SnSt Ht 45III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Snorri Sturluson, Háttatal 45’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1154.
Lætr ‘lets’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
undin ‘twisted’
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undinn (adj./verb p.p.): twisted
kennings
undin brot hringa‘twisted fragments of rings ’
= GOLD
twisted fragments of rings → GOLD
brot ‘fragments’
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brot (noun n.; °-s; -): piece, fragment
kennings
undin brot hringa‘twisted fragments of rings ’
= GOLD
twisted fragments of rings → GOLD
brotna ‘be fragmented’
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brotna (verb; °-að-): break, burst
bragningr ‘The ruler’
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bragningr (noun m.; °; -ar): prince, ruler
fyr ‘before’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
sér ‘him’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
hringa ‘of rings’
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1. hringr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): ring; sword
kennings
undin brot hringa‘twisted fragments of rings ’
= GOLD
twisted fragments of rings → GOLD
sá ‘that’
kennings
sá fættir menja‘that diminisher of necklaces ’
= GENEROUS MAN
that diminisher of necklaces → GENEROUS MAN
tekr ‘gains’
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2. taka (verb): take
fyr ‘on account of’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
men ‘the necklaces’
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2. men (noun n.; °; dat. menjum): neck-ring
kennings
sá fættir menja‘that diminisher of necklaces ’
= GENEROUS MAN
that diminisher of necklaces → GENEROUS MAN
mætt ‘a worthy’
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mætr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): honoured, respected
[4] mætt: met Tˣ, U, mæt W
orð ‘reputation’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
of ‘for’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
sik ‘himself’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
fættir ‘diminisher’
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fættir (noun m.): [diminisher]
[4] fættir: ‘fetir’ Tˣ, U, ‘fætir’ W
kennings
sá fættir menja‘that diminisher of necklaces ’
= GENEROUS MAN
that diminisher of necklaces → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[5] armr ‘the arms’: Lit. ‘the arm’ (see Note to st. 42/8).
kná ‘’
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knega (verb): to know, understand, be able to
við ‘against’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
kennings
blik brimlands,‘the gleam of the surf-land ’
= GOLD
the surf-land → SEA
the gleam of the SEA → GOLD
notes
[5] blik ‘the gleam’: Brim ‘surf’ has been corrected in R to blik (R*).
blikna ‘gleam’
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blikna (verb; °-að-): [grown pale, gleam]
brim ‘of the surf’
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brim (noun n.): surf < brimland (noun n.): [surf-land]
kennings
blik brimlands,‘the gleam of the surf-land ’
= GOLD
the surf-land → SEA
the gleam of the SEA → GOLD
brim ‘of the surf’
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brim (noun n.): surf < brimland (noun n.): [surf-land]
kennings
blik brimlands,‘the gleam of the surf-land ’
= GOLD
the surf-land → SEA
the gleam of the SEA → GOLD
lands ‘land’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land < brimland (noun n.): [surf-land]
kennings
blik brimlands,‘the gleam of the surf-land ’
= GOLD
the surf-land → SEA
the gleam of the SEA → GOLD
lands ‘land’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land < brimland (noun n.): [surf-land]
kennings
blik brimlands,‘the gleam of the surf-land ’
= GOLD
the surf-land → SEA
the gleam of the SEA → GOLD
viðum ‘of the trees’
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1. viðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -u/-i): wood, tree
kennings
viðum randa‘of the trees of shields ’
= WARRIORS
the trees of shields → WARRIORS
randa ‘of shields’
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rǫnd (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; rendr/randir): shield, shield-rim
kennings
viðum randa‘of the trees of shields ’
= WARRIORS
the trees of shields → WARRIORS
hǫnd ‘the hand’
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand
lið ‘the wrist’
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liðr (noun m.; °-ar/-s, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. liðu): joint, limb
lý ‘of the pollack’
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lýr (noun m.): pollack, fish < lýslóð (noun f.): [pollack-track]
kennings
glóðir lýslóðar‘embers of the pollack-track, ’
= GOLD
the pollack-track, → SEA
embers of the SEA → GOLD
notes
[8] lýslóðar ‘of the pollack-track [SEA]’: See Note to st. 22/5 above.
lý ‘of the pollack’
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lýr (noun m.): pollack, fish < lýslóð (noun f.): [pollack-track]
kennings
glóðir lýslóðar‘embers of the pollack-track, ’
= GOLD
the pollack-track, → SEA
embers of the SEA → GOLD
notes
[8] lýslóðar ‘of the pollack-track [SEA]’: See Note to st. 22/5 above.
slóðar ‘track’
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slóð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): path, track < lýslóð (noun f.): [pollack-track]
kennings
glóðir lýslóðar‘embers of the pollack-track, ’
= GOLD
the pollack-track, → SEA
embers of the SEA → GOLD
notes
[8] lýslóðar ‘of the pollack-track [SEA]’: See Note to st. 22/5 above.
slóðar ‘track’
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slóð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): path, track < lýslóð (noun f.): [pollack-track]
kennings
glóðir lýslóðar‘embers of the pollack-track, ’
= GOLD
the pollack-track, → SEA
embers of the SEA → GOLD
notes
[8] lýslóðar ‘of the pollack-track [SEA]’: See Note to st. 22/5 above.
berr ‘wears’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
glóðir ‘embers’
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glóð (noun f.): ember
kennings
glóðir lýslóðar‘embers of the pollack-track, ’
= GOLD
the pollack-track, → SEA
embers of the SEA → GOLD
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Lætr undin brot brotna |
The ruler lets twisted fragments of rings [GOLD] be fragmented before him; that diminisher of necklaces [GENEROUS MAN] gains a worthy reputation for himself on account of the necklaces. The arms of the trees of shields [WARRIORS] gleam against the gleam of the surf-land [SEA > GOLD] where the hand wears embers of the pollack-track [SEA > GOLD], slid onto the wrist.
The dróttkvætt variant is stamhendr háttr ‘the stuttering-rhymed form’. In the odd lines, alliteration and internal rhyme (aðalhending) fall on the syllables in metrical positions 4 and 5, creating a stuttering effect. The rhyming words usually involve words with the same etymological root (see also sts 46-8 below).
The heading in Tˣ is 37. For this metrical variant, see Kuhn (1969c, 226-7; 1983, 289) and Gade (1995a, 86, 99, 215, 226, 249 n. 21).
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