ÚlfrU Húsdr 8III
Edith Marold (ed.) 2017, ‘Úlfr Uggason, Húsdrápa 8’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 418.
Kostigr ‘Splendid’
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kostigr (adj.): splendid, virtued
ríðr ‘rides’
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1. ríða (verb): ride
at ‘to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
kesti ‘the pyre’
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kastr (noun n.; °kastrs; -): [pyre, throwing]
kyn ‘of the kin’
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1. kyn (noun n.; °-s; -): kin < kynfróðr (adj.)
kennings
fallinn mǫg kynfróðs hrafnfreistaðar.‘the fallen son of the kin-wise raven-tester. ’
= Baldr
the kin-wise raven-tester. → Óðinn
the fallen son of ÓÐINN → Baldr
notes
[2] kynfróðs ‘kin-wise’: All other adjectival compounds with kyn- ‘heritage, kin’ incorporate that word’s meaning into the cpd; cf. e.g. kynstórr ‘of significant ancestry’, kynfrægr ‘famous on account of one’s ancestry’, kynríkr ‘powerful on account of one’s ancestry’. The adj. kynfróðs applied to Óðinn could refer to his maternal descent from giants from whom he acquired the knowledge of such things as magical chants (see Hávm 140-1). Giants are often introduced as possessing special knowledge or other culturally significant items (Schulz 2004, 61, 79-82). Ms. U differs from the other mss and gives kyngóðr (m. nom. sg.) ‘of good ancestry’, which must refer to Heimdallr (m. nom. sg., l. 4).
kyn ‘of the kin’
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1. kyn (noun n.; °-s; -): kin < kynfróðr (adj.)
kennings
fallinn mǫg kynfróðs hrafnfreistaðar.‘the fallen son of the kin-wise raven-tester. ’
= Baldr
the kin-wise raven-tester. → Óðinn
the fallen son of ÓÐINN → Baldr
notes
[2] kynfróðs ‘kin-wise’: All other adjectival compounds with kyn- ‘heritage, kin’ incorporate that word’s meaning into the cpd; cf. e.g. kynstórr ‘of significant ancestry’, kynfrægr ‘famous on account of one’s ancestry’, kynríkr ‘powerful on account of one’s ancestry’. The adj. kynfróðs applied to Óðinn could refer to his maternal descent from giants from whom he acquired the knowledge of such things as magical chants (see Hávm 140-1). Giants are often introduced as possessing special knowledge or other culturally significant items (Schulz 2004, 61, 79-82). Ms. U differs from the other mss and gives kyngóðr (m. nom. sg.) ‘of good ancestry’, which must refer to Heimdallr (m. nom. sg., l. 4).
fróðs ‘wise’
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fróðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): wise < kynfróðr (adj.)
[2] ‑fróðs: ‑góðr U
kennings
fallinn mǫg kynfróðs hrafnfreistaðar.‘the fallen son of the kin-wise raven-tester. ’
= Baldr
the kin-wise raven-tester. → Óðinn
the fallen son of ÓÐINN → Baldr
notes
[2] kynfróðs ‘kin-wise’: All other adjectival compounds with kyn- ‘heritage, kin’ incorporate that word’s meaning into the cpd; cf. e.g. kynstórr ‘of significant ancestry’, kynfrægr ‘famous on account of one’s ancestry’, kynríkr ‘powerful on account of one’s ancestry’. The adj. kynfróðs applied to Óðinn could refer to his maternal descent from giants from whom he acquired the knowledge of such things as magical chants (see Hávm 140-1). Giants are often introduced as possessing special knowledge or other culturally significant items (Schulz 2004, 61, 79-82). Ms. U differs from the other mss and gives kyngóðr (m. nom. sg.) ‘of good ancestry’, which must refer to Heimdallr (m. nom. sg., l. 4).
fróðs ‘wise’
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fróðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): wise < kynfróðr (adj.)
[2] ‑fróðs: ‑góðr U
kennings
fallinn mǫg kynfróðs hrafnfreistaðar.‘the fallen son of the kin-wise raven-tester. ’
= Baldr
the kin-wise raven-tester. → Óðinn
the fallen son of ÓÐINN → Baldr
notes
[2] kynfróðs ‘kin-wise’: All other adjectival compounds with kyn- ‘heritage, kin’ incorporate that word’s meaning into the cpd; cf. e.g. kynstórr ‘of significant ancestry’, kynfrægr ‘famous on account of one’s ancestry’, kynríkr ‘powerful on account of one’s ancestry’. The adj. kynfróðs applied to Óðinn could refer to his maternal descent from giants from whom he acquired the knowledge of such things as magical chants (see Hávm 140-1). Giants are often introduced as possessing special knowledge or other culturally significant items (Schulz 2004, 61, 79-82). Ms. U differs from the other mss and gives kyngóðr (m. nom. sg.) ‘of good ancestry’, which must refer to Heimdallr (m. nom. sg., l. 4).
þeims ‘which’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
goð ‘the gods’
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goð (noun n.): (pagan) god
hlóðu ‘erected’
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2. hlaða (verb): heap, pile
hrafn ‘raven’
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hrafn (noun m.; °hrafns; dat. hrafni; hrafnar): raven < hrafnfreistuðr (noun m.)
kennings
fallinn mǫg kynfróðs hrafnfreistaðar.‘the fallen son of the kin-wise raven-tester. ’
= Baldr
the kin-wise raven-tester. → Óðinn
the fallen son of ÓÐINN → Baldr
notes
[3] hrafnfreistaðar ‘raven-tester’: On kennings referring to Óðinn as the raven-god, see Meissner 253. According to Gylf (SnE 2005, 32), the two ravens Huginn and Muninn report to Óðinn every morning what they have witnessed on their flights throughout the world. The word might refer to Óðinn as a wise augur (on bird augury, see Pesch 2003, 136-7; ARG I, 428-9; ARG II, 61-3).
hrafn ‘raven’
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hrafn (noun m.; °hrafns; dat. hrafni; hrafnar): raven < hrafnfreistuðr (noun m.)
kennings
fallinn mǫg kynfróðs hrafnfreistaðar.‘the fallen son of the kin-wise raven-tester. ’
= Baldr
the kin-wise raven-tester. → Óðinn
the fallen son of ÓÐINN → Baldr
notes
[3] hrafnfreistaðar ‘raven-tester’: On kennings referring to Óðinn as the raven-god, see Meissner 253. According to Gylf (SnE 2005, 32), the two ravens Huginn and Muninn report to Óðinn every morning what they have witnessed on their flights throughout the world. The word might refer to Óðinn as a wise augur (on bird augury, see Pesch 2003, 136-7; ARG I, 428-9; ARG II, 61-3).
freistaðar ‘tester’
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freistuðr (noun m.): [tester] < hrafnfreistuðr (noun m.)
kennings
fallinn mǫg kynfróðs hrafnfreistaðar.‘the fallen son of the kin-wise raven-tester. ’
= Baldr
the kin-wise raven-tester. → Óðinn
the fallen son of ÓÐINN → Baldr
notes
[3] hrafnfreistaðar ‘raven-tester’: On kennings referring to Óðinn as the raven-god, see Meissner 253. According to Gylf (SnE 2005, 32), the two ravens Huginn and Muninn report to Óðinn every morning what they have witnessed on their flights throughout the world. The word might refer to Óðinn as a wise augur (on bird augury, see Pesch 2003, 136-7; ARG I, 428-9; ARG II, 61-3).
freistaðar ‘tester’
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freistuðr (noun m.): [tester] < hrafnfreistuðr (noun m.)
kennings
fallinn mǫg kynfróðs hrafnfreistaðar.‘the fallen son of the kin-wise raven-tester. ’
= Baldr
the kin-wise raven-tester. → Óðinn
the fallen son of ÓÐINN → Baldr
notes
[3] hrafnfreistaðar ‘raven-tester’: On kennings referring to Óðinn as the raven-god, see Meissner 253. According to Gylf (SnE 2005, 32), the two ravens Huginn and Muninn report to Óðinn every morning what they have witnessed on their flights throughout the world. The word might refer to Óðinn as a wise augur (on bird augury, see Pesch 2003, 136-7; ARG I, 428-9; ARG II, 61-3).
hesti ‘a horse’
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hestr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): horse, stallion
Heimdallr ‘Heimdallr’
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Heimdallr (noun m.): Heimdallr
at ‘for’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
mǫg ‘son’
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mǫgr (noun m.; °; megir, acc. mǫgu): son, boy
kennings
fallinn mǫg kynfróðs hrafnfreistaðar.‘the fallen son of the kin-wise raven-tester. ’
= Baldr
the kin-wise raven-tester. → Óðinn
the fallen son of ÓÐINN → Baldr
fallinn ‘the fallen’
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falla (verb): fall
kennings
fallinn mǫg kynfróðs hrafnfreistaðar.‘the fallen son of the kin-wise raven-tester. ’
= Baldr
the kin-wise raven-tester. → Óðinn
the fallen son of ÓÐINN → Baldr
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