Anon (SnE) 3III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Stanzas from Snorra Edda 3’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 514.
Ógn ‘Battle’
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ógn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): terror, battle < ógnrakkr (adj.): battle-bold
[1] Ógn‑: ‘Ong’ U
kennings
Ógnrakkr álmr dynskúrar málma,‘Battle-brave elm of the din-shower of weapons, ’
= WARRIOR
the din-shower of weapons, → BATTLE
Battle-brave elm of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
rakkr ‘brave’
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rakkr (adj.; °compar. -ari): bold < ógnrakkr (adj.): battle-bold
[1] ‑rakkr: so Tˣ, W, A, C, ‑rakr R, ‑rekkr U
kennings
Ógnrakkr álmr dynskúrar málma,‘Battle-brave elm of the din-shower of weapons, ’
= WARRIOR
the din-shower of weapons, → BATTLE
Battle-brave elm of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
skalat ‘must not’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
[1] skalat: skal at Tˣ, C, ‘s[…]a’ U
okkur ‘our’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
álmr ‘elm’
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almr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): bow, elm-bow
kennings
Ógnrakkr álmr dynskúrar málma,‘Battle-brave elm of the din-shower of weapons, ’
= WARRIOR
the din-shower of weapons, → BATTLE
Battle-brave elm of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
dyn ‘of the din’
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dynja (verb; °dunði): resound < dynskúr (noun f.): [din-shower]
kennings
Ógnrakkr álmr dynskúrar málma,‘Battle-brave elm of the din-shower of weapons, ’
= WARRIOR
the din-shower of weapons, → BATTLE
Battle-brave elm of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
dyn ‘of the din’
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dynja (verb; °dunði): resound < dynskúr (noun f.): [din-shower]
kennings
Ógnrakkr álmr dynskúrar málma,‘Battle-brave elm of the din-shower of weapons, ’
= WARRIOR
the din-shower of weapons, → BATTLE
Battle-brave elm of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
skúrar ‘shower’
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1. skúr (noun f.; °; -ir): shower < dynskúr (noun f.): [din-shower]
kennings
Ógnrakkr álmr dynskúrar málma,‘Battle-brave elm of the din-shower of weapons, ’
= WARRIOR
the din-shower of weapons, → BATTLE
Battle-brave elm of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
skúrar ‘shower’
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1. skúr (noun f.; °; -ir): shower < dynskúr (noun f.): [din-shower]
kennings
Ógnrakkr álmr dynskúrar málma,‘Battle-brave elm of the din-shower of weapons, ’
= WARRIOR
the din-shower of weapons, → BATTLE
Battle-brave elm of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
kennings
Ógnrakkr álmr dynskúrar málma,‘Battle-brave elm of the din-shower of weapons, ’
= WARRIOR
the din-shower of weapons, → BATTLE
Battle-brave elm of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
kennings
Ógnrakkr álmr dynskúrar málma,‘Battle-brave elm of the din-shower of weapons, ’
= WARRIOR
the din-shower of weapons, → BATTLE
Battle-brave elm of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
svá ‘thus’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
bauð ‘commanded’
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bjóða (verb; °býðr; bauð, buðu; boðinn (buð- Thom¹ 5²n.)): offer, order, invite
lind ‘the linden’
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1. lind (noun f.): linden-shield, linden tree
kennings
lind líns.‘the linden of linen ’
= WOMAN
the linden of linen → WOMAN
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
notes
[3] í landi ‘in the land’: Kock (NN §1836) argues that this prepositional phrase ought to belong to the second rather than to the first clause (‘thus the linden of linen [WOMAN] in the land commanded’), and that ‘in the land’ means ‘at home’. That word order is entirely possible, although land does not appear to be attested in this meaning (see Fritzner: land). SnE 1848-87, I, offers in patria degens ‘living in the homeland’. The present edn follows Skj B and SnE 1998.
landi ‘the land’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land
notes
[3] í landi ‘in the land’: Kock (NN §1836) argues that this prepositional phrase ought to belong to the second rather than to the first clause (‘thus the linden of linen [WOMAN] in the land commanded’), and that ‘in the land’ means ‘at home’. That word order is entirely possible, although land does not appear to be attested in this meaning (see Fritzner: land). SnE 1848-87, I, offers in patria degens ‘living in the homeland’. The present edn follows Skj B and SnE 1998.
kennings
lind líns.‘the linden of linen ’
= WOMAN
the linden of linen → WOMAN
hugrekki ‘boldness of heart’
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hugrekki (noun f.): boldness of heart
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As st. 2 above. The tree-name that functions as the base-word in the woman-kenning is lind ‘linden’.
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