Anon (TGT) 27III
Tarrin Wills (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Stanzas from the Third Grammatical Treatise 27’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 555.
Áðr ‘Before’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
notes
[1-2] áðr djúphugaðr … dræpi dólga ‘before the deepminded … struck the enemies’: The opening of this stanza is identical with Þjóð Haustl 6/5. Although the subject of the narrative in Haustl 6 is Loki, not Þórr as here, this fragment has strong echoes of the helmingr in Haustl: there, Loki strikes a giant with a pole; here, Þórr strikes a giant with his hammer. The two helmingar contain the only examples in the corpus of a giant-kenning of the type ‘enemy of the land’ (dolgr vallar ‘enemy of the earth’ in Haustl 6/6).
djúp ‘the deep’
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djúpr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): deep < djúphugaðr (adj.): °profound, sagacious, perspicacious, shrewd, cunning
kennings
djúphugaðr, ramr, gegn, gagnsæll faðir Magna‘the deep-minded, mighty, reliable, victory-blessed father of Magni ’
= Þórr
the deep-minded, mighty, reliable, victory-blessed father of Magni → Þórr
notes
[1-2] áðr djúphugaðr … dræpi dólga ‘before the deepminded … struck the enemies’: The opening of this stanza is identical with Þjóð Haustl 6/5. Although the subject of the narrative in Haustl 6 is Loki, not Þórr as here, this fragment has strong echoes of the helmingr in Haustl: there, Loki strikes a giant with a pole; here, Þórr strikes a giant with his hammer. The two helmingar contain the only examples in the corpus of a giant-kenning of the type ‘enemy of the land’ (dolgr vallar ‘enemy of the earth’ in Haustl 6/6).
hugaðr ‘minded’
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-hugaðr (adj.): -minded < djúphugaðr (adj.): °profound, sagacious, perspicacious, shrewd, cunning
kennings
djúphugaðr, ramr, gegn, gagnsæll faðir Magna‘the deep-minded, mighty, reliable, victory-blessed father of Magni ’
= Þórr
the deep-minded, mighty, reliable, victory-blessed father of Magni → Þórr
notes
[1-2] áðr djúphugaðr … dræpi dólga ‘before the deepminded … struck the enemies’: The opening of this stanza is identical with Þjóð Haustl 6/5. Although the subject of the narrative in Haustl 6 is Loki, not Þórr as here, this fragment has strong echoes of the helmingr in Haustl: there, Loki strikes a giant with a pole; here, Þórr strikes a giant with his hammer. The two helmingar contain the only examples in the corpus of a giant-kenning of the type ‘enemy of the land’ (dolgr vallar ‘enemy of the earth’ in Haustl 6/6).
dræpi ‘struck’
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drepa (verb; °drepr; drap, drápu; drepinn): kill, strike
[1] dræpi: corrected from ‘drę́gi’ A, drepi W
notes
[1-2] áðr djúphugaðr … dræpi dólga ‘before the deepminded … struck the enemies’: The opening of this stanza is identical with Þjóð Haustl 6/5. Although the subject of the narrative in Haustl 6 is Loki, not Þórr as here, this fragment has strong echoes of the helmingr in Haustl: there, Loki strikes a giant with a pole; here, Þórr strikes a giant with his hammer. The two helmingar contain the only examples in the corpus of a giant-kenning of the type ‘enemy of the land’ (dolgr vallar ‘enemy of the earth’ in Haustl 6/6).
dólga ‘the enemies’
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dolgr (noun m.; °dat. -; -ar): enemy, battle
kennings
dólga grœðis vagna‘the enemies of the sea of wagons ’
= GIANTS
the sea of wagons → LAND
the enemies of the LAND → GIANTS
notes
[1-2] áðr djúphugaðr … dræpi dólga ‘before the deepminded … struck the enemies’: The opening of this stanza is identical with Þjóð Haustl 6/5. Although the subject of the narrative in Haustl 6 is Loki, not Þórr as here, this fragment has strong echoes of the helmingr in Haustl: there, Loki strikes a giant with a pole; here, Þórr strikes a giant with his hammer. The two helmingar contain the only examples in the corpus of a giant-kenning of the type ‘enemy of the land’ (dolgr vallar ‘enemy of the earth’ in Haustl 6/6). — [3] dólga grœðis vagna ‘the enemies of the sea of wagons [LAND > GIANTS]’: The only equivalent of this type of kenning for ‘giant’ is found in Þjóð Haustl 6/6, dolgr vallar ‘enemy of the earth’.
dólga ‘the enemies’
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dolgr (noun m.; °dat. -; -ar): enemy, battle
kennings
dólga grœðis vagna‘the enemies of the sea of wagons ’
= GIANTS
the sea of wagons → LAND
the enemies of the LAND → GIANTS
notes
[1-2] áðr djúphugaðr … dræpi dólga ‘before the deepminded … struck the enemies’: The opening of this stanza is identical with Þjóð Haustl 6/5. Although the subject of the narrative in Haustl 6 is Loki, not Þórr as here, this fragment has strong echoes of the helmingr in Haustl: there, Loki strikes a giant with a pole; here, Þórr strikes a giant with his hammer. The two helmingar contain the only examples in the corpus of a giant-kenning of the type ‘enemy of the land’ (dolgr vallar ‘enemy of the earth’ in Haustl 6/6). — [3] dólga grœðis vagna ‘the enemies of the sea of wagons [LAND > GIANTS]’: The only equivalent of this type of kenning for ‘giant’ is found in Þjóð Haustl 6/6, dolgr vallar ‘enemy of the earth’.
ramr ‘mighty’
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rammr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): mighty
kennings
djúphugaðr, ramr, gegn, gagnsæll faðir Magna‘the deep-minded, mighty, reliable, victory-blessed father of Magni ’
= Þórr
the deep-minded, mighty, reliable, victory-blessed father of Magni → Þórr
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
hamri ‘hammer’
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1. hamarr (noun m.; °-s, dat. hamri; hamrar): hammer, cliff
gegn ‘reliable’
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1. gegn (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. -astr/-str): reliable
kennings
djúphugaðr, ramr, gegn, gagnsæll faðir Magna‘the deep-minded, mighty, reliable, victory-blessed father of Magni ’
= Þórr
the deep-minded, mighty, reliable, victory-blessed father of Magni → Þórr
á ‘at’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
grœðis ‘of the sea’
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grœðir (noun m.): ?healer, ?ocean
kennings
dólga grœðis vagna‘the enemies of the sea of wagons ’
= GIANTS
the sea of wagons → LAND
the enemies of the LAND → GIANTS
notes
[3] dólga grœðis vagna ‘the enemies of the sea of wagons [LAND > GIANTS]’: The only equivalent of this type of kenning for ‘giant’ is found in Þjóð Haustl 6/6, dolgr vallar ‘enemy of the earth’.
grœðis ‘of the sea’
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grœðir (noun m.): ?healer, ?ocean
kennings
dólga grœðis vagna‘the enemies of the sea of wagons ’
= GIANTS
the sea of wagons → LAND
the enemies of the LAND → GIANTS
notes
[3] dólga grœðis vagna ‘the enemies of the sea of wagons [LAND > GIANTS]’: The only equivalent of this type of kenning for ‘giant’ is found in Þjóð Haustl 6/6, dolgr vallar ‘enemy of the earth’.
vagna ‘of wagons’
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vǫgn (noun f.; °; vagnir): wagon
kennings
dólga grœðis vagna‘the enemies of the sea of wagons ’
= GIANTS
the sea of wagons → LAND
the enemies of the LAND → GIANTS
notes
[3] dólga grœðis vagna ‘the enemies of the sea of wagons [LAND > GIANTS]’: The only equivalent of this type of kenning for ‘giant’ is found in Þjóð Haustl 6/6, dolgr vallar ‘enemy of the earth’.
vagna ‘of wagons’
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vǫgn (noun f.; °; vagnir): wagon
kennings
dólga grœðis vagna‘the enemies of the sea of wagons ’
= GIANTS
the sea of wagons → LAND
the enemies of the LAND → GIANTS
notes
[3] dólga grœðis vagna ‘the enemies of the sea of wagons [LAND > GIANTS]’: The only equivalent of this type of kenning for ‘giant’ is found in Þjóð Haustl 6/6, dolgr vallar ‘enemy of the earth’.
gagn ‘victory’
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1. gagn (noun n.): victory < gagnsæll (adj.): [victory-blessed]
kennings
djúphugaðr, ramr, gegn, gagnsæll faðir Magna‘the deep-minded, mighty, reliable, victory-blessed father of Magni ’
= Þórr
the deep-minded, mighty, reliable, victory-blessed father of Magni → Þórr
sæll ‘blessed’
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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed < gagnsæll (adj.): [victory-blessed]
kennings
djúphugaðr, ramr, gegn, gagnsæll faðir Magna‘the deep-minded, mighty, reliable, victory-blessed father of Magni ’
= Þórr
the deep-minded, mighty, reliable, victory-blessed father of Magni → Þórr
faðir ‘father’
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faðir (noun m.): father
kennings
djúphugaðr, ramr, gegn, gagnsæll faðir Magna‘the deep-minded, mighty, reliable, victory-blessed father of Magni ’
= Þórr
the deep-minded, mighty, reliable, victory-blessed father of Magni → Þórr
Magna ‘of Magni’
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Magni (noun m.): Magni
kennings
djúphugaðr, ramr, gegn, gagnsæll faðir Magna‘the deep-minded, mighty, reliable, victory-blessed father of Magni ’
= Þórr
the deep-minded, mighty, reliable, victory-blessed father of Magni → Þórr
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This is the last of three examples (after Þul Sea-kings and Máni Lv 5) which Óláfr gives for the figure dialyton (‘dialiton’), the use of many nouns without a conjunction. The example is introduced as follows (TGT 1927, 73): En svipa heitir þat ef fleiri sannkenningar heyra einum hlut oklaust ‘But it is called “whip” if several sannkenningar refer to the same thing without [the conjunction] “and”’.
In the preceding paragraph, Óláfr equates dialyton with a native term klauf (‘cleft, cloven hoof, head of cattle’) which is the use of two sannkenningar or epithets without a conjunction (more properly asyndeton), exemplified by Máni Lv 5. In the present example, the figure is equated with another term, svipa (‘whip’), i.e. many epithets attached to the same noun without a conjunction. Neither the term klauf nor svipa are elsewhere attested with this particular grammatical sense. — This stanza is dated to the C10th by Finnur Jónsson (Skj), presumably on the basis of the pagan subject matter, but there is no other evidence to support such an early date.
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