RvHbreiðm Hl 72III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr Þórarinsson, Háttalykill 72’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1081.
Sonr ‘The son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
kennings
Sonr Tryggva‘The son of Tryggvi ’
= Óláfr
The son of Tryggvi → Óláfr
Tryggva ‘of Tryggvi’
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Tryggvi (noun m.): Tryggvi
kennings
Sonr Tryggva‘The son of Tryggvi ’
= Óláfr
The son of Tryggvi → Óláfr
bað ‘commanded’
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biðja (verb; °biðr; bað, báðu; beðinn (beiþ- Martin¹ 573, bỏþ- HákEirsp 661, cf. ed. intr. xl)): ask for, order, pray
seggi ‘men’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
síðan ‘then’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
ógnarblíða ‘the battle-cheerful’
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ógnblíðr (adj.): battle-happy
vallar ‘of the meadow’
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vǫllr (noun m.; °vallar, dat. velli; vellir acc. vǫllu/velli): plain, field
kennings
baug vallar‘the ring of the meadow ’
= SERPENT = Ormr inn langi
the ring of the meadow → SERPENT = Ormr inn langi
notes
[3] baug vallar ‘the ring of the meadow [SERPENT = Ormr inn langi]’: An onomastic pun on Ormr inn langi ‘the Long Serpent’, Óláfr’s famous warship. For that ship, see Notes to Hókr Eirfl 3/4I and Hfr ErfÓl 10/1I.
baug ‘the ring’
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baugr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): ring
kennings
baug vallar‘the ring of the meadow ’
= SERPENT = Ormr inn langi
the ring of the meadow → SERPENT = Ormr inn langi
notes
[3] baug vallar ‘the ring of the meadow [SERPENT = Ormr inn langi]’: An onomastic pun on Ormr inn langi ‘the Long Serpent’, Óláfr’s famous warship. For that ship, see Notes to Hókr Eirfl 3/4I and Hfr ErfÓl 10/1I.
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
notes
[3] á vági ‘in the bay’: The exact location of Svolder (ON Svǫlðr) is debated, and it is not clear whether the p. n. referred to a bay, a river or an island (see Note to Skúli Svǫlðr 2/4).
vági ‘the bay’
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vágr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): sea, wave
notes
[3] á vági ‘in the bay’: The exact location of Svolder (ON Svǫlðr) is debated, and it is not clear whether the p. n. referred to a bay, a river or an island (see Note to Skúli Svǫlðr 2/4).
notes
[4] verja* ‘defend’: Verjask ‘defend oneself’ has been emended to verja ‘defend’ in keeping with earlier eds.
sœnskum ‘against Swedish’
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sœnskr (adj.): Swedish
herjum ‘warriors’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
Hjalt ‘with the hilt’
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hjalt (noun n.; °; *-): hilt < hjaltvǫndr (noun m.): [with hilt-rod]
kennings
hjaltvendi;‘with the hilt-rod; ’
= SWORD
with the hilt-rod; → SWORD
vendi ‘rod’
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vǫndr (noun m.; °vandar, dat. vendi/vǫnd; vendir, acc. vǫndu/vendi): rod, want, mast < hjaltvǫndr (noun m.): [with hilt-rod]
kennings
hjaltvendi;‘with the hilt-rod; ’
= SWORD
with the hilt-rod; → SWORD
skar ‘cut’
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skera (verb): cut
Hrundar ‘of Hrund’
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Hrund (noun f.): Runde, Hrund, valkyrie
kennings
Stríðir tungla hríðar Hrundar‘The opponent of the moons of the storm of Hrund ’
= WARRIOR
the storm of Hrund → BATTLE
the moons of the BATTLE → SHIELDS
The opponent of SHIELDS → WARRIOR
Hrundar ‘of Hrund’
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Hrund (noun f.): Runde, Hrund, valkyrie
kennings
Stríðir tungla hríðar Hrundar‘The opponent of the moons of the storm of Hrund ’
= WARRIOR
the storm of Hrund → BATTLE
the moons of the BATTLE → SHIELDS
The opponent of SHIELDS → WARRIOR
Hrundar ‘of Hrund’
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Hrund (noun f.): Runde, Hrund, valkyrie
kennings
Stríðir tungla hríðar Hrundar‘The opponent of the moons of the storm of Hrund ’
= WARRIOR
the storm of Hrund → BATTLE
the moons of the BATTLE → SHIELDS
The opponent of SHIELDS → WARRIOR
hríðar ‘of the storm’
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hríð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): time, storm
kennings
Stríðir tungla hríðar Hrundar‘The opponent of the moons of the storm of Hrund ’
= WARRIOR
the storm of Hrund → BATTLE
the moons of the BATTLE → SHIELDS
The opponent of SHIELDS → WARRIOR
hríðar ‘of the storm’
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hríð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): time, storm
kennings
Stríðir tungla hríðar Hrundar‘The opponent of the moons of the storm of Hrund ’
= WARRIOR
the storm of Hrund → BATTLE
the moons of the BATTLE → SHIELDS
The opponent of SHIELDS → WARRIOR
hríðar ‘of the storm’
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hríð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): time, storm
kennings
Stríðir tungla hríðar Hrundar‘The opponent of the moons of the storm of Hrund ’
= WARRIOR
the storm of Hrund → BATTLE
the moons of the BATTLE → SHIELDS
The opponent of SHIELDS → WARRIOR
tungla ‘of the moons’
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tungl (noun n.; °-s; -): moon, heavenly body
kennings
Stríðir tungla hríðar Hrundar‘The opponent of the moons of the storm of Hrund ’
= WARRIOR
the storm of Hrund → BATTLE
the moons of the BATTLE → SHIELDS
The opponent of SHIELDS → WARRIOR
tungla ‘of the moons’
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tungl (noun n.; °-s; -): moon, heavenly body
kennings
Stríðir tungla hríðar Hrundar‘The opponent of the moons of the storm of Hrund ’
= WARRIOR
the storm of Hrund → BATTLE
the moons of the BATTLE → SHIELDS
The opponent of SHIELDS → WARRIOR
stríðir ‘The opponent’
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stríðir (noun m.): opponent, fighter
kennings
Stríðir tungla hríðar Hrundar‘The opponent of the moons of the storm of Hrund ’
= WARRIOR
the storm of Hrund → BATTLE
the moons of the BATTLE → SHIELDS
The opponent of SHIELDS → WARRIOR
alms ‘of the elm-bow’
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almr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): bow, elm-bow
kennings
hagl alms‘hail of the elm-bow ’
= ARROWS
hail of the elm-bow → ARROWS
varð ‘’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
hagl ‘hail’
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hagl (noun n.; °-s; dat. *-um): hail
kennings
hagl alms‘hail of the elm-bow ’
= ARROWS
hail of the elm-bow → ARROWS
á ‘against’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
hjalma ‘helmets’
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1. hjalmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): helmet
hrynja ‘crashed’
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hrynja (verb): fall, flow
danskar ‘Danish’
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danskr (adj.): Danish
brynjur ‘byrnies’
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1. brynja (noun f.; °-u (dat. brynnoni Gibb 38⁹); -ur): mailcoat
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Sonr Tryggva bað seggi |
The son of Tryggvi [= Óláfr] then commanded the battle-cheerful men to defend the ring of the meadow [SERPENT = Ormr inn langi] against Swedish warriors in the bay. The opponent of the moons of the storm of Hrund <valkyrie> [BATTLE > SHIELDS > WARRIOR] cut Danish byrnies with the hilt-rod [SWORD]; hail of the elm-bow [ARROWS] crashed against helmets.
As st. 71 above.
The battle commemorated is the battle of Svolder (9 September 1000), in which Óláfr Tryggvason fell while fighting Sveinn tjúguskegg ‘Fork-beard’ of Denmark (see sts 67-8), Óláfr sœnski ‘the Swede’ of Sweden and Eiríkr jarl Hákonarson of Norway (see ÓTHkr chs 99-113, ÍF 26, 350-72; ÍF 29, 147-62; Hfr ErfÓlI; Hókr EirflI; Skúli Svǫlðr).
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