Sturl Hákkv 32II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 32’ 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. 722-3.
Þar ‘There’
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þar (adv.): there
sjóð ‘purse’
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sjóðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): purse < sjóðmjǫll (noun f.)
kennings
harða hrein sjóðmjöll‘the very pure purse-snow ’
= SILVER
the very pure purse-snow → SILVER
mjöll ‘snow’
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mjǫll (noun f.; °dat. -/-u): fresh snow < sjóðmjǫll (noun f.)
[1] ‑mjöll: ‘míol’ Flat
kennings
harða hrein sjóðmjöll‘the very pure purse-snow ’
= SILVER
the very pure purse-snow → SILVER
knátti ‘’
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knega (verb): to know, understand, be able to
bauga ‘of rings’
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baugr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): ring
kennings
brjóts bauga‘of the breaker of rings ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the breaker of rings → GENEROUS MAN
brjóts ‘of the breaker’
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brjótr (noun m.): breaker
kennings
brjóts bauga‘of the breaker of rings ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the breaker of rings → GENEROUS MAN
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
boga ‘the bow’s’
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bogi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): bow
kennings
fjöllum boga‘the bow’s mountains ’
= ARMS
the bow’s mountains → ARMS
fjöllum ‘mountains’
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1. fjall (noun n.): mountain
kennings
fjöllum boga‘the bow’s mountains ’
= ARMS
the bow’s mountains → ARMS
kennings
harða hrein sjóðmjöll‘the very pure purse-snow ’
= SILVER
the very pure purse-snow → SILVER
hrein ‘pure’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure
[5] hrein: hreinn 81a, hreint Flat
kennings
harða hrein sjóðmjöll‘the very pure purse-snow ’
= SILVER
the very pure purse-snow → SILVER
hári ‘of noble’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
þjóðu ‘people’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
gagl ‘of the gosling’
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gagl (noun n.): gosling < gaglfár (noun n.): [gosling-danger]
kennings
geigurandra gaglfárs‘the swinging skis of the gosling-danger ’
= ARMS
the gosling-danger → HAWK
the swinging skis of the HAWK → ARMS
gagl ‘of the gosling’
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gagl (noun n.): gosling < gaglfár (noun n.): [gosling-danger]
kennings
geigurandra gaglfárs‘the swinging skis of the gosling-danger ’
= ARMS
the gosling-danger → HAWK
the swinging skis of the HAWK → ARMS
fárs ‘danger’
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2. fár (noun n.; °-s): harm, danger < gaglfár (noun n.): [gosling-danger]
kennings
geigurandra gaglfárs‘the swinging skis of the gosling-danger ’
= ARMS
the gosling-danger → HAWK
the swinging skis of the HAWK → ARMS
fárs ‘danger’
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2. fár (noun n.; °-s): harm, danger < gaglfár (noun n.): [gosling-danger]
kennings
geigurandra gaglfárs‘the swinging skis of the gosling-danger ’
= ARMS
the gosling-danger → HAWK
the swinging skis of the HAWK → ARMS
geigur ‘the swinging’
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geigr (noun m.): fright, injury < geigrǫndurr (noun m.)
[8] geigur‑: geigurs F
kennings
geigurandra gaglfárs‘the swinging skis of the gosling-danger ’
= ARMS
the gosling-danger → HAWK
the swinging skis of the HAWK → ARMS
notes
[8] geigurandra ‘the swinging skis’: Cf. the weak verb geiga ‘swing’ and the Óðinn-heiti Geiguðr, lit. ‘the one swinging (on the gallows)’.
andra ‘ skis’
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andr (noun m.; °; andrar): ski < geigrǫndurr (noun m.)
[8] ‑andra: so all others, anda E
kennings
geigurandra gaglfárs‘the swinging skis of the gosling-danger ’
= ARMS
the gosling-danger → HAWK
the swinging skis of the HAWK → ARMS
notes
[8] geigurandra ‘the swinging skis’: Cf. the weak verb geiga ‘swing’ and the Óðinn-heiti Geiguðr, lit. ‘the one swinging (on the gallows)’.
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