ÞKolb Eirdr 3I
Jayne Carroll (ed.) 2012, ‘Þórðr Kolbeinsson, Eiríksdrápa 3’ 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. 493.
sætti ‘’
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sætta (verb): reconcile, settle
hætti ‘’
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2. hætta (verb): risk
søti ‘’
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sœtr (adj.): sweet
sótti ‘’
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sœkja (verb): seek, attack
Setti ‘directed’
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setja (verb): place, set, establish
[1] Setti: ‘søti’ 39, sótti F, 510, sætti FskBˣ, hætti FskAˣ
jarls ‘’
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jarl (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): poet, earl
sás ‘who’
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sás (conj.): the one who
at ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
notes
[1] atti ‘urged’: In prose, etja e-u ‘to incite sby, make sby fight’ is used especially of horse-fights (CVC: etja). Its use here with a ship-kenning based on stóði ‘stud-horses’ is thus particularly apposite.
al ‘’
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al- ((prefix)): very < alfræðr (adj.): ???
ógn ‘The battle’
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ógn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): terror, battle < ógnfróðr (adj.)ógn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): terror, battle < ógnfróðr (adj.)
[2] ógn‑: al‑ FskAˣ
fræðr ‘’
fróða ‘’
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fróðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): wise < ógnfróðr (adj.)
fróðr ‘wise’
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fróðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): wise < ógnfróðr (adj.)
[2] ‑fróðr: so 39, F, 325VIII 1, J1ˣ, J2ˣ, 61, 54, Bb, FskBˣ, 510, ‑fróða Kˣ, ‑fræðr FskAˣ
á ‘onto’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
lang ‘’
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langr (adj.; °compar. lengri, superl. lengstr): long
stœði ‘’
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standa (verb): stand
kennings
stóði hrefnis‘the stud-horses of the strake ’
= SHIPS
the stud-horses of the strake → SHIPS
notes
[2-3] stóði hrefnis ‘the stud-horses of the strake [SHIPS]’: Stóð n. ‘stud’ is usually collective, but is also used of individual horses (CVC, LP: stóð; cf. Eyv Hál 11/11), hence the kenning may signify the entire fleet, as assumed here, or an individual ship.
hremfnis ‘’
finnz ‘’
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2. finna (verb): find, meet
hér ‘’
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hér (adv.): here
kennings
stóði hrefnis‘the stud-horses of the strake ’
= SHIPS
the stud-horses of the strake → SHIPS
notes
[2-3] stóði hrefnis ‘the stud-horses of the strake [SHIPS]’: Stóð n. ‘stud’ is usually collective, but is also used of individual horses (CVC, LP: stóð; cf. Eyv Hál 11/11), hence the kenning may signify the entire fleet, as assumed here, or an individual ship. — [3] hrefnis ‘of the strake’: This is the only skaldic occurrence of hrefni n. Finnur Jónsson (Hkr 1893-1901, IV) specifies the fifth strake in the ship (and cf. Falk 1912, 52-4, who cites ModIcel. hrefna), though there is no evidence of this in ON (Jesch 2001a, 141).
kennings
stóði hrefnis‘the stud-horses of the strake ’
= SHIPS
the stud-horses of the strake → SHIPS
notes
[2-3] stóði hrefnis ‘the stud-horses of the strake [SHIPS]’: Stóð n. ‘stud’ is usually collective, but is also used of individual horses (CVC, LP: stóð; cf. Eyv Hál 11/11), hence the kenning may signify the entire fleet, as assumed here, or an individual ship. — [3] hrefnis ‘of the strake’: This is the only skaldic occurrence of hrefni n. Finnur Jónsson (Hkr 1893-1901, IV) specifies the fifth strake in the ship (and cf. Falk 1912, 52-4, who cites ModIcel. hrefna), though there is no evidence of this in ON (Jesch 2001a, 141).
harra ‘’
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1. harri (noun m.; °-a): lord
hára ‘’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
hôva ‘high’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
[3] hôva: hára J1ˣ, ‘harra’ 61, 54, Bb
notes
[3] hôva ‘high’: J1ˣ has ‘hara’ and 61ˣ, 54ˣ and Bb have ‘harra’, which could point to the gen. pl. form hára as a variant of háva (see ANG §430 Anm. 3). The resulting phrase hót háva/hára stafna ‘the threat of high stems’ can be construed as the direct object of setti, as tentatively suggested in ÍF 26 (see Note to l. 4 hót below).
rafna ‘’
notes
[3] stafna ‘stems’: This can refer to the raised stems at the prow and/or stern of the ship. Here, where forward motion is depicted, it presumably refers to the prows, or possibly has the extended general sense, ‘ships’ (Jesch 2001a, 145).
hóts ‘’
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2. hót (noun n.; °; -): a bit
hátt ‘’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
notes
[4] hót ‘somewhat’: I.e., by litotes, Eiríkr launches high stems with full force against Sigvaldi (so also ÍF 26; Konráð Gíslason 1892, 67-9). All mss except FskBˣ (and 51ˣ and 302ˣ, the other two copies of NRA51) have hót ‘a bit, a (significant) something’. In ON, this word is found in the dat. or gen. case (hóti, hóts) with adverbial sense (LP: 2. hót; CVC: hót n.), but ModIcel. also retains adverbial hót (usually in the phrase ekki hót ‘not at all, not a bit’), and it is understood adverbially here, qualifying setti at móti ‘directed against’. Skj B and Skald prefer the adverbial gen. hóts (‘hoz’), the reading of FskBˣ, taking hóts hôva stafna ‘very high stems’ together. A further, remote, possibility is to read hót as the word for ‘threat’ (LP: 1. hót; see Note to l. 3 hôva above).
Sig ‘Sig’
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sigr (noun m.; °sigrs/sigrar, dat. sigri; sigrar): victory < Sigvaldi (noun m.): Sigvaldi
[4] Sigvalda: ‘Sigv.’ with abbreviation mark J1ˣ, 510, Sigvaldi Bb
notes
[4] Sigvalda: Sigvaldi Strut-Haraldsson, jarl of Jómsborg, one of the leaders of the Jómsvíkingar at Hjǫrungavágr.
valda ‘valdi’
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1. valdi (noun m.): ruler < Sigvaldi (noun m.): Sigvaldi
[4] Sigvalda: ‘Sigv.’ with abbreviation mark J1ˣ, 510, Sigvaldi Bb
notes
[4] Sigvalda: Sigvaldi Strut-Haraldsson, jarl of Jómsborg, one of the leaders of the Jómsvíkingar at Hjǫrungavágr.
ár ‘’
á ‘’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
móti ‘against’
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móti (prep.): against
Margr ‘Many’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
skap ‘’
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1. skap (noun n.; °-s; *-): mind, fate
skalfr ‘’
skalf ‘trembled’
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1. skjalfa (verb): shake - intrans.
[5] skalf: ‘skalfr’ J1ˣ, skap‑ FskBˣ
hlymr ‘’
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hlymr (noun m.): din
lumr ‘’
hlunnr ‘’
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hlunnr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): roller
hlimr ‘’
hlynr ‘’
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hlynr (noun m.; °-s): maple
hlumr ‘an oar-handle’
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hlummr (noun m.; °; -ar): oar-handle
[5] hlumr: hlymr 39, F, hlunnr 54, Bb, ‘lumr’ FskBˣ, ‘hlimr’ FskAˣ, hlynr 510
notes
[5] hlumr ‘oar-handle’: Hlunnr ‘rollers, launcher’, a common word in skaldic poetry and the reading of 54 and Bb, would be compatible with the focus on launching in the first helmingr, but less so with the second helmingr, where, reading hlumr, the trembling of the oar-handles contrasts with the fearless steadfastness of the warriors who ply them; oar-blades (blǫðum) are also mentioned in l. 8. The word hlumr also occurs in l. 7 of Þór Lv, a jocular stanza with a theme of rowing.
en ‘but’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
hvergi ‘not at all’
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1. hvergi (adv.): nowhere
huggendr ‘the comforters’
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huggandi (noun m.; °; -endr): [comforters]
kennings
huggendr sárgamms,‘the comforters of the wound-vulture, ’
= WARRIORS
the wound-vulture, → RAVEN/EAGLE
the comforters of the RAVEN/EAGLE → WARRIORS
bana ‘death’
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bani (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death, killer
uggðu ‘feared’
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ugga (verb): to fear, suspect
þeirs ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
gætu ‘’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
gôtu ‘’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
[7] gôtu: gætu(?) 54, Bb
notes
[7] gôtu slíta ‘tore’: Lit. ‘managed to tear’, with gôtu (inf. geta ‘get’) as a pleonastic auxiliary.
slíta ‘tore’
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slíta (verb): to tear
notes
[7] gôtu slíta ‘tore’: Lit. ‘managed to tear’, with gôtu (inf. geta ‘get’) as a pleonastic auxiliary.
sár ‘of the wound’
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2. sár (noun n.; °-s; -): wound < sárgammr (noun m.)2. sár (noun n.; °-s; -): wound < sárgarmr (noun m.): wound-dog (wolf)
kennings
huggendr sárgamms,‘the comforters of the wound-vulture, ’
= WARRIORS
the wound-vulture, → RAVEN/EAGLE
the comforters of the RAVEN/EAGLE → WARRIORS
sár ‘of the wound’
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2. sár (noun n.; °-s; -): wound < sárgammr (noun m.)2. sár (noun n.; °-s; -): wound < sárgarmr (noun m.): wound-dog (wolf)
kennings
huggendr sárgamms,‘the comforters of the wound-vulture, ’
= WARRIORS
the wound-vulture, → RAVEN/EAGLE
the comforters of the RAVEN/EAGLE → WARRIORS
garms ‘’
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garmr (noun m.): dog < sárgarmr (noun m.): wound-dog (wolf)
kennings
huggendr sárgamms,‘the comforters of the wound-vulture, ’
= WARRIORS
the wound-vulture, → RAVEN/EAGLE
the comforters of the RAVEN/EAGLE → WARRIORS
kennings
huggendr sárgamms,‘the comforters of the wound-vulture, ’
= WARRIORS
the wound-vulture, → RAVEN/EAGLE
the comforters of the RAVEN/EAGLE → WARRIORS
blǫðum ‘with the blades’
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blað (noun n.; °; *-): blade, leaf
[8] blǫðum: blǫðum apparently corrected from ‘blogum’ 510
ôrum ‘’
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1. ár (noun f.; °-ar, dat. u/-; -ar/-ir(LandslBorg 151b²¹)): oar
ár ‘’
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1. ár (noun f.; °-ar, dat. u/-; -ar/-ir(LandslBorg 151b²¹)): oar
ára ‘of oars’
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1. ár (noun f.; °-ar, dat. u/-; -ar/-ir(LandslBorg 151b²¹)): oar
[8] ára: ár J1ˣ, ôrum J2ˣ
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In Hkr and ÓT, the Jómsvíkingar continue north towards Rogaland, raiding Hákon jarl’s lands. Hákon learns of their progress and sends scouts south into the fjords and north to Eiríkr jarl; (in Hkr only) Eiríkr proceeds south with his army. For Fsk and Jvs, see st. 2.
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