Gusi Lv 4VIII (Ket 8)
Beatrice La Farge (ed.) 2017, ‘Ketils saga hœngs 8 (Gusi finnakonungr, Lausavísur 4)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 559.
Búztu ‘Prepare yourself’
nú ‘now’
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nú (adv.): now
bitri ‘the bitter’
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bitr (adj.; °bitran; superl. bitrastr): sharp, biting
[2] bitri eggþrumu: brátt við eggþrumu 471
kennings
bitri eggþrumu;‘the bitter blade-thunder; ’
= BATTLE
the bitter blade-thunder; → BATTLE
egg ‘blade’
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1. egg (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -ju/-): edge, blade < eggþruma (noun f.): [blade-thunder]
[2] bitri eggþrumu: brátt við eggþrumu 471
kennings
bitri eggþrumu;‘the bitter blade-thunder; ’
= BATTLE
the bitter blade-thunder; → BATTLE
notes
[2] eggþrumu ‘blade-thunder [BATTLE]’: The cpd eggþruma is a hap. leg, but it has a close parallel and synonym in eggþrima (LP: eggþrima, 2. egg and egg-, 2. þruma); both egg ‘cutting edge, blade’ and þruma ‘thunder, noise’ are well-attested as determinant and base-word respectively of kennings for ‘battle’. Cf. Ket 4/6 and Note.
þrumu ‘thunder’
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1. þruma (noun f.; °; -ur): thunder-clap < eggþruma (noun f.): [blade-thunder]
[2] bitri eggþrumu: brátt við eggþrumu 471
kennings
bitri eggþrumu;‘the bitter blade-thunder; ’
= BATTLE
the bitter blade-thunder; → BATTLE
notes
[2] eggþrumu ‘blade-thunder [BATTLE]’: The cpd eggþruma is a hap. leg, but it has a close parallel and synonym in eggþrima (LP: eggþrima, 2. egg and egg-, 2. þruma); both egg ‘cutting edge, blade’ and þruma ‘thunder, noise’ are well-attested as determinant and base-word respectively of kennings for ‘battle’. Cf. Ket 4/6 and Note.
hafþu ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
hlíf ‘a shield’
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hlíf (noun f.; °-ar; -ar): shield, defence
fyr ‘before’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
þér ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
hart ‘hard’
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harðr (adj.; °comp. -ari; superl. -astr): hard, harsh
mun ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
skjóta ‘shoot’
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skjóta (verb): shoot
Þér ‘of you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
mun ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
at ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
bana ‘the death’
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bani (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death, killer
verða ‘be’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
nema ‘unless’
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2. nema (conj.): unless
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
af ‘up’
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2. af (adv.): from
auði ‘wealth’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth
notes
[7-8] öllum auði ‘your entire wealth’: The ‘wealth’ mentioned here and in the next three stanzas is evidently a reference to the riches Ketill will inherit from his father.
öllum ‘entire’
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allr (adj.): all
notes
[7-8] öllum auði ‘your entire wealth’: The ‘wealth’ mentioned here and in the next three stanzas is evidently a reference to the riches Ketill will inherit from his father.
látir ‘give’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
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This stanza is introduced by the words: Gusir kvað ‘Gusir spoke’ immediately after Ket 7.
[1-2]: Kock (Skald; NN §2391) adopts the reading of 471 for these two lines.
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