SnSt Ht 87III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Snorri Sturluson, Háttatal 87’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1197.
Drífr ‘flies around’
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2. drífa (verb; °drífr; dreif, drifu; drifinn): drive, rush
notes
[1] drífr ‘flies around’: Lit. ‘drifts’, evoking the image of treasure flying around like snow or hail.
handar ‘of the arm’
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand
kennings
Hlekkr handar‘The chain of the arm ’
= RING
The chain of the arm → RING
hlekkr ‘The chain’
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hlekkr (noun m.; °; -ir): [chain]
kennings
Hlekkr handar‘The chain of the arm ’
= RING
The chain of the arm → RING
þars ‘where’
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þars (conj.): where
hilmir ‘the lord’
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hilmir (noun m.): prince, protector
drekkr ‘is drinking’
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2. drekka (verb; °drekkr; drakk, drukku; drukkinn/drykkinn): drink
mjǫk ‘very’
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mjǫk (adv.): very, much < mjǫk (adv.): very, much
s ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am < mjǫk (adv.): very, much
brǫgnum ‘to men’
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bragnar (noun m.): men, warriors
bekkr ‘the brook’
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2. bekkr (noun m.; °-jar/-s, dat. -/-i; -ir): spring
kennings
bekkr blíðskálar‘the brook of the cheer-cup ’
= DRINK
the brook of the cheer-cup → DRINK
blíðskálar ‘of the cheer-cup’
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blíðskál (noun f.): [cheer-cup]
kennings
bekkr blíðskálar‘the brook of the cheer-cup ’
= DRINK
the brook of the cheer-cup → DRINK
þekkr ‘pleasing’
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þekkr (adj.): pleasing
Leikr ‘plays’
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3. leika (verb): play
hilmis ‘of the ruler’s’
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hilmir (noun m.): prince, protector
her ‘army’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
hreingullit ‘The pure golden’
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hreingullinn (adj.): [pure golden]
ker ‘goblet’
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ker (noun n.): vessel
segik ‘I tell’
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segja (verb): say, tell
alt ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
sem ‘as’
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sem (conj.): as, which
er ‘it is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
við ‘against’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
orða ‘of words’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
kennings
sker orða‘the skerries of words ’
= TEETH
the skerries of words → TEETH
sker ‘the skerries’
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sker (noun n.; °-s; -, gen. -ja): skerry
kennings
sker orða‘the skerries of words ’
= TEETH
the skerries of words → TEETH
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This variant is called ‘the lesser end-rhyme’ (in minni runhenda), because the identical end-rhymes are restricted to each helmingr (see st. 81). According to the commentary, it is a truncated (hnept) version of the metre in st. 86. That is not entirely correct, however, because although the lines end in monosyllables, they are still tetrasyllabic (regular Type B: ll. 1-3, 5, 7, 8; Type E: ll. 4, 6) and not catalectic variants of Types C3 and D2.
For this metre, see also RvHbreiðm Hl 47-8. — [7, 8]: Note the apparently rhotacised form of er in the rhyme er ‘is’ : sker ‘skerries’ (see Note to st. 82/5, 6 above).
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