Þstf Lv 3II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Þórarinn stuttfeldr, Lausavísur 3’ 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. 481.
Fullvíða ‘Far and wide’
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fullvíða (adv.): [Far and wide]
hefr ‘has’
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hafa (verb): have
frœðum ‘his poetry’
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2. frœði (noun n.): knowledge
Fjǫruskeifr ‘Fjǫruskeifr (‘Shore-skewed’)’
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fjǫruskeifr (noun m.): Shore-skewed
notes
[2] Fjǫruskeifr ‘(“Shore-skewed”)’: For Árni fjǫruskeifr, see SnE 1848-87, III, 633. The meaning of this nickname cannot be established with certainty (see Finnur Jónsson 1907, 323). Fjara (gen. fjǫru) is the part of the beach left dry at ebb tide, and skeifr means ‘skewed, crooked, lopsided, slanting’. Lind (1920-1, 82) suggests that skeifr could be used in the sense ‘clumsy person’ (cf. New Norw. skeiv), and that fjǫru could refer to Árni’s birth-place or dwelling.
her ‘people’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
veifat ‘dispersed’
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2. veifa (verb): [dispersed]
lystr ‘gleeful’
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lystr (adj.): eager
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
kennings
leiri ara ins gamla.‘the dung of the ancient eagle. ’
= BAD POETRY
the dung of the ancient eagle. → BAD POETRY
notes
[3, 4] leiri ara ins gamla ‘the dung of the ancient eagle [BAD POETRY]’: This refers to the amusing myth about Óðinn who, in the shape of an eagle, brought the mead of poetry from the giants back to the gods in Ásgarðr. When he came over that stronghold and was spitting the mead into containers, Suttungr, the giant who pursued him (also in the shape of an eagle), was so close that Óðinn inadvertedly excreted some of the mead from his rear end, and that became the bad poets’ share of the mead (see SnE 1998, I, 3-5). According to Skáldatal (SnE 1848-87, III, 254, 263, 276, 633), Árni composed a praise poem about Sigurðr jórsalafari, and Þórarinn is thus delivering a scathing insult to Árni’s poetic prowess.
lastsamr ‘eager to blame’
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lastsamr (adj.): [eager to blame]
ara ‘eagle’
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1. ari (noun m.; °-a; -ar): eagle
kennings
leiri ara ins gamla.‘the dung of the ancient eagle. ’
= BAD POETRY
the dung of the ancient eagle. → BAD POETRY
notes
[3, 4] leiri ara ins gamla ‘the dung of the ancient eagle [BAD POETRY]’: This refers to the amusing myth about Óðinn who, in the shape of an eagle, brought the mead of poetry from the giants back to the gods in Ásgarðr. When he came over that stronghold and was spitting the mead into containers, Suttungr, the giant who pursued him (also in the shape of an eagle), was so close that Óðinn inadvertedly excreted some of the mead from his rear end, and that became the bad poets’ share of the mead (see SnE 1998, I, 3-5). According to Skáldatal (SnE 1848-87, III, 254, 263, 276, 633), Árni composed a praise poem about Sigurðr jórsalafari, and Þórarinn is thus delivering a scathing insult to Árni’s poetic prowess.
ins ‘of the’
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2. inn (art.): the
kennings
leiri ara ins gamla.‘the dung of the ancient eagle. ’
= BAD POETRY
the dung of the ancient eagle. → BAD POETRY
notes
[3, 4] leiri ara ins gamla ‘the dung of the ancient eagle [BAD POETRY]’: This refers to the amusing myth about Óðinn who, in the shape of an eagle, brought the mead of poetry from the giants back to the gods in Ásgarðr. When he came over that stronghold and was spitting the mead into containers, Suttungr, the giant who pursued him (also in the shape of an eagle), was so close that Óðinn inadvertedly excreted some of the mead from his rear end, and that became the bad poets’ share of the mead (see SnE 1998, I, 3-5). According to Skáldatal (SnE 1848-87, III, 254, 263, 276, 633), Árni composed a praise poem about Sigurðr jórsalafari, and Þórarinn is thus delivering a scathing insult to Árni’s poetic prowess.
gamla ‘ancient’
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gamall (adj.; °gamlan; compar. & superl. ellri adj.): old
kennings
leiri ara ins gamla.‘the dung of the ancient eagle. ’
= BAD POETRY
the dung of the ancient eagle. → BAD POETRY
notes
[3, 4] leiri ara ins gamla ‘the dung of the ancient eagle [BAD POETRY]’: This refers to the amusing myth about Óðinn who, in the shape of an eagle, brought the mead of poetry from the giants back to the gods in Ásgarðr. When he came over that stronghold and was spitting the mead into containers, Suttungr, the giant who pursued him (also in the shape of an eagle), was so close that Óðinn inadvertedly excreted some of the mead from his rear end, and that became the bad poets’ share of the mead (see SnE 1998, I, 3-5). According to Skáldatal (SnE 1848-87, III, 254, 263, 276, 633), Árni composed a praise poem about Sigurðr jórsalafari, and Þórarinn is thus delivering a scathing insult to Árni’s poetic prowess.
eina ‘one’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
[5] Ok vannt eina krôku: ‘[...]co’ Mork
krôku ‘crow’
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krákr (noun m.; °-s): [crow, Krák(?)]
[5] Ok vannt eina krôku: ‘[...]co’ Mork
orð ‘word-’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word < orðvandr (adj.)
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
notes
[6] á Serklandi ‘in the land of the Saracens’: See Note to Hharð Lv 10/7.
Serklandi ‘the land of the Saracens’
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Serkland (noun n.): shirt-land, land of Saracens, Serkland
notes
[6] á Serklandi ‘in the land of the Saracens’: See Note to Hharð Lv 10/7.
Skeifr ‘Skeifr (‘Skewed’)’
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skeifr (adj.): skewed, aslant
bart ‘you wore’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
Hǫgna ‘Hǫgni’s’
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Hǫgni (noun m.): [Hǫgni, Högni]
kennings
húfu Hǫgna‘Hǫgni’s cap ’
= HELMET
Hǫgni’s cap → HELMET
húfu ‘cap’
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húfa (noun f.; °-u; -ur): [cap]
kennings
húfu Hǫgna‘Hǫgni’s cap ’
= HELMET
Hǫgni’s cap → HELMET
hræddr ‘fearfully’
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1. hræddr (adj.): afraid
notes
[8] hræddr ‘fearfully’: Lit. ‘fearful’.
varliga ‘barely’
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varliga (adv.): barely
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Fullvíða hefr frœðum |
Far and wide Fjǫruskeifr (‘Shore-skewed’) has dispersed his poetry, gleeful, among people, and, eager to blame, he distributed the dung of the ancient eagle [BAD POETRY]. And, word-wary, you barely managed to feed one crow in the land of the Saracens; Skeifr (‘Skewed’), you wore Hǫgni’s <legendary king’s> cap [HELMET] fearfully!
King Sigurðr declares that he never asked Þórarinn to compose a st. about Hákon (see Lv 2 above) and leaves it to Hákon to mete out a suitable punishment for the insult. Hákon stipulates that Þórarinn must compose a st. about Árni.
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