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Stúfr Stúfdr 1^II

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Stúfr inn blindi Þórðarson kattar, Stúfsdrápa 1’ 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. 351.

Stúfr inn blindi Þórðarson kattar Stúfsdrápa

Vissak ‘I knew’

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1. vita (verb): know

hildar ‘of war’

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1. hildr (noun f.): battle

kennings

gagnsælan hvessi hildar
‘the victory-blessed inciter of war ’
= WARRIOR
the victory-blessed inciter of war → WARRIOR

hvessi ‘inciter’

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hvessir (noun m.): [inciter, whetting]

[1] hvessi: corrected from ‘hvassi’ E, ‘hyssi’ H, ‘hyssa’ Hr

kennings

gagnsælan hvessi hildar
‘the victory-blessed inciter of war ’
= WARRIOR
the victory-blessed inciter of war → WARRIOR

hann ‘he’

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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...

vas ‘was’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

[2] vas (‘var’): er H, Hr

nýztr ‘the most bountiful’

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nýtr (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. nýztr/nýtastr): useful, able

[2] nýztr: nýzt H, Hr

at ‘to’

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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)

kanna ‘know’

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3. kanna (verb): know, be able

af ‘with’

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af (prep.): from

notes

[3] af góðum byr Gríðar ‘with a good wind of Gríðr <giantess> [MIND]’: For the peculiar kennings of this type, in which ‘wind, breeze of a giantess’ denotes ‘thought, mind, disposition’, see Meissner 138-9 and SnE 1998, I, 108. See also ÞjóðA Run 2/1-3 and Arn Magndr 3/7-8.

góðum ‘a good’

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góðr (adj.): good

kennings

góðum byr Gríðar—
‘a good wind of Gríðr—’
= MIND
a good wind of Gríðr— → MIND

notes

[3] af góðum byr Gríðar ‘with a good wind of Gríðr <giantess> [MIND]’: For the peculiar kennings of this type, in which ‘wind, breeze of a giantess’ denotes ‘thought, mind, disposition’, see Meissner 138-9 and SnE 1998, I, 108. See also ÞjóðA Run 2/1-3 and Arn Magndr 3/7-8.

byr ‘wind’

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byrr (noun m.; °-jar/-s; -ir, acc. -i/-u(SigrVal 188¹³)): favourable wind

kennings

góðum byr Gríðar—
‘a good wind of Gríðr—’
= MIND
a good wind of Gríðr— → MIND

notes

[3] af góðum byr Gríðar ‘with a good wind of Gríðr <giantess> [MIND]’: For the peculiar kennings of this type, in which ‘wind, breeze of a giantess’ denotes ‘thought, mind, disposition’, see Meissner 138-9 and SnE 1998, I, 108. See also ÞjóðA Run 2/1-3 and Arn Magndr 3/7-8.

Gríðar ‘of Gríðr’

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Gríðr (noun f.; °dat./acc. -i): [Gríðr, Gríður]

kennings

góðum byr Gríðar—
‘a good wind of Gríðr—’
= MIND
a good wind of Gríðr— → MIND

notes

[3] af góðum byr Gríðar ‘with a good wind of Gríðr <giantess> [MIND]’: For the peculiar kennings of this type, in which ‘wind, breeze of a giantess’ denotes ‘thought, mind, disposition’, see Meissner 138-9 and SnE 1998, I, 108. See also ÞjóðA Run 2/1-3 and Arn Magndr 3/7-8.

gagnsælan ‘the victory-blessed’

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gagnsæll (adj.): [victory-blessed]

kennings

gagnsælan hvessi hildar
‘the victory-blessed inciter of war ’
= WARRIOR
the victory-blessed inciter of war → WARRIOR

mér ‘me’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

fagna ‘to welcome’

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fagna (verb; °-að-): welcome, rejoice

þás ‘when’

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þás (conj.): when

blóð ‘of the blood-’

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blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood < blóðstari (noun m.): [blood-starling]

kennings

bræðir blóðstara,
‘the feeder of the blood-starling, ’
= WARRIOR
the blood-starling, → RAVEN
the feeder of the RAVEN → WARRIOR

blóð ‘of the blood-’

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blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood < blóðstari (noun m.): [blood-starling]

kennings

bræðir blóðstara,
‘the feeder of the blood-starling, ’
= WARRIOR
the blood-starling, → RAVEN
the feeder of the RAVEN → WARRIOR

stara ‘starling’

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1. stari (noun m.): starling < blóðstari (noun m.): [blood-starling]

[5] ‑stara: ‑staða 39, F

kennings

bræðir blóðstara,
‘the feeder of the blood-starling, ’
= WARRIOR
the blood-starling, → RAVEN
the feeder of the RAVEN → WARRIOR

stara ‘starling’

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1. stari (noun m.): starling < blóðstari (noun m.): [blood-starling]

[5] ‑stara: ‑staða 39, F

kennings

bræðir blóðstara,
‘the feeder of the blood-starling, ’
= WARRIOR
the blood-starling, → RAVEN
the feeder of the RAVEN → WARRIOR

bræðir ‘the feeder’

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bræðir (noun m.): feeder

[5] bræðir: bræði E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ

kennings

bræðir blóðstara,
‘the feeder of the blood-starling, ’
= WARRIOR
the blood-starling, → RAVEN
the feeder of the RAVEN → WARRIOR

baugum ‘to rings’

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baugr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): ring

notes

[6] grimmr baugum ‘ferocious to rings’: Alludes to Haraldr’s generosity when he distributed rings or parts of rings as gifts to his men.

grimmr ‘ferocious’

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grimmr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): fierce

notes

[6] grimmr baugum ‘ferocious to rings’: Alludes to Haraldr’s generosity when he distributed rings or parts of rings as gifts to his men.

at ‘at’

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3. at (prep.): at, to

Haugi ‘Haug’

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haugr (noun m.; °-s, -i; -ar): mound, cairn

notes

[6] at Haugi ‘at Haug’: A royal farmstead in Værdalen near Stiklestad in Trøndelag, Norway.

gjarn ‘willingly’

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gjarn (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): eager

notes

[7] gjarn ‘willingly’: Lit. ‘willing’.

með ‘with’

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með (prep.): with

gylltu ‘the gilded’

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gylltr (adj.): gilded

[7] gylltu: gyldu E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, Hr

notes

[7] gylltu (n. dat. sg.) ‘gilded’: The variant gyldu ‘gilded’ (so E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, Hr; Skj B) is a later form of the same word.

horni ‘horn’

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horni (noun m.): horn, horned one

gekk ‘went’

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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go

sjalfr ‘himself’

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sjalfr (adj.): self

á ‘’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

mik ‘me’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

drekka ‘to toast’

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2. drekka (verb; °drekkr; drakk, drukku; drukkinn/drykkinn): drink

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The st. illustrates drinking customs at King Haraldr’s court which are mentioned in Ólkyrr in a ch. on court customs in Óláfr’s time.

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