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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Manna 2III/8 — kenpur ‘fighters’

Bragnar, þegnar,         beimar, hǫlðar,
firar ok flotnar,         fyrðar, hǫlðar,
fǫruneyti, drótt,         flokkr, harðmenni,
kníar ok kappar,         kenpur, nautar.

Bragnar, þegnar, beimar, hǫlðar, firar ok flotnar, fyrðar, hǫlðar, fǫruneyti, drótt, flokkr, harðmenni, kníar ok kappar, kenpur, nautar.

Noble ones, freemen, warriors, freeholders, vital ones and seamen, vital ones, freeholders, company, retinue, flock, tough ones, kníar and champions, fighters, mates.

readings

[8] kenpur: kempr , kempur A, ‘[…]ur’ B, kempur 744ˣ

notes

[7, 8] kappar, kenpur ‘champions, fighters’: Pl. forms of kappi m. (from kapp n. ‘impetuosity, competitive spirit’) and kenpa (or kempa) f. ‘champion’. The latter heiti does not occur in poetry and is most likely a loanword (< MLG kempe or OE cempa ‘champion’).

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