Þul Manna 9III
Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Manna heiti 9’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 784.
Niðr ‘Relative’
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1. niðr (noun m.; °-s; niðjar/niðir, acc. niði): son, kinsman, relative
hleyta ‘brother-in-law’
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hleyti (noun n.; °; -): marriage-alliance, kinship < hleytamaðr (noun m.)
[1] hleyta‑: so A, B, ‘hlęta’ R, ‘hlo᷎ta’ Tˣ, nauðleyta C
notes
[1] hleytamaðr ‘brother-in-law’: Lit. ‘a man connected by marriage’ (from hleyti n. ‘relationship by marriage’). The word is found only in this þula. The common term used elsewhere is nauð(h)leyti, nauðleytamaðr ‘near kinsman’ (cf. the C variant nauðleyta maðr, l. 4).
maðr ‘’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person < hleytamaðr (noun m.)
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[1] hleytamaðr ‘brother-in-law’: Lit. ‘a man connected by marriage’ (from hleyti n. ‘relationship by marriage’). The word is found only in this þula. The common term used elsewhere is nauð(h)leyti, nauðleytamaðr ‘near kinsman’ (cf. the C variant nauðleyta maðr, l. 4).
niðjungr ‘descendant’
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niðjungr (noun m.): descendant
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
barn ‘child’
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barn (noun n.; °-s; bǫrn/barn(JKr 345³), dat. bǫrnum/barnum): child
[2] barn: ‘barm[…]’ B, barmr 744ˣ
konr ‘kin’
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konr (noun m.; °-ar): kind, descendant
kynkvísl ‘kin-branch’
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kynkvísl (noun f.): variety
[3] kynkvísl: ‘k[…]isl’ B, ‘kýnkvisl’ 744ˣ
notes
[3] kynkvísl ‘kin-branch’: From kyn n. ‘kin’ and kvísl f. ‘branch’. In poetry, the word is found with this meaning only here, but it is attested in prose (see Fritzner: kynkvísl).
kundr ‘kinsman’
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kundr (noun m.): descendant
[4] kundr: ok kundr Tˣ, ‘kunnd[…]’ B, ‘kunndr’ 744ˣ
ættbogi ‘family line’
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ættbogi (noun m.)
[4] ættbogi: áttbogi niðr nauðleyta maðr C, ‘[…]e’ B, ‘e᷎ttboge’ 744ˣ
notes
[4] ættbogi ‘family line’: With the variant form áttbogi (so C). The word is derived from átt, ætt f. ‘family’ and bogi m. ‘bow’. The word is not found elsewhere in poetry, but it is attested in prose (see Fritzner: ættbogi).
málunautr ‘speech-mate’
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málunautr (noun m.)
[5] málunautr: ‘maluna[…]r’ B, ‘malunautr’ 744ˣ
notes
[5] málunautr ‘speech-mate’: I.e. ‘friend’ (cf. máli ‘interlocutor’, st. 7/3, rúni ‘confidant’, st. 6/7 and spjalli ‘intimate’ in l. 6).
mágr ‘in-law’
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mágr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): brother-, father-, or son-in-law
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
spjalli ‘intimate’
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spjalli (noun m.): confidant
ættslóð ‘genealogy’
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ættslóð (noun f.)
[7] ættslóð: so Tˣ, C, A, ‘æslóð’ R, ‘e᷎tt[…]d’ B, ‘e᷎ttslód’ 744ˣ
notes
[7] ættslóð ‘genealogy’: From ætt f. ‘family’ and slóð f. ‘track’ (cf. kynslóð ‘kindred, family’). The word is attested only in this þula.
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
sveinn ‘young man’
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sveinn (noun m.; °sveins; sveinar): boy, servant, attendant
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