ÞSjár Frag 1III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Þórðr Særeksson (Sjáreksson), Fragments 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 476.
lét ‘’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
fyr ‘’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
[1] fyr Siggju: ‘ec siglo’ Tˣ, fyr sygju U
notes
[1] Siggju ‘Siggjo’: A mountain on the island of Bømlo, Sunnhordland, on the western coast of Norway.
sólborðs ‘of the ship-plank’
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sólborð (noun n.): [ship-plank]
[2] sólborðs: ‘solb[…]z’ W
kennings
Goti sólborðs‘The Goti of the ship-plank ’
= SHIP
The Goti of the ship-plank → SHIP
notes
[2] sólborðs ‘of the ship-plank’: Lit. ‘of the sun-board’. The meaning of this word is unclear (see SnE 1998, II, 398). Falk (1912, 19, 54) and Fritzner: sólborð list it as synonymous with sólbyrðingr ‘sun-board’, apparently a row of planks above the railing of the ship (to measure the height of the sun?). Lúðvík Kristjánsson (1982, 153-4) believed it to be a strake just above the surface of a ship floating without a cargo, or the second, third, or fourth plank from the top in the side of a ship.
Goti ‘The Goti’
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Goti (noun m.; °-a; -ar/-nar): person (or horse) from Gotland
kennings
Goti sólborðs‘The Goti of the ship-plank ’
= SHIP
The Goti of the ship-plank → SHIP
notes
[2] Goti ‘the Goti <horse>’: The horse that belonged to Gunnarr Gjúkason (see Anon Kálfv 4/7). See also l. 5 below.
norðan ‘north’
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norðan (adv.): from the north
[2] norðan: so W, U, A, papp10ˣ, 2368ˣ, 743ˣ, ‘noþan’ R, norðra Tˣ
gustr ‘the wind-gust’
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gustr (noun m.): gust
skaut ‘pushed’
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skjóta (verb): shoot
Gylfa ‘of Gylfi’s’
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Gylfi (noun m.): Gylfi
kennings
Glaumi rastar Gylfa‘the Glaumr of Gylfi’s path ’
= SHIP
Gylfi’s path → SEA
the Glaumr of the SEA → SHIP
Gylfa ‘of Gylfi’s’
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Gylfi (noun m.): Gylfi
kennings
Glaumi rastar Gylfa‘the Glaumr of Gylfi’s path ’
= SHIP
Gylfi’s path → SEA
the Glaumr of the SEA → SHIP
rastar ‘path’
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1. rǫst (noun f.; °rastar; rastir): (a measure of distance)
[3] rastar: rastir A
kennings
Glaumi rastar Gylfa‘the Glaumr of Gylfi’s path ’
= SHIP
Gylfi’s path → SEA
the Glaumr of the SEA → SHIP
rastar ‘path’
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1. rǫst (noun f.; °rastar; rastir): (a measure of distance)
[3] rastar: rastir A
kennings
Glaumi rastar Gylfa‘the Glaumr of Gylfi’s path ’
= SHIP
Gylfi’s path → SEA
the Glaumr of the SEA → SHIP
Glaumi ‘the Glaumr’
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2. Glaumr (noun m.): Glaumr
kennings
Glaumi rastar Gylfa‘the Glaumr of Gylfi’s path ’
= SHIP
Gylfi’s path → SEA
the Glaumr of the SEA → SHIP
notes
[4] Glaumi ‘the Glaumr <horse>’: Glaumr was Atli Buðlason’s horse (see Anon Kálfv 4/3).
suðr ‘south’
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2. suðr (adv.): south, in the south
notes
[4] Aumar (f. acc. pl.) ‘Eime’: An island with smaller surrounding islands northeast of Kvitsøy in Rogaland, on the western coast of Norway.
En ‘And’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
slóð ‘track’
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slóð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): path, track < slóðgoti (noun m.)
kennings
sæðings slóð-Goti‘seagull’s track-Goti’
= SHIP
the seagull’s track → SEA
the Goti of the SEA → SHIP
slóð ‘track’
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slóð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): path, track < slóðgoti (noun m.)
kennings
sæðings slóð-Goti‘seagull’s track-Goti’
= SHIP
the seagull’s track → SEA
the Goti of the SEA → SHIP
Goti ‘the Goti’
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Goti (noun m.; °-a; -ar/-nar): person (or horse) from Gotland < slóðgoti (noun m.)
kennings
sæðings slóð-Goti‘seagull’s track-Goti’
= SHIP
the seagull’s track → SEA
the Goti of the SEA → SHIP
kennings
sæðings slóð-Goti‘seagull’s track-Goti’
= SHIP
the seagull’s track → SEA
the Goti of the SEA → SHIP
kennings
sæðings slóð-Goti‘seagull’s track-Goti’
= SHIP
the seagull’s track → SEA
the Goti of the SEA → SHIP
fyr ‘behind’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
bæði ‘both’
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báðir (pron.; °gen. beggja (báðra), nom./acc. n. bǽði): both
hestr ‘the horse’
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hestr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): horse, stallion
kennings
hestr lauks‘the horse of the mast ’
= SHIP
the horse of the mast → SHIP
óð ‘advanced’
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vaða (verb): advance, wade
lauks ‘of the mast’
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laukr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): leek, mast
[7] lauks: so all others, ‘lavgs’ R
kennings
hestr lauks‘the horse of the mast ’
= SHIP
the horse of the mast → SHIP
fyr ‘past’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
Lista ‘Lista’
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Listi (noun m.): [Lista]
notes
[7] Lista: The southern-most tip of Norway.
lagði ‘put’
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leggja (verb): put, lay
Kǫrmt ‘Karmøy’
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Kǫrmt (noun f.): [Karmøy]
notes
[8] Kǫrmt ‘Karmøy’: An island south of Haugesund in Sunnhordland.
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
Agðir ‘Agder’
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Agðir (noun f.): [as Agder, Agder]
notes
[8] Agðir ‘Agder’: The districts of Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder in southern Norway west and east of Lista (see Note to l. 7 above), here most likely modern Vest-Agder.
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Sveggja lét fyr Siggju |
The Goti <horse> of the ship-plank [SHIP] rocked north of Siggjo; the wind-gust pushed the Glaumr <horse> of Gylfi’s <sea-king’s> path [SEA > SHIP] south past Eime. And the Goti <horse> of the seagull’s track [(lit. ‘seagull’s track-Goti’) SEA > SHIP] then put both Karmøy and Agder behind the stern; the horse of the mast [SHIP] advanced past Lista.
The stanza illustrates various kennings for ‘ship’ (SnE 1998, I, 75): Hér er skip kallat sólborðs hestr ok sær Gylfa land, sæðings slóð særinn ok hestr skipit ok enn lauks hestr ‘Here a ship is called the ship-plank’s horse and the sea Gylfi’s land, the sea the seagull’s track and a ship a horse, and, again, the mast’s horse’ (closely similar in LaufE).
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