Cookies on our website

We use cookies on this website, mainly to provide a secure browsing experience but also to collect statistics on how the website is used. You can find out more about the cookies we set, the information we store and how we use it on the cookies page.

Continue

skaldic

Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

Menu Search

Anon Liðs 9I

Russell Poole (ed.) 2012, ‘Anonymous Poems, Liðsmannaflokkr 9’ 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. 1027.

Anonymous PoemsLiðsmannaflokkr
8910

Hvern ‘Every’

(not checked:)
2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every

[1] Hvern: hver 20dˣ

Close

sér ‘sees’

(not checked:)
2. sjá (verb): see

Close

horna ‘of drinking horns’

(not checked:)
horn (noun n.; °-s; -): horn

kennings

Hlǫkk horna
‘the Hlǫkk of drinking horns ’
   = WOMAN

the Hlǫkk of drinking horns → WOMAN
Close

Hlǫkk ‘the Hlǫkk’

(not checked:)
2. Hlǫkk (noun f.): Hlǫkk

kennings

Hlǫkk horna
‘the Hlǫkk of drinking horns ’
   = WOMAN

the Hlǫkk of drinking horns → WOMAN
Close

á ‘on’

(not checked:)
3. á (prep.): on, at

Close

Tempsar ‘of the Thames’

(not checked:)
Temps (noun f.): [Thames]

[2] Tempsar: ‘Tempár’ 20dˣ

Close

bakka ‘the bank’

(not checked:)
1. bakki (noun m.; °-a; -ar): bank, slope

Close

skalat ‘must not’

(not checked:)
skulu (verb): shall, should, must

[3] skalat: skal DG8

notes

[3] má Hanga skalat hungra ‘the seagull of Hangi <= Óðinn> [RAVEN/EAGLE] must not go hungry’: is in the acc. case since the verb hungra ‘hunger, go hungry’ is impersonal.

Close

Hanga ‘of Hangi’

(not checked:)
Hangi (noun m.; °-a): Hangi

kennings

má Hanga
‘the seagull of Hangi ’
   = RAVEN/EAGLE

the seagull of Hangi → RAVEN/EAGLE

notes

[3] má Hanga skalat hungra ‘the seagull of Hangi <= Óðinn> [RAVEN/EAGLE] must not go hungry’: is in the acc. case since the verb hungra ‘hunger, go hungry’ is impersonal.

Close

‘the seagull’

(not checked:)
már (noun m.): gull

[3] má: ‘mæy’ DG8

kennings

má Hanga
‘the seagull of Hangi ’
   = RAVEN/EAGLE

the seagull of Hangi → RAVEN/EAGLE

notes

[3] má Hanga skalat hungra ‘the seagull of Hangi <= Óðinn> [RAVEN/EAGLE] must not go hungry’: is in the acc. case since the verb hungra ‘hunger, go hungry’ is impersonal.

Close

hungra ‘go hungry’

(not checked:)
hungra (verb): be hungry

notes

[3] má Hanga skalat hungra ‘the seagull of Hangi <= Óðinn> [RAVEN/EAGLE] must not go hungry’: is in the acc. case since the verb hungra ‘hunger, go hungry’ is impersonal.

Close

hjalm ‘the helmet’

(not checked:)
1. hjalmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): helmet < hjalmskóð (noun n.)

[4] hjalm‑: hræ JÓ, 20dˣ, 873ˣ, 41ˣ

kennings

hjalmskóð
‘the helmet-destroyers ’
   = SWORDS

the helmet-destroyers → SWORDS
Close

skóð ‘destroyers’

(not checked:)
2. skóð (noun n.): harmer, scathe < hjalmskóð (noun n.)

kennings

hjalmskóð
‘the helmet-destroyers ’
   = SWORDS

the helmet-destroyers → SWORDS
Close

roðin ‘reddened’

(not checked:)
rjóða (verb): to redden

[4] roðin: lituð JÓ, 20dˣ, 873ˣ, 41ˣ

Close

blóði ‘with blood’

(not checked:)
blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood

Close

Rýðr ‘redden’

(not checked:)
rjóða (verb): to redden

notes

[All]: In Knýtl, sts 9/1-4 and 8/5-8 form a single stanza.

Close

eigi ‘does not’

(not checked:)
3. eigi (adv.): not

Close

‘That’

(not checked:)
1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

kennings

Sá sveigir gunnborðs,
‘That brandisher of the battle-plank ’
   = WARRIOR

the battle-plank → SHIELD
That brandisher of the SHIELD → WARRIOR
Close

sveigir ‘brandisher’

(not checked:)
sveigir (noun m.): brandisher

kennings

Sá sveigir gunnborðs,
‘That brandisher of the battle-plank ’
   = WARRIOR

the battle-plank → SHIELD
That brandisher of the SHIELD → WARRIOR
Close

sára ‘of wounds’

(not checked:)
2. sár (noun n.; °-s; -): wound

kennings

lauk sára
‘the leek of wounds ’
   = SWORD

the leek of wounds → SWORD
Close

lauk ‘the leek’

(not checked:)
laukr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): leek, mast

kennings

lauk sára
‘the leek of wounds ’
   = SWORD

the leek of wounds → SWORD
Close

í ‘in’

(not checked:)
í (prep.): in, into

Close

hinns ‘who’

(not checked:)
2. er (conj.): who, which, when

notes

[7] Grjótvarar ‘Grjótvǫr [Steinvǫr]’: The (presumed) girlfriend under the protection of her unnamed father or guardian is named as Grjótvǫr, which appears to be ofljóst for Steinvǫr since grjót and steinn both mean ‘stone’ and the name Steinvǫr is attested while Grjótvǫr is not. The ‘stone’ element in the name, emphasised by ofljóst, chimes in with those in sts 6/7-8 and 8/4, but for what rhetorical purpose is unclear. This woman is mentioned nowhere else and may have been no more than the stereotypical ‘girl back home’. In an excerpt from Styrmir’s saga of Óláfr helgi in Flat, Óláfr composes a lausavísa (Ólhelg Lv 4) about the loss of a girlfriend, and there too there is mention of Staðr and a play on the idea of stones.

Close

Grjótvarar ‘Grjótvǫr [Steinvǫr]’

(not checked:)
Grjótvǫr (noun f.): Grjótvǫr

notes

[7] Grjótvarar ‘Grjótvǫr [Steinvǫr]’: The (presumed) girlfriend under the protection of her unnamed father or guardian is named as Grjótvǫr, which appears to be ofljóst for Steinvǫr since grjót and steinn both mean ‘stone’ and the name Steinvǫr is attested while Grjótvǫr is not. The ‘stone’ element in the name, emphasised by ofljóst, chimes in with those in sts 6/7-8 and 8/4, but for what rhetorical purpose is unclear. This woman is mentioned nowhere else and may have been no more than the stereotypical ‘girl back home’. In an excerpt from Styrmir’s saga of Óláfr helgi in Flat, Óláfr composes a lausavísa (Ólhelg Lv 4) about the loss of a girlfriend, and there too there is mention of Staðr and a play on the idea of stones.

Close

gætir ‘watches over’

(not checked:)
2. gæta (verb): look after, care for

notes

[7] Grjótvarar ‘Grjótvǫr [Steinvǫr]’: The (presumed) girlfriend under the protection of her unnamed father or guardian is named as Grjótvǫr, which appears to be ofljóst for Steinvǫr since grjót and steinn both mean ‘stone’ and the name Steinvǫr is attested while Grjótvǫr is not. The ‘stone’ element in the name, emphasised by ofljóst, chimes in with those in sts 6/7-8 and 8/4, but for what rhetorical purpose is unclear. This woman is mentioned nowhere else and may have been no more than the stereotypical ‘girl back home’. In an excerpt from Styrmir’s saga of Óláfr helgi in Flat, Óláfr composes a lausavísa (Ólhelg Lv 4) about the loss of a girlfriend, and there too there is mention of Staðr and a play on the idea of stones.

Close

gunn ‘of the battle’

(not checked:)
gunnr (noun f.): battle < gunnborð (noun n.): battle-board

kennings

Sá sveigir gunnborðs,
‘That brandisher of the battle-plank ’
   = WARRIOR

the battle-plank → SHIELD
That brandisher of the SHIELD → WARRIOR
Close

gunn ‘of the battle’

(not checked:)
gunnr (noun f.): battle < gunnborð (noun n.): battle-board

kennings

Sá sveigir gunnborðs,
‘That brandisher of the battle-plank ’
   = WARRIOR

the battle-plank → SHIELD
That brandisher of the SHIELD → WARRIOR
Close

borðs ‘plank’

(not checked:)
borð (noun n.; °-s; -): side, plank, board; table < gunnborð (noun n.): battle-board

kennings

Sá sveigir gunnborðs,
‘That brandisher of the battle-plank ’
   = WARRIOR

the battle-plank → SHIELD
That brandisher of the SHIELD → WARRIOR
Close

borðs ‘plank’

(not checked:)
borð (noun n.; °-s; -): side, plank, board; table < gunnborð (noun n.): battle-board

kennings

Sá sveigir gunnborðs,
‘That brandisher of the battle-plank ’
   = WARRIOR

the battle-plank → SHIELD
That brandisher of the SHIELD → WARRIOR
Close

Stað ‘of Stad’

(not checked:)
3. Staðr (noun m.): [Stad]

notes

[8] Stað ‘Stad’: This is presumably the peninsula Stad or Stadlandet, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.

Close

norðan ‘the north’

(not checked:)
norðan (adv.): from the north

Close

Interactive view: tap on words in the text for notes and glosses

In the Óláfr sagas, as for st. 1; in Knýtl, as for st. 2.

[5-8]: This is the second occurrence of the refrain-like helmingr (see Note to st. 3/5-8), and this stanza also recapitulates other material used earlier in the flokkr. As explained in the Note to st. 3/5-8, Finnur Jónsson in Skj treats st. 9/5-8 as a variant of 3/5-8, and hence prints only ll. 1-4 of st. 9, except that ll. 7-8 are printed in a note to Skj AI, 221.

Close

Log in

This service is only available to members of the relevant projects, and to purchasers of the skaldic volumes published by Brepols.
This service uses cookies. By logging in you agree to the use of cookies on your browser.

Close

Stanza/chapter/text segment

Use the buttons at the top of the page to navigate between stanzas in a poem.

Information tab

Interactive tab

The text and translation are given here, with buttons to toggle whether the text is shown in the verse order or prose word order. Clicking on indiviudal words gives dictionary links, variant readings, kennings and notes, where relevant.

Full text tab

This is the text of the edition in a similar format to how the edition appears in the printed volumes.

Chapter/text segment

This view is also used for chapters and other text segments. Not all the headings shown are relevant to such sections.