SnSt Ht 74III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Snorri Sturluson, Háttatal 74’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1185.
Haf ‘The sea’
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haf (noun n.; °-s; *-): sea < hafrǫst (noun f.): [sea-current]
[1] Haf‑: Há W
rǫst ‘current’
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2. rǫst (noun f.; °; gen. rasta): current < hafrǫst (noun f.): [sea-current]
hristir ‘shakes’
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hrista (verb): shake
hlunn ‘the roller’
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hlunnr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): roller < hlunnvigg (noun n.): roller-steed
kennings
hlunnvigg‘the roller-steed ’
= SHIP
the roller-steed → SHIP
vigg ‘steed’
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vigg (noun n.): steed < hlunnvigg (noun n.): roller-steed
kennings
hlunnvigg‘the roller-steed ’
= SHIP
the roller-steed → SHIP
tiggja ‘of the ruler’
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tiggi (noun m.; °-ja): king
notes
[2] tiggja ‘of the ruler’: See Note to st. 52/4.
borð ‘the ship-board’
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borð (noun n.; °-s; -): side, plank, board; table < borðgrund (noun f.): [ship-board-ground]
kennings
borðgrund‘the ship-board-ground ’
= SEA
the ship-board-ground → SEA
grund ‘ground’
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grund (noun f.): earth, land < borðgrund (noun f.): [ship-board-ground]
kennings
borðgrund‘the ship-board-ground ’
= SEA
the ship-board-ground → SEA
bendir ‘bends’
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1. benda (verb; °-nd-): bend
brim ‘of the surf’
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brim (noun n.): surf < brimdýr (noun n.): surf-animal
kennings
brimdýrs.‘of the surf-animal. ’
= SHIP
the surf-animal. → SHIP
dýrs ‘animal’
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1. dýr (noun n.; °-s (spec.: dyʀiɴs KonrA 66⁴, etc., cf. Seip 1955 188-189); -): animal < brimdýr (noun n.): surf-animal
kennings
brimdýrs.‘of the surf-animal. ’
= SHIP
the surf-animal. → SHIP
stýri ‘the rudder’
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stýri (noun n.; °-s; -): rudder
Blá ‘the dark’
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blár (adj.): black
kennings
blá byrskíð‘the dark breeze-skis ’
= SHIPS
the dark breeze-skis → SHIPS
veit ‘knows that’
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1. vita (verb): know
brjóta ‘break’
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brjóta (verb; °brýtr; braut, brutu; brotinn): to break, destroy
byr ‘breeze’
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byrr (noun m.; °-jar/-s; -ir, acc. -i/-u(SigrVal 188¹³)): favourable wind < byrskíð (noun n.): breeze-skis
kennings
blá byrskíð‘the dark breeze-skis ’
= SHIPS
the dark breeze-skis → SHIPS
skíð ‘skis’
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skíð (noun n.; °; -): ski < byrskíð (noun n.): breeze-skis
kennings
blá byrskíð‘the dark breeze-skis ’
= SHIPS
the dark breeze-skis → SHIPS
víði ‘sea’
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víðir (noun m.): ocean
bǫð ‘The battle’
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bǫð (noun f.; °-s; -): battle < bǫðharðr (adj.)
harðr ‘hard’
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harðr (adj.; °comp. -ari; superl. -astr): hard, harsh < bǫðharðr (adj.)
[7] ‑harðr: so W, ‘hiarðr’ R
bǫrðum ‘with their prows’
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barð (noun n.): prow, stern (of a ship)
[7] bǫrðum: so W, hǫrðum R
notes
[7] bǫrðum ‘with their prows’: So W. The <b> in bǫrðum is ensured by the metre, and ‘havrþvm’ in R has been altered to ‘bavrþvm’ (R*).
buðlungr ‘lord’
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buðlungr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, prince
þungan ‘the heavy’
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þungr (adj.): heavy
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The metre is stúfhent ‘stump-rhymed’. Each line consists of four syllables (four metrical positions as in fornyrðislag), with the internal rhymes (skothending in odd lines and aðalhending in even lines) on adjacent syllables (the syllable with secondary stress in position 2 and the fully stressed syllable in position 3, the first syllable of the cadence). All lines are Type A2l. The term stúfhent must refer to the monosyllabic rhyming syllables in position 2. The odd lines have two alliterative staves (in positions 1 and 3), and in the even lines the hǫfuðstafr ‘main stave’ falls on the first lift (in metrical position 1).
The rubric in R is lxvii. — This metre is not attested elsewhere in skaldic poetry.
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