Sturl Hryn 8II
Valgerður Erna Þorvaldsdóttir (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hrynhenda 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. 685.
létu ‘made’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
snarpir ‘Brisk’
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snarpr (adj.): sharp, keen
drengir ‘warriors’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior
sóknar ‘of battle’
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sókn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): attack, fight
[2] sóknar: so all others, sókna F
kennings
gífr sóknar‘the troll-woman of battle ’
= AXE
the troll-woman of battle → AXE
notes
[2] sóknar (f. gen. sg.) ‘of battle’: So E, 81a, 304ˣ, Flat. Sókna f. gen. pl. ‘of battles’ (so F) is possible, but secondary.
kennings
gífr sóknar‘the troll-woman of battle ’
= AXE
the troll-woman of battle → AXE
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
fleina ‘of spears’
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fleinn (noun m.; °dat. fleini): spear
kennings
drífu fleina;‘the snow-storm of spears; ’
= BATTLE
the snow-storm of spears; → BATTLE
kennings
drífu fleina;‘the snow-storm of spears; ’
= BATTLE
the snow-storm of spears; → BATTLE
brandar ‘swords’
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brandr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sword, prow; fire
hleyptu ‘made’
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hleypa (verb): impell, make run
undum ‘the wounds’
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1. und (noun f.; °; -ir): wound
blóði ‘blood’
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blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood
þjóðar ‘people’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
[4] danskrar þjóðar: danskar undir E
Víða ‘far and wide’
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1. víða (adv.): widely
fellu ‘fell’
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falla (verb): fall
vegnir ‘slain’
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1. vega (verb): strike, slay
þollar ‘The fir-trees’
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þollr (noun m.): fir-tree
kennings
Þollar frægra málma‘The fir-trees of famous weapons ’
= WARRIORS
The fir-trees of famous weapons → WARRIORS
vígadrótt ‘the war-band’
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vígadrótt (noun f.): [war-band]
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
reknum ‘’
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2. reka (verb): drive, force
flótta ‘flight’
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flótti (noun m.): flight, fleeing
gekk ‘pressed on’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
[7] faldin gekk: falda geng 81a
þar ‘there’
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þar (adv.): there
fast ‘hard’
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fastr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): firm, fast
[7] fast: so all others, ferð F
notes
[7] fast ‘hard’: F has ‘ferð’ ‘host’ which is hard to make sense of within the helmingr. Ferð gekk þar at hildi ‘the host pressed on in the battle’ is possible, but then it would be difficult to place vígdrótt, faldin ægishjálmi ‘the war-band, hooded with the helmet of terror’. The reading of the other mss solves that problem and is therefore chosen.
at ‘in’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
hildi ‘the battle’
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1. hildr (noun f.): battle
frægra ‘of famous’
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frægr (adj.; °-jan/-an; compar. -ri, superl. -jastr/-astr/-str): famous, renowned
[8] frægra: frægr Flat
kennings
Þollar frægra málma‘The fir-trees of famous weapons ’
= WARRIORS
The fir-trees of famous weapons → WARRIORS
málma ‘weapons’
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malmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): metal
kennings
Þollar frægra málma‘The fir-trees of famous weapons ’
= WARRIORS
The fir-trees of famous weapons → WARRIORS
ægis ‘of terror’
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œgir (noun m.): terrifier < ægishjalmr (noun m.)
[8] ægis‑: ‘ægirs’ 304ˣ, ‘hægis’ Flat
hjálmi ‘with the helmet’
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1. hjalmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): helmet < ægishjalmr (noun m.)
[8] ‑hjálmi: hjálma E, 81a, Flat, hjálmum 304ˣ
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Brisk warriors made the troll-woman of battle [AXE] sing in the snow-storm of spears [BATTLE]; swords made plenty of blood flow swiftly from the wounds of the Danish people. The fir-trees of famous weapons [WARRIORS] fell slain far and wide in flight; the war-band, hooded with the helmet of terror, pressed on hard in the battle there.
The warfare in Halland.
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