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ÞjóðA Magnfl 13^II

Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Magnússflokkr 13’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 80-1.

Þjóðólfr Arnórsson Magnússflokkr

Áðr ‘Before’

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áðr (adv.; °//): before

notes

[1] áðr ‘before’: The status of this innocuous-seeming conj. has consequences for the interpretation of the helmingr. (a) If áðr links this verse with a previous one, the main point is presumably that Magnús, previously depicted ferociously slaying his enemies, now shows magnanimity in sparing their lives, giving them safe conduct (grið). In this case l. 3, depicting their flight, is intercalated (as assumed in the punctuation above and in that of previous eds; Kock’s in Skald is the clearest). (b) Áðr could alternatively link the two clauses within this helmingr: one cl. in l. 3 and the other occupying the rest, so that ‘the jarl’s troop were on the move’ before he grants them safe conduct. Cf. the Prose Context, which enumerates the different outcomes for the Danes: flight, death, or receiving grið. ÍF 28 mentions this possibility, but prefers (a), citing Kuhn’s observation that it is rare in skaldic poetry for a subordinate cl. to be split by the main cl. that it relates to (Kuhn 1929b, 199-200).

svan ‘of the swan’

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svanr (noun m.; °-s; -ir): swan < svanfold (noun f.)

kennings

inn dýri svanfoldar sólrýrandi
‘sun-diminisher of the swan-land’
= GENEROUS MAN
the swan-land → SEA
the sun of the SEA → GOLD
the excellent diminisher of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN

svan ‘of the swan’

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svanr (noun m.; °-s; -ir): swan < svanfold (noun f.)

kennings

inn dýri svanfoldar sólrýrandi
‘sun-diminisher of the swan-land’
= GENEROUS MAN
the swan-land → SEA
the sun of the SEA → GOLD
the excellent diminisher of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN

svan ‘of the swan’

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svanr (noun m.; °-s; -ir): swan < svanfold (noun f.)

kennings

inn dýri svanfoldar sólrýrandi
‘sun-diminisher of the swan-land’
= GENEROUS MAN
the swan-land → SEA
the sun of the SEA → GOLD
the excellent diminisher of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN

foldar ‘land’

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fold (noun f.): land < svanfold (noun f.)

[1] ‑foldar: fjǫlðar 39

kennings

inn dýri svanfoldar sólrýrandi
‘sun-diminisher of the swan-land’
= GENEROUS MAN
the swan-land → SEA
the sun of the SEA → GOLD
the excellent diminisher of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN

foldar ‘land’

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fold (noun f.): land < svanfold (noun f.)

[1] ‑foldar: fjǫlðar 39

kennings

inn dýri svanfoldar sólrýrandi
‘sun-diminisher of the swan-land’
= GENEROUS MAN
the swan-land → SEA
the sun of the SEA → GOLD
the excellent diminisher of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN

foldar ‘land’

(not checked:)
fold (noun f.): land < svanfold (noun f.)

[1] ‑foldar: fjǫlðar 39

kennings

inn dýri svanfoldar sólrýrandi
‘sun-diminisher of the swan-land’
= GENEROUS MAN
the swan-land → SEA
the sun of the SEA → GOLD
the excellent diminisher of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN

seldi ‘granted’

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4. selja (verb): hand over, sell, give

sól ‘of the sun’

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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun < sólrýrandi (noun m.)

kennings

inn dýri svanfoldar sólrýrandi
‘sun-diminisher of the swan-land’
= GENEROUS MAN
the swan-land → SEA
the sun of the SEA → GOLD
the excellent diminisher of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN

sól ‘of the sun’

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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun < sólrýrandi (noun m.)

kennings

inn dýri svanfoldar sólrýrandi
‘sun-diminisher of the swan-land’
= GENEROUS MAN
the swan-land → SEA
the sun of the SEA → GOLD
the excellent diminisher of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN

rýrandi ‘diminisher’

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rýrandi (noun m.): destroyer, diminisher < sólrýrandi (noun m.)

[2] ‑rýrandi inn: ‑stýrandi inn E, ‑stýrandinn J2ˣ, ‑rýrandin Hr

kennings

inn dýri svanfoldar sólrýrandi
‘sun-diminisher of the swan-land’
= GENEROUS MAN
the swan-land → SEA
the sun of the SEA → GOLD
the excellent diminisher of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN

inn ‘the’

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2. inn (art.): the

[2] ‑rýrandi inn: ‑stýrandi inn E, ‑stýrandinn J2ˣ, ‑rýrandin Hr

kennings

inn dýri svanfoldar sólrýrandi
‘sun-diminisher of the swan-land’
= GENEROUS MAN
the swan-land → SEA
the sun of the SEA → GOLD
the excellent diminisher of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN

dýri ‘excellent’

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dýrr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -str/-astr): precious

kennings

inn dýri svanfoldar sólrýrandi
‘sun-diminisher of the swan-land’
= GENEROUS MAN
the swan-land → SEA
the sun of the SEA → GOLD
the excellent diminisher of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN

jarls ‘the jarl’s’

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jarl (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): poet, earl

[3] jarls lá: jarls sá E, jarl sá J2ˣ, jarla Hr

lá ‘were’

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liggja (verb): lie

[3] jarls lá: jarls sá E, jarl sá J2ˣ, jarla Hr

ferð ‘troop’

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ferð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-arMork 196¹²)): host, journey

á ‘on’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

[3] á ferli: ‘at fíellí’ Hr

ferli ‘the move’

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ferill (noun m.; °dat. ferli): route, track

[3] á ferli: ‘at fíellí’ Hr

fjǫrgrið ‘life-truce’

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fjǫrgrið (noun n.): [life-truce]

stǫfum ‘to the staves’

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stafr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): staff, post, stave, stick

[4] stǫfum: stefum 39

kennings

stǫfum hjǫrva;
‘to the staves of swords; ’
= WARRIORS
to the staves of swords; → WARRIORS

hjǫrva ‘of swords’

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hjǫrr (noun m.): sword

kennings

stǫfum hjǫrva;
‘to the staves of swords; ’
= WARRIORS
to the staves of swords; → WARRIORS

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This follows st. 12 without interruption.

Like st. 12, this is lacking from the narrative in H.

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