ESk Øxfl 5III/8 — svana ‘swans’
Gaf, sás erring ofrar,
ógnprúðr Vana brúðar
þing- Váfaðar -þrøngvir
þróttǫflga mér dóttur.
Ríkr leiddi mey mækis
mótvaldr á beð skaldi
Gefnar glóðum drifna
Gautreks svana brautar.
Ógnprúðr Váfaðar þingþrøngvir, sás ofrar erring, gaf mér þróttǫflga dóttur brúðar Vana. Ríkr mækis mótvaldr leiddi mey Gefnar, drifna glóðum brautar svana Gautreks, á beð skaldi.
The battle-proud compeller of the assembly of Váfuðr <= Óðinn> [(lit. ‘Váfuðr’s assembly-compeller’) BATTLE > WARRIOR], who displays courage, gave me the mightily strong daughter of the Vanir’s consort [= Freyja > = Hnoss (hnoss ‘treasure’)]. The powerful controller of the meeting of the sword [(lit. ‘meeting-controller of the sword’) BATTLE > WARRIOR] led the girl of Gefn <= Freyja> [= Hnoss (hnoss ‘treasure’)], covered with embers of the road of Gautrekr’s <sea-king’s> swans [SHIPS > SEA > GOLD], to the poet’s bed.
readings
[8] svana brautar: ‘svan[…]ravtar’ U
notes
[8] svana Gautreks ‘of Gautrekr’s <sea-king’s> swans [SHIPS]’: For kennings for ‘ship’ in which the base-word is a species of bird, see Meissner 208, 216. Ships could also have birds’ names, e.g. Óláfr Tryggvason’s Trani or Trana ‘the Crane’ (see Note to Hfr ErfÓl 16/2I). For the sea-king Gautrekr, see Note to Þul Sækonunga 5/3.
kennings
- svana Gautreks, — of Gautrekr’s <sea-king’s> swans, [SHIPS]
- brautar svana Gautreks, — of the road of Gautrekr’s <sea-king’s> swans, [SEA]
- glóðum brautar svana Gautreks, — with embers of the road of Gautrekr’s <sea-king’s> swans, [GOLD]
grammar
case: gen.
number: pl.