Þstf Stuttdr 4II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Þórarinn stuttfeldr, Stuttfeldardrápa 4’ 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. 476.
Bað ‘bade’
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biðja (verb; °biðr; bað, báðu; beðinn (beiþ- Martin¹ 573, bỏþ- HákEirsp 661, cf. ed. intr. xl)): ask for, order, pray
[1] Bað: so Kˣ, 39, F, E, 42ˣ, Bauð Mork, H, Hr
gramr ‘monarch’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
[1] gramr guma: ‘gra[...]’ Hr; gramr: harðr 42ˣ
gunn ‘The battle’
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gunnr (noun f.): battle < gunnhagr (adj.)
[2] gunnhagr draga: ‘[...]raga’ Hr
hagr ‘-skilled’
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2. hagr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): skilful < gunnhagr (adj.)
[2] gunnhagr draga: ‘[...]raga’ Hr; ‑hagr: ‑harðr E, 42ˣ
draga ‘drag’
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2. draga (verb; °dregr; dró, drógu; dreginn/droget(Hirð NKS 1642 4° 146v²⁹; cf. [$962$])): drag, pull, draw
[2] gunnhagr draga: ‘[...]raga’ Hr
byr ‘of favourable breeze’
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byrr (noun m.; °-jar/-s; -ir, acc. -i/-u(SigrVal 188¹³)): favourable wind < byrvargr (noun m.)
[3] byr‑: ‘by‑’ H
kennings
tvá blásvarta byrvarga‘two blue-black wolves of favourable breeze ’
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two blue-black wolves of favourable breeze → SHIPS
varga ‘wolves’
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vargr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): wolf < byrvargr (noun m.)
kennings
tvá blásvarta byrvarga‘two blue-black wolves of favourable breeze ’
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two blue-black wolves of favourable breeze → SHIPS
á ‘onto’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
bjarg ‘the cliff’
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bjarg (noun n.; °-s; *-): mountain, cliff
blásvarta ‘blue-black’
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blásvartr (adj.): [blue-black]
kennings
tvá blásvarta byrvarga‘two blue-black wolves of favourable breeze ’
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two blue-black wolves of favourable breeze → SHIPS
tvá ‘two’
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tveir (num. cardinal): two
kennings
tvá blásvarta byrvarga‘two blue-black wolves of favourable breeze ’
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two blue-black wolves of favourable breeze → SHIPS
ram ‘the strong ’
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rammr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): mighty < rammdýr (noun n.): [strong animals]
[6] ramdýr þrama: ‘[...]’ Hr, rammdýr þramma 42ˣ
kennings
ramdýr þrama‘the strong animals of ship-railings ’
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the strong animals of ship-railings → SHIPS
dýr ‘animals’
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1. dýr (noun n.; °-s (spec.: dyʀiɴs KonrA 66⁴, etc., cf. Seip 1955 188-189); -): animal < rammdýr (noun n.): [strong animals]
[6] ramdýr þrama: ‘[...]’ Hr, rammdýr þramma 42ˣ
kennings
ramdýr þrama‘the strong animals of ship-railings ’
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the strong animals of ship-railings → SHIPS
þrama ‘of ship-railings’
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þrǫmr (noun m.; °dat. þremi; gen. þrama): rail, rim
[6] ramdýr þrama: ‘[...]’ Hr, rammdýr þramma 42ˣ
kennings
ramdýr þrama‘the strong animals of ship-railings ’
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the strong animals of ship-railings → SHIPS
hellis ‘of the cavern’
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hellir (noun m.; °-s/hells, dat. -i; -ar, acc. -a/-ra): cave
hlið ‘the side-’
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1. hlið (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; -ar): side < hliðdyrr (noun f.)
[8] hlið‑: ‘hið‑’ 39
notes
[8] hliðdyrr (f. or n. acc. pl.) ‘side-door’: Lit. ‘side-doors’. This is a hap. leg. whose translation is uncertain: hlið means ‘side’ or ‘opening’ (see LP: hlið). The first element of the cpd must have been added to provide the internal rhyme (hlið : lið), and the word refers to the mouth of the cavern.
dyrr ‘door’
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1. dyrr (noun f.; °gen. dura/dyra, dat. durum/dyrum): door < hliðdyrr (noun f.)
notes
[8] hliðdyrr (f. or n. acc. pl.) ‘side-door’: Lit. ‘side-doors’. This is a hap. leg. whose translation is uncertain: hlið means ‘side’ or ‘opening’ (see LP: hlið). The first element of the cpd must have been added to provide the internal rhyme (hlið : lið), and the word refers to the mouth of the cavern.
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
lið ‘the company’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
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Sigurðr and his fleet arrived on the island of Formentera and found a troop of Moors who had barricaded themselves with their booty inside an apparently impregnable cave in the side of a crag. Sigurðr commanded his men to bring two smaller boats up on the top of the crag, and then to lower them down in front of the mouth of the cave with some men on board, throwing stones and shouting. While these men were distracting the Moors, he himself advanced up the crag with the rest of his troop and set the cave on fire, killing the heathen by fire and sword.
Sigurðr’s attack on the fortified cave is also mentioned by Theodoricus (MHN 66) and in Fsk (ÍF 29, 316-17), and it is commemorated in Hskv Útkv and Útdr 7-8. — In Mork the st. follows directly upon Hskv Útdr 7-8, which describe the same event, whereas H-Hr and Hkr attribute the st. to Þórarinn.
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