noun m.): sword-play
kennings
haukum hjǫrleiks.‘to hawks of sword-play. ’
= RAVENS/EAGLES
sword-play. → BATTLE
to hawks of the BATTLE → RAVENS/EAGLES
hjaldr ‘of the battle’
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2. hjaldr (noun n.): battle < hjaldrmár (noun m.)
kennings
krôs hjaldrmôs‘the morsel of the battle-gull ’
= CORPSES
the battle-gull → RAVEN/EAGLE
the morsel of the RAVEN/EAGLE → CORPSES
notes
[8] hjaldrmôs ‘of the battle-gull [RAVEN/EAGLE]’: The mss have ‘nios’ and ‘niós’ which are clear misreadings (<ni> for <m>).
hjaldr ‘of the battle’
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2. hjaldr (noun n.): battle < hjaldrmár (noun m.)
kennings
krôs hjaldrmôs‘the morsel of the battle-gull ’
= CORPSES
the battle-gull → RAVEN/EAGLE
the morsel of the RAVEN/EAGLE → CORPSES
notes
[8] hjaldrmôs ‘of the battle-gull [RAVEN/EAGLE]’: The mss have ‘nios’ and ‘niós’ which are clear misreadings (<ni> for <m>).
môs ‘gull’
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már (noun m.): gull < hjaldrmár (noun m.)
[8] ‑môs: ‘nios’ papp25ˣ, ‘niós’ R683ˣ
kennings
krôs hjaldrmôs‘the morsel of the battle-gull ’
= CORPSES
the battle-gull → RAVEN/EAGLE
the morsel of the RAVEN/EAGLE → CORPSES
notes
[8] hjaldrmôs ‘of the battle-gull [RAVEN/EAGLE]’: The mss have ‘nios’ and ‘niós’ which are clear misreadings (<ni> for <m>).
môs ‘gull’
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már (noun m.): gull < hjaldrmár (noun m.)
[8] ‑môs: ‘nios’ papp25ˣ, ‘niós’ R683ˣ
kennings
krôs hjaldrmôs‘the morsel of the battle-gull ’
= CORPSES
the battle-gull → RAVEN/EAGLE
the morsel of the RAVEN/EAGLE → CORPSES
notes
[8] hjaldrmôs ‘of the battle-gull [RAVEN/EAGLE]’: The mss have ‘nios’ and ‘niós’ which are clear misreadings (<ni> for <m>).
gefin ‘given’
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gefa (verb): give
krôs ‘the morsel’
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krás (noun f.; °; -ir): morsel
kennings
krôs hjaldrmôs‘the morsel of the battle-gull ’
= CORPSES
the battle-gull → RAVEN/EAGLE
the morsel of the RAVEN/EAGLE → CORPSES
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Hausa beit hjalm-Týs |
The thoroughly stiff battle-snake [SWORD] of the helmet-Týr <god> [WARRIOR] bit skulls; the powerfully straightened edge of the sword sundered a man’s leg. The gold-breaker [GENEROUS MAN] gave carrion-flood [BLOOD] to the corpse-buzzard [RAVEN/EAGLE]; the morsel of the battle-gull [RAVEN/EAGLE > CORPSES] was given to hawks of sword-play [BATTLE > RAVENS/EAGLES].
As st. 49 above.
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