Sturl Hákkv 5II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 5’ 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. 703.
Sá ‘saw’
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2. sjá (verb): see
maðr ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
höfuð ‘the chief elements’
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hǫfuð (noun n.; °-s; -): head < hǫfuðskepna (noun f.): [chief elements]
notes
[2] höfuðskepnur ‘the chief elements’: Lit. ‘the main creations’, i.e. earth, air, fire and water. This term occurs as early as in the ON Elucidarius (c. 1200) and it is also used in SnE (Fritzner: höfuðskepna 2.; see also Clunies Ross 1987, 134-7, 155-73 on the knowledge of encyclopedic literature in the Scandinavian Middle Ages).
skepnur ‘’
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skepna (noun f.; °-u; -ur): creation < hǫfuðskepna (noun f.): [chief elements]
[2] ‑skepnur: ‑skepnir 304ˣ
notes
[2] höfuðskepnur ‘the chief elements’: Lit. ‘the main creations’, i.e. earth, air, fire and water. This term occurs as early as in the ON Elucidarius (c. 1200) and it is also used in SnE (Fritzner: höfuðskepna 2.; see also Clunies Ross 1987, 134-7, 155-73 on the knowledge of encyclopedic literature in the Scandinavian Middle Ages).
fylkis ‘ruler’
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fylkir (noun m.): leader
tígn ‘the dignity’
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tígn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): honour
fagna ‘to welcome’
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fagna (verb; °-að-): welcome, rejoice
[4] fagna: falla F, frama 304ˣ
vildu ‘wished’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
göfugláts ‘of the splendid’
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gǫfuglátr (adj.): splendid
[5] göfugláts: ‘ok gofvgla’ F, ok göfugláts 81a, 304ˣ, Flat
gjálfri ‘by the surge’
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gjalfr (noun n.; °-s): surge, waves
[6] gjálfri: ‘gial fyrir’ Flat
notes
[6] kringðum (m. dat. sg.) ‘encircled’: The reading of the mss, kringðu (n. dat. sg.), is ungrammatical (the adj. qualifies botni (m. dat. sg.) ‘bottom’ (l. 8)). The whole kenning echoes Mark Eirdr 32/2, 4.
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
vind ‘of the wind’
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1. vindr (noun m.; °-s/-ar; -ar): wind < vindker (noun n.)
[7] vind‑: so F, 304ˣ, vín‑ E, 42ˣ, 81a, Flat
kennings
víðum botni vindkers,‘the wide bottom of the wind-vessel, ’
= EARTH
the wind-vessel, → SKY/HEAVEN
the wide bottom of the SKY/HEAVEN → EARTH
vind ‘of the wind’
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1. vindr (noun m.; °-s/-ar; -ar): wind < vindker (noun n.)
[7] vind‑: so F, 304ˣ, vín‑ E, 42ˣ, 81a, Flat
kennings
víðum botni vindkers,‘the wide bottom of the wind-vessel, ’
= EARTH
the wind-vessel, → SKY/HEAVEN
the wide bottom of the SKY/HEAVEN → EARTH
kennings
víðum botni vindkers,‘the wide bottom of the wind-vessel, ’
= EARTH
the wind-vessel, → SKY/HEAVEN
the wide bottom of the SKY/HEAVEN → EARTH
kennings
víðum botni vindkers,‘the wide bottom of the wind-vessel, ’
= EARTH
the wind-vessel, → SKY/HEAVEN
the wide bottom of the SKY/HEAVEN → EARTH
víðum ‘the wide’
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víðr (adj.): far
kennings
víðum botni vindkers,‘the wide bottom of the wind-vessel, ’
= EARTH
the wind-vessel, → SKY/HEAVEN
the wide bottom of the SKY/HEAVEN → EARTH
botni ‘bottom’
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botn (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): bottom
kennings
víðum botni vindkers,‘the wide bottom of the wind-vessel, ’
= EARTH
the wind-vessel, → SKY/HEAVEN
the wide bottom of the SKY/HEAVEN → EARTH
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As st. 4 above.
[7-8]: The ll. echo Egill Arkv 18/7-8V.
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