Sturl Hákkv 19II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 19’ 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, pp. 713-14.
Þar ‘There’
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þar (adv.): there
baug ‘at shield-boss’
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baugr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): ring < baugsegl (noun n.): shield-boss-sail
kennings
baugsegl‘at shield-boss sails ’
= SHIELDS
at shield-boss sails → SHIELDS
segl ‘sails’
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segl (noun n.; °-s; -): sail < baugsegl (noun n.): shield-boss-sail
kennings
baugsegl‘at shield-boss sails ’
= SHIELDS
at shield-boss sails → SHIELDS
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
brimis ‘of the sword’
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brimir (noun m.): sword
kennings
vindi brimis,‘the wind of the sword, ’
= BATTLE
the wind of the sword, → BATTLE
vindi ‘the wind’
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1. vindr (noun m.; °-s/-ar; -ar): wind
kennings
vindi brimis,‘the wind of the sword, ’
= BATTLE
the wind of the sword, → BATTLE
branda ‘of swords’
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brandr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sword, prow; fire
kennings
byrr branda‘the fair breeze of swords ’
= BATTLE
the fair breeze of swords → BATTLE
byrr ‘the fair breeze’
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byrr (noun m.; °-jar/-s; -ir, acc. -i/-u(SigrVal 188¹³)): favourable wind
[3] byrr: bur 81a
kennings
byrr branda‘the fair breeze of swords ’
= BATTLE
the fair breeze of swords → BATTLE
blása ‘blew’
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2. blása (verb; °blǽss; blés, blésu; blásinn): blow
notes
[4] blása ‘blew at’: For the meaning of blása ‘blow at, move sth. by blowing at it’ (with acc.), see Fritzner: blása 2.
knátti ‘’
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knega (verb): to know, understand, be able to
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
hræ ‘corpse’
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hræ (noun n.; °; -): corpse, carrion < hrælǫgr (noun m.): [corpse-sea]
kennings
geigurligr hrælögr‘the frightful corpse-sea ’
= BLOOD
the frightful corpse-sea → BLOOD
lögr ‘sea’
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lǫgr (noun m.; °lagar, dat. legi): sea < hrælǫgr (noun m.): [corpse-sea]
[5] ‑lögr: ‑langr 81a
kennings
geigurligr hrælögr‘the frightful corpse-sea ’
= BLOOD
the frightful corpse-sea → BLOOD
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
hjarar ‘of the sword’
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hjǫrr (noun m.): sword
[6] hjarar borðum: so all others, hjarðar botnum E
kennings
borðum hjarar.‘the planks of the sword.’
= SHIELDS
the planks of the sword. → SHIELDS
borðum ‘the planks’
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borð (noun n.; °-s; -): side, plank, board; table
[6] hjarar borðum: so all others, hjarðar botnum E
kennings
borðum hjarar.‘the planks of the sword.’
= SHIELDS
the planks of the sword. → SHIELDS
geigur ‘the fright’
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geigr (noun m.): fright, injury < geigrligr (adj.)
[7] geigur‑: so all others, geigu‑ E
kennings
geigurligr hrælögr‘the frightful corpse-sea ’
= BLOOD
the frightful corpse-sea → BLOOD
ligr ‘ful’
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-ligr (adj.): -ly < geigrligr (adj.)
kennings
geigurligr hrælögr‘the frightful corpse-sea ’
= BLOOD
the frightful corpse-sea → BLOOD
glymjandi ‘foaming’
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glymja (verb): resound
fell ‘fell’
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falla (verb): fall
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The Birkibeinar pulled down the fence surrounding the churchyard with ropes made from walrus hide. Then they stormed in and killed most of Skúli’s men who were trapped on the other side of the fallen fence.
Sturla uses nautical imagery to depict the violent encounter.
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