SnSt Ht 92III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Snorri Sturluson, Háttatal 92’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1201.
Getit ‘recounted’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
notes
[1] getit vas fara grams ‘the lord’s expeditions have been recounted’: Lit. ‘it was told of the lord’s expeditions’.
vas ‘have been’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
notes
[1] getit vas fara grams ‘the lord’s expeditions have been recounted’: Lit. ‘it was told of the lord’s expeditions’.
grams ‘The lord’s’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
notes
[1] getit vas fara grams ‘the lord’s expeditions have been recounted’: Lit. ‘it was told of the lord’s expeditions’.
fara ‘expeditions’
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fǫr (noun f.): journey, fate; movement
notes
[1] getit vas fara grams ‘the lord’s expeditions have been recounted’: Lit. ‘it was told of the lord’s expeditions’.
gǫrt ‘made’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
hefk ‘I have’
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hafa (verb): have
mærð ‘praise-poem’
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mærð (noun f.): praise
snara ‘a powerful’
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snarr (adj.): gallant, bold
notes
[2] snara (f. acc. sg.) ‘powerful’: Taken here in the meaning ‘powerful, vigorous’ (LP: snarr 2). In prose and poetry, this adj. can mean ‘swift, brave, keen, intelligent’ (see Fritzner: snarr). Konráð Gíslason (1895-7) and Skj B translates it as hurtig, kort ‘quick, short’ and rask ‘swift’ (see LP: snarr 1); Faulkes (SnE 2007, 148) has ‘fine’.
þengill ‘the ruler’
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þengill (noun m.): prince, ruler
mun ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
vara ‘be ready’
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5. vara (verb): expect
þat ‘that’
notes
[4] þat ‘that’: Kock (NN §3263) construes this as a subordinate conj. referring back to þess ‘that’ in the previous clause (‘the ruler may expect it that I held little back’). Aside from the fact that þat ‘that’ functioning as the conj. at ‘that’ appears to be rare (see LP: þat; Fritzner: þat 2), Kock’s interpretation is less attractive because þat alliterates and is fully stressed, which one should not expect if it were a conj.
namk ‘held’
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1. nema (verb): to take
lítt ‘hardly’
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lítt (adv.): a bit
notes
[4] lítt ‘hardly’: Lit. ‘little’. Taken here in a negative sense ‘hardly, by no means’ (see LP: lítt).
spara ‘back’
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2. spara (verb): spare, withhold
Finnrat ‘will not find’
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2. finna (verb): find, meet
frœknara ‘a bolder’
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frœkn (adj.): brave, bold
kennings
frœknara fœði gunnstara,‘a bolder feeder of battle-starlings, ’
= WARRIOR
battle-starlings, → RAVENS
a bolder feeder of RAVENS → WARRIOR
fœði ‘feeder’
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fœðir (noun m.): feeder, nourisher
kennings
frœknara fœði gunnstara,‘a bolder feeder of battle-starlings, ’
= WARRIOR
battle-starlings, → RAVENS
a bolder feeder of RAVENS → WARRIOR
gunn ‘of battle’
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gunnr (noun f.): battle < gunnstari (noun m.): battle-starling
kennings
frœknara fœði gunnstara,‘a bolder feeder of battle-starlings, ’
= WARRIOR
battle-starlings, → RAVENS
a bolder feeder of RAVENS → WARRIOR
gunn ‘of battle’
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gunnr (noun f.): battle < gunnstari (noun m.): battle-starling
kennings
frœknara fœði gunnstara,‘a bolder feeder of battle-starlings, ’
= WARRIOR
battle-starlings, → RAVENS
a bolder feeder of RAVENS → WARRIOR
stara ‘starlings’
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1. stari (noun m.): starling < gunnstari (noun m.): battle-starling
kennings
frœknara fœði gunnstara,‘a bolder feeder of battle-starlings, ’
= WARRIOR
battle-starlings, → RAVENS
a bolder feeder of RAVENS → WARRIOR
stara ‘starlings’
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1. stari (noun m.): starling < gunnstari (noun m.): battle-starling
kennings
frœknara fœði gunnstara,‘a bolder feeder of battle-starlings, ’
= WARRIOR
battle-starlings, → RAVENS
a bolder feeder of RAVENS → WARRIOR
mann ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
né ‘nor’
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né (conj.): nor
mildara ‘a more generous’
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mildr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): mild, gentle, gracious, generous
merkir ‘The stainer’
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merkir (noun m.): [stainer, marker]
kennings
Merkir blóðsvara‘The stainer of blood-birds ’
= WARRIOR = Snorri
blood-birds → RAVENS/EAGLES
The stainer of RAVENS/EAGLES → WARRIOR = Snorri
notes
[8] merkir blóðsvara ‘the stainer of blood-birds [RAVENS/EAGLES > WARRIOR = Snorri]’: This refers to a warrior staining (lit. ‘marking’) a bird of prey with blood by providing it with carrion. Svǫrr is a species of bird (see Þul Fugla 3/1).
blóð ‘of blood’
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blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood < blóðsvǫrr (noun m.): [blood-birds]
kennings
Merkir blóðsvara‘The stainer of blood-birds ’
= WARRIOR = Snorri
blood-birds → RAVENS/EAGLES
The stainer of RAVENS/EAGLES → WARRIOR = Snorri
notes
[8] merkir blóðsvara ‘the stainer of blood-birds [RAVENS/EAGLES > WARRIOR = Snorri]’: This refers to a warrior staining (lit. ‘marking’) a bird of prey with blood by providing it with carrion. Svǫrr is a species of bird (see Þul Fugla 3/1).
blóð ‘of blood’
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blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood < blóðsvǫrr (noun m.): [blood-birds]
kennings
Merkir blóðsvara‘The stainer of blood-birds ’
= WARRIOR = Snorri
blood-birds → RAVENS/EAGLES
The stainer of RAVENS/EAGLES → WARRIOR = Snorri
notes
[8] merkir blóðsvara ‘the stainer of blood-birds [RAVENS/EAGLES > WARRIOR = Snorri]’: This refers to a warrior staining (lit. ‘marking’) a bird of prey with blood by providing it with carrion. Svǫrr is a species of bird (see Þul Fugla 3/1).
svara ‘birds’
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svǫrr (noun m.): [bird] < blóðsvǫrr (noun m.): [blood-birds]
kennings
Merkir blóðsvara‘The stainer of blood-birds ’
= WARRIOR = Snorri
blood-birds → RAVENS/EAGLES
The stainer of RAVENS/EAGLES → WARRIOR = Snorri
notes
[8] merkir blóðsvara ‘the stainer of blood-birds [RAVENS/EAGLES > WARRIOR = Snorri]’: This refers to a warrior staining (lit. ‘marking’) a bird of prey with blood by providing it with carrion. Svǫrr is a species of bird (see Þul Fugla 3/1).
svara ‘birds’
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svǫrr (noun m.): [bird] < blóðsvǫrr (noun m.): [blood-birds]
kennings
Merkir blóðsvara‘The stainer of blood-birds ’
= WARRIOR = Snorri
blood-birds → RAVENS/EAGLES
The stainer of RAVENS/EAGLES → WARRIOR = Snorri
notes
[8] merkir blóðsvara ‘the stainer of blood-birds [RAVENS/EAGLES > WARRIOR = Snorri]’: This refers to a warrior staining (lit. ‘marking’) a bird of prey with blood by providing it with carrion. Svǫrr is a species of bird (see Þul Fugla 3/1).
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