ÚlfrU Húsdr 4III
Edith Marold (ed.) 2017, ‘Úlfr Uggason, Húsdrápa 4’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 413.
stirð ‘stiff’
stirðr (adj.): stiff < stirðþinull (noun m.)
[1] stirð‑: ‘[…]’ R(33v), stríð‑ Tˣ(34v), Tˣ(38v), ‘stir‑’ A(10v), A(13r)
kennings
fránleitr stirðþinull storðar‘the flashing-eyed stiff cord of the earth ’
= Miðgarðsormr
the flashing-eyed stiff cord of the earth → Miðgarðsormr
þinull ‘cord’
þinull (noun m.): [cord, rope-edging] < stirðþinull (noun m.)
[1] ‑þinull starði: ‘[…]þi’ R(33v), ‘‑malogr st[…]’ U
kennings
fránleitr stirðþinull storðar‘the flashing-eyed stiff cord of the earth ’
= Miðgarðsormr
the flashing-eyed stiff cord of the earth → Miðgarðsormr
kennings
fránleitr stirðþinull storðar‘the flashing-eyed stiff cord of the earth ’
= Miðgarðsormr
the flashing-eyed stiff cord of the earth → Miðgarðsormr
leggs ‘of the bone’
leggr (noun m.; °-jar, dat. -; -ir): limb
[2] leggs: so W, U, legs R(37r), R(33v), Tˣ(34v), Tˣ(38v), mens A(10v), A(13r), leygs C(4v), C(6v)
kennings
reyni folka leggs fróns‘the tester of the peoples of the bone of the earth ’
= Þórr
the bone of the earth → ROCK
the peoples of the ROCK → GIANTS
the tester of GIANTS → Þórr
leggs ‘of the bone’
leggr (noun m.; °-jar, dat. -; -ir): limb
[2] leggs: so W, U, legs R(37r), R(33v), Tˣ(34v), Tˣ(38v), mens A(10v), A(13r), leygs C(4v), C(6v)
kennings
reyni folka leggs fróns‘the tester of the peoples of the bone of the earth ’
= Þórr
the bone of the earth → ROCK
the peoples of the ROCK → GIANTS
the tester of GIANTS → Þórr
leggs ‘of the bone’
leggr (noun m.; °-jar, dat. -; -ir): limb
[2] leggs: so W, U, legs R(37r), R(33v), Tˣ(34v), Tˣ(38v), mens A(10v), A(13r), leygs C(4v), C(6v)
kennings
reyni folka leggs fróns‘the tester of the peoples of the bone of the earth ’
= Þórr
the bone of the earth → ROCK
the peoples of the ROCK → GIANTS
the tester of GIANTS → Þórr
borði ‘the ship’s side’
borð (noun n.; °-s; -): side, plank, board; table
[2] borði: ‘[…]’ R(33v), ‘borþ[…]’ U
fróns ‘of the earth’
2. frón (noun n.): earth, land
[3] fróns á: ‘[…]ns a’ R(33v), forns á Tˣ(38v), ‘[…]’ U, ‘frans a’ C(4v)
kennings
reyni folka leggs fróns‘the tester of the peoples of the bone of the earth ’
= Þórr
the bone of the earth → ROCK
the peoples of the ROCK → GIANTS
the tester of GIANTS → Þórr
fróns ‘of the earth’
2. frón (noun n.): earth, land
[3] fróns á: ‘[…]ns a’ R(33v), forns á Tˣ(38v), ‘[…]’ U, ‘frans a’ C(4v)
kennings
reyni folka leggs fróns‘the tester of the peoples of the bone of the earth ’
= Þórr
the bone of the earth → ROCK
the peoples of the ROCK → GIANTS
the tester of GIANTS → Þórr
fróns ‘of the earth’
2. frón (noun n.): earth, land
[3] fróns á: ‘[…]ns a’ R(33v), forns á Tˣ(38v), ‘[…]’ U, ‘frans a’ C(4v)
kennings
reyni folka leggs fróns‘the tester of the peoples of the bone of the earth ’
= Þórr
the bone of the earth → ROCK
the peoples of the ROCK → GIANTS
the tester of GIANTS → Þórr
folka ‘of the peoples’
kennings
reyni folka leggs fróns‘the tester of the peoples of the bone of the earth ’
= Þórr
the bone of the earth → ROCK
the peoples of the ROCK → GIANTS
the tester of GIANTS → Þórr
folka ‘of the peoples’
kennings
reyni folka leggs fróns‘the tester of the peoples of the bone of the earth ’
= Þórr
the bone of the earth → ROCK
the peoples of the ROCK → GIANTS
the tester of GIANTS → Þórr
reyni ‘the tester’
kennings
reyni folka leggs fróns‘the tester of the peoples of the bone of the earth ’
= Þórr
the bone of the earth → ROCK
the peoples of the ROCK → GIANTS
the tester of GIANTS → Þórr
kennings
fránleitr stirðþinull storðar‘the flashing-eyed stiff cord of the earth ’
= Miðgarðsormr
the flashing-eyed stiff cord of the earth → Miðgarðsormr
notes
[4] fránleitr ‘flashing-eyed’: The word fránn ‘flashing, gleaming’ is an adj. used especially in connection with serpents (Marold 1998a, 11-13).
leitr ‘eyed’
kennings
fránleitr stirðþinull storðar‘the flashing-eyed stiff cord of the earth ’
= Miðgarðsormr
the flashing-eyed stiff cord of the earth → Miðgarðsormr
notes
[4] fránleitr ‘flashing-eyed’: The word fránn ‘flashing, gleaming’ is an adj. used especially in connection with serpents (Marold 1998a, 11-13).
ok ‘and ’
eitri ‘poison’
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The helmingr is cited in Skm (SnE) and LaufE among stanzas illustrating kennings for ‘man’ and again in Skm exemplifying a heiti for ‘land’ (here, frón).
A closely matching helmingr is found in Bragi Þórr 4, which even uses the same verb, starði ‘stared’. The kennings are also very similar: Þórr is called haussprengir Hrungnis ‘skull-splitter of Hrungnir <giant>’ (Bragi Þórr 4/3) and the World Serpent hringr brautar borðróins barða ‘ring of the road of the side-rowed ship [SEA > = Miðgarðsormr]’ (Bragi Þórr 4/1-2).
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