SnSt Ht 22III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Snorri Sturluson, Háttatal 22’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1128.
Himinglæva ‘Himinglæva’
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himinglæva (noun f.): himinglæva
notes
[1] Himinglæva ‘Himinglæva <wave>’: One of Ægir’s daughters and the personification of ‘wave’. See Notes to ESk Frag 17/2, Þul Waves l. 4 and Þul Sjóvar 4/4.
strýkr ‘strokes’
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strýkja (verb): [strokes]
hávar ‘tall’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
[1] hávar: ‘.h.’ U(47r)
skilja ‘split’
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1. skilja (verb): separate, understand
þiljur ‘planks’
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1. þilja (noun f.; °-u; -ur): planking, decking
lǫg ‘of sea’
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lǫgr (noun m.; °lagar, dat. legi): sea < lǫgstígr (noun m.)
kennings
fagrdrasil lǫgstíga.‘the fair steed of sea-paths. ’
= SHIP
the fair steed of sea-paths. → SHIP
notes
[3] lǫg- ‘sea-’: Altered to ‘linn-’ or ‘lvn-’ in R (R*).
stíga ‘paths’
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1. stígr (noun m.; °dat. -; -ar/-ir, acc. -a/-u): path < lǫgstígr (noun m.)
[3] ‑stíga: ‑skíða W, ‑stígu U
kennings
fagrdrasil lǫgstíga.‘the fair steed of sea-paths. ’
= SHIP
the fair steed of sea-paths. → SHIP
ljótr ‘the hideous’
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ljótr (adj.): ugly
fagr ‘the fair’
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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful < fagrdrasill (noun m.)
[4] fagr‑: veðr W
kennings
fagrdrasil lǫgstíga.‘the fair steed of sea-paths. ’
= SHIP
the fair steed of sea-paths. → SHIP
drasil ‘steed’
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drasill (noun m.): steed < fagrdrasill (noun m.)
[4] ‑drasil: so W, ‑drasill R, U, ‘drûsil’ Tˣ
kennings
fagrdrasil lǫgstíga.‘the fair steed of sea-paths. ’
= SHIP
the fair steed of sea-paths. → SHIP
notes
[4] -drasil (m. acc. sg.) ‘steed’: So W. The nom. -drasill in R has been altered to the acc. -drasil (R*). For drasill as a heiti for ‘horse’, see Note to Anon Kálfv 1/1 (see also Þul Hesta 3/4).
brjóta ‘to break’
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brjóta (verb; °brýtr; braut, brutu; brotinn): to break, destroy
Lýs ‘of the pollack’
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lýr (noun m.): pollack, fish < lýsheimr (noun m.)
kennings
Eisa lýsheims‘Fire of the pollack-home ’
= GOLD
the pollack-home → SEA
Fire of the SEA → GOLD
notes
[5] lýsheims (m. gen. sg.) ‘of the pollack-home’: Lýr(r) is a pollack (Pollachius pollachius), a species of saltwater fish.
Lýs ‘of the pollack’
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lýr (noun m.): pollack, fish < lýsheimr (noun m.)
kennings
Eisa lýsheims‘Fire of the pollack-home ’
= GOLD
the pollack-home → SEA
Fire of the SEA → GOLD
notes
[5] lýsheims (m. gen. sg.) ‘of the pollack-home’: Lýr(r) is a pollack (Pollachius pollachius), a species of saltwater fish.
heims ‘home’
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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world < lýsheimr (noun m.)
[5] ‑heims: ‘‑keims’ U
kennings
Eisa lýsheims‘Fire of the pollack-home ’
= GOLD
the pollack-home → SEA
Fire of the SEA → GOLD
notes
[5] lýsheims (m. gen. sg.) ‘of the pollack-home’: Lýr(r) is a pollack (Pollachius pollachius), a species of saltwater fish.
heims ‘home’
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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world < lýsheimr (noun m.)
[5] ‑heims: ‘‑keims’ U
kennings
Eisa lýsheims‘Fire of the pollack-home ’
= GOLD
the pollack-home → SEA
Fire of the SEA → GOLD
notes
[5] lýsheims (m. gen. sg.) ‘of the pollack-home’: Lýr(r) is a pollack (Pollachius pollachius), a species of saltwater fish.
náir ‘can’
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1. ná (verb): reach, get, manage
líðr ‘passes’
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1. líða (verb): move, glide
notes
[6] ár líðr ‘the year passes’: This clause could also be taken in the meaning ‘the oar moves’ (NN §2572), which is less likely in view of the content of sts 21 and 23. Moreover, the verb líða is normally used for travelling rather than small-scale motion to and fro (see also sts 23/2 and 94/6).
ár ‘the year’
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2. ár (noun n.; °-s; -): year, year’s abundance
notes
[6] ár líðr ‘the year passes’: This clause could also be taken in the meaning ‘the oar moves’ (NN §2572), which is less likely in view of the content of sts 21 and 23. Moreover, the verb líða is normally used for travelling rather than small-scale motion to and fro (see also sts 23/2 and 94/6).
of ‘above’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
gram ‘prince’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
blíðum ‘the gentle’
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blíðr (adj.; °n. sg. nom. & acc. blítt/blíðt; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): gentle, happy
uðr ‘wave’
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2. unnr (noun f.): wave
rekkir ‘emboldens’
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2. reka (verb): drive, force
notes
[7] rekkir ‘emboldens’: Kock (NN §2176) suggests a meaning ‘enliven, make dance’, whereas Finnur Jónsson gives gör stærk ‘makes strong’ (Skj B) or prøver (dens kraft, der viser sig uforminsket) ‘tests (its strength, which proves to be undiminished)’ (LP: 2. rekkja). Konráð Gíslason (1895-7) has sætter i rask bevægelse ‘puts into swift motion’ (so also SnE 1879-81, I, 110: beschleunigen, antreiben ‘speed up, urge on’). The weak verb rekkja is derived from the adj. rakkr ‘bold’ (see AEW: rekkja 2).
kjǫl ‘keel’
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kjǫlr (noun m.; °kjalar, dat. kili; kjǫlir): keel, ship
kløkkvan ‘the flexible’
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kløkkr (adj.): flexible, humble
[7] kløkkvan: so all others, kykkvan R
notes
[7] kløkkvan ‘flexible’: In R, ‘kykkvan’ has been altered to ‘klꜹkkvan’ (R*).
kǫld ‘the cold’
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kaldr (adj.; °compar. -ari): cold
eisa ‘Fire’
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1. eisa (noun f.; °; -ur): flame, ember
kennings
Eisa lýsheims‘Fire of the pollack-home ’
= GOLD
the pollack-home → SEA
Fire of the SEA → GOLD
far ‘the vessel’
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far (noun n.; °-s; *-): travel, vessel, trace, life, conduct
geisar ‘speeds on’
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geisa (verb): rage
Interactive view: tap on words in the text for notes and glosses
Snorri calls this variant refhvǫrf in minnsta ‘the least fox-turns’. The refhvǫrf occurs in the first two words of ll. 4 and 8.
The headings are xv. háttr ‘the fifteenth verse-form’ (Tˣ); in þriðja ‘the third’ (U(47r)). — The words that form the antitheses are ljótr ‘ugly’ : fagr- ‘fair’ (l. 4) and kǫld ‘cold’ : eisa ‘fire’ (l. 8).
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