Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr Þórarinsson, Háttalykill 80

Kari Ellen Gade

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RvHbreiðm Hl 80^III

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr Þórarinsson, Háttalykill 80’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1091.

Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr Þórarinsson Háttalykill

79 80 81

Kœnn ‘The clever’

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2. kœnn (adj.; °superl. kǿnstr/kǿnastr): wise, skilful

[1] Kœnn: so R683ˣ, Kœn papp25ˣ

hlaut ‘obtained’

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hljóta (verb): alot, gain

[1] hlaut (‘laut’): so R683ˣ, ‘raut’ papp25ˣ

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[1] hlaut ‘obtained’: Rugman changes hraut (‘raut’ papp25ˣ) to hlaut ‘obtained’ (‘laut’ R683ˣ). The verb hrjóta ‘fling’ is intransitive and does not fit the context syntactically. Jón Helgason (Hl 1941) suggests the reading naut ‘enjoyed’, but that requires the emendation of láð (n. acc. sg.) ‘land’ to láðs (n. gen. sg.) in the following line since njóta ‘enjoy’ takes the gen.

lofðungr ‘lord’

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

linna ‘of serpents’

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linnr (noun m.): snake

[1] linna: so R683ˣ, linnar papp25ˣ

kennings

láð linna;
‘the land of serpents; ’
= GOLD
the land of serpents; → GOLD

láð ‘the land’

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2. láð (noun n.): earth, land

kennings

láð linna;
‘the land of serpents; ’
= GOLD
the land of serpents; → GOLD

[4] kunni: kunni hann papp25ˣ, R683ˣ

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[4] kunni ‘knew’: The pers. pron. hann ‘he’ (so both mss), makes the line hypermetrical and has been deleted in keeping with the normalisations in the present edn (so also Skald; retained in Skj B).

sið ‘the custom’

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siðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/-i; -ir, acc. -u): faith, morals

jǫfra ‘of princes’

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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince

Ógn ‘of the war’

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ógn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): terror, battle < ógnbeiðir (noun m.): [war-craver]

[5] Ógnbeiðis: so R683ˣ, ógnbeiðir papp25ˣ

kennings

ógnbeiðis;
‘of the war-craver; ’
= WARRIOR
the war-craver; → WARRIOR

beiðis ‘craver’

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beiðir (noun m.): demander < ógnbeiðir (noun m.): [war-craver]

[5] Ógnbeiðis: so R683ˣ, ógnbeiðir papp25ˣ

kennings

ógnbeiðis;
‘of the war-craver; ’
= WARRIOR
the war-craver; → WARRIOR

naut ‘enjoyed’

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nýta (verb): enjoy, use

auðar ‘the wealth’

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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth

ǫld ‘People’

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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age

leyfum ‘we [I] praise’

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leyfa (verb): permit; praise

[6] leyfum: so R683ˣ, leyfir papp25ˣ

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[6] leyfum (1st pers. pl. pres. indic.) ‘we [I] praise’: Rugman alters leyfir (3rd pers. sg. pres. indic.) ‘praises’ (papp25ˣ) to leyfum in R683ˣ. According to Holtsmark (Hl 1941), leyfir may be a misreading of leyfik (1st pers. sg. pres. indic. with cliticised ek ‘I’) ‘I praise’.

bǫr ‘the tree’

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bǫrr (noun m.): tree

[6] bǫr: bur papp25ˣ, R683ˣ

kennings

bǫr skjaldar,
‘the tree of the shield ’
= WARRIOR
the tree of the shield → WARRIOR

notes

[6] bǫr ‘the tree’: Bur ‘son’ (so both mss) has been emended to bǫr ‘tree’ in keeping with most earlier eds. Sveinbjörn Egilsson (SnE 1848, 248) emends to bur Skjöldar ‘the son of Skjǫldr’, which makes little sense, because Skjǫldr was the legendary ancestor of the Danish Skjǫldung dynasty.

skjaldar ‘of the shield’

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skjǫldr (noun m.; °skjaldar/skildar, dat. skildi; skildir, acc. skjǫldu): shield

kennings

bǫr skjaldar,
‘the tree of the shield ’
= WARRIOR
the tree of the shield → WARRIOR

þvít ‘because’

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þvít (conj.): because, since

ljósan ‘glowing’

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ljóss (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright

veg ‘glory’

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2. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -): honour

vísi ‘the ruler’

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vísi (noun m.; °-a): leader

[7] vísi: vísir papp25ˣ, R683ˣ

notes

[7] vísi ‘the ruler’: See Note to st. 19/3.

vann ‘gained’

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2. vinna (verb): perform, work

nús ‘now’

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

notes

[8] nús it sanna mælt ‘now the truth has been told’: Holtsmark (Hl 1941, 139) suggests that the second skald, whose stanza focuses on Óláfr’s generosity, added this clause as a gentle corrective to the first poet – as Óláfr’s nickname kyrri ‘the Quiet’ shows, he was not known for his bellicose exploits.

mælt ‘told’

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1. mæla (verb): speak, say

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it ‘the’

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2. inn (art.): the

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sanna ‘truth’

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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true

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As st. 79 above.

For Óláfr’s munificence, see Steinn Óldr 13-16^II.

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RvHbreiðm Hl 80III

Kœnn ‘The clever’

hlaut ‘obtained’

notes

lofðungr ‘lord’

linna ‘of serpents’

kennings

láð ‘the land’

kennings

segik ‘I recount’

vísa ‘the ruler’s’

dáðir ‘deeds’

gramr ‘monarch’

prýddi ‘adorned’

sá ‘that’

gumna ‘men’

gjǫfum ‘with gifts’

kunni ‘he knew’

notes

sið ‘the custom’

jǫfra ‘of princes’

Ógn ‘of the war’

kennings

beiðis ‘craver’

kennings

naut ‘enjoyed’

auðar ‘the wealth’

ǫld ‘People’

leyfum ‘we [I] praise’

notes

bǫr ‘the tree’

kennings

notes

skjaldar ‘of the shield’

kennings

þvít ‘because’

ljósan ‘glowing’

veg ‘glory’

vísi ‘the ruler’

notes

vann ‘gained’

nús ‘now’

notes

mælt ‘told’

notes

it ‘the’

notes

sanna ‘truth’

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RvHbreiðm Hl 80^III