Thanks LN thanks a bundle for the comments on the poems - I see that I got some bits right - sure small amounts - but some - a step in the right direction
But I shall never be a Bard Skald or whatever - is there a difference
Patricia
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 6:59 PM, llama_nom <
600cell@...> wrote:
--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "llama_nom" <600cell@...> wrote:
>
> Siðreynir lét síðan
> snjallr morðhamar gjalla
> hauðrs í hattar steðja
> hjaldrs Vetrliða skaldi.
>
> "The bold custom-tester/rowan of battle (i.e. the tester/rowan of the
> custom/practice of battle = warrior) made [his] murder-hammer (i.e.
> his sword) resound, set [it] in the land of the hood (i.e. head) of
> the poet Vetrliði."
I just realised: 'steðja' isn't the verb meaning "to place", but the
masculine noun 'steði' "anvil", making a three-part kenning:
'steði hauðrs hattar'
"anvil of land of hood"
http://www.septentrionalia.net/lex/index2.php?book=e&page=535&ext=png
'hauðr hattar' "land of hood" would itself be an adequate kenning for
head, but the anvil idea goes nicely with 'morðhamar'. Interpreting
'steðja' as a verb doesn't work because 'hauðrs' "of land" is
genitive, so there needs some further noun to complete the kenning.
Sorry about that!
Siðreynir lét síðan
snjallr morðhamar gjalla
hauðrs í hattar steðja
hjaldrs Vetrliða skaldi.
The bold rowan/tester of the practice of battle (i.e. warrior) then
made his murder-hammer resound on the poet Vetrliði's anvil of the
land of the hood (i.e. head).
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