Snorri Sturluson, Háttatal 85

Kari Ellen Gade

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SnSt Ht 85^III

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Snorri Sturluson, Háttatal 85’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1196.

Snorri Sturluson Háttatal

84 85 86

Mærð ‘the praise’

(not checked:)
mærð (noun f.): praise

vilk ‘I wish’

(not checked:)
vilja (verb): want, intend

[1] vilk: so R, skal W

auka ‘to increase’

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1. auka (verb; °eykr; jók, jóku/juku): (str. intrans.) increase

Mistar ‘of Mist’s’

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Mist (noun f.): Mist

[2] Mistar lauka: ‘m[…]avka’ R

kennings

skerði grundar lauka Mistar
‘for the notcher of the ground of Mist’s leeks ’
= WARRIOR
Mist’s leeks → SWORDS
the ground of SWORDS → SHIELD
for the notcher of the SHIELD → WARRIOR

Mistar ‘of Mist’s’

(not checked:)
Mist (noun f.): Mist

[2] Mistar lauka: ‘m[…]avka’ R

kennings

skerði grundar lauka Mistar
‘for the notcher of the ground of Mist’s leeks ’
= WARRIOR
Mist’s leeks → SWORDS
the ground of SWORDS → SHIELD
for the notcher of the SHIELD → WARRIOR

Mistar ‘of Mist’s’

(not checked:)
Mist (noun f.): Mist

[2] Mistar lauka: ‘m[…]avka’ R

kennings

skerði grundar lauka Mistar
‘for the notcher of the ground of Mist’s leeks ’
= WARRIOR
Mist’s leeks → SWORDS
the ground of SWORDS → SHIELD
for the notcher of the SHIELD → WARRIOR

lauka ‘leeks’

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laukr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): leek, mast

[2] Mistar lauka: ‘m[…]avka’ R

kennings

skerði grundar lauka Mistar
‘for the notcher of the ground of Mist’s leeks ’
= WARRIOR
Mist’s leeks → SWORDS
the ground of SWORDS → SHIELD
for the notcher of the SHIELD → WARRIOR

lauka ‘leeks’

(not checked:)
laukr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): leek, mast

[2] Mistar lauka: ‘m[…]avka’ R

kennings

skerði grundar lauka Mistar
‘for the notcher of the ground of Mist’s leeks ’
= WARRIOR
Mist’s leeks → SWORDS
the ground of SWORDS → SHIELD
for the notcher of the SHIELD → WARRIOR

lauka ‘leeks’

(not checked:)
laukr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): leek, mast

[2] Mistar lauka: ‘m[…]avka’ R

kennings

skerði grundar lauka Mistar
‘for the notcher of the ground of Mist’s leeks ’
= WARRIOR
Mist’s leeks → SWORDS
the ground of SWORDS → SHIELD
for the notcher of the SHIELD → WARRIOR

góma ‘of the gums’

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gómr (noun m.): gum, gums

kennings

sverði góma.
‘with my sword of the gums. ’
= TONGUE
with my sword of the gums. → TONGUE

sverði ‘with my sword’

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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword

[3] sverði: ‘[…]’ R

kennings

sverði góma.
‘with my sword of the gums. ’
= TONGUE
with my sword of the gums. → TONGUE

grundar ‘of the ground’

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grund (noun f.): earth, land

kennings

skerði grundar lauka Mistar
‘for the notcher of the ground of Mist’s leeks ’
= WARRIOR
Mist’s leeks → SWORDS
the ground of SWORDS → SHIELD
for the notcher of the SHIELD → WARRIOR

grundar ‘of the ground’

(not checked:)
grund (noun f.): earth, land

kennings

skerði grundar lauka Mistar
‘for the notcher of the ground of Mist’s leeks ’
= WARRIOR
Mist’s leeks → SWORDS
the ground of SWORDS → SHIELD
for the notcher of the SHIELD → WARRIOR

skerði ‘for the notcher’

(not checked:)
skerðir (noun m.): diminisher

kennings

skerði grundar lauka Mistar
‘for the notcher of the ground of Mist’s leeks ’
= WARRIOR
Mist’s leeks → SWORDS
the ground of SWORDS → SHIELD
for the notcher of the SHIELD → WARRIOR

notes

[6] drótt má þegja ‘the court must be silent’: Again, this seems to imply that Snorri had intended to recite the poem himself at the Norwegian court (see Note to st. 81/8).

má ‘must’

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mega (verb): may, might

notes

[6] drótt má þegja ‘the court must be silent’: Again, this seems to imply that Snorri had intended to recite the poem himself at the Norwegian court (see Note to st. 81/8).

þegja ‘be silent’

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þegja (verb): be silent

notes

[6] drótt má þegja ‘the court must be silent’: Again, this seems to imply that Snorri had intended to recite the poem himself at the Norwegian court (see Note to st. 81/8).

styrjar ‘of strife’

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styrr (noun m.; °dat. -): battle

kennings

støkkvi-Móða glóða styrjar;
‘of the scattering Móði of embers of strife; ’
= WARRIOR
embers of strife; → SWORDS
the scattering Móði of SWORDS → WARRIOR

styrjar ‘of strife’

(not checked:)
styrr (noun m.; °dat. -): battle

kennings

støkkvi-Móða glóða styrjar;
‘of the scattering Móði of embers of strife; ’
= WARRIOR
embers of strife; → SWORDS
the scattering Móði of SWORDS → WARRIOR

glóða ‘of embers’

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glóð (noun f.): ember

kennings

støkkvi-Móða glóða styrjar;
‘of the scattering Móði of embers of strife; ’
= WARRIOR
embers of strife; → SWORDS
the scattering Móði of SWORDS → WARRIOR

glóða ‘of embers’

(not checked:)
glóð (noun f.): ember

kennings

støkkvi-Móða glóða styrjar;
‘of the scattering Móði of embers of strife; ’
= WARRIOR
embers of strife; → SWORDS
the scattering Móði of SWORDS → WARRIOR

støkkvi ‘of the scattering’

(not checked:)
1. støkkva (verb): (str.) leap, spring; scatter < støkkvimóði (noun m.)

[8] støkkvi‑Móða: ‘stꜹkq[…]þa’ R

kennings

støkkvi-Móða glóða styrjar;
‘of the scattering Móði of embers of strife; ’
= WARRIOR
embers of strife; → SWORDS
the scattering Móði of SWORDS → WARRIOR

Móða ‘Móði’

(not checked:)
Móði (noun m.): Móði < støkkvimóði (noun m.)

[8] støkkvi‑Móða: ‘stꜹkq[…]þa’ R

kennings

støkkvi-Móða glóða styrjar;
‘of the scattering Móði of embers of strife; ’
= WARRIOR
embers of strife; → SWORDS
the scattering Móði of SWORDS → WARRIOR

notes

[8] -Móða ‘Móði <god>’: Son of the god Þórr in Old Norse myth.

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This runhent-variant is unnamed, but it consists of tetrasyllabic odd and even lines (fornyrðislag, Type A2), with identical rhymes in couplets (in minnsta runhenda ‘the least end-rhyme’).

Ms. R is partly damaged, and W is the main ms. for this stanza.

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SnSt Ht 85III

Mærð ‘the praise’

vilk ‘I wish’

auka ‘to increase’

Mistar ‘of Mist’s’

kennings

Mistar ‘of Mist’s’

kennings

Mistar ‘of Mist’s’

kennings

lauka ‘leeks’

kennings

lauka ‘leeks’

kennings

lauka ‘leeks’

kennings

góma ‘of the gums’

kennings

sverði ‘with my sword’

kennings

grundar ‘of the ground’

kennings

grundar ‘of the ground’

kennings

skerði ‘for the notcher’

kennings

Dýrð ‘the glory’

skal ‘I shall’

segja ‘recount’

drótt ‘the court’

notes

má ‘must’

notes

þegja ‘be silent’

notes

styrjar ‘of strife’

kennings

styrjar ‘of strife’

kennings

glóða ‘of embers’

kennings

glóða ‘of embers’

kennings

støkkvi ‘of the scattering’

kennings

Móða ‘Móði’

kennings

notes

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