ÞGísl Búdr 1I
Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Þorkell Gíslason, Búadrápa 1’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 943.
Bôru ‘They carried’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
á ‘aboard’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
vali ‘the stallions’
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3. valr (noun m.; °; -ir): horse
kennings
vali víka;‘the stallions of bays; ’
= SHIPS
the stallions of bays; → SHIPS
notes
[1] vali ‘the stallions’: Valr m. ‘hawk, falcon’ was used as the name of a horse, and hence as a general heiti for ‘horse’ commonly featuring in ship-kennings (see LP: 2. Valr; Note to Þloft Tøgdr 5/6).
víka ‘of bays’
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vík (noun f.): bay
kennings
vali víka;‘the stallions of bays; ’
= SHIPS
the stallions of bays; → SHIPS
vel ‘well’
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vel (adv.): well, very
frák ‘I have heard’
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1. fregna (verb): hear of
líka ‘pleased’
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4. líka (verb): please
seggjum ‘men’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
snarræði ‘that bold action’
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snarræði (noun n.): [that bold action]
[3] snarræði: so 54, Bb, ‘snerreiði’ 61
sverð ‘swords’
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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
her ‘war’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host < herklæði (noun n.): [war-garments]
kennings
herklæði‘war-garments ’
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war-garments → ARMOUR
notes
[4] herklæði ‘war-garments [ARMOUR]’: This cpd, occurring in skaldic poetry only here and in st. 5/2, is here treated as a kenning, albeit a marginal one. It is listed as a kenning in Meissner 166, and is comparable with, e.g., herváðir/hervæðr ‘war-garments’ (Eyv Hák 4/1), but it also occurs in prose (see Fritzner: herváðir), including SnE (1998, I, 67), where a section is dedicated to kennings for vápn ok herklæði ‘weapons and armour’.
klæði ‘garments’
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klæði (noun n.; °-s; -): clothes < herklæði (noun n.): [war-garments]
kennings
herklæði‘war-garments ’
= ARMOUR
war-garments → ARMOUR
notes
[4] herklæði ‘war-garments [ARMOUR]’: This cpd, occurring in skaldic poetry only here and in st. 5/2, is here treated as a kenning, albeit a marginal one. It is listed as a kenning in Meissner 166, and is comparable with, e.g., herváðir/hervæðr ‘war-garments’ (Eyv Hák 4/1), but it also occurs in prose (see Fritzner: herváðir), including SnE (1998, I, 67), where a section is dedicated to kennings for vápn ok herklæði ‘weapons and armour’.
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King Sveinn tjúguskegg ‘Fork-beard’ of Denmark invites his allies the Jómsvíkingar to a joint memorial feast for their recently-deceased fathers, during which he makes a formal vow to kill or dethrone King Aðalráðr (Æthelred) of England within three years. His guest Sigvaldi jarl Strút-Haraldsson makes a matching vow about Hákon inn ríki ‘the Mighty’ Sigurðarson, jarl of Hlaðir (Lade), and his brother Þorkell inn hávi ‘the Tall’ follows suit, joined, with variations, by other Jómsvíking heroes: Búi digri ‘the Stout’ Vésetason, his brother Sigurðr kápa ‘Cloak’, and Vagn Ákason. Next day, now sober, the Jómsvíkingar take counsel about the expedition and decide to make ready immediately.
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