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Anon Óldr 27I

Kate Heslop (ed.) 2012, ‘Anonymous Poems, Óláfs drápa Tryggvasonar 27’ 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. 1058.

Anonymous PoemsÓláfs drápa Tryggvasonar
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Fyrr ‘before’

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fyrr (adv.): before, sooner

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létu ‘caused’

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láta (verb): let, have sth done

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frœknan ‘the valiant’

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frœkn (adj.): brave, bold

[1] frœknan: frœkna Bb

kennings

frœknan benja vala fenskúfs fœði
‘feeder of the fen-skua of the falcons of wounds’
   = WARRIOR

the falcons of wounds, → RAVENS/EAGLES
the fen of RAVENS/EAGLES → BLOOD
the skua of the BLOOD → RAVEN/EAGLE
the valiant feeder of the RAVEN/EAGLE → WARRIOR
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gørva ‘to be made’

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1. gera (verb): do, make

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fen ‘of the fen’

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fen (noun n.; °-s; -): fen < fenskúfr (noun m.)

kennings

frœknan benja vala fenskúfs fœði
‘feeder of the fen-skua of the falcons of wounds’
   = WARRIOR

the falcons of wounds, → RAVENS/EAGLES
the fen of RAVENS/EAGLES → BLOOD
the skua of the BLOOD → RAVEN/EAGLE
the valiant feeder of the RAVEN/EAGLE → WARRIOR
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fen ‘of the fen’

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fen (noun n.; °-s; -): fen < fenskúfr (noun m.)

kennings

frœknan benja vala fenskúfs fœði
‘feeder of the fen-skua of the falcons of wounds’
   = WARRIOR

the falcons of wounds, → RAVENS/EAGLES
the fen of RAVENS/EAGLES → BLOOD
the skua of the BLOOD → RAVEN/EAGLE
the valiant feeder of the RAVEN/EAGLE → WARRIOR
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fen ‘of the fen’

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fen (noun n.; °-s; -): fen < fenskúfr (noun m.)

kennings

frœknan benja vala fenskúfs fœði
‘feeder of the fen-skua of the falcons of wounds’
   = WARRIOR

the falcons of wounds, → RAVENS/EAGLES
the fen of RAVENS/EAGLES → BLOOD
the skua of the BLOOD → RAVEN/EAGLE
the valiant feeder of the RAVEN/EAGLE → WARRIOR
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skúfs ‘of the skua’

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2. skúfr (noun m.): [skua] < fenskúfr (noun m.)

kennings

frœknan benja vala fenskúfs fœði
‘feeder of the fen-skua of the falcons of wounds’
   = WARRIOR

the falcons of wounds, → RAVENS/EAGLES
the fen of RAVENS/EAGLES → BLOOD
the skua of the BLOOD → RAVEN/EAGLE
the valiant feeder of the RAVEN/EAGLE → WARRIOR
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skúfs ‘of the skua’

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2. skúfr (noun m.): [skua] < fenskúfr (noun m.)

kennings

frœknan benja vala fenskúfs fœði
‘feeder of the fen-skua of the falcons of wounds’
   = WARRIOR

the falcons of wounds, → RAVENS/EAGLES
the fen of RAVENS/EAGLES → BLOOD
the skua of the BLOOD → RAVEN/EAGLE
the valiant feeder of the RAVEN/EAGLE → WARRIOR
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vala ‘of the falcons’

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2. valr (noun m.; °-s): falcon

kennings

frœknan benja vala fenskúfs fœði
‘feeder of the fen-skua of the falcons of wounds’
   = WARRIOR

the falcons of wounds, → RAVENS/EAGLES
the fen of RAVENS/EAGLES → BLOOD
the skua of the BLOOD → RAVEN/EAGLE
the valiant feeder of the RAVEN/EAGLE → WARRIOR
Close

vala ‘of the falcons’

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2. valr (noun m.; °-s): falcon

kennings

frœknan benja vala fenskúfs fœði
‘feeder of the fen-skua of the falcons of wounds’
   = WARRIOR

the falcons of wounds, → RAVENS/EAGLES
the fen of RAVENS/EAGLES → BLOOD
the skua of the BLOOD → RAVEN/EAGLE
the valiant feeder of the RAVEN/EAGLE → WARRIOR
Close

vala ‘of the falcons’

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2. valr (noun m.; °-s): falcon

kennings

frœknan benja vala fenskúfs fœði
‘feeder of the fen-skua of the falcons of wounds’
   = WARRIOR

the falcons of wounds, → RAVENS/EAGLES
the fen of RAVENS/EAGLES → BLOOD
the skua of the BLOOD → RAVEN/EAGLE
the valiant feeder of the RAVEN/EAGLE → WARRIOR
Close

vala ‘of the falcons’

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2. valr (noun m.; °-s): falcon

kennings

frœknan benja vala fenskúfs fœði
‘feeder of the fen-skua of the falcons of wounds’
   = WARRIOR

the falcons of wounds, → RAVENS/EAGLES
the fen of RAVENS/EAGLES → BLOOD
the skua of the BLOOD → RAVEN/EAGLE
the valiant feeder of the RAVEN/EAGLE → WARRIOR
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benja ‘of wounds’

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1. ben (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -; -jar , gen. -a(var. EiðKrC 402¹³: AM 77 4°— “D”)): wound

[2] benja: beima Bb

kennings

frœknan benja vala fenskúfs fœði
‘feeder of the fen-skua of the falcons of wounds’
   = WARRIOR

the falcons of wounds, → RAVENS/EAGLES
the fen of RAVENS/EAGLES → BLOOD
the skua of the BLOOD → RAVEN/EAGLE
the valiant feeder of the RAVEN/EAGLE → WARRIOR
Close

benja ‘of wounds’

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1. ben (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -; -jar , gen. -a(var. EiðKrC 402¹³: AM 77 4°— “D”)): wound

[2] benja: beima Bb

kennings

frœknan benja vala fenskúfs fœði
‘feeder of the fen-skua of the falcons of wounds’
   = WARRIOR

the falcons of wounds, → RAVENS/EAGLES
the fen of RAVENS/EAGLES → BLOOD
the skua of the BLOOD → RAVEN/EAGLE
the valiant feeder of the RAVEN/EAGLE → WARRIOR
Close

benja ‘of wounds’

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1. ben (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -; -jar , gen. -a(var. EiðKrC 402¹³: AM 77 4°— “D”)): wound

[2] benja: beima Bb

kennings

frœknan benja vala fenskúfs fœði
‘feeder of the fen-skua of the falcons of wounds’
   = WARRIOR

the falcons of wounds, → RAVENS/EAGLES
the fen of RAVENS/EAGLES → BLOOD
the skua of the BLOOD → RAVEN/EAGLE
the valiant feeder of the RAVEN/EAGLE → WARRIOR
Close

benja ‘of wounds’

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1. ben (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -; -jar , gen. -a(var. EiðKrC 402¹³: AM 77 4°— “D”)): wound

[2] benja: beima Bb

kennings

frœknan benja vala fenskúfs fœði
‘feeder of the fen-skua of the falcons of wounds’
   = WARRIOR

the falcons of wounds, → RAVENS/EAGLES
the fen of RAVENS/EAGLES → BLOOD
the skua of the BLOOD → RAVEN/EAGLE
the valiant feeder of the RAVEN/EAGLE → WARRIOR
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skǫld ‘poets’

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skáld (noun n.; °-s; -): poet

[3] skǫld: skald Bb

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of ‘about’

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3. of (prep.): around, from; too

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fœði ‘feeder’

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fœðir (noun m.): feeder, nourisher

kennings

frœknan benja vala fenskúfs fœði
‘feeder of the fen-skua of the falcons of wounds’
   = WARRIOR

the falcons of wounds, → RAVENS/EAGLES
the fen of RAVENS/EAGLES → BLOOD
the skua of the BLOOD → RAVEN/EAGLE
the valiant feeder of the RAVEN/EAGLE → WARRIOR
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bjór* ‘beer [poetry]’

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1. bjórr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): beer < fagrbjórr (noun m.)

[4] ‑bjór*: bjórs Bb

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an ‘’

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2. an (conj.): than

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tókumsk ‘began’

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2. taka (verb): take

notes

[4] an vér tókumsk ‘before we [I] began’: The m. v. takask in the sense ‘begin, get under way, arise’ is normally predicated to abstract subjects rather than human ones (as in Sigv Tryggfl 1/2 morð tóksk ‘killing arose’, and cf. Anon Mv I 4/8VII). However, it also occurs in the idiom takask orðum ‘begin to speak, begin in/with words’ (cf. Þfagr Sveinn 9/6II), and in the present helmingr it is possible that fagrbjór ‘beautiful beer [poetry]’, as well as being the object to the first clause, is understood (now in the dat.) as a counterpart to orðum. Such a dual role, a kind of apo koinou, is rare, but for possible parallels see Notes to Eyv Hál 11/7-8, Sigv Austv 6/2, Þorm Lv 10/4. 

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†Eygi† ‘…’

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(unknown)

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fleygs ‘of the flying’

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fleygr (adj.): flying

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fyr ‘because of’

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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.

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þeygi ‘known’

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þeygi (adv.): not at all

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vissak ‘I have not’

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1. vita (verb): know

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hlyn ‘maple’

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hlynr (noun m.; °-s): maple

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manna ‘of men’

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maðr (noun m.): man, person

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geirs ‘spear’

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geirr (noun m.): spear

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frá ‘from’

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frá (prep.): from

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geymiôrum ‘guarding-envoys’

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geymiárr (noun m.): [guarding-envoys]

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‘…’

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(non-lexical)

[8] …: line om. Bb

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Formal irregularities (hypermetrical l. 1, lack of hending in ll. 2 and 4, three rhyming syllables in l. 5, missing l. 8), coupled with unconventional syntax and kenning construction, indicate this stanza is corrupt, and there is no attempt to edit it in Munch and Unger (1847) or Gullberg (1875). The text presented here is an attempt to interpret the ms. readings with minimal emendation, in accordance with the practice of the present edn, but should be regarded as more than usually provisional.

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