Anon Óldr 4I
Kate Heslop (ed.) 2012, ‘Anonymous Poems, Óláfs drápa Tryggvasonar 4’ 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. 1036.
Regg ‘of the boat’
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regg (noun n.): boat, vessel < reggstrind (noun f.)
kennings
Ráðfimr, auðmildr reggstrindar jóskreytandi‘stallion-adorner of the boat-land’
= SEAFARER
the boat-land → SEA
the stallion of the SEA → SHIP
The counsel-swift, wealth-generous adorner of the SHIP → SEAFARER
Regg ‘of the boat’
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regg (noun n.): boat, vessel < reggstrind (noun f.)
kennings
Ráðfimr, auðmildr reggstrindar jóskreytandi‘stallion-adorner of the boat-land’
= SEAFARER
the boat-land → SEA
the stallion of the SEA → SHIP
The counsel-swift, wealth-generous adorner of the SHIP → SEAFARER
Regg ‘of the boat’
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regg (noun n.): boat, vessel < reggstrind (noun f.)
kennings
Ráðfimr, auðmildr reggstrindar jóskreytandi‘stallion-adorner of the boat-land’
= SEAFARER
the boat-land → SEA
the stallion of the SEA → SHIP
The counsel-swift, wealth-generous adorner of the SHIP → SEAFARER
strindar ‘land’
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strind (noun f.): land < reggstrind (noun f.)
kennings
Ráðfimr, auðmildr reggstrindar jóskreytandi‘stallion-adorner of the boat-land’
= SEAFARER
the boat-land → SEA
the stallion of the SEA → SHIP
The counsel-swift, wealth-generous adorner of the SHIP → SEAFARER
strindar ‘land’
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strind (noun f.): land < reggstrind (noun f.)
kennings
Ráðfimr, auðmildr reggstrindar jóskreytandi‘stallion-adorner of the boat-land’
= SEAFARER
the boat-land → SEA
the stallion of the SEA → SHIP
The counsel-swift, wealth-generous adorner of the SHIP → SEAFARER
strindar ‘land’
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strind (noun f.): land < reggstrind (noun f.)
kennings
Ráðfimr, auðmildr reggstrindar jóskreytandi‘stallion-adorner of the boat-land’
= SEAFARER
the boat-land → SEA
the stallion of the SEA → SHIP
The counsel-swift, wealth-generous adorner of the SHIP → SEAFARER
randir ‘shields’
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rǫnd (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; rendr/randir): shield, shield-rim
ráðfimr ‘The counsel-swift’
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ráðfimr (adj.)
kennings
Ráðfimr, auðmildr reggstrindar jóskreytandi‘stallion-adorner of the boat-land’
= SEAFARER
the boat-land → SEA
the stallion of the SEA → SHIP
The counsel-swift, wealth-generous adorner of the SHIP → SEAFARER
bera ‘to carry’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
snimma ‘early’
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snemma (adv.): early
jó ‘of the stallion’
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jór (noun m.): stallion, steed < jóskreytandi (noun m.)
kennings
Ráðfimr, auðmildr reggstrindar jóskreytandi‘stallion-adorner of the boat-land’
= SEAFARER
the boat-land → SEA
the stallion of the SEA → SHIP
The counsel-swift, wealth-generous adorner of the SHIP → SEAFARER
jó ‘of the stallion’
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jór (noun m.): stallion, steed < jóskreytandi (noun m.)
kennings
Ráðfimr, auðmildr reggstrindar jóskreytandi‘stallion-adorner of the boat-land’
= SEAFARER
the boat-land → SEA
the stallion of the SEA → SHIP
The counsel-swift, wealth-generous adorner of the SHIP → SEAFARER
skreytandi ‘adorner’
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skreytandi (noun m.): adorner < jóskreytandi (noun m.)
kennings
Ráðfimr, auðmildr reggstrindar jóskreytandi‘stallion-adorner of the boat-land’
= SEAFARER
the boat-land → SEA
the stallion of the SEA → SHIP
The counsel-swift, wealth-generous adorner of the SHIP → SEAFARER
ýta ‘men’
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ýtr (noun m.): man; launcher
auð ‘wealth’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth < auðmildr (adj.): wealth-generous
kennings
Ráðfimr, auðmildr reggstrindar jóskreytandi‘stallion-adorner of the boat-land’
= SEAFARER
the boat-land → SEA
the stallion of the SEA → SHIP
The counsel-swift, wealth-generous adorner of the SHIP → SEAFARER
mildr ‘generous’
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mildr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): mild, gentle, gracious, generous < auðmildr (adj.): wealth-generous
kennings
Ráðfimr, auðmildr reggstrindar jóskreytandi‘stallion-adorner of the boat-land’
= SEAFARER
the boat-land → SEA
the stallion of the SEA → SHIP
The counsel-swift, wealth-generous adorner of the SHIP → SEAFARER
á ‘on board’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
skip ‘ship’
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skip (noun n.; °-s; -): ship
rauðar ‘red’
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rauðr (adj.; °compar. -ari): red
Frá ‘from’
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frá (prep.): from
notes
[5, 8] frá fóstrjǫrð ‘from his foster-land’: The separation of prep. and noun here is highly unusual (see Kuhn 1983, 120-2 on proclitic prepositions), but there is no plausible alternative analysis.
reist ‘clove’
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rísta (verb): carve, raise
framr ‘The outstanding’
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framr (adj.; °compar. framari/fremri, superl. framastr/fremstr): outstanding, foremost
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
s*ýjur ‘vessels’
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1. sýja (noun f.; °-u; -ur): planking, vessel
[5] s*ýjur: ‘sky(j)or’(?) Bb
notes
[5] s*ýjur ‘vessels’: Ms. ‘sky(j)or (?)’ could be nom./acc. pl. of the rare word skýja f. ‘dangerous, disgraceful journey’ (Fritzner: skýja), but the context would seem to require a word for ‘ship’. Sveinbjörn Egilsson’s emendation (1832, 8) to sýjur (pl. of sýja f. ‘row of rivets, strake’), a word commonest in C13th poetry (LP: sýja 1), has been accepted by all previous eds. It may have its precise sense or, as assumed here, be a pars pro toto expression for ‘vessel, ship’.
flóð ‘the flood’
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2. flóð (noun n.): flood
kǫnnuðu ‘explored’
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3. kanna (verb): know, be able
góðar ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
foldar ‘of the earth’
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fold (noun f.): land
kennings
hring foldar‘the ring of the earth ’
= SEA
the ring of the earth → SEA
hring ‘the ring’
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1. hringr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): ring; sword
kennings
hring foldar‘the ring of the earth ’
= SEA
the ring of the earth → SEA
til ‘for’
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til (prep.): to
fengjar ‘booty’
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fengr (noun m.; °-jar/-s, dat. -/-i): loot
fóstr ‘his foster’
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fóstr (noun n.): foster- < fóstrjǫrð (noun f.)
notes
[5, 8] frá fóstrjǫrð ‘from his foster-land’: The separation of prep. and noun here is highly unusual (see Kuhn 1983, 120-2 on proclitic prepositions), but there is no plausible alternative analysis. — [8] fóstrjǫrð ‘his foster-land’: Garðar (Russia): see st. 3/2 í Gǫrðum and Note.
fóstr ‘his foster’
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fóstr (noun n.): foster- < fóstrjǫrð (noun f.)
notes
[5, 8] frá fóstrjǫrð ‘from his foster-land’: The separation of prep. and noun here is highly unusual (see Kuhn 1983, 120-2 on proclitic prepositions), but there is no plausible alternative analysis. — [8] fóstrjǫrð ‘his foster-land’: Garðar (Russia): see st. 3/2 í Gǫrðum and Note.
jǫrð ‘land’
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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304)): ground, earth < fóstrjǫrð (noun f.)
notes
[5, 8] frá fóstrjǫrð ‘from his foster-land’: The separation of prep. and noun here is highly unusual (see Kuhn 1983, 120-2 on proclitic prepositions), but there is no plausible alternative analysis. — [8] fóstrjǫrð ‘his foster-land’: Garðar (Russia): see st. 3/2 í Gǫrðum and Note.
jǫrð ‘land’
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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304)): ground, earth < fóstrjǫrð (noun f.)
notes
[5, 8] frá fóstrjǫrð ‘from his foster-land’: The separation of prep. and noun here is highly unusual (see Kuhn 1983, 120-2 on proclitic prepositions), but there is no plausible alternative analysis. — [8] fóstrjǫrð ‘his foster-land’: Garðar (Russia): see st. 3/2 í Gǫrðum and Note.
konungr ‘king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
bǫrðum ‘prows’
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barð (noun n.): prow, stern (of a ship)
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Reggstrindar bað randir |
The counsel-swift, wealth-generous adorner of the stallion of the boat-land [(lit. ‘stallion-adorner of the boat-land’) SEA > SHIP > SEAFARER] ordered men to carry red shields early on board ship. The outstanding king clove the ring of the earth [SEA] with prows from his foster-land for booty, and good vessels explored the flood.
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