Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr Þórarinsson, Háttalykill 8

Kari Ellen Gade

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RvHbreiðm Hl 8^III

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr Þórarinsson, Háttalykill 8’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1016.

Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr Þórarinsson Háttalykill

7 8 9-10

Atli ‘Atli’

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Atli (noun m.): Atli

[1] Atli: so R683ˣ, ‘Atte’ papp25ˣ

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[1] Atli: See Note to st. 6/2 above.

[3] frá: frá hann papp25ˣ, R683ˣ

notes

[3] frá ‘he asked’: In this line the pron. hann (m. nom. sg.) ‘he’ (so both mss) has been deleted for metrical reasons (standard normalisation).

alnar ‘of the arm’

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alin (noun f.): forearm, ell

kennings

driptum alnar;
‘the snow-drifts of the arm; ’
= SILVER
the snow-drifts of the arm; → SILVER

driptum ‘the snow-drifts’

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drift (noun f.; °; dat. -um): snowdrift

kennings

driptum alnar;
‘the snow-drifts of the arm; ’
= SILVER
the snow-drifts of the arm; → SILVER

ekki ‘not’

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2. ekki (adv.): not

mjúkr ‘gentle’

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mjúkr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): gentle, humble

sonum ‘the sons’

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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son

kennings

sonum Gjúka*,
‘the sons of Gjúki, ’
= Gunnar and Hǫgni
the sons of Gjúki, → Gunnar and Hǫgni

Gjúka* ‘of Gjúki’

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Gjúki (noun m.): Gjúki

[4] Gjúka*: Gjúkar papp25ˣ, R683ˣ

kennings

sonum Gjúka*,
‘the sons of Gjúki, ’
= Gunnar and Hǫgni
the sons of Gjúki, → Gunnar and Hǫgni

notes

[4] Gjúka* ‘of Gjúki <legendary king>’: In both mss a final inorganic ‑r is frequently added to the end of words ending in a vowel (see Introduction and Hl 1941, 111).

Leggja ‘to be placed’

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leggja (verb): put, lay

bað ‘ordered’

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biðja (verb; °biðr; bað, báðu; beðinn (beiþ- Martin¹ 573, bỏþ- HákEirsp 661, cf. ed. intr. xl)): ask for, order, pray

í ‘in’

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í (prep.): in, into

linnum ‘the snake’

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linnr (noun m.): snake

byggðan ‘settled’

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-byggðr (adj.): inhabited, settled

lǫgðis* ‘of the sword’

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lǫgðir (noun m.): sword

[6] lǫgði*s: ‘logdecs’ papp25ˣ, ‘log‑degs‑’ R683ˣ

kennings

bǫðvarharðan hrjóð lǫgði*s
‘the battle-hard destroyer of the sword ’
= WARRIOR
the battle-hard destroyer of the sword → WARRIOR

notes

[6] hrjóð lǫgði*s ‘destroyer of the sword [WARRIOR]’: Skj B (followed by Skald) reads lǫgdagshrjóð ‘the destroyer of the sea-daylight’, i.e. ‘the destroyer of gold [GENEROUS MAN]’. Lǫgðis ‘of the sword’ is preferable from a metrical point of view (a long syllable followed by a short). The form ‘logdecs’ (so papp25ˣ) may have been caused by a misreading of ‘logdces’ i.e. ‘lǫgðis’ (see Hl 1941, 113).

hrjóð ‘destroyer’

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1. hrjóðr (noun m.): destroyer, Hrjótr

kennings

bǫðvarharðan hrjóð lǫgði*s
‘the battle-hard destroyer of the sword ’
= WARRIOR
the battle-hard destroyer of the sword → WARRIOR

notes

†fram† ‘…’

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(non-lexical)

notes

[6] †fram† … ‘… …’: Skj B and Skald supply frama góðan ‘rich in fame’ as an apposition to their kenning lǫgdagshrjóð ‘the destroyer of the sea-daylight’. That phrase is conjectural, and the words in positions 5-7 could also be construed (conjecturally) as framar þjóðir ‘outstanding men’ as an object to bað ‘asked’ in the previous line (so Hl 1941).

… ‘…’

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(non-lexical)

byggðar ‘of the settlement’

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byggð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): dwelling, settlement

vǫrðr ‘The guardian’

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vǫrðr (noun m.; °varðar, dat. verði/vǫrð; verðir, acc. vǫrðu): guardian, defender

bǫðvar ‘the battle’

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bǫð (noun f.; °-s; -): battle < bǫðvarharðr (adj.)

[7] bǫðvar‑: so R683ˣ, bǫð var papp25ˣ

kennings

bǫðvarharðan hrjóð lǫgði*s
‘the battle-hard destroyer of the sword ’
= WARRIOR
the battle-hard destroyer of the sword → WARRIOR

harðan ‘hard’

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

kennings

bǫðvarharðan hrjóð lǫgði*s
‘the battle-hard destroyer of the sword ’
= WARRIOR
the battle-hard destroyer of the sword → WARRIOR

bauga ‘of rings’

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baugr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): ring

†ga† ‘…’

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(non-lexical)

… ‘…’

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(non-lexical)

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prose

As st. 7 above.

[2]: The internal rhyme (aðalhending) is on es s- : -ess-, involving a non-rhotacised [s] in es ‘is’ and the initial [s] in svá ‘thus’. See also Note to st. 13/1. — [5]: The line is hypermetrical, and the metre would be restored if the prep. í ‘in’ were deleted. See Note to st. 7/4. — [8]: Kock (NN §§1157, 2747A) completes this line as follows: bauga garð fránna jarðar, i.e. garð fránna bauga jarðar ‘the pit of the shining rings of the earth [SNAKE-PIT]’. That reading is entirely conjectural, although it is clear that the last helmingr describes Gunnarr being thrown into the snake-pit (see, e.g. Akv 31, Am 66-7 and Vǫls ch. 39).

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RvHbreiðm Hl 8III

Atli ‘Atli’

notes

tók ‘seized’

ǫðling ‘prince’

frœknan ‘the brave’

es ‘is’

svá ‘thus’

rétt ‘right’

saga ‘tale’

þessi ‘this’

eptir ‘about’

frá ‘he asked’

notes

alnar ‘of the arm’

kennings

driptum ‘the snow-drifts’

kennings

ekki ‘not’

mjúkr ‘gentle’

sonum ‘the sons’

kennings

Gjúka* ‘of Gjúki’

kennings

notes

Leggja ‘to be placed’

bað ‘ordered’

í ‘in’

linnum ‘the snake’

byggðan ‘settled’

lǫgði*s ‘of the sword’

kennings

notes

hrjóð ‘destroyer’

kennings

notes

†fram† ‘…’

notes

… ‘…’

byggðar ‘of the settlement’

vǫrðr ‘The guardian’

bǫðvar ‘the battle’

kennings

harðan ‘hard’

kennings

bauga ‘of rings’

†ga† ‘…’

… ‘…’

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RvHbreiðm Hl 8^III

lǫgðis* ‘of the sword’