Sturl Hákkv 8II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 8’ 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. 705.
Svalg ‘swallowed’
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1. svelgja (verb): swallow
hvert ‘every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
heitum ‘with its hot’
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heitr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): hot, ardent
munni ‘mouth’
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munnr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): mouth
viðar ‘of the forest’
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1. viðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -u/-i): wood, tree
kennings
Hundr viðar‘The hound of the forest ’
= FIRE
The hound of the forest → FIRE
kennings
Hundr viðar‘The hound of the forest ’
= FIRE
The hound of the forest → FIRE
Verma ‘of the Vermir’
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vermir (noun m.): vermir
bygðar ‘of the settlement’
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byggð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): dwelling, settlement
[4] bygðar: bygðir 81a
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
svip ‘the violent’
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svipr (noun m.): swinging, violent < svipkárr (adj.)
kennings
svipkárr rakki selju‘the violent dog of the willow ’
= FIRE
the violent dog of the willow → FIRE
notes
[5] svipkárr ‘violent’: Lit. ‘violent in its motion’. Hap. leg. The first element of this cpd, svip-, means ‘quick, sudden motion’ and the last element, -kárr, is also attested in the adj. afkárr ‘difficult, garrulous, violent’.
kárr ‘’
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-kárr (adj.) < svipkárr (adj.)
[5] ‑kárr: ‘gár’ F, ‘‑garr’ 42ˣ, ‘‑gar’ 81a, ‘garr’ Flat
kennings
svipkárr rakki selju‘the violent dog of the willow ’
= FIRE
the violent dog of the willow → FIRE
notes
[5] svipkárr ‘violent’: Lit. ‘violent in its motion’. Hap. leg. The first element of this cpd, svip-, means ‘quick, sudden motion’ and the last element, -kárr, is also attested in the adj. afkárr ‘difficult, garrulous, violent’.
selju ‘of the willow’
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1. selja (noun f.; °-u): willow
kennings
svipkárr rakki selju‘the violent dog of the willow ’
= FIRE
the violent dog of the willow → FIRE
rakki ‘dog’
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rakki (noun m.; °-a; -ar): [dog]
kennings
svipkárr rakki selju‘the violent dog of the willow ’
= FIRE
the violent dog of the willow → FIRE
of ‘through’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
garðs ‘the yard’
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garðr (noun m.): enclosure, yard < garðshlið (noun n.)
[7] garðs‑: garð‑ 42ˣ
hlið ‘gate’
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2. hlið (noun n.; °-s; -): gate < garðshlið (noun n.)
grenjandi ‘howling’
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grenja (verb): howl
fór ‘ran’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
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As st. 7 above.
Sturla appears to have had a fascination with fire. He uses similar vivid imagery of wolves or dogs devouring buildings and houses in Hryn 10-11, which describe Hákon and his troops harrying in Halland in 1256. See also st. 7 above.
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