Þjóð Haustl 8III
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Þjóðólfr ór Hvini, Haustlǫng 8’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 443.
Fló ‘flew’
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fljúga (verb): fly
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
notes
[1] með fróðgum tívi ‘with the wise god’: Another ironic reference to Loki (cf. st. 6/5, 7, 8).
notes
[1] með fróðgum tívi ‘with the wise god’: Another ironic reference to Loki (cf. st. 6/5, 7, 8).
notes
[1] með fróðgum tívi ‘with the wise god’: Another ironic reference to Loki (cf. st. 6/5, 7, 8).
fang ‘in its catch’
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fang (noun n.; °-s; *-): grasp, tunic < fangsæll (adj.)
sæll ‘happy’
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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed < fangsæll (adj.)
of ‘over’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
veg ‘distance’
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1. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-; -ar/-ir, gen. -a/-na, acc. -a/-i/-u): way, path, side
langan ‘a long’
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langr (adj.; °compar. lengri, superl. lengstr): long
sveita ‘of blood’
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sveiti (noun m.; °-a): blood
kennings
Nagr sveita‘The bird of blood ’
= RAVEN/EAGLE = Þjazi
The bird of blood → RAVEN/EAGLE = Þjazi
nagr ‘The bird’
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nagr (noun m.): bird
kennings
Nagr sveita‘The bird of blood ’
= RAVEN/EAGLE = Þjazi
The bird of blood → RAVEN/EAGLE = Þjazi
svát ‘so that’
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svát (conj.): so that, so as
slitna ‘torn’
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slitna (verb): tear, break
sundr ‘apart’
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sundr (adv.): (a)sunder
ulfs ‘of the wolf’
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1. ulfr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): wolf
[4] ulfs: so all others, alfs R
kennings
faðir ulfs‘the father of the wolf ’
= Loki
the father of the wolf → Loki
kennings
faðir ulfs‘the father of the wolf ’
= Loki
the father of the wolf → Loki
Þá ‘Then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
varð ‘had’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
kennings
of rúni Þórs‘the confidant of Þórr ’
= Loki
the confidant of Þórr → Loki
of ‘’
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4. of (particle): (before verb)
kennings
of rúni Þórs‘the confidant of Þórr ’
= Loki
the confidant of Þórr → Loki
rúni ‘the confidant’
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rúni (noun m.; °; -ar): confidant
[5] rúni: so all others, runni R
kennings
of rúni Þórs‘the confidant of Þórr ’
= Loki
the confidant of Þórr → Loki
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
Loptr ‘Loptr’
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Loftr (noun m.): [Loptr, loft]
of ‘’
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4. of (particle): (before verb)
sprunginn ‘shattered’
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springa (verb): burst, spring apart
môlu ‘the speech’
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1. mála (noun f.): [speech] < málunautr (noun m.)
kennings
môlunaut* Miðjungs‘the speech-companion of Miðjungr ’
= GIANT = Þjazi
the speech-companion of Miðjungr → GIANT = Þjazi
notes
[7, 8] môlunaut* Miðjungs ‘the speech-companion of Miðjungr <giant> [GIANT > = Þjazi]’: The identity of Miðjungr as the name of a giant is based on the name’s appearance in a þula (Þul Jǫtna I 6/4) and in Ásb Ævkv 5/7VIII (OStór 8), though it appears in another þula as the name for a ram (Þul Hrúts 1/9). Ms. R’s môlunautr mildings ‘the generous man’s speech-companion’ seems an inappropriate kenning for Þjazi, even if it were understood ironically. The mss’ môlunautr (nom.) or môlunauts (gen.) must be emended to the acc. sg. form, as biðja takes the acc. of the person asked for something.
naut* ‘companion’
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nautr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): companion; treasure < málunautr (noun m.)
[7] ‑naut*: nautr R, W, nauts Tˣ
kennings
môlunaut* Miðjungs‘the speech-companion of Miðjungr ’
= GIANT = Þjazi
the speech-companion of Miðjungr → GIANT = Þjazi
notes
[7, 8] môlunaut* Miðjungs ‘the speech-companion of Miðjungr <giant> [GIANT > = Þjazi]’: The identity of Miðjungr as the name of a giant is based on the name’s appearance in a þula (Þul Jǫtna I 6/4) and in Ásb Ævkv 5/7VIII (OStór 8), though it appears in another þula as the name for a ram (Þul Hrúts 1/9). Ms. R’s môlunautr mildings ‘the generous man’s speech-companion’ seems an inappropriate kenning for Þjazi, even if it were understood ironically. The mss’ môlunautr (nom.) or môlunauts (gen.) must be emended to the acc. sg. form, as biðja takes the acc. of the person asked for something.
hvats ‘as hard’
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hvatr (adj.; °-ari, -an; -astr): keen, brave
mátti ‘as he could’
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mega (verb): may, might
Miðjungs ‘of Miðjungr’
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Miðjungr (noun m.; °; -ar): Miðjungr, giants
[8] Miðjungs: so all others, mildings R
kennings
môlunaut* Miðjungs‘the speech-companion of Miðjungr ’
= GIANT = Þjazi
the speech-companion of Miðjungr → GIANT = Þjazi
notes
[7, 8] môlunaut* Miðjungs ‘the speech-companion of Miðjungr <giant> [GIANT > = Þjazi]’: The identity of Miðjungr as the name of a giant is based on the name’s appearance in a þula (Þul Jǫtna I 6/4) and in Ásb Ævkv 5/7VIII (OStór 8), though it appears in another þula as the name for a ram (Þul Hrúts 1/9). Ms. R’s môlunautr mildings ‘the generous man’s speech-companion’ seems an inappropriate kenning for Þjazi, even if it were understood ironically. The mss’ môlunautr (nom.) or môlunauts (gen.) must be emended to the acc. sg. form, as biðja takes the acc. of the person asked for something.
friðar ‘for quarter’
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friðr (noun m.): peace
[8] friðar: so all others, friðar corrected from ‘friðrr’ in scribal hand R
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The bird of blood [RAVEN/EAGLE = Þjazi] flew happy in its catch over a long distance with the wise god, so that the father of the wolf [= Loki] was about to be torn apart. Then the confidant of Þórr [= Loki] had to beg the speech-companion of Miðjungr <giant> [GIANT = Þjazi] for quarter, as hard as he could; heavy Loptr <= Loki> was shattered.
As for st. 1.
The prose narrative tells (SnE 1998, I, 1) that the eagle flew at a height that caused Loki’s feet to bang against stones, gravel and trees and he felt his arms were being wrenched from his shoulders. At that point, he asked for quarter.
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