ÞjóðA Sex 32II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Sexstefja 32’ 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. 147.
Hár ‘The tall’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
kennings
Hár, hugreifr stjóri hirðar‘The tall, mind-cheerful commander of the retinue ’
= RULER
The tall, mind-cheerful commander of the retinue → RULER
notes
[1] hár ‘tall’: Haraldr was famously tall, but the adj. could alternatively or additionally have the figurative sense ‘towering, outstanding, excellent’.
skyli ‘shall’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
hirðar ‘of the retinue’
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hirð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(FskB 53)): retinue
[1] hirðar: so Tˣ, W, U, hildar R
kennings
Hár, hugreifr stjóri hirðar‘The tall, mind-cheerful commander of the retinue ’
= RULER
The tall, mind-cheerful commander of the retinue → RULER
notes
[1] hirðar ‘of the retinue’: Hildar ‘of battle’, the probable reading of R, would make sense, but only hirðar matches the context.
stjóri ‘commander’
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stjóri (noun m.; °-a; -ar): steerer
kennings
Hár, hugreifr stjóri hirðar‘The tall, mind-cheerful commander of the retinue ’
= RULER
The tall, mind-cheerful commander of the retinue → RULER
hug ‘mind’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage < hugreifr (adj.): glad-hearted
kennings
Hár, hugreifr stjóri hirðar‘The tall, mind-cheerful commander of the retinue ’
= RULER
The tall, mind-cheerful commander of the retinue → RULER
reifr ‘cheerful’
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2. reifr (adj.): happy < hugreifr (adj.): glad-hearted
kennings
Hár, hugreifr stjóri hirðar‘The tall, mind-cheerful commander of the retinue ’
= RULER
The tall, mind-cheerful commander of the retinue → RULER
sonum ‘sons’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
[2] sonum: so Tˣ, W, U, ‘son̄’ R
leifa ‘leave’
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leifa (verb): [leave, had left]
arf ‘legacy’
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arfr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(Frost 215¹²); -ar): inheritance
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
óðal ‘hereditary’
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óðal (noun n.; °-s, dat. óð(a)li/óðrli; óðul, dat. óðlum/óðrlum): (hereditary) property < óðaltorfa (noun f.)
torfu ‘turf’
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torfa (noun f.; °-u; -ur): [turf] < óðaltorfa (noun f.)
ósk ‘wish’
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ósk (noun f.; °-ar; dat. -um): wish, desire
es ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
sína ‘his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
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A sequence of kennings correctly applicable to kings is listed, among them hirðstjóri ‘retinue-commander’, followed by a sequence of illustrations from poetry, of which this is the third.
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