Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr Þórarinsson, Háttalykill 65

Kari Ellen Gade

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RvHbreiðm Hl 65^III

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr Þórarinsson, Háttalykill 65’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1073.

Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr Þórarinsson Háttalykill

64 65 66

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[2] hildr tíddisk ‘battle gave pleasure’: See st. 48/7.

tíddisk ‘gave pleasure’

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tíða (verb)

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[2] hildr tíddisk ‘battle gave pleasure’: See st. 48/7.

gram ‘ruler’

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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler

mildum ‘to the generous’

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mildr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): mild, gentle, gracious, generous

[2] mildum: so R683ˣ, ‑millum papp25ˣ

frák ‘I heard’

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1. fregna (verb): hear of

hann ‘that he’

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

við ‘about’

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2. við (prep.): with, against

gný ‘the clamour’

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gnýr (noun m.): din, tumult

kennings

gný Gunnar.
‘the clamour of Gunnr. ’
= BATTLE
the clamour of Gunnr. → BATTLE

Gunnar ‘of Gunnr’

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Gunnr (noun f.): Gunnr

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gný Gunnar.
‘the clamour of Gunnr. ’
= BATTLE
the clamour of Gunnr. → BATTLE

Gunn ‘Gunn’

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gunnr (noun f.): battle < Gunnhildr (noun f.): Gunnhildr

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bur Gunnhildar,
‘Gunnhildr’s son, ’
= Haraldr
Gunnhildr’s son, → Haraldr

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[4] bur Gunnhildar ‘Gunnhildr’s son [= Haraldr]’: Skj B emends to burr Gunnhildar (m. nom. sg.) and takes it as an apposition to Haraldr in l. 1, which complicates the syntax and is not supported by the ms. witnesses (see NN §1162). Gunnhildr was the wife of Eiríkr blóðøx (see sts 63-4 above). For the loss of medial -h- in the ms. transcriptions of this cpd name, see ANG §294 and Hl 1941, 113.

hildar ‘hildr’s’

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1. hildr (noun f.): battle < Gunnhildr (noun f.): Gunnhildr

[4] ‑hildar: ‑ildar papp25ˣ, R683ˣ

kennings

bur Gunnhildar,
‘Gunnhildr’s son, ’
= Haraldr
Gunnhildr’s son, → Haraldr

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bur ‘son’

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burr (noun m.; °; -ir): son

kennings

bur Gunnhildar,
‘Gunnhildr’s son, ’
= Haraldr
Gunnhildr’s son, → Haraldr

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kunna ‘was knowledgeable’

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kunna (verb): know, can, be able

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[4] kunna (inf.) ‘was knowledgeable’: Lit. ‘know, be knowledgeable’. Both Skj B and Skald emend to kunnu (past inf.). That emendation is unnecessary (see Hl 1941).

Harðr ‘The harsh’

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harðr (adj.; °comp. -ari; superl. -astr): hard, harsh

rauð ‘reddened’

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rjóða (verb): to redden

í ‘in’

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í (prep.): in, into

svip ‘the swinging’

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svipr (noun m.): swinging, violent

kennings

svip sverða;
‘the swinging of swords; ’
= BATTLE
the swinging of swords; → BATTLE

sverða ‘of swords’

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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword

kennings

svip sverða;
‘the swinging of swords; ’
= BATTLE
the swinging of swords; → BATTLE

sverðs ‘of the sword’

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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword

egg ‘the edge’

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1. egg (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -ju/-): edge, blade

konungr ‘king’

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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king

ferðar ‘of the company’

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ferð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-arMork 196¹²)): host, journey

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[6] ferðar (f. gen. sg.) ‘of the company’: Skj B takes this gen. with dreyra ‘blood’ (l. 8) which creates a more complex word order that is not in keeping with the usual practice of the two poets (see NN §984).

morðs ‘of battle’

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1. morð (noun n.; °-s; -): killing, battle

[7] morðs: ‘morhz’ papp25ˣ, ‘mordh’ R683ˣ

kennings

hǫrð reyr morðs
‘hard reeds of battle ’
= SWORDS
hard reeds of battle → SWORDS

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[7] morðs ‘of battle’: Holtsmark (Hl 1941, 102) suggests that the spelling of this word in papp25ˣ, ‘morhz’, reflects the spelling of Rugman’s exemplar with <z> representing <ðs> and <h> added as a reminiscence of <ðh> in nom. ‘morðh’. See also st. 62/5.

lét ‘let’

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láta (verb): let, have sth done

hilmir ‘the lord’

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hilmir (noun m.): prince, protector

kennings

hilmir Hǫrða
‘the lord of the Hǫrðar ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Haraldr
the lord of the Hǫrðar → NORWEGIAN KING = Haraldr

Hǫrða ‘of the Hǫrðar’

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Hǫrðar (noun m.): the Hǫrðar

kennings

hilmir Hǫrða
‘the lord of the Hǫrðar ’
= NORWEGIAN KING = Haraldr
the lord of the Hǫrðar → NORWEGIAN KING = Haraldr

hǫrð ‘hard’

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harðr (adj.; °comp. -ari; superl. -astr): hard, harsh

kennings

hǫrð reyr morðs
‘hard reeds of battle ’
= SWORDS
hard reeds of battle → SWORDS

reyr ‘reeds’

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2. reyr (noun n.): reed

kennings

hǫrð reyr morðs
‘hard reeds of battle ’
= SWORDS
hard reeds of battle → SWORDS

lituð ‘be coloured’

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1. lita (verb): colour, stain

dreyra ‘with blood’

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dreyri (noun m.; °-a): blood

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The heading is dunhent (‘Dun hent’) ‘echoing-rhymed’ (cf. SnSt Ht 24). This is a dróttkvætt variant in which the fifth syllable of an odd line (carrying rhyme and alliteration) is repeated as the first syllable in the following even line (also carrying rhyme and alliteration).

For possible indigenous and Latin models for this rhyme scheme, see Hl 1941, 127-9. — Haraldr is Haraldr gráfeldr ‘Grey-cloak’ Eiríksson, king of Norway c. 961-70 (see ÍF 26, 198-224; ÍF 29, 95-109). See also Glúmr Gráf^I, Glúmr Lv^I, Eyv Lv 6-14^I, Anon Nkt 16^II and his Biography in SkP I. — [4]: The line recalls HaukrV Ísldr 11/4^IV.

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RvHbreiðm Hl 65III

Haraldr ‘Haraldr’

magnaði ‘strengthened’

hildi ‘battle’

hildr ‘battle’

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tíddisk ‘gave pleasure’

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gram ‘ruler’

mildum ‘to the generous’

frák ‘I heard’

hann ‘that he’

við ‘about’

gný ‘the clamour’

kennings

Gunnar ‘of Gunnr’

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Gunn ‘Gunn’

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hildar ‘hildr’s’

kennings

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bur ‘son’

kennings

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kunna ‘was knowledgeable’

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Harðr ‘The harsh’

rauð ‘reddened’

í ‘in’

svip ‘the swinging’

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sverða ‘of swords’

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sverðs ‘of the sword’

egg ‘the edge’

konungr ‘king’

ferðar ‘of the company’

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morðs ‘of battle’

kennings

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lét ‘let’

hilmir ‘the lord’

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Hǫrða ‘of the Hǫrðar’

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hǫrð ‘hard’

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reyr ‘reeds’

kennings

lituð ‘be coloured’

dreyra ‘with blood’

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RvHbreiðm Hl 65^III