The prince’s vessel, icy, eager to sail…
Icy - а) ледяной (покрытый льдом или состоящий изо льда)
б) скользкий, как лёд
в) блестящий, как лёд
г) очень холодный
равнодушный, безучастный; недружелюбный, пренебрежительный
In the other translations – ice-flecked. Cf.Тихомиров — льдисто искрящийся.
It is instructive to note that in suggesting that “isig” might be explained as essentially symbolical, Stanley remarks that “if it is possible for OE poet to use warmth and cold as expressions of solace (утешение) and misery (страдание) the word “isig” may mean no more than “winterceald”, a word evocative of sorrow (горе, печаль, сожаление): the factual meaning does not matter.
Stanley says only that it is “perhaps permissible” to explain isig as an example of symbolic description. His hesitancy possibly stems from Willy Krogmann's view, that isig derives from an Indo-European root *eis-, “heftig bewegen (ожесточенно движущийся)”, and therefore means “antreibend (ведущий), eifrig (ревностный, усердный, старательный; ярый), vorwaerts draengend (вперед (?) неотложный, срочный, настоятельный)”. But this etymology has recently been strongly criticized by Dieter Baehr, who concludes that literally isig does indeed mean “eisig, vereist”.
(E.G. Stanley OE Poetic Diction and Interpretation of The Wanderer, The Seafarer and The Penitent's Prayer. (Anglo-Saxon England, Vol. 6, Peter Clemoes, Martin Biddle, Julian Brown)
Eager to sail (utfus) – ready for the journey (?)
Alistair Campbell (unpublished lecture, cited in Howlett (1991:77) notes the seeming oddity of the conjunction of utfus and isig, which such parallel diction suggests that the poet originally wrote some word at least roughly synonymous with utfus. Campbell posits the unattested OE *ilig 'speedy', cognate with Old High German ilig, Modern High German eilig. Confusion of
“-l” with long “- s” could be a simple scribal blunder.
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mendations
of the "Beowulf" Text
W. J. Sedgefield
The Modern Language Review, Vol. 27, No. 4 (Oct., 1932), pp. 448-451
giver of rings – a king
Kenning for king or chieftain of a comitatus: he breaks off gold from the spiral rings - often worn on the arm - and this way rewards his followers.
a king was expected to give golden rings to reward his warriors
(Википедия)
The word “ring-giver” really means the king or overlord. However, there is more to the definition. The soldiers, or men who returned home from fighting for their king or land, would receive valuable charms from the king or overlord, such as arm-rings or neck-rings. In this case, the king is known as the ‘ring-giver’ because he distributes priceless gold only to those bold men. In other words, ring-givers distribute wealth for special purposes. The arm-rings and neck-rings distributed by the ring-giver are a reward for warriors’ enormous courage and strength. The brave heroes, who show off their arm-rings and neck-rings in public, eventually make the others jealous of their courage and values. Therefore, the heroes guard these precious jewels with their life.
(http://csis.pace.edu/grendel/projs2003a/Johane,Heidi&Yee/Ring.htm)
adorn (v), -ment (n) – decorate, embellish – украшать; украшение
handsomely (adv) – generously – красиво, великодушно
corslet — piece of armour covering body from OF cors=body - латы
magnificent (adj) – splendid, stately - великолепно
bear (v) – carry - нести
bequeath (v) – leave to person by will; transmit to posterity from OE becwethan=say - завещать
bequeathed him to the sea (line 49) – завещал его морю
OE geafon on garsecg