SnSt Ht 31III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Snorri Sturluson, Háttatal 31’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1137.
Stáls ‘of the prow’s’
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1. stál (noun n.; °-s; -): steel, weapon, prow
kennings
støkkvi dynblakka stáls‘for the compeller of the prow’s din-steeds ’
= SEAFARER = Snorri
the prow’s din-steeds → SHIPS
for the compeller of SHIPS → SEAFARER = Snorri
Stáls ‘of the prow’s’
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1. stál (noun n.; °-s; -): steel, weapon, prow
kennings
støkkvi dynblakka stáls‘for the compeller of the prow’s din-steeds ’
= SEAFARER = Snorri
the prow’s din-steeds → SHIPS
for the compeller of SHIPS → SEAFARER = Snorri
dyn ‘din’
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dynr (noun m.; °dat. -; -ir): din < dynblakkr (noun m.): [din-steeds]
kennings
støkkvi dynblakka stáls‘for the compeller of the prow’s din-steeds ’
= SEAFARER = Snorri
the prow’s din-steeds → SHIPS
for the compeller of SHIPS → SEAFARER = Snorri
dyn ‘din’
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dynr (noun m.; °dat. -; -ir): din < dynblakkr (noun m.): [din-steeds]
kennings
støkkvi dynblakka stáls‘for the compeller of the prow’s din-steeds ’
= SEAFARER = Snorri
the prow’s din-steeds → SHIPS
for the compeller of SHIPS → SEAFARER = Snorri
blakka ‘steeds’
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1. blakkr (noun m.): horse < dynblakkr (noun m.): [din-steeds]
kennings
støkkvi dynblakka stáls‘for the compeller of the prow’s din-steeds ’
= SEAFARER = Snorri
the prow’s din-steeds → SHIPS
for the compeller of SHIPS → SEAFARER = Snorri
blakka ‘steeds’
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1. blakkr (noun m.): horse < dynblakkr (noun m.): [din-steeds]
kennings
støkkvi dynblakka stáls‘for the compeller of the prow’s din-steeds ’
= SEAFARER = Snorri
the prow’s din-steeds → SHIPS
for the compeller of SHIPS → SEAFARER = Snorri
støkkvi ‘for the compeller’
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støkkvir (noun m.): dispenser, flinger
[1] støkkvi: so Tˣ, U(47r), U(52v), støkki R, ‘s[…]ví’ W
kennings
støkkvi dynblakka stáls‘for the compeller of the prow’s din-steeds ’
= SEAFARER = Snorri
the prow’s din-steeds → SHIPS
for the compeller of SHIPS → SEAFARER = Snorri
notes
[1] støkkvi ‘for the compeller’: In R ‘stavcki’ has been changed to ‘stavckvi’ (R*).
stinngeðs ‘of the strong-minded’
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stinngeðr (adj.): [strong-minded]
samir ‘It is fitting’
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2. sama (verb): befit
notes
[2] samir ‘it is fitting’: Impersonal construction with støkkvi dynblakka stáls ‘the compeller of the prow’s din-steeds [SHIPS > SEAFARER = Snorri]’ (l. 1) as the dat. object.
minnask ‘to recall’
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1. minna (verb): remind, remember, recall
kennings
bifsœki álms.‘for the tremble-seeker of the elm-bow. ’
= WARRIOR = Skúli
for the tremble-seeker of the elm-bow. → WARRIOR = Skúli
bif ‘for the tremble’
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2. bifa (verb; °-að-): shudder, tremble < bifsœkir (noun m.): tremble-seeker
kennings
bifsœki álms.‘for the tremble-seeker of the elm-bow. ’
= WARRIOR = Skúli
for the tremble-seeker of the elm-bow. → WARRIOR = Skúli
sœki ‘seeker’
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sœkir (noun m.): attacker < bifsœkir (noun m.): tremble-seeker
kennings
bifsœki álms.‘for the tremble-seeker of the elm-bow. ’
= WARRIOR = Skúli
for the tremble-seeker of the elm-bow. → WARRIOR = Skúli
aukum ‘increase’
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1. auka (verb; °eykr; jók, jóku/juku): (str. intrans.) increase
[3] aukum: aukinn W
notes
[3, 8] aukum; hrœrum ‘we [I] increase; we [I] stir’: Could also be taken as 1st pers. pl. imp. ‘let us increase’, ‘let us stir’.
kennings
feng Yggs‘Yggr’s booty ’
= POETRY
Yggr’s booty → POETRY
feng ‘booty’
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fengr (noun m.; °-jar/-s, dat. -/-i): loot
[4] feng: so all others, fengs R
kennings
feng Yggs‘Yggr’s booty ’
= POETRY
Yggr’s booty → POETRY
notes
[4] feng ‘booty’: Fengs (gen. sg.) has been altered in R to feng (acc. sg.) (R*)
á ‘’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
þengils ‘lord’
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þengill (noun m.): prince, ruler
Odds ‘of the spear-point’s’
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oddr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): point of weapon
[5] Odds: ‘odz’ Tˣ, W
kennings
ǫrbrjót bláferla odds‘the liberal breaker of the spear-point’s dark paths ’
= WARRIOR = Snorri
the spear-point’s dark paths → SHIELDS
the liberal breaker of SHIELDS → WARRIOR = Snorri
Odds ‘of the spear-point’s’
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oddr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): point of weapon
[5] Odds: ‘odz’ Tˣ, W
kennings
ǫrbrjót bláferla odds‘the liberal breaker of the spear-point’s dark paths ’
= WARRIOR = Snorri
the spear-point’s dark paths → SHIELDS
the liberal breaker of SHIELDS → WARRIOR = Snorri
blá ‘dark’
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blár (adj.): black < bláferill (noun m.): [dark paths]
kennings
ǫrbrjót bláferla odds‘the liberal breaker of the spear-point’s dark paths ’
= WARRIOR = Snorri
the spear-point’s dark paths → SHIELDS
the liberal breaker of SHIELDS → WARRIOR = Snorri
blá ‘dark’
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blár (adj.): black < bláferill (noun m.): [dark paths]
kennings
ǫrbrjót bláferla odds‘the liberal breaker of the spear-point’s dark paths ’
= WARRIOR = Snorri
the spear-point’s dark paths → SHIELDS
the liberal breaker of SHIELDS → WARRIOR = Snorri
ferla ‘paths’
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ferill (noun m.; °dat. ferli): route, track < bláferill (noun m.): [dark paths]
kennings
ǫrbrjót bláferla odds‘the liberal breaker of the spear-point’s dark paths ’
= WARRIOR = Snorri
the spear-point’s dark paths → SHIELDS
the liberal breaker of SHIELDS → WARRIOR = Snorri
ferla ‘paths’
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ferill (noun m.; °dat. ferli): route, track < bláferill (noun m.): [dark paths]
kennings
ǫrbrjót bláferla odds‘the liberal breaker of the spear-point’s dark paths ’
= WARRIOR = Snorri
the spear-point’s dark paths → SHIELDS
the liberal breaker of SHIELDS → WARRIOR = Snorri
jarli ‘to the jarl’
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jarl (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): poet, earl
ǫr ‘the liberal ’
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ǫrr (adj.): generous, brave < ǫrbrjótr (noun m.): generous breaker
kennings
ǫrbrjót bláferla odds‘the liberal breaker of the spear-point’s dark paths ’
= WARRIOR = Snorri
the spear-point’s dark paths → SHIELDS
the liberal breaker of SHIELDS → WARRIOR = Snorri
brjót ‘breaker’
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brjótr (noun m.): breaker < ǫrbrjótr (noun m.): generous breaker
kennings
ǫrbrjót bláferla odds‘the liberal breaker of the spear-point’s dark paths ’
= WARRIOR = Snorri
the spear-point’s dark paths → SHIELDS
the liberal breaker of SHIELDS → WARRIOR = Snorri
né ‘Nor’
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né (conj.): nor
skal ‘shall’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
notes
[6] skal þrjóta ‘shall ... cease’: Impersonal construction with ǫrbrjót bláferla odds ‘the liberal breaker of the spear-point’s dark paths [SHIELDS > WARRIOR]’ (ll. 5, 6) as the acc. object.
þrjóta ‘cease’
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þrjóta (verb; str. 2; þrýtr, þraut, þrutu, þrotinn): end, fail
notes
[6] skal þrjóta ‘shall ... cease’: Impersonal construction with ǫrbrjót bláferla odds ‘the liberal breaker of the spear-point’s dark paths [SHIELDS > WARRIOR]’ (ll. 5, 6) as the acc. object.
Hárs ‘of Hárr’s’
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Hárr (noun m.): [Hárr, Hárs]
kennings
hrannir saltunnu Hárs.‘the waves of Hárr’s hall-barrel. ’
= POETRY
the waves of Hárr’s hall-barrel. → POETRY
sal ‘hall’
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1. salr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; dat. sǫlum): hall < saltunna (noun f.)
kennings
hrannir saltunnu Hárs.‘the waves of Hárr’s hall-barrel. ’
= POETRY
the waves of Hárr’s hall-barrel. → POETRY
tunnu ‘barrel’
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tunna (noun f.; °-u; -ur): [barrel] < saltunna (noun f.)
[7] ‑tunnu: so Tˣ, W, ‘‑tavnnv’ R, tunnum U(52v)
kennings
hrannir saltunnu Hárs.‘the waves of Hárr’s hall-barrel. ’
= POETRY
the waves of Hárr’s hall-barrel. → POETRY
kennings
hrannir saltunnu Hárs.‘the waves of Hárr’s hall-barrel. ’
= POETRY
the waves of Hárr’s hall-barrel. → POETRY
hrœrum ‘stir’
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2. hrœra (verb): move
notes
[3, 8] aukum; hrœrum ‘we [I] increase; we [I] stir’: Could also be taken as 1st pers. pl. imp. ‘let us increase’, ‘let us stir’.
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
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Stáls dynblakka støkkvi |
It is fitting for the compeller of the prow’s din-steeds [SHIPS > SEAFARER = Snorri] to recall the praise of the strong-minded lord; we [I] increase Yggr’s <= Óðinn’s> booty [POETRY] for the tremble-seeker of the elm-bow [WARRIOR = Skúli]. Nor shall the liberal breaker of the spear-point’s dark paths [SHIELDS > WARRIOR = Snorri] cease to magnify the praise to the jarl; we [I] stir the waves of Hárr’s <= Óðinn’s> hall-barrel [POETRY].
With this stanza the praise of Jarl Skúli Bárðarson commences (SnE 2007, 17): Nú hefr upp annat kvæði ‘Now the second poem begins’ (R, Tˣ). The metrical pattern that characterises the stanza is called bragarbót ‘poem’s improvement’, which is a regularised use of Type D2 odd lines, that is, a monosyllabic noun followed by a trisyllabic compound with a short first element followed by a long syllable carrying internal rhyme.
The headings are 24 (Tˣ) and bragar háttr ‘poem’s verse-form’ (U(47r)). In W, the stanza is introduced as follows: Her hefr annat kvæði þat er ort er vm skvla iarl ok heitir bragar bót ‘Here the second poem begins, which is composed about Skúli jarl and is called poem’s improvement’. — For this variant, see Kuhn (1969a; 1983, 165) and Gade (1995a, 113). — [4, 7]: The kennings feng Yggs ‘Yggr’s booty’ and hrannir saltunnu Hárs ‘the waves of Hárr’s hall-barrel’ refer to the myth about how Óðinn obtained the mead of poetry (see SnE 1998, I, 3-5).
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