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Anon Óldr 24I

Kate Heslop (ed.) 2012, ‘Anonymous Poems, Óláfs drápa Tryggvasonar 24’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1055.

Anonymous PoemsÓláfs drápa Tryggvasonar
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Slóð ‘a path’

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slóð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): path, track

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svangs ‘’

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2. svangr (adj.): hungry

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svangt ‘The starved’

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2. svangr (adj.): hungry

[1] svangt: svangs corrected from svangt Bb

kennings

Svangt hlaupstóð móður jǫtuns
‘The starved loping stud-horses of the giant’s mother ’
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the giant’s mother → GIANTESS
The starved loping stud-horses of GIANTESS → WOLVES
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til ‘to’

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til (prep.): to

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grœðis ‘the ocean’

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grœðir (noun m.): ?healer, ?ocean

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‘saw’

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2. sjá (verb): see

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vargr ‘the wolf’

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vargr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): wolf

[2] vargr: varg Bb

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rekin ‘’

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2. reka (verb): drive, force

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rekinn ‘cast up’

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2. reka (verb): drive, force

[2] rekinn: rekin Bb

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[2, 3] hǫggvinn ... rekinn ‘slain ... cast’: See Note to st. 7/8 vápnbautinn ‘weapon-beaten’.

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margan ‘many a’

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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many

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hǫggvinn ‘slain’

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hǫggva (verb): to strike, put to death, cut, hew

[3] hǫggvinn: hǫggvin Bb

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[2, 3] hǫggvinn ... rekinn ‘slain ... cast’: See Note to st. 7/8 vápnbautinn ‘weapon-beaten’.

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mann ‘man’

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maðr (noun m.): man, person

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ór ‘from’

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3. ór (prep.): out of

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[3] ór hrǫnnum ‘from the waves’: This slight emendation of ms. ‘hrꜹnvm’, made by all previous eds, gives straightforward sense and syntax. The double consonant also produces a more exact hending on mann, and an aðalhending in an odd line is not unusual in this poem (see Introduction). Cf. Note to st. 5/3 ár* on single/double consonant spellings in Bb.

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hrꜹnum ‘’

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hrǫnnum ‘the waves’

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hrǫnn (noun f.; °; dat. -um): wave

[3] hrǫnnum: ‘hrꜹnum’ Bb

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[3] ór hrǫnnum ‘from the waves’: This slight emendation of ms. ‘hrꜹnvm’, made by all previous eds, gives straightforward sense and syntax. The double consonant also produces a more exact hending on mann, and an aðalhending in an odd line is not unusual in this poem (see Introduction). Cf. Note to st. 5/3 ár* on single/double consonant spellings in Bb.

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hlaupstóð ‘loping stud-horses’

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hlaupstóð (noun n.): loping stud-horse

kennings

Svangt hlaupstóð móður jǫtuns
‘The starved loping stud-horses of the giant’s mother ’
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the giant’s mother → GIANTESS
The starved loping stud-horses of GIANTESS → WOLVES
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í ‘’

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í (prep.): in, into

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jǫtuns ‘of the giant’s’

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jǫtunn (noun m.; °jǫtuns, dat. jǫtni; jǫtnar): giant

[4] jǫtuns: ‘j tvns’ Bb

kennings

Svangt hlaupstóð móður jǫtuns
‘The starved loping stud-horses of the giant’s mother ’
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the giant’s mother → GIANTESS
The starved loping stud-horses of GIANTESS → WOLVES

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[4] jǫtuns ‘the giant’s’: It is difficult to make sense of the ms. reading (prep. í ‘in’ + gen. sg. of tún n. ‘field’), and word-division errors are frequent in Bb. Emendation to jǫtuns yields a giantess-kenning which lacks exact parallels but conforms to the pattern of giant-heiti + kinship term (see Meissner 398-9).

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jǫtuns ‘of the giant’s’

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jǫtunn (noun m.; °jǫtuns, dat. jǫtni; jǫtnar): giant

[4] jǫtuns: ‘j tvns’ Bb

kennings

Svangt hlaupstóð móður jǫtuns
‘The starved loping stud-horses of the giant’s mother ’
   = WOLVES

the giant’s mother → GIANTESS
The starved loping stud-horses of GIANTESS → WOLVES

notes

[4] jǫtuns ‘the giant’s’: It is difficult to make sense of the ms. reading (prep. í ‘in’ + gen. sg. of tún n. ‘field’), and word-division errors are frequent in Bb. Emendation to jǫtuns yields a giantess-kenning which lacks exact parallels but conforms to the pattern of giant-heiti + kinship term (see Meissner 398-9).

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móður ‘mother’

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móðir (noun f.): mother

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Svangt hlaupstóð móður jǫtuns
‘The starved loping stud-horses of the giant’s mother ’
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the giant’s mother → GIANTESS
The starved loping stud-horses of GIANTESS → WOLVES
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móður ‘mother’

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móðir (noun f.): mother

kennings

Svangt hlaupstóð móður jǫtuns
‘The starved loping stud-horses of the giant’s mother ’
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the giant’s mother → GIANTESS
The starved loping stud-horses of GIANTESS → WOLVES
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fótr ‘’

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1. fótr (noun m.): foot, leg

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Fœtr ‘feet’

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1. fótr (noun m.): foot, leg

[5] Fœtr: fótr Bb

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[5] fœtr ‘feet’: Another minor, but necessary, emendation, since nom. sg. fótr in the ms. does not fit the syntax.

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fôlu ‘of the troll-woman’

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fála (noun f.): troll-woman, giantess

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Hungrtrauðr Sóti fôlu
‘The hunger-shunning Sóti of the troll-woman ’
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The hunger-shunning Sóti of the troll-woman → WOLF
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Sóti ‘Sóti’

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Sóti (noun m.; °-a): Sóti

kennings

Hungrtrauðr Sóti fôlu
‘The hunger-shunning Sóti of the troll-woman ’
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The hunger-shunning Sóti of the troll-woman → WOLF
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fjǫrrán ‘life-robbing’

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fjǫrrán (noun n.): [life-robbing]

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í ‘to’

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í (prep.): in, into

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grána ‘grey’

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gránn (adj.): grey

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áðr ‘earlier’

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áðr (adv.; °//): before

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hirð ‘underwent’

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hirða (verb): hide, care for

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hauðri ‘the coast’

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hauðr (noun n.): earth, ground

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hungrtrauðr ‘The hunger-shunning’

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hungrtrauðr (adj.): [hunger-shunning]

kennings

Hungrtrauðr Sóti fôlu
‘The hunger-shunning Sóti of the troll-woman ’
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The hunger-shunning Sóti of the troll-woman → WOLF
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en ‘but’

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2. en (conj.): but, and

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[8] en rauða frá ‘but red away’: Cf. Sjórs Lv 3/4II en rauðan frá, referring to a shield carried into battle white but red on return. 

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frá ‘away’

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frá (prep.): from

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[8] en rauða frá ‘but red away’: Cf. Sjórs Lv 3/4II en rauðan frá, referring to a shield carried into battle white but red on return. 

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rauða ‘red’

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rauðr (adj.; °compar. -ari): red

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[8] en rauða frá ‘but red away’: Cf. Sjórs Lv 3/4II en rauðan frá, referring to a shield carried into battle white but red on return. 

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