A Summer Storm (Updated 5/16/2011)

Again, previously posted elsewhere.  This is a straight up verse of dróttkvætt, written to play with kennings.  There are a couple of kennings I invented (those for hail).  The rest are standards.  Hear It Here.

Hlenni jotuns hrönn brim

hagli strengjar brenna

mági Ullar mégum

morðhjols hlamman slamra;

skýja-grjót skinna

sáran hoggum markar;

Húfu tannar Hǫgna

hátunnu regns dynja.

The thief of the giants’ horn-surf

hail of the bowstring burns.

the kin of Ullr’s everywhere

killing wheel’s din slams.

Sky-stones skin

viciously strike the forests;

The hat denter of Hogni

of the high barrel of rains pours

Prose Order:

Hlenni jotuns hrönn brim hagli strengjar brenna; mági Ullar morðhjols hlamman slamra mégum.  skýja-grjót skinna sáran hoggum markar; Húfu tannar Hǫgna dynja {at}hátunnu regns.

Prose Translation:

The thief of Jotun’s horn surf’s [ODIN’S] hail of the bowstrings [ARROWS] burns.  Ullr’s kin’s [THOR’S] killing wheel’s [SHIELD’S] din slams everywhere.  Sky-stones [HAIL] viciously strike the forests’ skin [BARK]; The hat-denter of Hogni [HAIL] pours {from} the high barrels of rains [CLOUDS]

NOTES:

A simplified prose translation would read:

Lightning burns. Thunder slams everywhere.  Hail strips tree-bark viciously. Hail from the clouds pours.

Notes:

This verse contains four consecutive, related, independent clauses.  It also uses four long involved kennings (see below) in lines 1-2,  3-4, 7.

Kennings used:

Lines 1-2: [Hlenni jotuns hrönn brim = the thief of the Giants’ {Jotun’s} horn-surf > mead > poetry > OÐINN’S] + [hagli strengjar = hail of the bowstrings > ARROWS] = LIGHTNING 

Lines 3-4: [mági Ullar = Ullr’s kin > THOR’S] + [morðhjols = killing wheel > SHIELD’ S] + [hlamman = DIN] = THUNDER

Line 5: [skýja-grjót = cloud-stones > HAIL]

Lines 5-6: [markar skinna = forests’ skin > TREE BARK]

Line 7: [tannar = the denter of] +  húfu Hogni > Hogni’s cap > helmet] =  HAIL

Line 8: [hátunnu regns = high barrel of rains > CLOUDS]