Þorm Lv 11I
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Þormóðr Kolbrúnarskáld, Lausavísur 11’ 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. 825.
Flestr ‘Most people’
fleiri (adj. comp.; °superl. flestr): more, most
[1] Flestr: flest Flat, flestir Tóm
kennings
fasta túna barðs‘with the fire of the homesteads of the prow ’
= GOLD
the homesteads of the prow → SEA
with the fire of the SEA → GOLD
túna ‘of the homesteads’
kennings
fasta túna barðs‘with the fire of the homesteads of the prow ’
= GOLD
the homesteads of the prow → SEA
with the fire of the SEA → GOLD
túna ‘of the homesteads’
kennings
fasta túna barðs‘with the fire of the homesteads of the prow ’
= GOLD
the homesteads of the prow → SEA
with the fire of the SEA → GOLD
ór ‘from’
breiðum ‘the spacious’
breiðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): broad, wide
[3] breiðum: brendum DG8
kennings
fasta túna barðs‘with the fire of the homesteads of the prow ’
= GOLD
the homesteads of the prow → SEA
with the fire of the SEA → GOLD
kennings
fasta túna barðs‘with the fire of the homesteads of the prow ’
= GOLD
the homesteads of the prow → SEA
with the fire of the SEA → GOLD
þjóð ‘of the mighty’
þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people < þjóðkonungr (noun m.): mighty king
notes
[4] þjóðkonungs ‘of the mighty king’: On possible Anglo-Saxon influence on the skalds’ use of this word, see Note to Sigv Nesv 6/4.
notes
[4] þjóðkonungs ‘of the mighty king’: On possible Anglo-Saxon influence on the skalds’ use of this word, see Note to Sigv Nesv 6/4.
garði ‘court’
Eld ‘for the flame’
eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
kennings
eld djúps,‘for the flame of the deep, ’
= GOLD
for the flame of the deep, → GOLD
ungr ‘young’
notes
[6] ungr ‘[while] young’: Remarks on youthfulness are common, even conventional, in skaldic poetry. Þormóðr may in fact have been in his early thirties at this point in his life (cf. Lv 16/5, 7, 8). Emendation to dat. ungum was proposed by Valdimar Ásmundarson (Fbr 1899, 161). This would qualify jǫfri ‘prince’, in reference to Knútr, who was probably younger, as well as providing an extra syllable and allowing þeim es to contract to þeims, as is more usual. However, ungum would be unmetrical.
bregðr ‘terminates’
bregða (verb; °bregðr/brigðr; brá, brugðu; brugðinn/brogðinn): pull, jerk, break; change
[6] bregðr: bregð DG8, bar Tóm
hungri ‘the hunger’
1. hungr (noun m.; °hungrs/-s, dat. hungri, acc. hungr/hung): hunger
djúps ‘of the deep’
kennings
eld djúps,‘for the flame of the deep, ’
= GOLD
for the flame of the deep, → GOLD
notes
[7, 8] berk goll á bôðum greipum ‘I bear gold on both hands’: Bera goll ‘to bear gold’ also occurs, in a very similar context, in Sigv Berv 16/5II.
goll ‘gold’
notes
[7, 8] berk goll á bôðum greipum ‘I bear gold on both hands’: Bera goll ‘to bear gold’ also occurs, in a very similar context, in Sigv Berv 16/5II.
á ‘on’
notes
[7, 8] berk goll á bôðum greipum ‘I bear gold on both hands’: Bera goll ‘to bear gold’ also occurs, in a very similar context, in Sigv Berv 16/5II.
greipum ‘hands’
notes
[7, 8] berk goll á bôðum greipum ‘I bear gold on both hands’: Bera goll ‘to bear gold’ also occurs, in a very similar context, in Sigv Berv 16/5II.
grôðugs ‘of the greedy’
gráðugr (adj.; °gráðugan/gráðgan; superl. gráðugastr/gráðgastr): [greedy, to greedy]
notes
[7, 8] berk goll á bôðum greipum ‘I bear gold on both hands’: Bera goll ‘to bear gold’ also occurs, in a very similar context, in Sigv Berv 16/5II.
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Flestr of sér, hvé fasta |
Most people see how I have both arms finely equipped with the fire of the homesteads of the prow [SEA > GOLD] from the spacious court of the mighty king. [While] young, I have to pay the prince for the flame of the deep [GOLD], who terminates the hunger of the greedy eagle; I bear gold on both hands.
See Context to Lv 10. In all texts but Tóm, King Knútr gives Þormóðr a gold arm-ring in response to the previous stanza, then another as a result of the poet’s further prompting. Then Þormóðr delivers this stanza. In Tóm, Þormóðr recites it after being given a ring. There is no mention of a further gift from the king.
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