ÚlfrU Húsdr 12III
Edith Marold (ed.) 2017, ‘Úlfr Uggason, Húsdrápa 12’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 424.
Þar ‘There’
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þar (adv.): there
notes
[1, 3] þar kømr ô til sævar ‘there the river comes to the sea’: This must be a metaphorical expression for the conclusion of something, such as an activity or a poem, and it also appears in Sveinn Frag ll. 1, 4 and Anon Mhkv 27/5 (see Note there). Clover (1978, 71) regards this as an instance of the recurring metaphor of poetry as a liquid: ‘The poem comes as a wave from the breast, flows through the mouth, and at poem’s end, moves to a consonant image (“the river comes to the sea”)’. Cf. st. 9/2, 4 hróðrmál líða ‘praise-speeches flow’ and the poem-kenning of st. 1/1, 4 l geðfjarðar Hildar hjaldrgegnis ‘the water of the mind-fjord [BREAST] of the promoter of the noise of Hildr <valkyrie> [(lit. ‘noise-promoter of Hildr’) BATTLE > = Óðinn > POEM]’.
kømr ‘comes’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
notes
[1, 3] þar kømr ô til sævar ‘there the river comes to the sea’: This must be a metaphorical expression for the conclusion of something, such as an activity or a poem, and it also appears in Sveinn Frag ll. 1, 4 and Anon Mhkv 27/5 (see Note there). Clover (1978, 71) regards this as an instance of the recurring metaphor of poetry as a liquid: ‘The poem comes as a wave from the breast, flows through the mouth, and at poem’s end, moves to a consonant image (“the river comes to the sea”)’. Cf. st. 9/2, 4 hróðrmál líða ‘praise-speeches flow’ and the poem-kenning of st. 1/1, 4 l geðfjarðar Hildar hjaldrgegnis ‘the water of the mind-fjord [BREAST] of the promoter of the noise of Hildr <valkyrie> [(lit. ‘noise-promoter of Hildr’) BATTLE > = Óðinn > POEM]’.
ô ‘the river’
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1. á (noun f.; °-r; -r/-ir (aor nom. pl. Gul315e 41 repræsenterer if. Suppl4, [$1$] & ed. intr. 32 svag bøjning)): river
[1] ô: ár A
notes
[1, 3] þar kømr ô til sævar ‘there the river comes to the sea’: This must be a metaphorical expression for the conclusion of something, such as an activity or a poem, and it also appears in Sveinn Frag ll. 1, 4 and Anon Mhkv 27/5 (see Note there). Clover (1978, 71) regards this as an instance of the recurring metaphor of poetry as a liquid: ‘The poem comes as a wave from the breast, flows through the mouth, and at poem’s end, moves to a consonant image (“the river comes to the sea”)’. Cf. st. 9/2, 4 hróðrmál líða ‘praise-speeches flow’ and the poem-kenning of st. 1/1, 4 l geðfjarðar Hildar hjaldrgegnis ‘the water of the mind-fjord [BREAST] of the promoter of the noise of Hildr <valkyrie> [(lit. ‘noise-promoter of Hildr’) BATTLE > = Óðinn > POEM]’.
æri ‘to the messenger’
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1. árr (noun m.; °dat. ár; ǽrir/árar, acc. áru): messenger
[1] æri: so U, A, ‘ǫri’ R, ‘o᷎ri’ Tˣ, orri C
kennings
æri sverðregns;‘to the messenger of sword-rain; ’
= WARRIOR
sword-rain; → BATTLE
to the messenger of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
endr ‘once more’
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endr (adv.): formerly, once, again
bark ‘I handed over’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
mærð ‘a praise poem’
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mærð (noun f.): praise
hendi ‘’
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand
ofrak ‘I raise up’
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ofra (verb): raise up, exalt
svá ‘thus’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
notes
[1, 3] þar kømr ô til sævar ‘there the river comes to the sea’: This must be a metaphorical expression for the conclusion of something, such as an activity or a poem, and it also appears in Sveinn Frag ll. 1, 4 and Anon Mhkv 27/5 (see Note there). Clover (1978, 71) regards this as an instance of the recurring metaphor of poetry as a liquid: ‘The poem comes as a wave from the breast, flows through the mouth, and at poem’s end, moves to a consonant image (“the river comes to the sea”)’. Cf. st. 9/2, 4 hróðrmál líða ‘praise-speeches flow’ and the poem-kenning of st. 1/1, 4 l geðfjarðar Hildar hjaldrgegnis ‘the water of the mind-fjord [BREAST] of the promoter of the noise of Hildr <valkyrie> [(lit. ‘noise-promoter of Hildr’) BATTLE > = Óðinn > POEM]’.
sævar ‘the sea’
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sjór (noun m.): sea
notes
[1, 3] þar kømr ô til sævar ‘there the river comes to the sea’: This must be a metaphorical expression for the conclusion of something, such as an activity or a poem, and it also appears in Sveinn Frag ll. 1, 4 and Anon Mhkv 27/5 (see Note there). Clover (1978, 71) regards this as an instance of the recurring metaphor of poetry as a liquid: ‘The poem comes as a wave from the breast, flows through the mouth, and at poem’s end, moves to a consonant image (“the river comes to the sea”)’. Cf. st. 9/2, 4 hróðrmál líða ‘praise-speeches flow’ and the poem-kenning of st. 1/1, 4 l geðfjarðar Hildar hjaldrgegnis ‘the water of the mind-fjord [BREAST] of the promoter of the noise of Hildr <valkyrie> [(lit. ‘noise-promoter of Hildr’) BATTLE > = Óðinn > POEM]’.
sverð ‘of sword’
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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword < sverðregn (noun n.)
kennings
æri sverðregns;‘to the messenger of sword-rain; ’
= WARRIOR
sword-rain; → BATTLE
to the messenger of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
sverð ‘of sword’
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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword < sverðregn (noun n.)
kennings
æri sverðregns;‘to the messenger of sword-rain; ’
= WARRIOR
sword-rain; → BATTLE
to the messenger of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
regns ‘rain’
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regn (noun n.; °-s; -): rain < sverðregn (noun n.)
kennings
æri sverðregns;‘to the messenger of sword-rain; ’
= WARRIOR
sword-rain; → BATTLE
to the messenger of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
regns ‘rain’
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regn (noun n.; °-s; -): rain < sverðregn (noun n.)
kennings
æri sverðregns;‘to the messenger of sword-rain; ’
= WARRIOR
sword-rain; → BATTLE
to the messenger of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
lofi ‘the praise’
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lof (noun n.; °-s; -): praise, leave, permission
þegna ‘of men’
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þegn (noun m.; °dat. -/-i; -ar): thane, man, franklin
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