Steinþ Frag 1III
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2017, ‘Steinþórr, Fragment 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 390.
Forn ‘made’
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forn (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): ancient, old < forngǫrr (adj.)
gǫrvan ‘of old’
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1. gǫrr (adj.): ample, perfect < forngǫrr (adj.)
[1] ‑gǫrvan: gǫrvar W, 2368ˣ, 743ˣ, ‑gǫrvum U
ák ‘I have’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
notes
[1] firnum ‘vehemently’: This is a dat., used adverbially, of firn ‘abomination, shocking thing’, often used merely as an intensifier, as with the cognate OE firen- in firenþearf ‘dire need’.
farms ‘freight’
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farmr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): cargo
kennings
fors horna hlítstyggs farms arma Gunnlaðar‘the waterfall of horns of the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð ’
= POETRY
the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð → LOVER = Óðinn
the waterfall of horns of the LOVERÓÐINN → POETRY
farms ‘freight’
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farmr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): cargo
kennings
fors horna hlítstyggs farms arma Gunnlaðar‘the waterfall of horns of the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð ’
= POETRY
the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð → LOVER = Óðinn
the waterfall of horns of the LOVERÓÐINN → POETRY
Gunn ‘of Gunn’
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(non-lexical) < Gunnlǫð (noun f.)
kennings
fors horna hlítstyggs farms arma Gunnlaðar‘the waterfall of horns of the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð ’
= POETRY
the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð → LOVER = Óðinn
the waterfall of horns of the LOVERÓÐINN → POETRY
Gunn ‘of Gunn’
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(non-lexical) < Gunnlǫð (noun f.)
kennings
fors horna hlítstyggs farms arma Gunnlaðar‘the waterfall of horns of the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð ’
= POETRY
the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð → LOVER = Óðinn
the waterfall of horns of the LOVERÓÐINN → POETRY
kennings
fors horna hlítstyggs farms arma Gunnlaðar‘the waterfall of horns of the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð ’
= POETRY
the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð → LOVER = Óðinn
the waterfall of horns of the LOVERÓÐINN → POETRY
kennings
fors horna hlítstyggs farms arma Gunnlaðar‘the waterfall of horns of the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð ’
= POETRY
the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð → LOVER = Óðinn
the waterfall of horns of the LOVERÓÐINN → POETRY
arma ‘of the arms’
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1. armr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): arm
kennings
fors horna hlítstyggs farms arma Gunnlaðar‘the waterfall of horns of the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð ’
= POETRY
the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð → LOVER = Óðinn
the waterfall of horns of the LOVERÓÐINN → POETRY
arma ‘of the arms’
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1. armr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): arm
kennings
fors horna hlítstyggs farms arma Gunnlaðar‘the waterfall of horns of the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð ’
= POETRY
the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð → LOVER = Óðinn
the waterfall of horns of the LOVERÓÐINN → POETRY
horna ‘of horns’
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horn (noun n.; °-s; -): horn
kennings
fors horna hlítstyggs farms arma Gunnlaðar‘the waterfall of horns of the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð ’
= POETRY
the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð → LOVER = Óðinn
the waterfall of horns of the LOVERÓÐINN → POETRY
horna ‘of horns’
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horn (noun n.; °-s; -): horn
kennings
fors horna hlítstyggs farms arma Gunnlaðar‘the waterfall of horns of the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð ’
= POETRY
the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð → LOVER = Óðinn
the waterfall of horns of the LOVERÓÐINN → POETRY
fors ‘the waterfall’
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fors (noun m.): torrent
kennings
fors horna hlítstyggs farms arma Gunnlaðar‘the waterfall of horns of the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð ’
= POETRY
the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð → LOVER = Óðinn
the waterfall of horns of the LOVERÓÐINN → POETRY
fors ‘the waterfall’
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fors (noun m.): torrent
kennings
fors horna hlítstyggs farms arma Gunnlaðar‘the waterfall of horns of the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð ’
= POETRY
the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð → LOVER = Óðinn
the waterfall of horns of the LOVERÓÐINN → POETRY
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
hrósa ‘praise’
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hrósa (verb): praise
hlít ‘of the trust’
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hlít (noun f.; °-ar): sufficiency < hlítstyggr (adj.)
kennings
fors horna hlítstyggs farms arma Gunnlaðar‘the waterfall of horns of the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð ’
= POETRY
the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð → LOVER = Óðinn
the waterfall of horns of the LOVERÓÐINN → POETRY
notes
[4] hlítstyggs ‘of the trust-wary’: I.e. trusting to no one but himself. For this cpd, see Arn Hardr 11/4II and Note there.
hlít ‘of the trust’
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hlít (noun f.; °-ar): sufficiency < hlítstyggr (adj.)
kennings
fors horna hlítstyggs farms arma Gunnlaðar‘the waterfall of horns of the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð ’
= POETRY
the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð → LOVER = Óðinn
the waterfall of horns of the LOVERÓÐINN → POETRY
notes
[4] hlítstyggs ‘of the trust-wary’: I.e. trusting to no one but himself. For this cpd, see Arn Hardr 11/4II and Note there.
styggs ‘wary’
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styggr (adj.): shy < hlítstyggr (adj.)
[4] ‑styggs: so W, U, B, 2368ˣ, 743ˣ, ‘‑styks’ R, stigs Tˣ
kennings
fors horna hlítstyggs farms arma Gunnlaðar‘the waterfall of horns of the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð ’
= POETRY
the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð → LOVER = Óðinn
the waterfall of horns of the LOVERÓÐINN → POETRY
notes
[4] hlítstyggs ‘of the trust-wary’: I.e. trusting to no one but himself. For this cpd, see Arn Hardr 11/4II and Note there.
styggs ‘wary’
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styggr (adj.): shy < hlítstyggr (adj.)
[4] ‑styggs: so W, U, B, 2368ˣ, 743ˣ, ‘‑styks’ R, stigs Tˣ
kennings
fors horna hlítstyggs farms arma Gunnlaðar‘the waterfall of horns of the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð ’
= POETRY
the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð → LOVER = Óðinn
the waterfall of horns of the LOVERÓÐINN → POETRY
notes
[4] hlítstyggs ‘of the trust-wary’: I.e. trusting to no one but himself. For this cpd, see Arn Hardr 11/4II and Note there.
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
þó ‘yet’
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þó (adv.): though
notes
[4] lítinn (m. acc. sg.) ‘meagre’: The adj. qualifies fors m. acc. sg. ‘waterfall’ (l. 3), and litlum m. dat. sg. or dat. pl. (R, W, U, B) cannot be construed to make any sense syntactically.
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In both Skm and LaufE, the helmingr is one of several cited to illustrate poetic circumlocutions referring to Óðinn.
The overall sense is that the poet is proud of his poetic craft (the mead of Óðinn, as poetry is called, for the reason offered in Skm, SnE 1998, I, 3-5), though it is modest.
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