ÞKolb Eirdr 4I
Jayne Carroll (ed.) 2012, ‘Þórðr Kolbeinsson, Eiríksdrápa 4’ 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. 494.
Enn ‘And’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
gegn ‘opposition’
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2. gegn (prep.): against
at ‘to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
gunni ‘the battle’
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gunnr (noun f.): battle
glæ ‘on the glistening’
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2. glær (adj.): splendid < glæheimr (noun m.)
[2] glæ‑: ‘giæ‑’ 61
heim ‘’
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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world
heims ‘world [sea]’
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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world < glæheimr (noun m.)
[2] ‑heims: ‑heim J1ˣ
skriðu ‘glided’
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skríða (verb): creep, glide
meyjar ‘’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
máva ‘’
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már (noun m.): gull
mævar ‘the slim’
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mjór (adj.; °mjóvan; comp. mjór(r)i/mjár(r)i, superl. -str/mjóvastr): slender
[2] mævar: meyjar J2ˣ, 54, Bb, om. FskBˣ, máva FskAˣ
renndi ‘sped’
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3. renna (verb): let run (weak)
langt ‘a long way’
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langr (adj.; °compar. lengri, superl. lengstr): long
frá ‘’
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frá (prep.): from
landi ‘the coast’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land
leiðangr ‘the fleet’
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leiðangr (noun m.; °leiðangrs, dat. leiðangri; leiðangrar): naval levy
Dana ‘of the Danes’
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Danr (noun m.; °dat. -; -ir): Dane
skeiðum ‘’
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1. skeið (noun f.; °-ar; -r/-ar/-ir): ship
þar ‘’
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þar (adv.): there
þær ‘’
[5] þær: þar 54, Bb
es ‘of which’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
jarl ‘the jarl’
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jarl (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): poet, earl
und ‘under’
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3. und (prep.): under, underneath
ôrum ‘the envoys’
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1. árr (noun m.; °dat. ár; ǽrir/árar, acc. áru): messenger
kennings
ôrum œrins golls‘the envoys of plentiful gold ’
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the envoys of plentiful gold → MEN
orms ‘’
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ormr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): serpent
kennings
ôrum œrins golls‘the envoys of plentiful gold ’
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the envoys of plentiful gold → MEN
golls ‘gold’
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gull (noun n.): gold
kennings
ôrum œrins golls‘the envoys of plentiful gold ’
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the envoys of plentiful gold → MEN
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
Mœri ‘Møre’
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Mœri (noun f.): [møre]
barms ‘of the rim’
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barmr (noun m.; °dat. -i; *-um): rim
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vigg barms‘the steed of the rim ’
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the steed of the rim → SHIP
rak ‘pushed on’
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2. reka (verb): drive, force
notes
[7-8] rak und vǫrmum valkesti ‘pushed on under a warm corpse-pile’: I.e. the ship continues to move but the Danish crew lie dead. There is perhaps a contrast with conventional images, using und followed by the dat., of ships advancing under their commanders (e.g. Eskál Vell 25/3).
víg ‘’
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víg (noun n.; °-s; -): battle
kennings
vigg barms‘the steed of the rim ’
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the steed of the rim → SHIP
und ‘under’
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3. und (prep.): under, underneath
notes
[7-8] rak und vǫrmum valkesti ‘pushed on under a warm corpse-pile’: I.e. the ship continues to move but the Danish crew lie dead. There is perhaps a contrast with conventional images, using und followed by the dat., of ships advancing under their commanders (e.g. Eskál Vell 25/3).
vǫrmu ‘’
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varmr (adj.; °compar. -ari): warm
vǫrgum ‘’
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vargr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): wolf
notes
[7-8] rak und vǫrmum valkesti ‘pushed on under a warm corpse-pile’: I.e. the ship continues to move but the Danish crew lie dead. There is perhaps a contrast with conventional images, using und followed by the dat., of ships advancing under their commanders (e.g. Eskál Vell 25/3).
valkesti ‘corpse-pile’
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valkǫstr (noun m.): corpse-pile
notes
[7-8] rak und vǫrmum valkesti ‘pushed on under a warm corpse-pile’: I.e. the ship continues to move but the Danish crew lie dead. There is perhaps a contrast with conventional images, using und followed by the dat., of ships advancing under their commanders (e.g. Eskál Vell 25/3).
rauð ‘’
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rjóða (verb): to redden
hrauð ‘cleared’
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1. hrjóða (verb): clear, destroy
[8] hrauð: so J1ˣ, 61, 54, Bb, rauð Kˣ, 39, F, J2ˣ
flesta ‘’
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fleiri (adj. comp.; °superl. flestr): more, most
flestar ‘most’
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fleiri (adj. comp.; °superl. flestr): more, most
[8] flestar: flesta 54, Bb
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In Hkr and ÓT, Hákon and Eiríkr sail north with their fleets, and encounter the Jómsvíkingar in Hjǫrungavágr (Liavågen), where the two sides draw up their forces and engage in a fierce battle. In Fsk, the first helmingr immediately follows sts 2-3.
On the sources’ differing arrangement of helmingar into stanzas, see Introduction.
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