ÞGísl Búdr 2I
Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Þorkell Gíslason, Búadrápa 2’ 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. 944.
notes
[1, 3] hregg knúði ‘the storm pelted’: The pl. knúðu (so 54, Bb) is also possible if hregg n. ‘storm’ is taken as nom. pl. rather than nom. sg. (cf. Note to l. 1 hvasst).
hvasst ‘sharply’
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hvass (adj.; °-an; -ari, -astr): keen, sharp
[1] hvasst: so 54, Bb, ‘huast(r)’(?) 61
notes
[1] hvasst ‘sharply’: This is taken here as an adv. (as it must be in the 54, Bb text), but it could equally well be an adj. qualifying hregg ‘storm’, as assumed by Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) and Ólafur Halldórsson (2000, 76), in which case hregg could only be sg. (cf. Note to ll. 1, 3).
harða ‘very’
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harða (adv.): very
kennings
marir barða‘stallions of the stems ’
= SHIPS
stallions of the stems → SHIPS
barða ‘of the stems’
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barð (noun n.): prow, stern (of a ship)
kennings
marir barða‘stallions of the stems ’
= SHIPS
stallions of the stems → SHIPS
notes
[1, 3] hregg knúði ‘the storm pelted’: The pl. knúðu (so 54, Bb) is also possible if hregg n. ‘storm’ is taken as nom. pl. rather than nom. sg. (cf. Note to l. 1 hvasst).
hefils ‘of the clew-line’
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hefill (noun m.; °; dat. heflum): clew-line
[3] hefils vǫllum: corrected from humrafjǫllum with hefils vellum in margin 61, ‘helfs vaullum’ 54, Bb
kennings
vǫllum hefils.‘the plains of the clew-line. ’
= SEA
the plains of the clew-line. → SEA
vǫllum ‘the plains’
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vǫllr (noun m.; °vallar, dat. velli; vellir acc. vǫllu/velli): plain, field
[3] hefils vǫllum: corrected from humrafjǫllum with hefils vellum in margin 61, ‘helfs vaullum’ 54, Bb
kennings
vǫllum hefils.‘the plains of the clew-line. ’
= SEA
the plains of the clew-line. → SEA
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
humra ‘of lobsters’
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humarr (noun m.): lobster
kennings
fjǫllum humra;‘the mountains of lobsters; ’
= SEA
the mountains of lobsters; → SEA
fjǫllum ‘the mountains’
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1. fjall (noun n.): mountain
kennings
fjǫllum humra;‘the mountains of lobsters; ’
= SEA
the mountains of lobsters; → SEA
Blô ‘The dark’
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blár (adj.): black
þó ‘washed’
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1. þvá (verb): wash
hrǫnn ‘breaker’
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hrǫnn (noun f.; °; dat. -um): wave
hlýrum ‘prows’
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2. hlýr (noun n.; °-s; -): cheek, bow
hraut ‘dashed’
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1. hrjóta (verb): fling, fly
af ‘off’
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af (prep.): from
brim ‘the surf’
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brim (noun n.): surf < brimdýr (noun n.): surf-animal
kennings
brimdýrum;‘the surf-animals; ’
= SHIPS
the surf-animals; → SHIPS
dýrum ‘animals’
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1. dýr (noun n.; °-s (spec.: dyʀiɴs KonrA 66⁴, etc., cf. Seip 1955 188-189); -): animal < brimdýr (noun n.): surf-animal
kennings
brimdýrum;‘the surf-animals; ’
= SHIPS
the surf-animals; → SHIPS
kili ‘the keel’
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kjǫlr (noun m.; °kjalar, dat. kili; kjǫlir): keel, ship
skaut ‘impelled’
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skjóta (verb): shoot
œst ‘the raging’
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œstr (adj.): raging
alda ‘wave’
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alda (noun f.; °; *-ur): wave
notes
[8] in sviðkalda unnr ‘the singeing-cold billow’: This is to be preferred to the blander sjókalda ‘sea-cold’ (so 54, Bb), which appears to be a lectio facilior.
notes
[8] in sviðkalda unnr ‘the singeing-cold billow’: This is to be preferred to the blander sjókalda ‘sea-cold’ (so 54, Bb), which appears to be a lectio facilior.
svið ‘singeing’
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svið (noun n.; °; -): [singeing] < sviðkaldr (adj.)
[8] svið‑: sjó‑ 54, Bb
notes
[8] in sviðkalda unnr ‘the singeing-cold billow’: This is to be preferred to the blander sjókalda ‘sea-cold’ (so 54, Bb), which appears to be a lectio facilior.
kalda ‘cold’
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kaldr (adj.; °compar. -ari): cold < sviðkaldr (adj.)
notes
[8] in sviðkalda unnr ‘the singeing-cold billow’: This is to be preferred to the blander sjókalda ‘sea-cold’ (so 54, Bb), which appears to be a lectio facilior.
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Hearing of the vows and preparations of the Jómsvíkingar, Eiríkr jarl and his father Hákon jarl call up troops from several regions of western Norway. The Jómsvíkingar sail to Limafjǫrðr (Limfjorden) with a strong following wind.
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