Þjóð Haustl 19III
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Þjóðólfr ór Hvini, Haustlǫng 19’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 460.
Ok ‘And’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
harð ‘the hard’
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harðr (adj.; °comp. -ari; superl. -astr): hard, harsh
[1] harðbrotin: so Tˣ, harðbrotinn R, W
herju ‘of the female follower’
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1. herja (noun f.): Herja, female follower
kennings
heimþingaðar herju Vingnis‘of the home-visitor of the female follower of Vingnir ’
= GIANT = Hrungnir
the female follower of Vingnir → GIANTESS
the home-visitor of GIANTESS → GIANT = Hrungnir
notes
[1] herju ‘of the female follower’: Lit. ‘of the female troop member’. Herja is also the name of a valkyrie (see Þul Valkyria 1/3 and Note there).
herju ‘of the female follower’
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1. herja (noun f.): Herja, female follower
kennings
heimþingaðar herju Vingnis‘of the home-visitor of the female follower of Vingnir ’
= GIANT = Hrungnir
the female follower of Vingnir → GIANTESS
the home-visitor of GIANTESS → GIANT = Hrungnir
notes
[1] herju ‘of the female follower’: Lit. ‘of the female troop member’. Herja is also the name of a valkyrie (see Þul Valkyria 1/3 and Note there).
heim ‘of the home’
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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world < heimþinguðr (noun m.)
kennings
heimþingaðar herju Vingnis‘of the home-visitor of the female follower of Vingnir ’
= GIANT = Hrungnir
the female follower of Vingnir → GIANTESS
the home-visitor of GIANTESS → GIANT = Hrungnir
þingaðar ‘visitor’
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þingaðr (noun m.): [visitor] < heimþinguðr (noun m.)
[2] ‑þingaðar: so W, ‘þingoþar’ R, ‘þuingadar’ Tˣ
kennings
heimþingaðar herju Vingnis‘of the home-visitor of the female follower of Vingnir ’
= GIANT = Hrungnir
the female follower of Vingnir → GIANTESS
the home-visitor of GIANTESS → GIANT = Hrungnir
Vingnis ‘of Vingnir’
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Vingnir (noun m.; °-s): Vingnir
kennings
heimþingaðar herju Vingnis‘of the home-visitor of the female follower of Vingnir ’
= GIANT = Hrungnir
the female follower of Vingnir → GIANTESS
the home-visitor of GIANTESS → GIANT = Hrungnir
notes
[2] Vingnis ‘of Vingnir <giant>’: Here and in Þul Jǫtna I 5/8 Vingnir appears to be the name of a giant, but elsewhere it is applied to Þórr (SnE 2005, 54; cf. Vm 51) or his foster-father (SnE 1998, I, 14), probably following a learned geneaology in the Prologue to SnE (SnE 2005, 5), while in yet another context the phrase stjóri Vingnis ‘Vingnir’s guide’ appears in a list of heiti for oxen (Þul Øxna 1/8).
Vingnis ‘of Vingnir’
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Vingnir (noun m.; °-s): Vingnir
kennings
heimþingaðar herju Vingnis‘of the home-visitor of the female follower of Vingnir ’
= GIANT = Hrungnir
the female follower of Vingnir → GIANTESS
the home-visitor of GIANTESS → GIANT = Hrungnir
notes
[2] Vingnis ‘of Vingnir <giant>’: Here and in Þul Jǫtna I 5/8 Vingnir appears to be the name of a giant, but elsewhere it is applied to Þórr (SnE 2005, 54; cf. Vm 51) or his foster-father (SnE 1998, I, 14), probably following a learned geneaology in the Prologue to SnE (SnE 2005, 5), while in yet another context the phrase stjóri Vingnis ‘Vingnir’s guide’ appears in a list of heiti for oxen (Þul Øxna 1/8).
hvein ‘flew whining’
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hvína (verb): whistle, (fly) whining
í ‘into’
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í (prep.): in, into
notes
[3] í mœni hjarna ‘into the roof-ridge of his brain [SKULL]’: The determinant of this unusual kenning is not certain; both R and Tˣ have the meaningless ‘hinka’, while W has ‘hina’. The emendation to hjarna ‘brain’, based on W’s reading and assuming that the scribe failed to copy a superscript ‘ar’ abbreviation in his exemplar, has been adopted by all eds. It is possible, as Marold (1983, 174) has suggested, that W’s ‘hina’ might have stood for hinna, a rare word, meaning a membrane or skin, otherwise used in poetry only in the C14th Anon Pét 4/6VII. The base-word mœnir means the ridge of a roof, and is used here pars pro toto for ‘roof’.
kennings
mœni hjarna,‘the roof-ridge of his brain, ’
= SKULL
the roof-ridge of his brain, → SKULL
notes
[3] í mœni hjarna ‘into the roof-ridge of his brain [SKULL]’: The determinant of this unusual kenning is not certain; both R and Tˣ have the meaningless ‘hinka’, while W has ‘hina’. The emendation to hjarna ‘brain’, based on W’s reading and assuming that the scribe failed to copy a superscript ‘ar’ abbreviation in his exemplar, has been adopted by all eds. It is possible, as Marold (1983, 174) has suggested, that W’s ‘hina’ might have stood for hinna, a rare word, meaning a membrane or skin, otherwise used in poetry only in the C14th Anon Pét 4/6VII. The base-word mœnir means the ridge of a roof, and is used here pars pro toto for ‘roof’.
mœni ‘the roof-ridge’
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mœnir (noun m.; °-s): [roof-ridge, ridge]
kennings
mœni hjarna,‘the roof-ridge of his brain, ’
= SKULL
the roof-ridge of his brain, → SKULL
notes
[3] í mœni hjarna ‘into the roof-ridge of his brain [SKULL]’: The determinant of this unusual kenning is not certain; both R and Tˣ have the meaningless ‘hinka’, while W has ‘hina’. The emendation to hjarna ‘brain’, based on W’s reading and assuming that the scribe failed to copy a superscript ‘ar’ abbreviation in his exemplar, has been adopted by all eds. It is possible, as Marold (1983, 174) has suggested, that W’s ‘hina’ might have stood for hinna, a rare word, meaning a membrane or skin, otherwise used in poetry only in the C14th Anon Pét 4/6VII. The base-word mœnir means the ridge of a roof, and is used here pars pro toto for ‘roof’.
hein ‘whetstone’
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hein (noun f.; °-ar): whetstone
at ‘towards’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
Grundar ‘of Grund’
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Grund (noun f.): Grund
kennings
sveini Grundar‘the boy of Grund ’
= Þórr
the boy of Grund → Þórr
sveini ‘the boy’
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sveinn (noun m.; °sveins; sveinar): boy, servant, attendant
kennings
sveini Grundar‘the boy of Grund ’
= Þórr
the boy of Grund → Þórr
þar ‘there’
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þar (adv.): there
eðr ‘still’
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eðr (adv.): still
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
Óðins ‘of Óðinn’
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Óðinn (noun m.): Óðinn
kennings
burar Óðins,‘of the son of Óðinn, ’
= Þórr
the son of Óðinn, → Þórr
ólaus ‘stuck’
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ólauss (adj.): unwavering, stuck
notes
[6] ólaus ‘stuck’: Lit. ‘un-loose’.
burar ‘of the son’
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burr (noun m.; °; -ir): son
kennings
burar Óðins,‘of the son of Óðinn, ’
= Þórr
the son of Óðinn, → Þórr
hausi ‘the skull’
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hauss (noun m.; °hauss, dat. hausi/haus; hausar): skull
stála ‘of steel weapons’
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1. stál (noun n.; °-s; -): steel, weapon, prow
kennings
vikr stála,‘the pumice of steel weapons, ’
= WHETSTONE
the pumice of steel weapons, → WHETSTONE
kennings
vikr stála,‘the pumice of steel weapons, ’
= WHETSTONE
the pumice of steel weapons, → WHETSTONE
of ‘’
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4. of (particle): (before verb)
stokkin* ‘spattered’
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1. støkkva (verb): (str.) leap, spring; scatter
[7] stokkin*: stokkinn R, Tˣ, stǫkkvi W
stóð ‘stood’
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standa (verb): stand
riða ‘riði’
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1. -riði (noun m.): -rider < Eindriði (noun m.): Eindriði
blóði ‘with the blood’
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blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood
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Ok harðbrotin herju |
And the hard-broken whetstone of the home-visitor of the female follower of Vingnir <giant> [GIANTESS > GIANT = Hrungnir] flew whining towards the boy of Grund <= Jǫrð> [= Þórr] into the roof-ridge of his brain [SKULL], so that the pumice of steel weapons [WHETSTONE], still stuck in the skull of the son of Óðinn [= Þórr], stood there, spattered with the blood of Eindriði <= Þórr>,
As for st. 14.
Stanza 19 describes the moment when a piece of Hrungnir’s whetstone flew through the air and lodged in Þórr’s head, causing him to fall to the ground. The whetstone, which Hrungnir used as a weapon, had shattered in a mid-air collision with Þórr’s hammer, according to Skm (SnE 1998, I, 22). — [5-8]: The second helmingr links syntactically and grammatically with the first helmingr of st. 20, which begins with the conj. áðr ‘until’. The whetstone fragment remains in Þórr’s skull until he is operated on by the sorceress Gróa (see st. 20 and Note to [All] there).
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