SnH Lv 5II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sneglu-Halli, Lausavísur 5’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 326-7.
Grís ‘pig’
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gríss (noun m.): [pig]
þá ‘got’
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þiggja (verb): receive, get
greppr ‘The poet’
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greppr (noun m.; °; -ar): poet, man
notes
[1] greppr ‘poet’: Because the episode is a tribute to Halli’s poetic prowess, the translation ‘poet’ is chosen rather than the more general ‘man’.
grun ‘the most deceit-’
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grunr (noun m.): suspicion, deceit < gruntrauðr (adj.)
[2] grun‑: gunn‑ Hr, grunn‑ Flat, grimm‑ 563aˣ
trauðustum ‘shy’
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trauðr (adj.): reluctant < gruntrauðr (adj.)
[2] ‑trauðustum: ‑trauðastum H, Hr
dauðan ‘a dead’
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dauði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death
Njǫrðr ‘the Njǫrðr’
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Njǫrðr (noun m.): Njǫrðr
kennings
Njǫrðr bauglands‘the Njǫrðr of the shield-boss land ’
= WARRIOR
the shield-boss land → SHIELD
the Njǫrðr of the SHIELD → WARRIOR
sér ‘sees’
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2. sjá (verb): see
bǫrg ‘a boar’
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bǫrgr (noun m.): castrated boar
[3] bǫrg: baugs Hr, burg Flat, ‘bijngz’ 563aˣ
borði ‘the table’
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borð (noun n.; °-s; -): side, plank, board; table
baug ‘of the shield-boss’
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baugr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): ring < baugland (noun n.): [shield-boss land]
kennings
Njǫrðr bauglands‘the Njǫrðr of the shield-boss land ’
= WARRIOR
the shield-boss land → SHIELD
the Njǫrðr of the SHIELD → WARRIOR
baug ‘of the shield-boss’
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baugr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): ring < baugland (noun n.): [shield-boss land]
kennings
Njǫrðr bauglands‘the Njǫrðr of the shield-boss land ’
= WARRIOR
the shield-boss land → SHIELD
the Njǫrðr of the SHIELD → WARRIOR
lands ‘land’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land < baugland (noun n.): [shield-boss land]
kennings
Njǫrðr bauglands‘the Njǫrðr of the shield-boss land ’
= WARRIOR
the shield-boss land → SHIELD
the Njǫrðr of the SHIELD → WARRIOR
lands ‘land’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land < baugland (noun n.): [shield-boss land]
kennings
Njǫrðr bauglands‘the Njǫrðr of the shield-boss land ’
= WARRIOR
the shield-boss land → SHIELD
the Njǫrðr of the SHIELD → WARRIOR
fyr ‘before’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
standa ‘standing’
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standa (verb): stand
Runa ‘of the pig’
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runi (noun m.; °; -ar): boar
[5] Runa síður lítk rauðar: ‘Ræserz siön sie eg rꜹda’ 563aˣ; Runa: so H, Hr, Flat, ruðna Mork
síður ‘sides’
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1. síða (noun f.; °-u; -ur): side
[5] Runa síður lítk rauðar: ‘Ræserz siön sie eg rꜹda’ 563aˣ
lítk ‘I see’
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líta (verb): look, see; appear
[5] Runa síður lítk rauðar: ‘Ræserz siön sie eg rꜹda’ 563aˣ; lítk (‘lit ec’): leit ek Hr
rauðar ‘the red’
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rauðr (adj.; °compar. -ari): red
[5] Runa síður lítk rauðar: ‘Ræserz siön sie eg rꜹda’ 563aˣ
ræðk ‘I produce’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
skjót ‘a quickly’
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2. skjótr (adj.): quick(ly) < skjótgǫrr (adj.)
[6] skjót‑: so H, skjótt‑ Mork, Hr, Flat, 563aˣ
gǫrvu ‘composed’
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1. gera (verb): do, make < skjótgǫrr (adj.)
[6] ‑gǫrvu: gera Flat, ‘gióra’ 563aˣ
kvæði ‘poem’
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kvæði (noun n.; °-s; -): poem
rana ‘the snout’
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rani (noun m.; °-a): [snout]
seggr ‘a man’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
notes
[7] af ‘off’: The Mork variant á ‘on’ is possible but not supported by the other ms. witnesses.
svíni ‘the swine’
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svín (noun n.; °-s; -): swine, pig
send ‘thanks’
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senda (verb): send
notes
[8] send heill ‘thanks for the helping’: Lit. ‘good luck with the giving’. This is difficult to render in idiomatic Engl., and the present translation follows that of Andersson and Gade 2000. Skj B translates it as hav tak for sendelsen lit. ‘have thanks for the sending’, and LP: heill 3 gives send, giv, som den lykkelige, gid du må få alt godt for din gave ‘send, give, as the fortunate one, may you get everything good [in return] for your gift’.
heill ‘for the helping’
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1. heill (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): good fortune
notes
[8] send heill ‘thanks for the helping’: Lit. ‘good luck with the giving’. This is difficult to render in idiomatic Engl., and the present translation follows that of Andersson and Gade 2000. Skj B translates it as hav tak for sendelsen lit. ‘have thanks for the sending’, and LP: heill 3 gives send, giv, som den lykkelige, gid du må få alt godt for din gave ‘send, give, as the fortunate one, may you get everything good [in return] for your gift’.
konungr ‘king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
[8] konungr: konungr mér 563aˣ
brenndan ‘singed’
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2. brenna (verb; °brennr/brenn; brann, brunnu; brunninn): (strong, intransitive)
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Grís þá greppr at ræsi |
The poet got a dead pig from the most deceit-shy monarch; the Njǫrðr <god> of the shield-boss land [SHIELD > WARRIOR] sees a boar standing before him on the table. I see the red sides of the pig; I produce a quickly composed poem; a man has singed the snout off the swine; thanks for the helping, king!
Halli, who has fallen out of favour with King Haraldr, must redeem himself by composing a st. about a roasted pig, which the Frisian dwarf Túta carries across the hall. King Haraldr stipulates that, unless the st. is finished before Túta crosses the floor, Halli will face death.
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