Anon Óldr 6I
Kate Heslop (ed.) 2012, ‘Anonymous Poems, Óláfs drápa Tryggvasonar 6’ 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. 1038.
Rak ‘pursued’
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2. reka (verb): drive, force
sás ‘he who’
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sás (conj.): the one who
rausn ‘magnificence’
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1. rausn (noun f.): magnificence
vann ‘achieved’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
mikla ‘great’
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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large
rjóðr ‘The reddener’
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1. rjóðr (noun m.): reddener
kennings
Rjóðr borðs víga,‘The reddener of the planking of battles, ’
= WARRIOR
the planking of battles, → SHIELD
The reddener of the SHIELD → WARRIOR
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
gengi ‘a company’
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gengi (noun n.): support, following
þjóðar ‘of men’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
víga ‘of battles’
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víg (noun n.; °-s; -): battle
kennings
Rjóðr borðs víga,‘The reddener of the planking of battles, ’
= WARRIOR
the planking of battles, → SHIELD
The reddener of the SHIELD → WARRIOR
víga ‘of battles’
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víg (noun n.; °-s; -): battle
kennings
Rjóðr borðs víga,‘The reddener of the planking of battles, ’
= WARRIOR
the planking of battles, → SHIELD
The reddener of the SHIELD → WARRIOR
borðs ‘of the planking’
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borð (noun n.; °-s; -): side, plank, board; table
kennings
Rjóðr borðs víga,‘The reddener of the planking of battles, ’
= WARRIOR
the planking of battles, → SHIELD
The reddener of the SHIELD → WARRIOR
borðs ‘of the planking’
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borð (noun n.; °-s; -): side, plank, board; table
kennings
Rjóðr borðs víga,‘The reddener of the planking of battles, ’
= WARRIOR
the planking of battles, → SHIELD
The reddener of the SHIELD → WARRIOR
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
notes
[3] verðar ‘food’: Ms. ‘varðar’ (gen. sg. of vǫrðr ‘guardian’), while grammatically possible as a gen. object for fekk ‘got’, does not make sense. Verðar ‘food, a meal’ (gen. sg. of verðr m.) yields the conventional topos of the king providing scavenging animals with food, in the form of enemy corpses, and LP: 2. fáa 2 cites instances of the verb with verðar.
vestr ‘in the west’
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2. vestr (adv.): west, in the west
hernað ‘a raiding campaign’
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hernaðr (noun m.): raiding campaign
fekk ‘provided’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
erni ‘the eagle’
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1. ǫrn (noun m.; °arnar, dat. erni; ernir, acc. ǫrnu): eagle
Endr ‘in former times’
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endr (adv.): formerly, once, again
frák ‘I have heard’
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1. fregna (verb): hear of
borgir ‘of towns’
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borg (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -; -ir): city, stronghold
brenndar ‘burned’
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3. brenna (verb; (weak, transitive)): to burn (weak, intr.)
brandr ‘the sword’
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brandr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sword, prow; fire
gall ‘rang out’
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gjalla (verb): to scream, shriek; to repay, return, pay for
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
notes
[6] á Írlandi ‘in Ireland’: Óláfr’s raids in Ireland are corroborated by Hfr Óldr 6, almost certainly the source for the brief descriptions in ÓTHkr (ÍF 26, 264-5) and Fsk (ÍF 29, 141-4; cf. Fidjestøl 1982, 107-9; Krag 2003a, 64); cf. also HSt Rst 6.
Írlandi ‘Ireland’
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Írland (noun n.): [Ireland]
notes
[6] á Írlandi ‘in Ireland’: Óláfr’s raids in Ireland are corroborated by Hfr Óldr 6, almost certainly the source for the brief descriptions in ÓTHkr (ÍF 26, 264-5) and Fsk (ÍF 29, 141-4; cf. Fidjestøl 1982, 107-9; Krag 2003a, 64); cf. also HSt Rst 6.
blésu ‘fluttered’
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2. blása (verb; °blǽss; blés, blésu; blásinn): blow
vé ‘banners’
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2. vé (noun n.; °; -): banner, standard
þars ‘where’
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þars (conj.): where
vísi ‘prince’
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vísi (noun m.; °-a): leader
víg ‘the battle’
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víg (noun n.; °-s; -): battle < vígmóðr (adj.): [battle-furious]
móðr ‘furious’
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móðr (adj.): weary < vígmóðr (adj.): [battle-furious]
of ‘’
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4. of (particle): (before verb)
kom ‘came’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
glóðum ‘by fire’
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glóð (noun f.): ember
notes
[8] glóðum ‘by fire’: The word refers in prose usage to glowing embers. It could alternatively be taken here with kom, hence ‘came with fire, brought fire’.
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Rak, sás rausn vann mikla, |
The reddener of the planking of battles [SHIELD > WARRIOR], he who achieved great magnificence, pursued a raiding campaign in the west with a company of men, and provided the eagle with food. I have heard of towns burned by fire in former times in Ireland, where the battle-furious prince came; the sword rang out; banners fluttered.
[4]: HSt Rst 3/4 also begins vestr hernað. — [6]: Cf. the closely similar HSt Rst 4/6 and Note.
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