Sturl Hákkv 29II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 29’ 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. 721.
notes
[1] skaut ‘thrust’: Used impersonally with gyltu borði vínfars ‘the gilded rim of the wine-vessel’ i.e. ‘cup’ (ll. 1, 4) as the dat. object.
vín ‘of the wine’
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vín (noun n.; °-s; -): wine < vínfar (noun n.)
[1] vín‑: so Flat, vist‑ all others
kennings
vínfars‘of the wine-vessel ’
= CUP
the wine-vessel → CUP
notes
[1] vínfars ‘of the wine-vessel [CUP]’: So Flat. Vistfars ‘of the food-vessel’ i.e. ‘of the plate’ (so E, F, 81a) makes little sense in the context.
fars ‘vessel’
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far (noun n.; °-s; *-): travel, vessel, trace, life, conduct < vínfar (noun n.)
kennings
vínfars‘of the wine-vessel ’
= CUP
the wine-vessel → CUP
notes
[1] vínfars ‘of the wine-vessel [CUP]’: So Flat. Vistfars ‘of the food-vessel’ i.e. ‘of the plate’ (so E, F, 81a) makes little sense in the context.
vísa ‘of the leader’s’
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vísi (noun m.; °-a): leader
mönnum ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
á ‘against’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
góm ‘the gum’
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gómr (noun m.): gum, gums < gómsker (noun n.)
kennings
gómsker‘the gum-skerries ’
= TEETH
the gum-skerries → TEETH
notes
[3] gómsker ‘the gum-skerries’: For a similar kenning, see VSt Erf 1/3III.
sker ‘skerries’
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sker (noun n.; °-s; -, gen. -ja): skerry < gómsker (noun n.)
[3] ‑sker: ‑skers Flat
kennings
gómsker‘the gum-skerries ’
= TEETH
the gum-skerries → TEETH
notes
[3] gómsker ‘the gum-skerries’: For a similar kenning, see VSt Erf 1/3III.
borði ‘rim’
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borð (noun n.; °-s; -): side, plank, board; table
hilmis ‘of the ruler’s’
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hilmir (noun m.): prince, protector
hirð ‘retinue’
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hirð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(FskB 53)): retinue
hunangs ‘the honey’
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hunang (noun n.; °-s): honey < 1. hunangsbára (noun f.): [honey-wave]
kennings
hunangsbára‘the honey-wave ’
= MEAD
the honey-wave → MEAD
bára ‘wave’
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1. bára (noun f.; °-u; -ur): wave < 1. hunangsbára (noun f.): [honey-wave]
kennings
hunangsbára‘the honey-wave ’
= MEAD
the honey-wave → MEAD
í ‘into’
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í (prep.): in, into
geð ‘the mind’
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geð (noun n.): mind < geðknǫrr (noun m.): [mind-ship]
kennings
geðknörr‘the mind-ship ’
= BREAST
the mind-ship → BREAST
knörr ‘ship’
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knǫrr (noun m.; °knarrar, dat. knerri; knerrir, acc. knǫrru/knerri): (a kind of) ship < geðknǫrr (noun m.): [mind-ship]
kennings
geðknörr‘the mind-ship ’
= BREAST
the mind-ship → BREAST
glymjandi ‘foaming’
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glymja (verb): resound
[8] glymjandi: so F, Flat, glymjanda E, om. 81a
notes
[8] glymjandi (f. nom. sg.) ‘foaming’: So F, Flat. Glymjanda (so E) is ungrammatical (n. or m. sg. oblique, and the pres. part. qualifies -bára f. nom. sg. ‘-wave’).
fell ‘fell’
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falla (verb): fall
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