ÞGísl Búdr 9I
Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Þorkell Gíslason, Búadrápa 9’ 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. 949.
Hagl ‘hailstone’
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hagl (noun n.; °-s; dat. *-um): hail
vá ‘weighed’
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1. vega (verb): strike, slay
hvert ‘Each’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
eyri ‘an ounce’
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eyrir (noun m.; °eyris, dat. eyri; aurar): ounce, money, property
hraut ‘spurted’
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1. hrjóta (verb): fling, fly
á ‘onto’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
dreyri ‘gore’
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dreyri (noun m.; °-a): blood
blóð ‘blood’
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blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood
þó ‘washed’
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1. þvá (verb): wash
bens ‘of the wound’
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2. ben (noun n.; °-s; -): wound
[3] bens ôrum: beimsôrum 53, beinsôrum 54, Bb
kennings
ôrum bens.‘the oars of the wound. ’
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the oars of the wound. → SWORDS
ôrum ‘the oars’
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1. ár (noun f.; °-ar, dat. u/-; -ar/-ir(LandslBorg 151b²¹)): oar
[3] bens ôrum: beimsôrum 53, beinsôrum 54, Bb
kennings
ôrum bens.‘the oars of the wound. ’
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the oars of the wound. → SWORDS
ór ‘from’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
notes
[4]: The adverbial phrase is taken with l. 2 in this edn. It could alternatively qualify l. 3 (so Ólafur Halldórsson 2000, 81).
bragna ‘of men’
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bragnar (noun m.): men, warriors
notes
[4]: The adverbial phrase is taken with l. 2 in this edn. It could alternatively qualify l. 3 (so Ólafur Halldórsson 2000, 81).
sôrum ‘the wounds’
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2. sár (noun n.; °-s; -): wound
notes
[4]: The adverbial phrase is taken with l. 2 in this edn. It could alternatively qualify l. 3 (so Ólafur Halldórsson 2000, 81).
fell ‘fell’
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falla (verb): fall
víða ‘widely’
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1. víða (adv.): widely
vé ‘standards’
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2. vé (noun n.; °; -): banner, standard
sá ‘saw’
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2. sjá (verb): see
barðisk ‘fought’
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2. berja (verb; °barði; barðr/bariðr/barinn): fight
sveit ‘the company’
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sveit (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): host, company
snarla ‘boldly’
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1. snarla (adv.): quickly
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
snekkjum ‘the warships’
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snekkja (noun f.; °-u; -ur): warship
notes
[8] snekkjum ‘the warships’: Cf. ÞjóðA Magnfl 2/2, 3II, where a ship referred to as snekkja is also þvítǫgt skip ‘thirty-benched ship’, and Note.
jarla ‘of the jarls’
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jarl (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): poet, earl
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Hákon returns to his ship and urges on his men; a great storm blows up to the disadvantage of the Jómsvíkingar; each hailstone is so large it weighs an ounce.
Bb has numerous corrupt readings.
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