Sturl Frag 2III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Fragments 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 393.
rennr ‘dawns’
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2. renna (verb): run (strong)
upp ‘’
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upp (adv.): up
Eiríks ‘of Eiríkr’
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Eiríkr (noun m.): Eiríkr
notes
[2] vinum Eiríks ‘for the friends of Eiríkr’: For Eiríkr Magnússon, see also Anon Mlag 3/2II and Note there. This could also be a possessive dat. (‘of the friends of Eiríkr’) qualifying himin mergjar ‘the heaven of marrow [ARM]’.
vinum ‘for the friends’
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend
notes
[2] vinum Eiríks ‘for the friends of Eiríkr’: For Eiríkr Magnússon, see also Anon Mlag 3/2II and Note there. This could also be a possessive dat. (‘of the friends of Eiríkr’) qualifying himin mergjar ‘the heaven of marrow [ARM]’.
handar ‘of the hand’
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand
kennings
dagr handar‘the daylight of the hand ’
= GOLD
the daylight of the hand → GOLD
notes
[3] dagr handar ‘the daylight of the hand [GOLD]’: Echoes Sturl Hákkv 31/3II dagr mundar ‘the daylight of the hand [GOLD]’.
dagr ‘the daylight’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
kennings
dagr handar‘the daylight of the hand ’
= GOLD
the daylight of the hand → GOLD
notes
[3] dagr handar ‘the daylight of the hand [GOLD]’: Echoes Sturl Hákkv 31/3II dagr mundar ‘the daylight of the hand [GOLD]’.
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
notes
[4] á himin mergjar ‘on the heaven of marrow [ARM]’: Echoes Sturl Hákkv 31/4II á mergs himin ‘on the heaven of marrow [ARM]’. See also Anon Mfl 1/1, 4 and Note there, as well as Bjbp Jóms 31/6I.
himin ‘the heaven’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
kennings
himin mergjar‘the heaven of marrow ’
= ARM
the heaven of marrow → ARM
notes
[4] á himin mergjar ‘on the heaven of marrow [ARM]’: Echoes Sturl Hákkv 31/4II á mergs himin ‘on the heaven of marrow [ARM]’. See also Anon Mfl 1/1, 4 and Note there, as well as Bjbp Jóms 31/6I.
mergjar ‘of marrow’
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mergr (noun m.; °-jar; dat. -jum): marrow
kennings
himin mergjar‘the heaven of marrow ’
= ARM
the heaven of marrow → ARM
notes
[4] á himin mergjar ‘on the heaven of marrow [ARM]’: Echoes Sturl Hákkv 31/4II á mergs himin ‘on the heaven of marrow [ARM]’. See also Anon Mfl 1/1, 4 and Note there, as well as Bjbp Jóms 31/6I.
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The helmingr is cited to illustrate kennings for ‘limb’, here, himinn mergjar ‘heaven of marrow [ARM]’.
[1]: This is a verbal repetition of Sturl Hákkv 31/1II except that the verb in that stanza is in the pret. (rann upp ‘dawned’) rather than in the pres. tense (rennr upp; see Introduction above).
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