ÞGísl Búdr 12I
Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Þorkell Gíslason, Búadrápa 12’ 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. 952.
Felldi ‘felled’
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3. fella (verb): fell, kill
Vagn ‘Vagn’
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2. Vagn (noun m.): [Vagn, with Vagn]
virða ‘warriors’
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virðr (noun m.): man
valði ‘chose’
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(non-lexical)
of ‘between’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
nái ‘corpses’
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ná (noun f.): carrion
hrafn ‘raven’
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hrafn (noun m.; °hrafns; dat. hrafni; hrafnar): raven
inn ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
hvassleiti ‘sharp-eyed’
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hvassleitr (adj.): [sharp-eyed]
hrundi ‘flowed’
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hrynja (verb): fall, flow
á ‘onto’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
borð ‘the gunwale’
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borð (noun n.; °-s; -): side, plank, board; table
sveiti ‘blood’
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sveiti (noun m.; °-a): blood
Þess ‘of that’
[5] Þess réð þó: so 54, Bb, þá réð þess 61, þat réð þó 53
kennings
þess eyðis undglóða;‘of that destroyer of wound-embers; ’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
wound-embers; → SWORDS
that destroyer of SWORDS → WARRIOR = Vagn
réð ‘managed’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
[5] Þess réð þó: so 54, Bb, þá réð þess 61, þat réð þó 53
notes
[5, 8] réð þó hrjóða ‘managed nevertheless to clear’: The full sense ‘managed’ for réð is appropriate in context here, but the verb could alternatively be taken as a pleonastic auxiliary, as in st. 10/1.
þó ‘nevertheless’
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þó (adv.): though
[5] Þess réð þó: so 54, Bb, þá réð þess 61, þat réð þó 53
notes
[5] þó ‘nevertheless’: The mss differ over the order of the first three words in l. 5, and over the precise adv. used. Þó is preferred here as the reading of 54, Bb and 53, as against þá ‘then’ in 61 alone, and it is contextually more meaningful: despite the damage done by Vagn and the Jómsvíkingar, Eiríkr prevails. — [5, 8] réð þó hrjóða ‘managed nevertheless to clear’: The full sense ‘managed’ for réð is appropriate in context here, but the verb could alternatively be taken as a pleonastic auxiliary, as in st. 10/1.
þó ‘nevertheless’
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þó (adv.): though
[5] Þess réð þó: so 54, Bb, þá réð þess 61, þat réð þó 53
notes
[5] þó ‘nevertheless’: The mss differ over the order of the first three words in l. 5, and over the precise adv. used. Þó is preferred here as the reading of 54, Bb and 53, as against þá ‘then’ in 61 alone, and it is contextually more meaningful: despite the damage done by Vagn and the Jómsvíkingar, Eiríkr prevails. — [5, 8] réð þó hrjóða ‘managed nevertheless to clear’: The full sense ‘managed’ for réð is appropriate in context here, but the verb could alternatively be taken as a pleonastic auxiliary, as in st. 10/1.
dála ‘completely’
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dála (adv.): completely
þrymr ‘the din’
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þrymr (noun m.; °-s): din
kennings
þrymr stála‘the din of steel weapons ’
= BATTLE
the din of steel weapons → BATTLE
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
hôr ‘loud’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
stála ‘of steel weapons’
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1. stál (noun n.; °-s; -): steel, weapon, prow
kennings
þrymr stála‘the din of steel weapons ’
= BATTLE
the din of steel weapons → BATTLE
kennings
þess eyðis undglóða;‘of that destroyer of wound-embers; ’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
wound-embers; → SWORDS
that destroyer of SWORDS → WARRIOR = Vagn
notes
[7] eyðis undglóða ‘destroyer of the wound-embers [SWORDS > WARRIOR]’: (a) The reading und ‘wound’ is preferred here, as in Skj B. It is preserved in 53, 54 and Bb, representing two classes within the ÓT stemma, and produces an acceptable sword-kenning (cf. Meissner 159-60 for parallels) which forms the determinant of a tvíkent warrior-kenning and reinforces the theme of battle. (b) The 61 reading unn ‘wave’ is also possible. It produces eyðis unnglóða ‘destroyer of wave-embers [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’ and is well paralleled (Meissner 229-37); it is adopted in Skald and Ólafur Halldórsson (2000).
und ‘of wound’
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1. und (noun f.; °; -ir): wound < undglóð (noun f.)
[7] und‑: so 53, 54, Bb, unn 61
kennings
þess eyðis undglóða;‘of that destroyer of wound-embers; ’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
wound-embers; → SWORDS
that destroyer of SWORDS → WARRIOR = Vagn
notes
[7] eyðis undglóða ‘destroyer of the wound-embers [SWORDS > WARRIOR]’: (a) The reading und ‘wound’ is preferred here, as in Skj B. It is preserved in 53, 54 and Bb, representing two classes within the ÓT stemma, and produces an acceptable sword-kenning (cf. Meissner 159-60 for parallels) which forms the determinant of a tvíkent warrior-kenning and reinforces the theme of battle. (b) The 61 reading unn ‘wave’ is also possible. It produces eyðis unnglóða ‘destroyer of wave-embers [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’ and is well paralleled (Meissner 229-37); it is adopted in Skald and Ólafur Halldórsson (2000).
und ‘of wound’
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1. und (noun f.; °; -ir): wound < undglóð (noun f.)
[7] und‑: so 53, 54, Bb, unn 61
kennings
þess eyðis undglóða;‘of that destroyer of wound-embers; ’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
wound-embers; → SWORDS
that destroyer of SWORDS → WARRIOR = Vagn
notes
[7] eyðis undglóða ‘destroyer of the wound-embers [SWORDS > WARRIOR]’: (a) The reading und ‘wound’ is preferred here, as in Skj B. It is preserved in 53, 54 and Bb, representing two classes within the ÓT stemma, and produces an acceptable sword-kenning (cf. Meissner 159-60 for parallels) which forms the determinant of a tvíkent warrior-kenning and reinforces the theme of battle. (b) The 61 reading unn ‘wave’ is also possible. It produces eyðis unnglóða ‘destroyer of wave-embers [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’ and is well paralleled (Meissner 229-37); it is adopted in Skald and Ólafur Halldórsson (2000).
glóða ‘embers’
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glóð (noun f.): ember < undglóð (noun f.)
kennings
þess eyðis undglóða;‘of that destroyer of wound-embers; ’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
wound-embers; → SWORDS
that destroyer of SWORDS → WARRIOR = Vagn
notes
[7] eyðis undglóða ‘destroyer of the wound-embers [SWORDS > WARRIOR]’: (a) The reading und ‘wound’ is preferred here, as in Skj B. It is preserved in 53, 54 and Bb, representing two classes within the ÓT stemma, and produces an acceptable sword-kenning (cf. Meissner 159-60 for parallels) which forms the determinant of a tvíkent warrior-kenning and reinforces the theme of battle. (b) The 61 reading unn ‘wave’ is also possible. It produces eyðis unnglóða ‘destroyer of wave-embers [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’ and is well paralleled (Meissner 229-37); it is adopted in Skald and Ólafur Halldórsson (2000).
glóða ‘embers’
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glóð (noun f.): ember < undglóð (noun f.)
kennings
þess eyðis undglóða;‘of that destroyer of wound-embers; ’
= WARRIOR = Vagn
wound-embers; → SWORDS
that destroyer of SWORDS → WARRIOR = Vagn
notes
[7] eyðis undglóða ‘destroyer of the wound-embers [SWORDS > WARRIOR]’: (a) The reading und ‘wound’ is preferred here, as in Skj B. It is preserved in 53, 54 and Bb, representing two classes within the ÓT stemma, and produces an acceptable sword-kenning (cf. Meissner 159-60 for parallels) which forms the determinant of a tvíkent warrior-kenning and reinforces the theme of battle. (b) The 61 reading unn ‘wave’ is also possible. It produces eyðis unnglóða ‘destroyer of wave-embers [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’ and is well paralleled (Meissner 229-37); it is adopted in Skald and Ólafur Halldórsson (2000).
skip ‘the ship’
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skip (noun n.; °-s; -): ship
hrjóða ‘to clear’
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1. hrjóða (verb): clear, destroy
notes
[5, 8] réð þó hrjóða ‘managed nevertheless to clear’: The full sense ‘managed’ for réð is appropriate in context here, but the verb could alternatively be taken as a pleonastic auxiliary, as in st. 10/1.
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After he has dealt with Búi Vésetason’s ship, Eiríkr jarl lays his ship alongside Vagn Ákason’s. Vagn counters Eiríkr’s attack with supreme valour and kills many men but is eventually overcome. The ship is cleared and Vagn is captured and taken ashore with thirty others.
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