Þjóð Yt 10I
Edith Marold (ed.) 2012, ‘Þjóðólfr ór Hvini, Ynglingatal 10’ 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. 25.
Fell ‘fell’
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falla (verb): fall
Alrekr ‘Alrekr’
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Álrekr (noun m.): [Alrekr]
notes
[1] Alrekr: The pers. n. Alrīkʀ is attested several times in Swedish runic inscriptions (Peterson 2007, 21), so it is unlikely that the king was named after the Visigoth king Alarich (d. 410), as Nerman (1919, 147-8) assumes. The brothers, kings Alrekr and Eiríkr, are also mentioned by Saxo (Saxo 2005, I, 5, 10, 1-2, pp. 343-4), who reports that the Swedish king Alricus was killed in a duel by an Eiricus disertus ‘the Eloquent’. Eiricus survived and assumed the kingship. This corresponds to Gautreks saga (FSGJ 4, 34), which specifies that Alrekr was killed with a beisl ‘bridle’.
þars ‘where’
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þars (conj.): where
Eireki ‘of Eiríkr’
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Eiríkr (noun m.): Eiríkr
bróður ‘of his brother’
várn ‘’
at ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
bana ‘the slayer’
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bani (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death, killer
yrðu ‘’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
Ok ‘And’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
hnakk ‘of the saddle’
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1. hnakkr (noun m.): [saddle] < hnakkmarr (noun m.)
notes
[5] hnakkmars ‘of the saddle-horse’: The word indicates a riding horse. In ON the word hnakkr meaning ‘saddle’ is not attested (cf. Konráð Gíslason 1881, 220), but it is found in ModIcel. (Sigfús Blöndal 1920-4: hnakkur).
mars ‘horse’
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2. marr (noun m.): horse < hnakkmarr (noun m.)
notes
[5] hnakkmars ‘of the saddle-horse’: The word indicates a riding horse. In ON the word hnakkr meaning ‘saddle’ is not attested (cf. Konráð Gíslason 1881, 220), but it is found in ModIcel. (Sigfús Blöndal 1920-4: hnakkur).
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[6] með hǫfuðfetlum ‘with the bridle’: Lit. ‘with head-straps’. This is the only attestation of the cpd. In this context it must mean the entire bridle, not only the leather straps, since it serves the brothers as a deadly weapon (cf. Hkr 1893-1901, IV). ÍF 26 omits the með attested in Kˣ.
hafit ‘’
hafum ‘’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
hǫfuð ‘the bridle’
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hǫfuð (noun n.; °-s; -): head < hǫfuðfetill (noun m.)
[6] hǫfuð‑: ‘hafum‑’ J2ˣ, hafit‑ R685ˣ
notes
[6] með hǫfuðfetlum ‘with the bridle’: Lit. ‘with head-straps’. This is the only attestation of the cpd. In this context it must mean the entire bridle, not only the leather straps, since it serves the brothers as a deadly weapon (cf. Hkr 1893-1901, IV). ÍF 26 omits the með attested in Kˣ.
fetlum ‘’
notes
[6] með hǫfuðfetlum ‘with the bridle’: Lit. ‘with head-straps’. This is the only attestation of the cpd. In this context it must mean the entire bridle, not only the leather straps, since it serves the brothers as a deadly weapon (cf. Hkr 1893-1901, IV). ÍF 26 omits the með attested in Kˣ.
Dags ‘of Dagr’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
kennings
fríendr Dags‘the kinsmen of Dagr ’
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the kinsmen of Dagr → Swedish kings
frendr ‘’
frændr ‘’
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frændi (noun m.): kinsman, male relative
fríendr ‘the kinsmen’
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frændi (noun m.): kinsman, male relative
[7] fríendr: frændr Kˣ, papp18ˣ, 521ˣ, F, 761aˣ, ‘frendr’ J2ˣ, R685ˣ
kennings
fríendr Dags‘the kinsmen of Dagr ’
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the kinsmen of Dagr → Swedish kings
notes
[7] fríendr ‘the kinsmen’: In the mss, the line Dags frændr has only two syllables, so older forms have been used by eds: fríandr (Konráð Gíslason 1881, 218; Hkr 1893-1901) or fríendr (Skj B and later eds including the present one; see also ANG §422).
drepask ‘killed one another’
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drepa (verb; °drepr; drap, drápu; drepinn): kill, strike
kvôðu ‘said’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
fermat ‘’
Frá ‘has heard’
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1. fregna (verb): hear of < 1. fregna (verb): hear of
[9] Fráat: ‘fermat’ F
at ‘No’
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-at (particle): (neg. suffix) < 1. fregna (verb): hear of
[9] Fráat: ‘fermat’ F
maðr ‘one’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
áðr ‘before’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
eykja ‘riding’
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eykr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -ir, dat. -jum): draught animal
notes
[10] greiði eykja ‘riding gear’: Lit. ‘tack of draught animals’. The J2ˣ reading greiði ‘harnesses’ (cf. New Norw. n. pl. greie ‘gear, tackle’; and cf. Konráð Gíslason 1881, 220) is preferred here as more specialized than gǫrvi ‘equipment’ in Kˣ. Greiði also finds some support in the F reading gerði. On the various older interpretations of greiði eykja, see Konráð Gíslason (1881, 218-19).
greiðr ‘’
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greiðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. greiðastr/greiztr): smooth, easy
gerði ‘’
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gerði (noun n.)
gǫrvi ‘’
greiði ‘gear’
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greiði (noun m.): [gear]
[10] greiði: so J2ˣ, gǫrvi Kˣ, papp18ˣ, 521ˣ, 761aˣ, gerði F, greiðr R685ˣ
notes
[10] greiði eykja ‘riding gear’: Lit. ‘tack of draught animals’. The J2ˣ reading greiði ‘harnesses’ (cf. New Norw. n. pl. greie ‘gear, tackle’; and cf. Konráð Gíslason 1881, 220) is preferred here as more specialized than gǫrvi ‘equipment’ in Kˣ. Greiði also finds some support in the F reading gerði. On the various older interpretations of greiði eykja, see Konráð Gíslason (1881, 218-19).
freyrs ‘’
kennings
afspring Freys‘of an offspring of Freyr ’
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an offspring of Freyr → Swedish king
afspring ‘of an offspring’
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afspringr (noun m.; °-s): offspring
kennings
afspring Freys‘of an offspring of Freyr ’
= Swedish king
an offspring of Freyr → Swedish king
folki ‘’
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folk (noun n.): people
fo[...] ‘’
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
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Alrekr and his brother Eiríkr, sons of Agni, are described as excellent riders who strive to outdo one another. One day the two are found dead from head wounds. Because they have no weapons other than their horses’ bridles, it is assumed that they killed each other with them.
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