Anon Mhkv 14III
Roberta Frank (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Poems, Málsháttakvæði 14’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1229.
Bráðsét ‘be hastily seen’
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bráðsénn (adj.): [be hastily seen]
[1] Bráðsét: ‘Braðse[...]’ R, ‘braðset’ RFJ
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[1] bráðsét ‘be hastily seen’: This is a hap. leg. (adj. p. p. bráðsénn) but cf. bráðsýnn ‘seen at a glance’ (ONP: bráðsýnn). Möbius (1874) emends to bráðsett ‘hastily’, Wisén (1886-9, I) to bráðgett ‘hastily’.
láta ‘let’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
bragnar ‘Men’
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bragnar (noun m.): men, warriors
opt ‘often’
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opt (adv.): often
bregðr ‘is transformed’
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bregða (verb; °bregðr/brigðr; brá, brugðu; brugðinn/brogðinn): pull, jerk, break; change
at ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
er ‘the one who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
heldr ‘aims’
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halda (verb): hold, keep
á ‘’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
lopt ‘high’
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loft (noun n.): air, sky
allmargr ‘very many a man’
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allmargr (adj.): very many
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
til ‘too’
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til (prep.): to
seinn ‘slow’
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seinn (adj.; °seinan; compar. seinni, superl. seinstr/seinastr): slow, late
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
svá ‘’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
kǫllum ‘judge’
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kalla (verb): call
vér ‘we’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
ráð ‘counsels’
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ráð (noun n.; °-s; -): advice, plan, control, power
sem ‘as’
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sem (conj.): as, which
gefask ‘they turn out’
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gefa (verb): give
Ekki ‘n’t’
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2. ekki (adv.): not
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘[...]ar[...] f. far’ R, ‘ecki var[...] f. far’ RFJ, ‘ekki varðat f. far’ RJS
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘[...]ar[...] f. far’ R, ‘ecki var[...] f. far’ RFJ, ‘ekki varðat f. far’ RJS
þat ‘It’
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘[...]ar[...] f. far’ R, ‘ecki var[...] f. far’ RFJ, ‘ekki varðat f. far’ RJS
forðum ‘in the old days’
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forðum (adv.): formerly, once
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘[...]ar[...] f. far’ R, ‘ecki var[...] f. far’ RFJ, ‘ekki varðat f. far’ RJS
farald ‘a malady’
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farald (noun n.): malady
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘[...]ar[...] f. far’ R, ‘ecki var[...] f. far’ RFJ, ‘ekki varðat f. far’ RJS
Finnan ‘the Saami girl’
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Finnr (noun m.): Saami (person)
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘[...]ar[...] f. far’ R, ‘ecki var[...] f. far’ RFJ, ‘ekki varðat f. far’ RJS
gat ‘drove’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘[...]ar[...] f. far’ R, ‘ecki var[...] f. far’ RFJ, ‘ekki varðat f. far’ RJS
þó ‘still’
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þó (adv.): though
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘[...]ar[...] f. far’ R, ‘ecki var[...] f. far’ RFJ, ‘ekki varðat f. far’ RJS
œrðan ‘out of his mind’
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œra (verb): out of one’s mind
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘[...]ar[...] f. far’ R, ‘ecki var[...] f. far’ RFJ, ‘ekki varðat f. far’ RJS
Harald ‘Haraldr’
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Haraldr (noun m.): Haraldr
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘[...]ar[...] f. far’ R, ‘ecki var[...] f. far’ RFJ, ‘ekki varðat f. far’ RJS
hánum ‘to him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘[...]ar[...] f. far’ R, ‘ecki var[...] f. far’ RFJ, ‘ekki varðat f. far’ RJS
þótti ‘seemed’
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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘[...]ar[...] f. far’ R, ‘ecki var[...] f. far’ RFJ, ‘ekki varðat f. far’ RJS
sólbjǫrt ‘bright as the sun’
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sólbjartr (adj.): sun-bright
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘[...]ar[...] f. far’ R, ‘ecki var[...] f. far’ RFJ, ‘ekki varðat f. far’ RJS
sú ‘she’
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘[...]ar[...] f. far’ R, ‘ecki var[...] f. far’ RFJ, ‘ekki varðat f. far’ RJS
slíks ‘of such’
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2. slíkr (adj.): such
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘[...]ar[...] f. far’ R, ‘ecki var[...] f. far’ RFJ, ‘ekki varðat f. far’ RJS
dœmi ‘instances’
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dœmi (noun n.; °-s; -): judgement, example
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘[...]ar[...] f. far’ R, ‘ecki var[...] f. far’ RFJ, ‘ekki varðat f. far’ RJS
verðr ‘happen’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘[...]ar[...] f. far’ R, ‘ecki var[...] f. far’ RFJ, ‘ekki varðat f. far’ RJS
mǫrgum ‘to many’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘[...]ar[...] f. far’ R, ‘ecki var[...] f. far’ RFJ, ‘ekki varðat f. far’ RJS
nú ‘now’
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nú (adv.): now
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘[...]ar[...] f. far’ R, ‘ecki var[...] f. far’ RFJ, ‘ekki varðat f. far’ RJS
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Men often let things be hastily seen; the one who aims high is transformed; very many a man is too slow to calm down; we judge counsels as they turn out. It wasn’t a malady in the old days; still, the Saami girl drove Haraldr out of his mind; to him she seemed bright as the sun; instances of such happen to many now.
[2]: Both the translation and meaning of this proverb are uncertain. Möbius (1874) rendered the line: dem aufwärts strebenden wendet es (das glück) sich zu ‘luck turns to the upwardly striving man’, referring to the Latin proverb audaces fortuna juvat ‘fortune favours the bold’. CPB II, 366 restricted its translation to the relatively unambiguous phrase: ‘… aloft’. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) ventured: man holder sig til den, som udbreder noget ‘one sticks to the man who circulates something’. Kock (NN §3272) suggested: till den drar man sig, som jiver ‘one goes toward the man who gives’, i.e., ‘one follows the paymaster’. The translation provided here is equally provisional. — [5-8]: The refrain is abbreviated in the ms. (and even then only partially legible), and the full text is here supplied from st. 11/5-8.
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