Keth Lv 9VIII (Ket 14)
Beatrice La Farge (ed.) 2017, ‘Ketils saga hœngs 14 (Ketill hœngr, Lausavísur 9)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 564.
Hjálmr ‘Hjálmr’
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1. hjalmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): helmet
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[1] Hjálmr … Stafnglámr: The names of the two vikings. Hjálmr means ‘Helmet’; Stafnglámr is attested only in Ket and as a cognomen in Ǫrv (see Lind 1905-15, 943; Lind 1920-1, 354). The first part of the cpd Stafnglámr means ‘stem’ (stafn) in the prow (or stern) of a ship; the second part (-glámr) may be etymologically related to words designating various luminous or shining objects (such as the moon, an eye, horse with a white spot) or meaning ‘stare’ (AEW: glámr; ÍO: gláma). The cpd could be understood as a kenning for ‘shield’, viz. ‘the shining object of the prow’; both names then designate defensive weapons, helmet and shield, and point to the protective role these vikings are supposed to be playing by backing Ketill up. LP: Stafnglámr understands the name to designate someone who keeps a sharp look-out in the prow of a ship. Kahle (1910, 197) regards Stafnglamr (with short a in glamr) as the correct form and considers glamr etymologically related to glam n. ‘noise’; he translates the name Stafnglamr as ‘Stem-noise’, a reference to the noise of waves through which a ship moves.
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
Stafnglámr ‘Stafnglámr’
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stafnglámr (noun m.)
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[1] Hjálmr … Stafnglámr: The names of the two vikings. Hjálmr means ‘Helmet’; Stafnglámr is attested only in Ket and as a cognomen in Ǫrv (see Lind 1905-15, 943; Lind 1920-1, 354). The first part of the cpd Stafnglámr means ‘stem’ (stafn) in the prow (or stern) of a ship; the second part (-glámr) may be etymologically related to words designating various luminous or shining objects (such as the moon, an eye, horse with a white spot) or meaning ‘stare’ (AEW: glámr; ÍO: gláma). The cpd could be understood as a kenning for ‘shield’, viz. ‘the shining object of the prow’; both names then designate defensive weapons, helmet and shield, and point to the protective role these vikings are supposed to be playing by backing Ketill up. LP: Stafnglámr understands the name to designate someone who keeps a sharp look-out in the prow of a ship. Kahle (1910, 197) regards Stafnglamr (with short a in glamr) as the correct form and considers glamr etymologically related to glam n. ‘noise’; he translates the name Stafnglamr as ‘Stem-noise’, a reference to the noise of waves through which a ship moves.
hlífið ‘protect’
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hlífa (verb): protect
ykkr ‘of you’
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it (pron.; °gen. ykkar, dat./acc. ykkr): you (two)
báðir ‘both’
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báðir (pron.; °gen. beggja (báðra), nom./acc. n. bǽði): both
gefið ‘give’
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gefa (verb): give
rúm ‘room’
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rúm (noun n.; °-s; -): place
gömlum ‘the old one’
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gamall (adj.; °gamlan; compar. & superl. ellri adj.): old
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[3] gömlum (m. dat. sg.) ‘the old one’: Ketill refers to himself in this somewhat self-deprecatory way, which highlights by implication the uselessness of his followers.
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
ganga ‘go’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
framar ‘forward’
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fram (adv.): out, forth, forwards, away
hóti ‘a bit’
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2. hót (noun n.; °; -): a bit
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