ÞKolb Eirdr 7I
Jayne Carroll (ed.) 2012, ‘Þórðr Kolbeinsson, Eiríksdrápa 7’ 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. 499.
Hafði ‘had’
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hafa (verb): have
sér ‘’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
við ‘for’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
særi ‘the wounder’
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særir (noun m.): wounder
kennings
særi auðs‘the wounder of wealth ’
= GENEROUS MAN = Óláfr Tryggvason
the wounder of wealth → GENEROUS MAN = Óláfr Tryggvason
notes
[1, 3] særi auðs ‘the wounder of wealth [GENEROUS MAN = Óláfr Tryggvason]’: According to the Hkr and ÓT context, this refers to Óláfr Tryggvason (though the note in ÍF 26 differs); the Fsk context is less diagnostic.
slíks ‘such’
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2. slíkr (adj.): such
vôn ‘to be expected’
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ván (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): hope, expectation
at ‘of’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
hamun ‘’
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hama (noun m.; masc noun): covering, garment
hônum ‘him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[2] hônum: ‘hamun’ J1ˣ(103v)
auðrs ‘’
kennings
særi auðs‘the wounder of wealth ’
= GENEROUS MAN = Óláfr Tryggvason
the wounder of wealth → GENEROUS MAN = Óláfr Tryggvason
notes
[1, 3] særi auðs ‘the wounder of wealth [GENEROUS MAN = Óláfr Tryggvason]’: According to the Hkr and ÓT context, this refers to Óláfr Tryggvason (though the note in ÍF 26 differs); the Fsk context is less diagnostic.
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
en ‘’
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4. en (conj.): than
enn ‘’
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2. enn (adv.): still, yet, again
an ‘than’
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2. an (conj.): than
[3] an: enn Kˣ(172v), F, J2ˣ(96r), FskBˣ, FskAˣ, en J1ˣ(103v), 61, 53, 54, Flat, er Bb
notes
[3] an ‘than’: The mss give variously enn or en (with the exception of Bb, which has er). Although en could be taken as the conj. ‘but, and’, the sense, with comp. meira ‘more’, requires an, and this normalisation is generally adopted.
upp ‘he’
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upp (adv.): up
of ‘’
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4. of (particle): (before verb)
kvæði ‘declared’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
Eirekr ‘Eiríkr’
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Eiríkr (noun m.): Eiríkr
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
hug ‘mind’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage
meira ‘more’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
Sótti ‘sought’
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sœkja (verb): seek, attack
reið ‘’
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1. ríða (verb): ride
at ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
rôðum ‘counsel’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
rann ‘obstructed’
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2. renna (verb): run (strong)
eigi ‘’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
þar ‘’
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þar (adv.): there
því ‘that’
[6] því: þar Flat
manna ‘person’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
flyndr ‘’
því ‘’
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því (adv.): therefore, because
þrályndi ‘obstinacy’
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1. þrályndi (noun f.): [obstinacy]
[7] þrályndi: ‘því flyndr’ Flat
notes
[7] þrályndi gafsk ‘obstinacy affected’: I.e. the Þrœndir proved obstinate (in swearing allegiance to Óláfr Tryggvason). For gefask in the sense ‘to be experienced as an outcome, to show itself, prove’; see LP: gefa 11. Fekksk ‘was given, was granted’, the reading of Kˣ, J2ˣ and the TGT mss, is also possible, with similar sense: ‘obstinacy was granted to the Þrœndir’, ‘the Þrœndir grew obstinate’. It has less comprehensive support across the ms. groupings, however.
fekksk ‘’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
gafsk ‘affected’
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gefa (verb): give
[7] gafsk: so F, J1ˣ(103v), 61, 53, 54, Bb, Flat, FskBˣ, FskAˣ, fekksk Kˣ(172v), J2ˣ(96r), A, W
notes
[7] þrályndi gafsk ‘obstinacy affected’: I.e. the Þrœndir proved obstinate (in swearing allegiance to Óláfr Tryggvason). For gefask in the sense ‘to be experienced as an outcome, to show itself, prove’; see LP: gefa 11. Fekksk ‘was given, was granted’, the reading of Kˣ, J2ˣ and the TGT mss, is also possible, with similar sense: ‘obstinacy was granted to the Þrœndir’, ‘the Þrœndir grew obstinate’. It has less comprehensive support across the ms. groupings, however.
Þrœndum ‘the Þrœndir’
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Þrœndr (noun m.; °; þrǿndir/þrǿndr): people from Tröndelag
þrœnzkr ‘of Trøndelag [Eiríkr]’
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þrœnzkr (adj.): from Trøndelag
jarl ‘jarl’
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jarl (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): poet, earl
kong ‘’
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kóngr (noun m.): king
gram ‘’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
þrœnzkan ‘’
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þrœnzkr (adj.): from Trøndelag
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For Hkr, where the stanza is cited twice, and ÓT, where the stanza is cited once only, see st. 6; for Fsk, see st. 5. The second helmingr is cited in the A ms. of TGT to illustrate epiteton ‘epithet’ relating to place; here presumably þrœnzkr ‘from Trøndelag’. In the W ms. it illustrates catachresis (inappropriate use of one word for another, particularly in metaphors), probably here the unusual use of rann (l. 6); see Note below.
In Fsk, ll. 1-4 form the second helmingr of a stanza with st. 6/5-8 as the first helmingr; see Introduction.
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