Þham Lv 1II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Þorkell hamarskáld, Lausavísa 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 414-15.
Orð ‘word’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
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[1, 2, 4] frák satt orð verða Agli á munni ‘I heard that a true word was spoken by Egill’: Lit. ‘I heard that a true word was on the lips of Egill’.
notes
[1, 2, 4] frák satt orð verða Agli á munni ‘I heard that a true word was spoken by Egill’: Lit. ‘I heard that a true word was on the lips of Egill’.
notes
[1, 2, 4] frák satt orð verða Agli á munni ‘I heard that a true word was spoken by Egill’: Lit. ‘I heard that a true word was on the lips of Egill’.
verða ‘was spoken’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
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[1, 2, 4] frák satt orð verða Agli á munni ‘I heard that a true word was spoken by Egill’: Lit. ‘I heard that a true word was on the lips of Egill’.
unnar ‘of the wave’s’
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2. unnr (noun f.): wave
kennings
Sól dags unnar,‘Sól of the wave’s daylight, ’
= WOMAN
the wave’s daylight, → GOLD
Sól of the GOLD → WOMAN
notes
[2, 3] Sól dags unnar ‘Sól <goddess> of the wave’s daylight [GOLD > WOMAN]’: For such apostrophes to unknown women, see Note to Hharð Gamv 3/1.
unnar ‘of the wave’s’
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2. unnr (noun f.): wave
kennings
Sól dags unnar,‘Sól of the wave’s daylight, ’
= WOMAN
the wave’s daylight, → GOLD
Sól of the GOLD → WOMAN
notes
[2, 3] Sól dags unnar ‘Sól <goddess> of the wave’s daylight [GOLD > WOMAN]’: For such apostrophes to unknown women, see Note to Hharð Gamv 3/1.
dags ‘daylight’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
kennings
Sól dags unnar,‘Sól of the wave’s daylight, ’
= WOMAN
the wave’s daylight, → GOLD
Sól of the GOLD → WOMAN
notes
[2, 3] Sól dags unnar ‘Sól <goddess> of the wave’s daylight [GOLD > WOMAN]’: For such apostrophes to unknown women, see Note to Hharð Gamv 3/1.
dags ‘daylight’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
kennings
Sól dags unnar,‘Sól of the wave’s daylight, ’
= WOMAN
the wave’s daylight, → GOLD
Sól of the GOLD → WOMAN
notes
[2, 3] Sól dags unnar ‘Sól <goddess> of the wave’s daylight [GOLD > WOMAN]’: For such apostrophes to unknown women, see Note to Hharð Gamv 3/1.
á ‘’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
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[1, 2, 4] frák satt orð verða Agli á munni ‘I heard that a true word was spoken by Egill’: Lit. ‘I heard that a true word was on the lips of Egill’.
munni ‘’
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munnr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): mouth
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[1, 2, 4] frák satt orð verða Agli á munni ‘I heard that a true word was spoken by Egill’: Lit. ‘I heard that a true word was on the lips of Egill’.
Sól ‘Sól’
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2. Sól (noun f.): Sól
kennings
Sól dags unnar,‘Sól of the wave’s daylight, ’
= WOMAN
the wave’s daylight, → GOLD
Sól of the GOLD → WOMAN
notes
[2, 3] Sól dags unnar ‘Sól <goddess> of the wave’s daylight [GOLD > WOMAN]’: For such apostrophes to unknown women, see Note to Hharð Gamv 3/1.
siklings ‘the ruler’s’
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siklingr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, ruler
þræla ‘slaves’
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þræll (noun m.; °þrǽls, dat. þrǽli/þrǽl; þrǽlar): slave, servant
satt ‘that a true’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
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[1, 2, 4] frák satt orð verða Agli á munni ‘I heard that a true word was spoken by Egill’: Lit. ‘I heard that a true word was on the lips of Egill’.
einarðar ‘to be faithful’
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einǫrð (noun f.; °·arðar): sincerity
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[4] latta einarðar ‘reluctant to be faithful’: Latta (m. acc. pl.) ‘reluctant’ is the p. p. of letja ‘make sby reluctant, unwilling’ construed with gen. (einarðar f. gen. sg. of einǫrð ‘honesty, faithfulness’).
latta ‘reluctant’
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[4] latta einarðar ‘reluctant to be faithful’: Latta (m. acc. pl.) ‘reluctant’ is the p. p. of letja ‘make sby reluctant, unwilling’ construed with gen. (einarðar f. gen. sg. of einǫrð ‘honesty, faithfulness’).
Hvern ‘that each’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
þeira ‘of them’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
kvað ‘He said’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
hæra ‘higher’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
hjaldr ‘of the battle-’
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2. hjaldr (noun n.): battle < hjaldrblik (noun n.)
[6] hjaldr‑: ‘havlldr‑’ H, ‘hiol‑’ Hr
kennings
eyðir hjaldrbliks‘the destroyer of the battle-shimmer ’
= WARRIOR
the battle-shimmer → SWORD
the destroyer of the SWORD → WARRIOR
hjaldr ‘of the battle-’
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2. hjaldr (noun n.): battle < hjaldrblik (noun n.)
[6] hjaldr‑: ‘havlldr‑’ H, ‘hiol‑’ Hr
kennings
eyðir hjaldrbliks‘the destroyer of the battle-shimmer ’
= WARRIOR
the battle-shimmer → SWORD
the destroyer of the SWORD → WARRIOR
bliks ‘shimmer’
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blik (noun n.): gleam < hjaldrblik (noun n.)
kennings
eyðir hjaldrbliks‘the destroyer of the battle-shimmer ’
= WARRIOR
the battle-shimmer → SWORD
the destroyer of the SWORD → WARRIOR
bliks ‘shimmer’
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blik (noun n.): gleam < hjaldrblik (noun n.)
kennings
eyðir hjaldrbliks‘the destroyer of the battle-shimmer ’
= WARRIOR
the battle-shimmer → SWORD
the destroyer of the SWORD → WARRIOR
an ‘than’
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2. an (conj.): than
sik ‘himself’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
miklu ‘indeed’
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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large
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[6] miklu ‘indeed’: This intensifying adv. could also modify hæra ‘higher’ (l. 5): kvað hvern þeira makligra at hanga miklu hæra an sik ‘he that said that each of them deserved to hang much higher than himself’ (ll. 5, 6, 8).
beið ‘suffered’
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bíða (verb; °bíðr; beið, biðu; beðit): wait, suffer, experience
[7] beið: bað FskBˣ
ofmikit ‘too great’
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ofmikill (adj.): [too great]
eyðir ‘the destroyer’
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eyðir (noun m.): destroyer
kennings
eyðir hjaldrbliks‘the destroyer of the battle-shimmer ’
= WARRIOR
the battle-shimmer → SWORD
the destroyer of the SWORD → WARRIOR
angr ‘a grief’
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1. angr (noun m.; °angrs, dat. angri/angr): grief
mak ‘deserved’
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mak (noun n.; °; *-): [deserved, grease] < makligr (adj.): deserving
ligra ‘’
[8] ‑ligra: ‑liga 42ˣ, ‑ligri FskBˣ, FskAˣ
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
hanga ‘hang’
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1. hanga (verb): hang
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During the uprising in 1094, Magnús captures the leaders of the conspiracy, Steigar-Þórir Þórðarson and Egill Áskelsson (or Ásláksson), and hangs them both.
For this event, see Þham Magndr 1 above and SteigÞ Kv, Bkrepp Magndr 2-3. Gísl Magnkv 1-8, Anon (Mberf) 2-3. For hanging as humiliation, see Gade 1985.
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