ÞjóðA Sex 24II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Sexstefja 24’ 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, p. 138.
Áræðis ‘valour’
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áræði (noun n.; °-s): courage
naut ‘deployed’
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nýta (verb): enjoy, use
eyðir ‘destroyer’
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eyðir (noun m.): destroyer
kennings
Aldyggr eyðir Selundbyggva‘The most excellent destroyer of Sjælland-dwellers ’
= Haraldr
The most excellent destroyer of Sjælland-dwellers → Haraldr
aldyggr ‘The most excellent’
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aldyggr (adj.): very excellent
kennings
Aldyggr eyðir Selundbyggva‘The most excellent destroyer of Sjælland-dwellers ’
= Haraldr
The most excellent destroyer of Sjælland-dwellers → Haraldr
Selund ‘of Sjælland’
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Selund (noun f.): Sjælland, Zealand < selundbyggvi (noun m.)
[2] Selund‑: sælund Hr
kennings
Aldyggr eyðir Selundbyggva‘The most excellent destroyer of Sjælland-dwellers ’
= Haraldr
The most excellent destroyer of Sjælland-dwellers → Haraldr
byggva ‘dwellers’
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byggvir (noun m.): dweller < selundbyggvi (noun m.)
[2] ‑byggva: so E, J2ˣ, ‘byggia’ Kˣ, 39, F, ‘byggir’ H, Hr
kennings
Aldyggr eyðir Selundbyggva‘The most excellent destroyer of Sjælland-dwellers ’
= Haraldr
The most excellent destroyer of Sjælland-dwellers → Haraldr
hugr ‘courage’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage
notes
[3, 4] hugr manna ‘men’s courage’: So also most eds. It would also be possible to take sigri manna ‘men’s victory’ (ll. 3, 4) together.
ræðr ‘determines’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
hǫlfum ‘half’
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halfr (adj.): half
sigri ‘the victory’
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sigr (noun m.; °sigrs/sigrar, dat. sigri; sigrar): victory
Haraldr ‘Haraldr’
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Haraldr (noun m.): Haraldr
sannar ‘is the proof’
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2. sanna (verb): prove
manna ‘men’s’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
notes
[3, 4] hugr manna ‘men’s courage’: So also most eds. It would also be possible to take sigri manna ‘men’s victory’ (ll. 3, 4) together.
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