SnSt Ht 86III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Snorri Sturluson, Háttatal 86’ 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.
Veitk ‘I know that’
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1. vita (verb): know
hrings ‘of the ring’
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1. hringr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): ring; sword
kennings
hraða hrings‘the hastener of the ring ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the hastener of the ring → GENEROUS MAN
hraða ‘the hastener’
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hraði (noun m.): [hastener]
kennings
hraða hrings‘the hastener of the ring ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the hastener of the ring → GENEROUS MAN
í ‘into’
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í (prep.): in, into
hǫll ‘the hall’
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1. hǫll (noun f.; °hallar, dat. -u/-; hallir): hall
notes
[3] [e]s gótt ‘is good’: So W (‘gott er’). Originally omitted in R, the verb er ‘is’ was added later (R*).
s ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am < góðr (adj.): good
[3] gótts (‘gott er’): so W, gótt R
notes
[3] [e]s gótt ‘is good’: So W (‘gott er’). Originally omitted in R, the verb er ‘is’ was added later (R*).
hús ‘the house’
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hús (noun n.; °-s; -): house
Hlaða ‘of Lade’
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Hlaðir (noun f.): [Lade]
notes
[3] Hlaða ‘of Lade’: Lade is located in the city of Trondheim and was the ancient seat of the jarls of Lade. Trondheim was Skúli’s mainstay in Norway, and he would certainly have found it flattering to be connected with the dynasty of these famous jarls.
hirð ‘retinue’
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hirð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(FskB 53)): retinue
ǫlsaða ‘the ale-sated’
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ǫlsaðr (adj./verb p.p.): [ale-sated]
notes
[4] ǫlsaða ‘ale-sated’: In R ‘avl saþa’ has been altered to ‘avls saþa’ (R*).
Drekkr ‘with drink’
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2. drekka (verb; °drekkr; drakk, drukku; drukkinn/drykkinn): drink
[5] Drekkr: so W, dregr R
notes
[5] drekkr ‘makes ... with drink’: Lit. ‘drinks’. So W. Dregr ‘drags’ in R has been altered to drekkr (R*). When used transitively, the object of this strong verb is normally a beverage that one drinks or, occasionally, a festival that the subject participates in (e.g. drekka jól ‘drink at a yule banquet’).
gramr ‘The ruler’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
glaða ‘merry’
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glaða (verb): gladden, rejoice, be merry
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
at ‘as’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
notes
[6] at gjǫf ‘as a gift’: For this meaning of the prepositional phrase, see Note to st. 28/6.
gjǫf ‘a gift’
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gjǫf (noun f.): gift
notes
[6] at gjǫf ‘as a gift’: For this meaning of the prepositional phrase, see Note to st. 28/6.
vaða ‘advance’
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vaða (verb): advance, wade
vitar ‘beacons’
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viti (noun m.; °-a; -ar): beacon, marker
kennings
vitar valstaða‘beacons of falcon-perches ’
= GOLD
falcon-perches → ARMS
beacons of ARMS → GOLD
val ‘of falcon’
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2. valr (noun m.; °-s): falcon < valstaðr (noun m.): [falcon-perches]
kennings
vitar valstaða‘beacons of falcon-perches ’
= GOLD
falcon-perches → ARMS
beacons of ARMS → GOLD
notes
[7] valstaða ‘of falcon-perches [ARMS]’: Altered in R to valskaða ‘of falcon-damagers’ or ‘of corpse-damagers’ (R*).
val ‘of falcon’
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2. valr (noun m.; °-s): falcon < valstaðr (noun m.): [falcon-perches]
kennings
vitar valstaða‘beacons of falcon-perches ’
= GOLD
falcon-perches → ARMS
beacons of ARMS → GOLD
notes
[7] valstaða ‘of falcon-perches [ARMS]’: Altered in R to valskaða ‘of falcon-damagers’ or ‘of corpse-damagers’ (R*).
staða ‘perches’
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1. staðr (noun m.; °-ar/-s; -ir): place < valstaðr (noun m.): [falcon-perches]
kennings
vitar valstaða‘beacons of falcon-perches ’
= GOLD
falcon-perches → ARMS
beacons of ARMS → GOLD
notes
[7] valstaða ‘of falcon-perches [ARMS]’: Altered in R to valskaða ‘of falcon-damagers’ or ‘of corpse-damagers’ (R*).
staða ‘perches’
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1. staðr (noun m.; °-ar/-s; -ir): place < valstaðr (noun m.): [falcon-perches]
kennings
vitar valstaða‘beacons of falcon-perches ’
= GOLD
falcon-perches → ARMS
beacons of ARMS → GOLD
notes
[7] valstaða ‘of falcon-perches [ARMS]’: Altered in R to valskaða ‘of falcon-damagers’ or ‘of corpse-damagers’ (R*).
vandbaug ‘of the wand of the shield-boss’
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vandbaugr (noun m.): [wand shield-boss] < vandbaugskaði (noun m.)
[8] vandbaug‑: vannbaug‑ R
kennings
vandbaugskaða‘wand-shield-boss-damagers’
= WARRIORS
the wand of the shield-boss → SWORD
damagers of the SWORD → WARRIORS
vandbaug ‘of the wand of the shield-boss’
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vandbaugr (noun m.): [wand shield-boss] < vandbaugskaði (noun m.)
[8] vandbaug‑: vannbaug‑ R
kennings
vandbaugskaða‘wand-shield-boss-damagers’
= WARRIORS
the wand of the shield-boss → SWORD
damagers of the SWORD → WARRIORS
skaða ‘damagers’
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skaði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): harm, damage < vandbaugskaði (noun m.)
kennings
vandbaugskaða‘wand-shield-boss-damagers’
= WARRIORS
the wand of the shield-boss → SWORD
damagers of the SWORD → WARRIORS
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Veitk hrings hraða |
I know that the hastener of the ring [GENEROUS MAN] invites the ale-sated retinue into the hall; the house of Lade is good. The ruler makes damagers of the wand of the shield-boss [(lit. ‘wand-shield-boss-damagers’) SWORD > WARRIORS] merry with drink, and beacons of falcon-perches [ARMS > GOLD] advance as a gift.
According to the commentary, this variant is based on tøglag ‘journey-metre’ (see st. 68); here in reality regular fornyrðislag with end-rhyme. The lines are Types C3 (ll. 1-3, 5, 6) and D2 (ll. 4, 7, 8), and the identical end-rhymes extend throughout the stanza (in mesta runhenda ‘the greatest end-rhyme’).
[5]: Ms. W ends with glaða ‘merry’, but enn at ‘and toward’, the first two words of l. 6, are written at the right-hand bottom of the fol. in a much later hand.
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