Sturl Hákkv 28II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 28’ 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. 720.
Þar ‘there’
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þar (adv.): there
geiga ‘swung’
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geiga (verb): [drift, swung]
[2] geiga: so 81a, Flat, ‘gneiga’ E, 42ˣ, geisa F, ‘geika’ 8
inni ‘Inside’
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2. inni (adv.): in, inside, indoors
full ‘full’
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2. fullr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): full, complete
[3] full: fullum 81a
unna ‘caressed’
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1. unna (verb): love
[4] unna greipum: so F, 81a, 8, Flat, ‘greipa knattum’ E, unnar greipum 42ˣ
notes
[4] unna greipum ‘caressed the hands’: Unna lit. ‘love’ (so F, 81a, 8, Flat) is taken here as an inf. to the auxiliary knáttu lit. ‘knew how to’ (l. 2), and as parallel to geiga (inf.) ‘swing’ (l. 2). The E variant (greipa knáttum ‘we knew how to span’ or knöttum greipa ‘with the knobs of the grips’ i.e. ‘with the fingers’) is unmetrical (greipa provides no alliteration with l. 3). Skj B emends to ýta greipum ‘with people’s hands’ taken as a dat. instr., and Kock (Skald; NN §2289) takes Unna as a f. gen. pl. of the f. pers. n. Unnr ‘Unnr’ (lit. ‘wave’), and as a half-kenning for ‘women’ (‘with the women’s hands’).
greipum ‘the hands’
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greipr (noun m.): grip, hands
[4] unna greipum: so F, 81a, 8, Flat, ‘greipa knattum’ E, unnar greipum 42ˣ
notes
[4] unna greipum ‘caressed the hands’: Unna lit. ‘love’ (so F, 81a, 8, Flat) is taken here as an inf. to the auxiliary knáttu lit. ‘knew how to’ (l. 2), and as parallel to geiga (inf.) ‘swing’ (l. 2). The E variant (greipa knáttum ‘we knew how to span’ or knöttum greipa ‘with the knobs of the grips’ i.e. ‘with the fingers’) is unmetrical (greipa provides no alliteration with l. 3). Skj B emends to ýta greipum ‘with people’s hands’ taken as a dat. instr., and Kock (Skald; NN §2289) takes Unna as a f. gen. pl. of the f. pers. n. Unnr ‘Unnr’ (lit. ‘wave’), and as a half-kenning for ‘women’ (‘with the women’s hands’).
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
inndrótt ‘’
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inndrótt (noun f.): retinue
allra ‘of all’
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allr (adj.): all
kennings
heilivágr allra stríða‘the soothing balm of all torments ’
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the soothing balm of all torments → WINE/ALE
notes
[6] allra stríða ‘of all torments’: So 8, Flat. The variant allra manna ‘of all men’ (so E, F, 42ˣ) leaves the kenning without a determinant and looks like a lectio facilior.
stríða ‘torments’
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2. stríð (noun n.; °-s; -): affliction
[6] stríða: so 8, Flat, manna E, F, 42ˣ, om. 81a
kennings
heilivágr allra stríða‘the soothing balm of all torments ’
= WINE/ALE
the soothing balm of all torments → WINE/ALE
notes
[6] allra stríða ‘of all torments’: So 8, Flat. The variant allra manna ‘of all men’ (so E, F, 42ˣ) leaves the kenning without a determinant and looks like a lectio facilior.
heili ‘the soothing’
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1. heili (noun m.; °-a): brain < heilivágr (noun m.)
[7] heili‑: heilig‑ 81a
kennings
heilivágr allra stríða‘the soothing balm of all torments ’
= WINE/ALE
the soothing balm of all torments → WINE/ALE
vágr ‘ balm’
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vágr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): sea, wave < heilivágr (noun m.)
kennings
heilivágr allra stríða‘the soothing balm of all torments ’
= WINE/ALE
the soothing balm of all torments → WINE/ALE
til ‘of the retinue’
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til (prep.): to
hjarta ‘the hearts’
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hjarta (noun n.; °-; *-u): heart
fell ‘penetrated’
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falla (verb): fall
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