ÚlfrU Húsdr 9III
Edith Marold (ed.) 2017, ‘Úlfr Uggason, Húsdrápa 9’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 419.
at ‘to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
vilgi ‘the immensely’
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vilgi (adv.): not at all, by no means
notes
[1] víðu ‘large’: Both for semantic and, more importantly, for metrical reasons, the present edn follows ms. U against the other mss, which give blíðu ‘friendly’, because víðu provides the required v-alliteration.
frægr ‘renowned’
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frægr (adj.; °-jan/-an; compar. -ri, superl. -jastr/-astr/-str): famous, renowned < víðfrægr (adj.): far-renowned
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
líða ‘flow’
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1. líða (verb): move, glide
notes
[2, 4] hróðrmôl líða ‘praise-speeches flow’: See st. 12 and Note to ll. 1, 3 there.
Hropta ‘Hropta’
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hropti (noun m.; °-a): [Hropta] < Hroptatýr (noun m.)
[3] Hropta‑: ‘hropt[…]’ U, ‘Hrøpta’ 2368ˣ, 743ˣ
notes
[3] Hroptatýr: This name for Óðinn is listed among the heiti in Þul Óðins 3/6. Its meaning is controversial (see Notes to Hroptr, Þul Óðins 2/7 and Eyv Hák 14/2I). Hroptr as a name for Óðinn occurs again in st. 11/3.
týr ‘týr’
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Týr (noun m.): Týr < Hroptatýr (noun m.)
notes
[3] Hroptatýr: This name for Óðinn is listed among the heiti in Þul Óðins 3/6. Its meaning is controversial (see Notes to Hroptr, Þul Óðins 2/7 and Eyv Hák 14/2I). Hroptr as a name for Óðinn occurs again in st. 11/3.
of ‘through’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
hvápta ‘mouth’
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hváptr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): mouth, jaw
[3] hvápta: hapta U, ‘huepta’ 2368ˣ, ‘hvopta’ 743ˣ
hróðr ‘praise’
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hróðr (noun m.): encomium, praise < hróðrmál (noun n.)
notes
[2, 4] hróðrmôl líða ‘praise-speeches flow’: See st. 12 and Note to ll. 1, 3 there.
môl ‘speeches’
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1. mál (noun n.; °-s; -): speech, matter < hróðrmál (noun n.)
notes
[2, 4] hróðrmôl líða ‘praise-speeches flow’: See st. 12 and Note to ll. 1, 3 there.
sonar ‘of his son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
báli ‘pyre’
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bál (noun n.; °-s; -): fire
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