Þhorn Harkv 13I
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Þorbjǫrn hornklofi, Haraldskvæði (Hrafnsmál) 13’ 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. 107.
Annat ‘other things’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
skulu ‘shall’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
þær ‘They’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
eiga ‘have’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
ambáttir ‘ladies-in-waiting’
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ambátt (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir/-ar (ambottor EiðKrA 391²²)): handmaid
Ragnhildar ‘Ragnhildr’s’
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Ragnhildr (noun m.): Ragnhildr
dísir ‘women’
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dís (noun f.; °; -ir): dís, woman
dramblátar ‘haughty’
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dramblátr (adj.; °superl. -astr): [haughty]
at ‘for’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
drykkjumôlum ‘chatter over drink’
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drykkjumál (noun n.; °-s): chatter over drink, breakfast
an ‘than’
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2. an (conj.): than
ér ‘that’
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ér (pron.; °gen. yðvar/yðar, dat./acc. yðr): you
séð ‘you should see’
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2. sjá (verb): see
her ‘war’
kennings
hergaupur,‘war-lynxes ’
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war-lynxes → WOLVES
gopur ‘’
gaupur ‘lynxes’
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gaupa (noun f.; °; -ur): lynx < hergaupa (noun f.)
[5] ‑gaupur: ‘gopur’ Flat
kennings
hergaupur,‘war-lynxes ’
= WOLVES
war-lynxes → WOLVES
es ‘which’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
Haraldr ‘Haraldr’
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Haraldr (noun m.): Haraldr
hafi ‘has’
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hafa (verb): have
sveltar ‘starved’
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2. svelta (verb): starve (weak, trans.)
val ‘of the blood’
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1. valr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ir): corpse, the slain < valdreyri (noun m.)
notes
[7] valdreyra* ‘the blood of the slain’: A minor emendation. Jón Helgason (1968, 18) suggests the possibility of inserting at before this word, on the model of hann svelti menn at mat ‘he starved people of food’. Möbius (1860) reads valdreyrgar ‘slain-bloody’ (i.e. covered with the blood of the slain), qualifying hergaupur ‘war-lynxes’.
dreyrar ‘’
dreyra* ‘of the slain’
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dreyri (noun m.; °-a): blood < valdreyri (noun m.)
[7] ‑dreyra*: ‑dreyrar Flat
notes
[7] valdreyra* ‘the blood of the slain’: A minor emendation. Jón Helgason (1968, 18) suggests the possibility of inserting at before this word, on the model of hann svelti menn at mat ‘he starved people of food’. Möbius (1860) reads valdreyrgar ‘slain-bloody’ (i.e. covered with the blood of the slain), qualifying hergaupur ‘war-lynxes’.
en ‘while’
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4. en (conj.): than
verar ‘men-folk’
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1. verr (noun m.; °[-s; -ar/ir]): man
þeira ‘their’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
bræði ‘feed [the wolves]’
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1. bræða (verb; °-dd-): feed
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The Danish princess Ragnhildr Eiríksdóttir rejects the offer of Haraldr hárfagri’s hand, disdaining to share his love with his reputed thirty wives and concubines. The Danish courtiers begin to mock Haraldr’s messengers, saying that the Danes have no reason to fear the Norwegian king, and that the ravens and eagles of Denmark will starve if they have to wait for Haraldr to fight (i.e. feed them corpses in battle).
The stanza is ascribed in the ms. to Þjóðólfr ór Hvini, but cf. the following stanza, Note to [All].
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