Þorm Lv 15I/2 — happ ‘fortunate’
Hafa þóttumk ek, hættinn
happsœkjandi, ef tœkir,
hreins, við haldi mínu,
hvert land þegit, branda.
Ríkr, vilk með þér, rœkir
randar linns, ok Finni
— rǫnd berum út á andra
eybaugs — lifa ok deyja.
Ek þóttumk hafa þegit hvert land, hættinn happsœkjandi hreins branda, ef tœkir við haldi mínu. Vilk lifa ok deyja með þér ok Finni, ríkr rœkir linns randar; berum rǫnd út á andra eybaugs.
I would think that I had received every land, venturesome, fortunate attacker of the reindeer of stems [SHIP > SEA-WARRIOR = Óláfr], if you would accept my support. I wish to live and die with you and Finnr, mighty keeper of the serpent of the shield [SWORD > WARRIOR = Óláfr]; let’s bear the shield out onto the skis of the island-ring [SEA > SHIPS].
readings
[2] happ‑ (‘hap’): hafs or ‘haps’ Flat, hyrs Tóm, happs 761bˣmarg
notes
[2] happ- ‘fortunate’: The noun happ n. ‘luck’ appears to be descriptive here, and not integral to the structure of the kenning. Gaertner (1907, 330-1) reads hafs ‘ocean’s’ (which is probably the reading of Flat, though ‘haps’ is also possible), and he perceives a kenning sœkjandi hreins hafs ‘seeker of the reindeer of the ocean [SHIP > SEAFARER]’.
kennings
- hættinn happsœkjandi hreins branda, — venturesome, fortunate attacker of the reindeer of stems, [SEA-WARRIOR = Óláfr]