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SnSt Ht 6III

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Snorri Sturluson, Háttatal 6’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1110.

Snorri SturlusonHáttatal
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Sviðr ‘The wise’

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2. svinnr (adj.): wise

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lætr ‘makes’

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láta (verb): let, have sth done

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sóknar ‘of battle’

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sókn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): attack, fight

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naðra sóknar
‘adders of battle ’
   = SWORDS

adders of battle → SWORDS
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naðra ‘adders’

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naðr (noun m.): snake

kennings

naðra sóknar
‘adders of battle ’
   = SWORDS

adders of battle → SWORDS
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slíðr ‘the scabbard’

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2. slíðr (noun n.; °; -): sheath < slíðrbraut (noun f.)

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slíðrbraut;
‘the scabbard-road; ’
   = SHEATH

the scabbard-road; → SHEATH
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braut ‘road’

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1. braut (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; -ir): path, way; away < slíðrbraut (noun f.)

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slíðrbraut;
‘the scabbard-road; ’
   = SHEATH

the scabbard-road; → SHEATH
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jǫfurr ‘prince’

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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince

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skríða ‘slide’

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skríða (verb): creep, glide

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ótt ‘briskly’

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2. óðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): raging, furious

[3] ótt: opt U

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rógs ‘of strife’

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róg (noun n.; °-s): strife, slander

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ramsnákr rógs
‘the strong snake of strife ’
   = SWORD

the strong snake of strife → SWORD
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ór ‘out of’

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3. ór (prep.): out of

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réttum ‘the straight’

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3. réttr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): right, straight, direct

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réttum fetilhamsi.
‘the straight baldric-slough. ’
   = SHEATH

the straight baldric-slough. → SHEATH
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ram ‘the strong’

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rammr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): mighty < rammsnákr (noun m.)

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ramsnákr rógs
‘the strong snake of strife ’
   = SWORD

the strong snake of strife → SWORD
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snákr ‘snake’

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snákr (noun m.): snake < rammsnákr (noun m.)

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ramsnákr rógs
‘the strong snake of strife ’
   = SWORD

the strong snake of strife → SWORD
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fetil ‘baldric’

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fetill (noun m.; °dat. fatli/fetli; fetlar): strap, sword-belt < fetilhams (noun m.)

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réttum fetilhamsi.
‘the straight baldric-slough. ’
   = SHEATH

the straight baldric-slough. → SHEATH
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hamsi ‘slough’

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hams (noun m.; °dat. -i; dat. *-um): slough < fetilhams (noun m.)

kennings

réttum fetilhamsi.
‘the straight baldric-slough. ’
   = SHEATH

the straight baldric-slough. → SHEATH
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Linnr ‘The serpent’

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linnr (noun m.): snake

[5] Linnr kná: linnr kná with spennir added in a later hand U

kennings

Linnr sennu sverða
‘The serpent of the flyting of swords ’
   = SWORD

the flyting of swords → BATTLE
The serpent of the BATTLE → SWORD
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kná ‘’

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knega (verb): to know, understand, be able to

[5] Linnr kná: linnr kná with spennir added in a later hand U

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sverða ‘of swords’

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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword

kennings

Linnr sennu sverða
‘The serpent of the flyting of swords ’
   = SWORD

the flyting of swords → BATTLE
The serpent of the BATTLE → SWORD
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sverða ‘of swords’

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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword

kennings

Linnr sennu sverða
‘The serpent of the flyting of swords ’
   = SWORD

the flyting of swords → BATTLE
The serpent of the BATTLE → SWORD
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sennu ‘of the flyting’

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1. senna (noun f.; °; -ur): quarrel

kennings

Linnr sennu sverða
‘The serpent of the flyting of swords ’
   = SWORD

the flyting of swords → BATTLE
The serpent of the BATTLE → SWORD
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sennu ‘of the flyting’

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1. senna (noun f.; °; -ur): quarrel

kennings

Linnr sennu sverða
‘The serpent of the flyting of swords ’
   = SWORD

the flyting of swords → BATTLE
The serpent of the BATTLE → SWORD
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sveita ‘of blood’

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sveiti (noun m.; °-a): blood

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leita ‘seeks’

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leita (verb): seek, look for, attack

[6] leita: leita bekks Tˣ

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ormr ‘the reptile’

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ormr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): serpent

[7] ormr: orm U

kennings

ormr vals
‘the reptile of corpses ’
   = SWORD

the reptile of corpses → SWORD
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þyrr ‘rushes’

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þyrja (verb): race, rush, rage

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vals ‘of corpses’

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1. valr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ir): corpse, the slain

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ormr vals
‘the reptile of corpses ’
   = SWORD

the reptile of corpses → SWORD
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at ‘to’

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3. at (prep.): at, to

[7] at: so Tˣ, U, ór R

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[7] at ‘to’: So all other mss. Ór ‘from’ (R), which has been altered to at (R*), makes less sense in the context and was likely caused by ór in the previous helmingr (l. 3).

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varmri ‘the warm’

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varmr (adj.; °compar. -ari): warm

kennings

varmri víg-Gjǫll.
‘the warm battle-Gjǫll. ’
   = BLOOD

the warm battle-Gjǫll. → BLOOD
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víg ‘battle’

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víg (noun n.; °-s; -): battle < víggjǫll (noun f.)

kennings

varmri víg-Gjǫll.
‘the warm battle-Gjǫll. ’
   = BLOOD

the warm battle-Gjǫll. → BLOOD

notes

[8] víg-Gjǫll ‘battle-Gjǫll <river> [BLOOD]’: Gjǫll is the river that separates the realms of the living and the dead in Old Norse myth (see SnE 2005, 9, 47 and Notes to Sturl Hákkv 21/3II, 24/2II).

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Gjǫll ‘Gjǫll’

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Gjǫll (noun f.): Gjǫll, river < víggjǫll (noun f.)

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varmri víg-Gjǫll.
‘the warm battle-Gjǫll. ’
   = BLOOD

the warm battle-Gjǫll. → BLOOD

notes

[8] víg-Gjǫll ‘battle-Gjǫll <river> [BLOOD]’: Gjǫll is the river that separates the realms of the living and the dead in Old Norse myth (see SnE 2005, 9, 47 and Notes to Sturl Hákkv 21/3II, 24/2II).

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sefa ‘of the mind’

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2. sefi (noun m.): mind

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stígu sefa
‘along paths of the mind ’
   = CHESTS

along paths of the mind → CHESTS
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stígu ‘along paths’

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1. stígr (noun m.; °dat. -; -ar/-ir, acc. -a/-u): path

kennings

stígu sefa
‘along paths of the mind ’
   = CHESTS

along paths of the mind → CHESTS
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The stanza is given as an example of nýgjǫrvingar, that is, extended metaphors (see SnE 2007, 49, 136).

The headings read as follows: ‘nygiøʀningaʀ uj.’ ‘extended metaphors, six’ () and nygervingar (U(47r)) (no longer legible in R). — The extended metaphors are contained in the snake-imagery here, by which a sword is likened to a serpent sliding out of the scabbard seeking water (blood). In Skm, the term nýgjǫrvingar ‘new creations’ is used in a slightly different sense (see SnE 2007, 49 and Marold 1993b). All of the terms for ‘reptile’ that are used as base-words in the sword-kennings in this stanza also occur as base-words of sword-kennings in RvHbreiðm Hl 32.

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