ÚlfrU Húsdr 5III
Edith Marold (ed.) 2017, ‘Úlfr Uggason, Húsdrápa 5’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 414.
Þjokk ‘to the heavy’
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2. þykkr (adj.): thick < þjokkvaxinn (adj.)
notes
[1, 2] þjokkvǫxnum þikling ‘to the heavy-set fat one’: All mss have dat. þjokkvǫxnum þikling, but both Skj B and Skald emend to nom. þjokkvaxinn þiklingr, which they take as the subject of kvezk ‘says’ (so ms. U). SnE 1848-87 and SnE 1998 retain the dat., but neither edn comments on the helmingr’s syntactic structure. The R version is acceptable with the small emendation of njóts to njótr with njótr hafra ‘the user of goats’ as the subject of kvað ‘said’ (l. 1). Then the remainder of the helmingr is indirect speech with an acc. with inf. construction introduced by kvað ‘he said’ (kvað þykkja). An overt acc. form is missing because the verb þykkja is impersonal (þykkir e-m ‘it seems to sby’). By incorporating þjokkvǫxnum þikling ‘heavy-set fat one’ into Þórr’s speech, this expression becomes the god’s insult to the giant.
vǫxnum ‘set’
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-vaxinn (adj.): [set] < þjokkvaxinn (adj.)
notes
[1, 2] þjokkvǫxnum þikling ‘to the heavy-set fat one’: All mss have dat. þjokkvǫxnum þikling, but both Skj B and Skald emend to nom. þjokkvaxinn þiklingr, which they take as the subject of kvezk ‘says’ (so ms. U). SnE 1848-87 and SnE 1998 retain the dat., but neither edn comments on the helmingr’s syntactic structure. The R version is acceptable with the small emendation of njóts to njótr with njótr hafra ‘the user of goats’ as the subject of kvað ‘said’ (l. 1). Then the remainder of the helmingr is indirect speech with an acc. with inf. construction introduced by kvað ‘he said’ (kvað þykkja). An overt acc. form is missing because the verb þykkja is impersonal (þykkir e-m ‘it seems to sby’). By incorporating þjokkvǫxnum þikling ‘heavy-set fat one’ into Þórr’s speech, this expression becomes the god’s insult to the giant.
þykkja ‘it seemed’
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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think
notes
[1, 2] þjokkvǫxnum þikling ‘to the heavy-set fat one’: All mss have dat. þjokkvǫxnum þikling, but both Skj B and Skald emend to nom. þjokkvaxinn þiklingr, which they take as the subject of kvezk ‘says’ (so ms. U). SnE 1848-87 and SnE 1998 retain the dat., but neither edn comments on the helmingr’s syntactic structure. The R version is acceptable with the small emendation of njóts to njótr with njótr hafra ‘the user of goats’ as the subject of kvað ‘said’ (l. 1). Then the remainder of the helmingr is indirect speech with an acc. with inf. construction introduced by kvað ‘he said’ (kvað þykkja). An overt acc. form is missing because the verb þykkja is impersonal (þykkir e-m ‘it seems to sby’). By incorporating þjokkvǫxnum þikling ‘heavy-set fat one’ into Þórr’s speech, this expression becomes the god’s insult to the giant.
firin* ‘a very’
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firin- ((prefix)): [a very] < firinmikill (adj.)
[2] firin*‑: ‘firing’ R, ‘faren’ W, fyrir U
mikla ‘great’
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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large < firinmikill (adj.)
[2] ‑mikla: miklum U
hafra ‘of goats’
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hafr (noun m.; °hafrs/-s(SnEU 56¹⁹), dat. hafri; hafrar): goat
kennings
Njótr hafra‘The user of goats ’
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The user of goats → Þórr
kennings
Njótr hafra‘The user of goats ’
= Þórr
The user of goats → Þórr
at ‘from’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
hǫfgum ‘the weighty’
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hǫfugr (adj.; °acc. hǫfgan, compar. hǫfgari): heavy, difficult
[3] hǫfgum: so all others, om. R
hætting ‘danger’
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hætting (noun f.): [danger, a menace]
megin ‘powerful’
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1. megin (noun n.; °-s, dat. magni/megni/megin(HirðB 398¹⁹); -): might, strength; very < megindrætti (noun n.)
notes
[4] megindrætti ‘the powerful pull’: The dat. sg. of megindrôttr refers to Þórr’s attempt to catch Miðgarðsormr by pulling him up from the ocean.
drætti ‘pull’
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-drætti (noun n.): [pull] < megindrætti (noun n.)
notes
[4] megindrætti ‘the powerful pull’: The dat. sg. of megindrôttr refers to Þórr’s attempt to catch Miðgarðsormr by pulling him up from the ocean.
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The helmingr is listed in Skm (SnE) among examples of Þórr-kennings.
This stanza is attributed to Úlfr Uggason in ms. U and to Bragi Boddason in mss R, W. Mogk (1880, 324) regards the correct use of hendingar as evidence of Úlfr Uggason’s authorship.
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