Anon Nkt 8II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 8’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 767.
Réð ‘ruled’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
þría ‘for three’
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þrír (num. cardinal): three
vetr ‘years’
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vetr (noun m.; °vetrar/vetrs(HómHauksb³ 173²³), dat. vetri; vetr): winter
Þundar ‘of Þundr’
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Þundr (noun m.): Þundr
kennings
beðju Þundar‘the bedmate of Þundr ’
= Jǫrð
the bedmate of Þundr → Jǫrð
beðju ‘the bedmate’
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beðja (noun f.): bedmate
kennings
beðju Þundar‘the bedmate of Þundr ’
= Jǫrð
the bedmate of Þundr → Jǫrð
siklingr ‘lord’
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siklingr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, ruler
snarr ‘The brave ’
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snarr (adj.): gallant, bold
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
notes
[5] áðr * ‘before’: The particle an (so Flat) in the connective áðr an ‘before’ has been deleted for metrical reasons here and passim. The ms. uses áðr and áðr an interchangeably, and the latter makes the l. hypermetrical.
notes
[5] áðr * ‘before’: The particle an (so Flat) in the connective áðr an ‘before’ has been deleted for metrical reasons here and passim. The ms. uses áðr and áðr an interchangeably, and the latter makes the l. hypermetrical.
lofðung ‘the ruler’
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lofðungr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, leader
lífi ‘of his life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
ræna ‘rob’
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ræna (verb): rob
ǫðlings ‘of the chieftain [Loptr]’
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ǫðlingr (noun m.; °; -ar): prince, ruler
kennings
einkadóttir ǫðlings‘the only daughter of the chieftain [Loptr] ’
= Hel
the only daughter of the chieftain [Loptr] → Hel
notes
[7, 8] einkadóttir ǫðlings ‘the only daughter of the chieftain [Loptr] <= Loki> [= Hel (hel ‘death’)]’: This must be a kenning for Hel ‘death’, Loki’s daughter, but the construction is obscure. In the present edn einkadóttir ǫðlings is treated as an ofljóst ‘too transparent’ construction: the chieftain alluded to must be Loptr Sæmundarson, Jón Loptsson’s father, as Loptr is another name for Loki (see LP: Loptr). Skj B replaces lofðung ‘lord’ (l. 5) with Loka and reads áðr Loka | lífi at ræna | ǫðlings kom | einkadóttir ‘before Loki’s only daughter came to steal the chieftain’s life’. Loka makes the l. unmetrical, however. Kock emends ǫðlings to the otherwise unattested andljúgs ‘the one who lies in return’ (NN §2272) or andstyggs ‘the evil one’ (NN §2119), i.e. ‘Loki’.
kom ‘came’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
einkadóttir ‘the only daughter’
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einkadóttir (noun f.; °obl. ·dóttur): [only daughter]
kennings
einkadóttir ǫðlings‘the only daughter of the chieftain [Loptr] ’
= Hel
the only daughter of the chieftain [Loptr] → Hel
notes
[7, 8] einkadóttir ǫðlings ‘the only daughter of the chieftain [Loptr] <= Loki> [= Hel (hel ‘death’)]’: This must be a kenning for Hel ‘death’, Loki’s daughter, but the construction is obscure. In the present edn einkadóttir ǫðlings is treated as an ofljóst ‘too transparent’ construction: the chieftain alluded to must be Loptr Sæmundarson, Jón Loptsson’s father, as Loptr is another name for Loki (see LP: Loptr). Skj B replaces lofðung ‘lord’ (l. 5) with Loka and reads áðr Loka | lífi at ræna | ǫðlings kom | einkadóttir ‘before Loki’s only daughter came to steal the chieftain’s life’. Loka makes the l. unmetrical, however. Kock emends ǫðlings to the otherwise unattested andljúgs ‘the one who lies in return’ (NN §2272) or andstyggs ‘the evil one’ (NN §2119), i.e. ‘Loki’.
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The reign of Haraldr is given variously as seventy years (so Íslb, ÍF 1, 6; Theodoricus, MHN 6; Ágr, ÍF 29, 6-7) or seventy-three years (so HN, MHN 104; ÓH 1941, 8; HhárfHkr, ÍF 26, 146-7; Fsk, ÍF 29, 74). The latter number includes the three years when Haraldr ruled jointly with his son, Eiríkr blóðøx (see Ólafía Einarsdóttir 1964, 174-7). — [1, 2] réð beðju Þundar ‘ruled the bedmate of Þundr <= Óðinn> [= Jǫrð (jǫrð ‘earth’)]’: For the imagery of a ruler taking or governing the land (represented by a kenning for the earth conceived of as a woman), see sts 17, 23 and 42 below. See also Hfr HákdrIII, Notes to ÞjóðA Sex 3/3 and 3/6 and Frank 1978, 63-5.
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