Þhorn Harkv 4I
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Þorbjǫrn hornklofi, Haraldskvæði (Hrafnsmál) 4’ 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. 97.
Hreyfðisk ‘gloated’
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hreyfa (verb): gloat
notes
[1] hreyfðisk ‘gloated’: Although hreyfa can have the sense ‘move, stir’, the same verb describes ravens exulting over carrion in RvHbreiðm Hl 38/7III and Sturl Hrafn 10/5II, and Falk (1928a, 315-17) argues that it is better understood in the sense ‘puffed itself up, showed pride’, which he identifies as the original meaning of the verb; cf. also Harris (1985, 97). Sveinbjörn Egilsson (LP (1860): reifa) earlier read Reifðisk ‘was gladdened’, since the initial <h> is not found in any ms., but the word is consistently spelt with <y>.
inn ‘The’
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2. inn (art.): the
notes
[1] inn hǫsfjaðri ‘the grey-feathered’: As in OE (cf. hasu ‘grey’ and compounds), it is usually the eagle rather then the raven that is described this way. The def. art. is justified by the reference to the raven in st. 1.
hous ‘’
notes
[1] inn hǫsfjaðri ‘the grey-feathered’: As in OE (cf. hasu ‘grey’ and compounds), it is usually the eagle rather then the raven that is described this way. The def. art. is justified by the reference to the raven in st. 1.
fjaðri ‘feathered’
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fjǫðr (noun f.): feather < hǫsfjaðr (adj.)fjǫðr (noun f.): feather
notes
[1] inn hǫsfjaðri ‘the grey-feathered’: As in OE (cf. hasu ‘grey’ and compounds), it is usually the eagle rather then the raven that is described this way. The def. art. is justified by the reference to the raven in st. 1.
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
of ‘’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
hyrnu ‘its bill’
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1. hyrna (noun f.; °-u): [its bill]
þerrði ‘wiped’
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2. þerra (verb): [to dry, wiped]
annar ‘’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
arnar ‘of the eagle’
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1. ǫrn (noun m.; °arnar, dat. erni; ernir, acc. ǫrnu): eagle
[3] arnar: so FskAˣ, 52ˣ, 301ˣ, annar 51ˣ, FskBˣ, 302ˣ
kennings
eiðbróðir arnar‘sworn-brother of the eagle ’
= RAVEN
sworn-brother of the eagle → RAVEN
eið ‘sworn’
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eið (noun n.; °-s; -): ?oath/headland < eiðbróðir (noun m.): °sworn brother, brother by virtue of an oath (of loyalty)
kennings
eiðbróðir arnar‘sworn-brother of the eagle ’
= RAVEN
sworn-brother of the eagle → RAVEN
bróðir ‘brother’
kennings
eiðbróðir arnar‘sworn-brother of the eagle ’
= RAVEN
sworn-brother of the eagle → RAVEN
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
at ‘to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
andsvǫrum ‘an answer’
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andsvar (noun n.; °-s; *-): answer, defence
hugði ‘gave thought’
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2. hyggja (verb): think, consider
Haraldi ‘Haraldr’
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Haraldr (noun m.): Haraldr
vér ‘We’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
fylgðum ‘have followed’
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2. fylgja (verb): follow, accompany
notes
[7] ynglingi ‘king’: The word originally designated a member of the Swedish royal house at Uppsala (from whom Haraldr was descended; see Introduction to Þjóð Yt and Note to Yt 27 [All]). It came to serve as a heiti for a powerful monarch of any dynasty; cf. also Note to Eyv Hák 1/4. The reading ǫðlingi ‘prince’ in the FskA transcripts is also possible, and is preferred by Möbius (1860).
syni ‘son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
Hælf ‘’
ðanar ‘’
danar ‘dan’
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Danr (noun m.; °dat. -; -ir): Dane < Halfdan (noun m.): Hálfdan
[6] ‑danar: so FskBˣ, 52ˣ, ‘‑ðanar’ 51ˣ, 302ˣ, FskAˣ, 301ˣ
ungum ‘the young’
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ungr (adj.): young
eðlingi ‘’
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ǫðlingr (noun m.; °; -ar): prince, ruler
notes
[7] ynglingi ‘king’: The word originally designated a member of the Swedish royal house at Uppsala (from whom Haraldr was descended; see Introduction to Þjóð Yt and Note to Yt 27 [All]). It came to serve as a heiti for a powerful monarch of any dynasty; cf. also Note to Eyv Hák 1/4. The reading ǫðlingi ‘prince’ in the FskA transcripts is also possible, and is preferred by Möbius (1860).
síðan ‘since’
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1. síðr (adj.; °compar. -ari): long, hanging
ór ‘’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
eggi ‘from the egg’
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2. egg (noun n.; °; -, gen. -ja): egg
kvômum ‘we emerged’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
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