Þhorn Gldr 9I
Edith Marold (ed.) 2012, ‘Þorbjǫrn hornklofi, Glymdrápa 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. 90.
Kømr ‘will come’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come < koma (verb): come
at ‘No’
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-at (particle): (neg. suffix) < koma (verb): come
yðr ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
né ‘nor’
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né (conj.): nor
œðri ‘more excellent’
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œðri (adj. comp.): nobler, higher
annarr ‘other’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
konung ‘of royal descent’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king < konungmaðr (noun m.): king
[2] konungmanna: so 761aˣ, konunga Flat
manna ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person < konungmaðr (noun m.): king
[2] konungmanna: so 761aˣ, konunga Flat
notes
[3-4] und gamlan gnapstól sólar ‘under the old jutting seat of the sun [SKY/HEAVEN]’: The description of the sky or heaven as ‘old’ might imply an image of the end of the world , especially since the topos of the ruler being beyond comparison (see Holtsmark 1927, 53-4; Marold 1993c, 103-4) found in this stanza is connected with the end of the world in other skaldic poetry: as long as the world endures, no better ruler will appear. The most closely related passage may be Hfr ErfÓl 27/1-4, while Eyv Hák 20/1-3 expresses incomparability by using a different (pagan) vision of the end of the world.
gjǫfli ‘for generosity’
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gjǫfli (noun f.): generosity, munificence
notes
[3] rœmðr gjǫfli ‘renowned for generosity’: This can be regarded as appealing to the ruler’s generosity, and as such argues for placing the stanza at the end of the poem; see Holtsmark (1927, 53).
rœmðr ‘renowned’
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-rœmðr (adj.): [renowned]
notes
[3] rœmðr gjǫfli ‘renowned for generosity’: This can be regarded as appealing to the ruler’s generosity, and as such argues for placing the stanza at the end of the poem; see Holtsmark (1927, 53).
und ‘under’
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3. und (prep.): under, underneath
notes
[3-4] und gamlan gnapstól sólar ‘under the old jutting seat of the sun [SKY/HEAVEN]’: The description of the sky or heaven as ‘old’ might imply an image of the end of the world , especially since the topos of the ruler being beyond comparison (see Holtsmark 1927, 53-4; Marold 1993c, 103-4) found in this stanza is connected with the end of the world in other skaldic poetry: as long as the world endures, no better ruler will appear. The most closely related passage may be Hfr ErfÓl 27/1-4, while Eyv Hák 20/1-3 expresses incomparability by using a different (pagan) vision of the end of the world.
gamlan ‘the old’
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gamall (adj.; °gamlan; compar. & superl. ellri adj.): old
kennings
gamlan gnapstól sólar.‘the old jutting seat of the sun. ’
= SKY/HEAVEN
the old jutting seat of the sun. → SKY/HEAVEN
notes
[3-4] und gamlan gnapstól sólar ‘under the old jutting seat of the sun [SKY/HEAVEN]’: The description of the sky or heaven as ‘old’ might imply an image of the end of the world , especially since the topos of the ruler being beyond comparison (see Holtsmark 1927, 53-4; Marold 1993c, 103-4) found in this stanza is connected with the end of the world in other skaldic poetry: as long as the world endures, no better ruler will appear. The most closely related passage may be Hfr ErfÓl 27/1-4, while Eyv Hák 20/1-3 expresses incomparability by using a different (pagan) vision of the end of the world.
gnap ‘jutting’
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gnapa (verb): bend forward, tower < gnapstóll (noun m.)
kennings
gamlan gnapstól sólar.‘the old jutting seat of the sun. ’
= SKY/HEAVEN
the old jutting seat of the sun. → SKY/HEAVEN
notes
[3-4] und gamlan gnapstól sólar ‘under the old jutting seat of the sun [SKY/HEAVEN]’: The description of the sky or heaven as ‘old’ might imply an image of the end of the world , especially since the topos of the ruler being beyond comparison (see Holtsmark 1927, 53-4; Marold 1993c, 103-4) found in this stanza is connected with the end of the world in other skaldic poetry: as long as the world endures, no better ruler will appear. The most closely related passage may be Hfr ErfÓl 27/1-4, while Eyv Hák 20/1-3 expresses incomparability by using a different (pagan) vision of the end of the world.
stól ‘seat’
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1. stóll (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): seat, throne < gnapstóll (noun m.)
kennings
gamlan gnapstól sólar.‘the old jutting seat of the sun. ’
= SKY/HEAVEN
the old jutting seat of the sun. → SKY/HEAVEN
notes
[3-4] und gamlan gnapstól sólar ‘under the old jutting seat of the sun [SKY/HEAVEN]’: The description of the sky or heaven as ‘old’ might imply an image of the end of the world , especially since the topos of the ruler being beyond comparison (see Holtsmark 1927, 53-4; Marold 1993c, 103-4) found in this stanza is connected with the end of the world in other skaldic poetry: as long as the world endures, no better ruler will appear. The most closely related passage may be Hfr ErfÓl 27/1-4, while Eyv Hák 20/1-3 expresses incomparability by using a different (pagan) vision of the end of the world.
Haraldr ‘Haraldr’
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Haraldr (noun m.): Haraldr
sóla ‘’
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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun
sólar ‘of the sun’
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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun
[4] sólar: sóla Flat, 761aˣ
kennings
gamlan gnapstól sólar.‘the old jutting seat of the sun. ’
= SKY/HEAVEN
the old jutting seat of the sun. → SKY/HEAVEN
notes
[3-4] und gamlan gnapstól sólar ‘under the old jutting seat of the sun [SKY/HEAVEN]’: The description of the sky or heaven as ‘old’ might imply an image of the end of the world , especially since the topos of the ruler being beyond comparison (see Holtsmark 1927, 53-4; Marold 1993c, 103-4) found in this stanza is connected with the end of the world in other skaldic poetry: as long as the world endures, no better ruler will appear. The most closely related passage may be Hfr ErfÓl 27/1-4, while Eyv Hák 20/1-3 expresses incomparability by using a different (pagan) vision of the end of the world.
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In HarHárf in Flat these four lines comprise the first helmingr of a stanza of which the second helmingr is ll. 1-4 of st. 5. The stanza appears following st. 3; see Context to st. 3.
The content of the stanza, praise addressed directly to the king, differs from that of other stanzas of Gldr. It may be the stef ‘refrain’ of the drápa (Vogt 1930a, 172; Engster 1983, 204; Naumann 1998, 239), or it may be a grand finale as in Skj, Skald and this edn (on this see Holtsmark 1927, 53). Fidjestøl (1982, 191) also considers whether the stanza might properly appear at the beginning and offers Arn Hryn 3II for comparison. This is unlikely, however, because the stanza lacks the typical motifs of introductory stanzas, such as a call for a hearing or an announcement of a poem.
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