Þblǫnd Sigdr 2III
Vivian Busch (ed.) 2017, ‘Þorvaldr blǫnduskáld, Sigurðardrápa 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 488.
Goll ‘The gold’
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gull (noun n.): gold < gullstríðir (noun m.): gold-harmer, -tormentor
kennings
Gollstríðir‘The gold-harmer ’
= GENEROUS RULER
The gold-harmer → GENEROUS RULER
stríðir ‘harmer’
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stríðir (noun m.): opponent, fighter < gullstríðir (noun m.): gold-harmer, -tormentor
kennings
Gollstríðir‘The gold-harmer ’
= GENEROUS RULER
The gold-harmer → GENEROUS RULER
verpr ‘throws’
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1. verpa (verb): to throw, cast (up)
glóðum ‘embers’
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glóð (noun f.): ember
kennings
glóðum armleggs;‘embers of the arm; ’
= GOLD
embers of the arm; → GOLD
auð ‘wealth’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth
[2] auð konungr rauðan: lacuna B
konungr ‘the king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
[2] auð konungr rauðan: lacuna B
rauðan ‘red’
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rauðr (adj.; °compar. -ari): red
[2] auð konungr rauðan: lacuna B; rauðan: rauðum C
kennings
eyðir óþjóðar‘the destroyer of evildoers ’
= JUST RULER
the destroyer of evildoers → JUST RULER
þjóðar ‘doers’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people < óþjóð (noun f.): evildoer, evil tribe
kennings
eyðir óþjóðar‘the destroyer of evildoers ’
= JUST RULER
the destroyer of evildoers → JUST RULER
bregðr ‘flings ’
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bregða (verb; °bregðr/brigðr; brá, brugðu; brugðinn/brogðinn): pull, jerk, break; change
eyðir ‘the destroyer’
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eyðir (noun m.): destroyer
kennings
eyðir óþjóðar‘the destroyer of evildoers ’
= JUST RULER
the destroyer of evildoers → JUST RULER
arm ‘of the arm’
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1. armr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): arm < armleggr (noun m.): upper arm
[4] arm‑: ‘[…]m‑’ C
kennings
glóðum armleggs;‘embers of the arm; ’
= GOLD
embers of the arm; → GOLD
leggs ‘’
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leggr (noun m.; °-jar, dat. -; -ir): limb < armleggr (noun m.): upper arm
[4] ‑leggs: so W, U, A, C, legs R, Tˣ
kennings
glóðum armleggs;‘embers of the arm; ’
= GOLD
embers of the arm; → GOLD
Grana ‘of Grani’
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Grani (noun m.): Grani
kennings
farmi Grana.‘the load of Grani. ’
= GOLD
the load of Grani. → GOLD
notes
[4] farmi Grana ‘the load of Grani <legendary horse> [GOLD]’: The gold-kenning is derived from the story of the dragon Fáfnir’s treasure being carried by Sigurðr’s horse Grani (see Fáfn end prose, NK 188 and cf. Notes to Anon Bjark 4/6, SnSt Ht 41/4). On Grani, see Note to Anon Kálfv 4/8 (see also Þul Hesta 1/8).
farmi ‘the load’
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farmr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): cargo
kennings
farmi Grana.‘the load of Grani. ’
= GOLD
the load of Grani. → GOLD
notes
[4] farmi Grana ‘the load of Grani <legendary horse> [GOLD]’: The gold-kenning is derived from the story of the dragon Fáfnir’s treasure being carried by Sigurðr’s horse Grani (see Fáfn end prose, NK 188 and cf. Notes to Anon Bjark 4/6, SnSt Ht 41/4). On Grani, see Note to Anon Kálfv 4/8 (see also Þul Hesta 1/8).
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The helmingr is quoted in SnE (Skm) to illustrate how ‘gold’ is used in kennings for ‘man’ (here, gollstríðir ‘gold-harmer’).
Ms. B has a lacuna after the first word of l. 2 (gefr ‘gives’).
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