Steinn Óldr 10II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Steinn Herdísarson, Óláfsdrápa 10’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 376.
Gengu ‘went’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
danskir ‘Danish’
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danskr (adj.): Danish
drengir ‘warriors’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior
dynr ‘din’
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dynr (noun m.; °dat. -; -ir): din
kennings
dynr úrigs malms‘the din of wet metal ’
= BATTLE
the din of wet metal → BATTLE
varð ‘was’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
gǫrr ‘over’
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1. gǫrr (adj.): ample, perfect
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
brynjur ‘byrnies’
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1. brynja (noun f.; °-u (dat. brynnoni Gibb 38⁹); -ur): mailcoat
útanborðs ‘overboard’
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útanborðs (adv.): [overboard]
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
jarðar ‘bottom’
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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304)): ground, earth
óríks ‘of powerless’
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óríkr (adj.): [powerless]
óríks ‘of powerless’
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óríkr (adj.): [powerless]
kennings
dynr úrigs malms‘the din of wet metal ’
= BATTLE
the din of wet metal → BATTLE
máls ‘’
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1. mál (noun n.; °-s; -): speech, matter
kennings
dynr úrigs malms‘the din of wet metal ’
= BATTLE
the din of wet metal → BATTLE
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
hjalma ‘helmets’
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1. hjalmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): helmet
Sukku ‘sank’
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1. søkkva (verb): sink, strong intrans.
sárir ‘Wounded’
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sárr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): sore, painful; wounded
rekkar ‘champions’
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rekkr (noun m.; °; -ar): man, champion
sunna ‘’
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sunna (noun f.): sun
notes
[6] sunnan hafs ‘south of the sea’: Steinn most likely composed Óldr in Norway, and ‘the sea’ would then refer to northern part of the Kattegat (north-west of Halland and south of Norway).
niðr ‘’
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3. niðr (adv.): down
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[6] sunnan hafs ‘south of the sea’: Steinn most likely composed Óldr in Norway, and ‘the sea’ would then refer to northern part of the Kattegat (north-west of Halland and south of Norway).
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
grunna ‘shallows’
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1. grunnr (noun m.): bottom, shallows
hár ‘the high’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
kennings
hár hranngarðr‘the high wave-enclosure ’
= SEA
the high wave-enclosure → SEA
varp ‘threw’
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1. verpa (verb): to throw, cast (up)
hausum ‘skulls’
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hauss (noun m.; °hauss, dat. hausi/haus; hausar): skull
þeira ‘their’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
hrann ‘wave’
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hrǫnn (noun f.; °; dat. -um): wave < hranngarðr (noun m.): [wave-enclosure]
kennings
hár hranngarðr‘the high wave-enclosure ’
= SEA
the high wave-enclosure → SEA
garðr ‘enclosure’
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garðr (noun m.): enclosure, yard < hranngarðr (noun m.): [wave-enclosure]
kennings
hár hranngarðr‘the high wave-enclosure ’
= SEA
the high wave-enclosure → SEA
á ‘onto’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
notes
[8] á þrǫm jarðar ‘onto the edge of the earth’: I.e. ‘onto the shore’.
þrǫm ‘the edge’
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þrǫmr (noun m.; °dat. þremi; gen. þrama): rail, rim
notes
[8] á þrǫm jarðar ‘onto the edge of the earth’: I.e. ‘onto the shore’.
jarðar ‘of the earth’
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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304)): ground, earth
notes
[8] á þrǫm jarðar ‘onto the edge of the earth’: I.e. ‘onto the shore’.
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