SnSt Ht 5III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Snorri Sturluson, Háttatal 5’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1109.
Óð ‘the terribly’
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2. óðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): raging, furious < óðharðr (adj.)
harða ‘hard’
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harðr (adj.; °comp. -ari; superl. -astr): hard, harsh < óðharðr (adj.)
spyrk ‘I hear’
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spyrja (verb; spurði): ask; hear, find out
egg ‘edge’
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1. egg (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -ju/-): edge, blade
full ‘very’
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2. fullr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): full, complete < fullhvatr (adj.)
hvǫtum ‘brave’
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hvatr (adj.; °-ari, -an; -astr): keen, brave < fullhvatr (adj.)
seggjum ‘men’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
dáð ‘of a deed’
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dáð (noun f.; °; -ir): feat, deed < dáðrakkr (adj.): °virtuous, upright
rǫkkum ‘proud’
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rakkr (adj.; °compar. -ari): bold < dáðrakkr (adj.): °virtuous, upright
veldr ‘causes’
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valda (verb): cause
dauða ‘the death’
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dauði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death
dreng ‘warrior’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior
[4] dreng: drengr U, A
ofr ‘the high’
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ofr (noun n.): high, rashness, over- < ofrhugaðr (adj.)
hugaðr ‘mettled’
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-hugaðr (adj.): -minded < ofrhugaðr (adj.)
þengill ‘monarch’
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þengill (noun m.): prince, ruler
Ham ‘coated’
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hamr (noun m.; °dat. -; dat. *-um): skin, shape, form < hamdøkkr (adj.)
kennings
hamdøkkum hauk Hlakkar;‘of the dark-coated hawk of Hlǫkk; ’
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the dark-coated hawk of Hlǫkk; → RAVEN
døkkum ‘of the dark’
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døkkr (adj.; °-van; compar. -vari/-ari/-ri, superl. -vastr/-astr): dark < hamdøkkr (adj.)
kennings
hamdøkkum hauk Hlakkar;‘of the dark-coated hawk of Hlǫkk; ’
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the dark-coated hawk of Hlǫkk; → RAVEN
fær ‘’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
Hlakkar ‘of Hlǫkk’
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2. Hlǫkk (noun f.): Hlǫkk
kennings
hamdøkkum hauk Hlakkar;‘of the dark-coated hawk of Hlǫkk; ’
= RAVEN
the dark-coated hawk of Hlǫkk; → RAVEN
hauk ‘hawk’
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1. haukr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): hawk
kennings
hamdøkkum hauk Hlakkar;‘of the dark-coated hawk of Hlǫkk; ’
= RAVEN
the dark-coated hawk of Hlǫkk; → RAVEN
munn ‘the mouth’
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munnr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): mouth < munnroði (noun m.)
[6] munnroða: mundriða U
notes
[6] munnroða ‘the mouth-reddening’: The sense is that the beak of the raven will be coloured in red blood from those slain in battle.
roða ‘reddening’
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1. roði (noun m.; °-a; dat. -um): [reddening] < munnroði (noun m.)
[6] munnroða: mundriða U
notes
[6] munnroða ‘the mouth-reddening’: The sense is that the beak of the raven will be coloured in red blood from those slain in battle.
aukinn ‘increases’
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1. auka (verb; °eykr; jók, jóku/juku): (str. intrans.) increase
veghrœsinn ‘is proud in glory’
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veghrœsinn (adj./verb p.p.): [is proud in glory]
[7] veghrœsinn: so Tˣ, ‘vighrosinn’ R, ‘veghrossin’ U
notes
[7] veghrœsinn ‘glory-boasting’: So Tˣ. The R and U readings cannot be construed to make any sense, and in R ‘vighrosinn’ has been altered to ‘veghrø̨sinn’ (R*).
spyrk ‘I hear’
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spyrja (verb; spurði): ask; hear, find out
vísa ‘the leader’
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vísi (noun m.; °-a): leader
kennings
Ógnþorinn valdr skjaldar‘The battle-daring ruler of the shield ’
= WARRIOR
The battle-daring ruler of the shield → WARRIOR
notes
[8] valdr (m. nom. sg.) ‘ruler’: So Tˣ. The R, U variant vald (m. acc. sg.) could be the base-word in a kenning (vald skjaldar ‘ruler of the shield’ i.e. ‘warrior’) functioning as an apposition to vísa ‘leader’ (l. 7), but that would leave the first clause of the helmingr without a subject.
ógnþorinn ‘The battle-daring’
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ógnþorinn (adj./verb p.p.)
kennings
Ógnþorinn valdr skjaldar‘The battle-daring ruler of the shield ’
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The battle-daring ruler of the shield → WARRIOR
skjaldar ‘of the shield’
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skjǫldr (noun m.; °skjaldar/skildar, dat. skildi; skildir, acc. skjǫldu): shield
kennings
Ógnþorinn valdr skjaldar‘The battle-daring ruler of the shield ’
= WARRIOR
The battle-daring ruler of the shield → WARRIOR
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According to the prose that follows this stanza, it contains examples of the construction stuðning ‘support’ (the addition of intensifying prefixes to adjectives in sannkenning-constructions). That construction appears to be exemplified only in the first half-stanza, however (see SnE 2007, 49 and Note to [All] below). In TGT, the four lines (ll. 3-6) are given as two separate couplets with a brief prose link, and the intensifying adjectives are examples of epithets (epitheton) from the spiritual (ll. 3-4) and corporeal (ll. 5-6) spheres.
The adjectives illustrating stuðning are óðharða ‘terribly hard’ (l. 1), fullhvǫtum ‘very brave’ (l. 2) and ofrhugaðr ‘high-mettled’ (l. 4). — In SnE the headings read as follows: studningar v. ‘supports, five’ (Tˣ), tvíriðit ‘twice-twisted’ (U(47r)). — In TGT both couplets are attributed to Snorri Sturluson.
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