Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr Þórarinsson, Háttalykill 51

Kari Ellen Gade

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RvHbreiðm Hl 51^III

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr Þórarinsson, Háttalykill 51’ 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.

Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr Þórarinsson Háttalykill

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[2] elds: ‘æls’ papp25ˣ, R683ˣ

kennings

einkar gegnum brjótǫndum elds hranna
‘very reliable breakers of the fire of the waves ’
= GENEROUS MEN
the fire of the waves → GOLD
very reliable breakers of the GOLD → GENEROUS MEN

notes

[2] elds (m. gen. sg.) ‘of the fire’: For the ms. reading ‘æls’ and the loss of [d], see Hl 1941, 112.

elds ‘of the fire’

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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire

[2] elds: ‘æls’ papp25ˣ, R683ˣ

kennings

einkar gegnum brjótǫndum elds hranna
‘very reliable breakers of the fire of the waves ’
= GENEROUS MEN
the fire of the waves → GOLD
very reliable breakers of the GOLD → GENEROUS MEN

notes

[2] elds (m. gen. sg.) ‘of the fire’: For the ms. reading ‘æls’ and the loss of [d], see Hl 1941, 112.

brjótǫndum ‘breakers’

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brjótandi (noun m.): [breakers, breaker]

kennings

einkar gegnum brjótǫndum elds hranna
‘very reliable breakers of the fire of the waves ’
= GENEROUS MEN
the fire of the waves → GOLD
very reliable breakers of the GOLD → GENEROUS MEN

hranna ‘of the waves’

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hrǫnn (noun f.; °; dat. -um): wave

kennings

einkar gegnum brjótǫndum elds hranna
‘very reliable breakers of the fire of the waves ’
= GENEROUS MEN
the fire of the waves → GOLD
very reliable breakers of the GOLD → GENEROUS MEN

hranna ‘of the waves’

(not checked:)
hrǫnn (noun f.; °; dat. -um): wave

kennings

einkar gegnum brjótǫndum elds hranna
‘very reliable breakers of the fire of the waves ’
= GENEROUS MEN
the fire of the waves → GOLD
very reliable breakers of the GOLD → GENEROUS MEN

þess ‘who’

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1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

[3] þess’s (‘þeß er’): ‘þessee’ R683ˣ

’s ‘’

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2. er (conj.): who, which, when

[3] þess’s (‘þeß er’): ‘þessee’ R683ˣ

hét ‘was named’

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2. heita (verb): be called, promise

inn ‘the’

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2. inn (art.): the

sigrsæli ‘Victorious’

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sigrsæll (adj.)

segja ‘tell’

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segja (verb): say, tell

einkar ‘very’

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einkar (adv.): extremely

kennings

einkar gegnum brjótǫndum elds hranna
‘very reliable breakers of the fire of the waves ’
= GENEROUS MEN
the fire of the waves → GOLD
very reliable breakers of the GOLD → GENEROUS MEN

gegnum ‘reliable’

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1. gegn (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. -astr/-str): reliable

kennings

einkar gegnum brjótǫndum elds hranna
‘very reliable breakers of the fire of the waves ’
= GENEROUS MEN
the fire of the waves → GOLD
very reliable breakers of the GOLD → GENEROUS MEN

þvít ‘because’

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þvít (conj.): because, since

gollskati ‘the munificent man’

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gullskati (noun m.): munificent man

gagni ‘victory’

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1. gagn (noun n.): victory

gram ‘prince’

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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler

þann ‘that’

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1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

lofa ‘praise’

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lofa (verb): praise, permit

ýtar ‘people’

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ýtr (noun m.): man; launcher

réð ‘had’

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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide

sás ‘who’

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sás (conj.): the one who

ríkstr ‘the mightiest’

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ríkr (adj.): mighty, powerful, rich

vas ‘was’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

heitinn ‘called’

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2. heita (verb): be called, promise

í ‘in’

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í (prep.): in, into

randa ‘of shield-rims’

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rǫnd (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; rendr/randir): shield, shield-rim

kennings

hverjum gný randa;
‘every clamour of shield-rims; ’
= BATTLE
every clamour of shield-rims; → BATTLE

gný ‘clamour’

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gnýr (noun m.): din, tumult

kennings

hverjum gný randa;
‘every clamour of shield-rims; ’
= BATTLE
every clamour of shield-rims; → BATTLE

hverjum ‘every’

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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every

kennings

hverjum gný randa;
‘every clamour of shield-rims; ’
= BATTLE
every clamour of shield-rims; → BATTLE

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The heading is háttlaus (‘Hattlavs’) ‘formless’ (cf. SnSt Ht 67, háttlausa). The metre is a variant of dróttkvætt without internal rhyme and with licensed anacrusis in even lines (here Type B in l. 8).

This metre is quite common in more informal skaldic verse. — Eiríkr is the Swedish king Eiríkr inn sigrsæli ‘the Victorious’ Bjarnarson (d. c. 995). He was the uncle of Styrbjǫrn inn sterki ‘the Strong’ Óláfsson (sts 57-8), his adversary at the battle of Fýrisvellir (see Introduction to Anon (Styrb) 1-3^I; ÍF 26, 130, 215, 229, 287; ÍF 35, 95, 97, 328; Saxo 2005, I, 10, 2, 1-3, pp. 626-9, 10, 10, 1-2, pp. 644-5, 10, 11, 1, pp. 644-7). — [4]: The words segja ‘say’ and gegnum ‘reliable’ do not appear to have rhymed (see NN §2077 and the discussion in Hl 1941), which means that the -g- in segja must have been palatised (see also ANG §263).

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RvHbreiðm Hl 51III

Ák ‘I must’

frá ‘about’

Eireks ‘of Eiríkr’

mildi ‘the generosity’

elds ‘of the fire’

kennings

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elds ‘of the fire’

kennings

notes

brjótǫndum ‘breakers’

kennings

hranna ‘of the waves’

kennings

hranna ‘of the waves’

kennings

þess ‘who’

’s ‘’

hét ‘was named’

inn ‘the’

sigrsæli ‘Victorious’

segja ‘tell’

einkar ‘very’

kennings

gegnum ‘reliable’

kennings

þvít ‘because’

gollskati ‘the munificent man’

gagni ‘victory’

gram ‘prince’

þann ‘that’

lofa ‘praise’

ýtar ‘people’

réð ‘had’

sás ‘who’

ríkstr ‘the mightiest’

vas ‘was’

heitinn ‘called’

í ‘in’

randa ‘of shield-rims’

kennings

gný ‘clamour’

kennings

hverjum ‘every’

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