ÞKolb Eirdr 17I
Jayne Carroll (ed.) 2012, ‘Þórðr Kolbeinsson, Eiríksdrápa 17’ 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. 513.
Óð ‘waded’
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vaða (verb): advance, wade
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
ornu ‘’
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1. ǫrn (noun m.; °arnar, dat. erni; ernir, acc. ǫrnu): eagle
kennings
œrnu hveiti Freka;‘plentiful wheat of Freki; ’
= CORPSES
plentiful wheat of Freki; → CORPSES
mis ‘’
uns ‘’
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2. unz (conj.): until
kennings
sveit íms‘the company of the wolf ’
= WOLVES
the company of the wolf → WOLVES
notes
[2] íms ‘of the wolf’: Another wolf-heiti, apparently meaning ‘dusky one’ (Þul Vargs 1/9III).
sveit ‘the company’
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sveit (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): host, company
kennings
sveit íms‘the company of the wolf ’
= WOLVES
the company of the wolf → WOLVES
Freka ‘of Freki’
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Freki (noun m.): Freki
kennings
œrnu hveiti Freka;‘plentiful wheat of Freki; ’
= CORPSES
plentiful wheat of Freki; → CORPSES
beitu ‘’
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1. beita (noun f.; °-u; -ur): food, meal
heiti ‘’
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heiti (noun n.): name, promise
kennings
œrnu hveiti Freka;‘plentiful wheat of Freki; ’
= CORPSES
plentiful wheat of Freki; → CORPSES
geira ‘’
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geirr (noun m.): spear
kennings
ǫlðra Gera.‘the ales of Geri. ’
= BLOOD
the ales of Geri. → BLOOD
ylðir ‘’
aldra ‘’
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aldr (noun m.; °aldrs, dat. aldri; aldrar): life, age
ǫlðri ‘’
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ǫlðr (noun n.; °-s/-): ale
ǫlðra ‘the ales’
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ǫlðr (noun n.; °-s/-): ale
[3] ǫlðra: so A, B, C, ǫlðri R, ‘aldra’ Tˣ, ‘ylþer’ U
kennings
ǫlðra Gera.‘the ales of Geri. ’
= BLOOD
the ales of Geri. → BLOOD
notes
[3] ǫlðra (gen. pl.) ‘the ales’: This, the reading of A, B and C, is clearly preferable to R’s ǫlðr, as njóta ‘to enjoy’ requires a gen. direct object.
naut ‘enjoyed’
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nýta (verb): enjoy, use
gyldra ‘’
gjǫlfar ‘’
kennings
Stóð Gjalpar‘The stud-horses of Gjǫlp ’
= WOLVES
The stud-horses of Gjǫlp → WOLVES
notes
[4] Gjalpar ‘of Gjǫlp <giantess>’: On Gjǫlp/Gjalp, see Note to Þul Trollkvenna 2/1III.
stóð ‘The stud-horses’
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2. stóð (noun n.; °-s): stud-horse
kennings
Stóð Gjalpar‘The stud-horses of Gjǫlp ’
= WOLVES
The stud-horses of Gjǫlp → WOLVES
notes
[4] stóð ‘the stud-horses’: A grammatically sg. form; see Note to st. 5/2.
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
blóði ‘blood’
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blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood
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This helmingr is cited in SnE (Skm) in a section exemplifying heiti and kennings for ‘wolves’.
In U, the skald is named as Þjóðólfr. — [2, 3] Freka; Gera ‘Freki; Geri’: The wolves of Óðinn (Grí 19), here used as generic heiti referring to the wolves of the battlefield. Both names mean ‘greedy’ (Þul Vargs 1/1, 5III).
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