Anon Heildr 10VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilags anda drápa 10’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 459-60.
Rakkr ‘bold’
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rakkr (adj.; °compar. -ari): bold
kennings
Ríkr rakkr dróttinn fróns sólar‘The mighty, bold lord of the land of the sun ’
= God
the land of the sun → SKY/HEAVEN
The mighty, bold lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
dróttinn ‘lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
kennings
Ríkr rakkr dróttinn fróns sólar‘The mighty, bold lord of the land of the sun ’
= God
the land of the sun → SKY/HEAVEN
The mighty, bold lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
fremr ‘assists’
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fremja (verb): advance, perform
rekka ‘men’
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rekkr (noun m.; °; -ar): man, champion
ríkr ‘The mighty’
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ríkr (adj.): mighty, powerful, rich
kennings
Ríkr rakkr dróttinn fróns sólar‘The mighty, bold lord of the land of the sun ’
= God
the land of the sun → SKY/HEAVEN
The mighty, bold lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
ást ‘love’
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ást (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): love < ástgjǫf (noun f.): °(gift of) grace
gjöfum ‘gifts’
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gjǫf (noun f.): gift < ástgjǫf (noun f.): °(gift of) grace
slíkum ‘with such’
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2. slíkr (adj.): such
þeim ‘which’
notes
[3] þeim er: Here interpreted as a rel. pron. referring back to ástgjöfum ‘love-gifts’ (l. 2). Skj B understands a separate cl. er sigr ok sómi þeim ‘it is a victory and an honour to that one (i.e. God)’.
er ‘are’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
notes
[3] þeim er: Here interpreted as a rel. pron. referring back to ástgjöfum ‘love-gifts’ (l. 2). Skj B understands a separate cl. er sigr ok sómi þeim ‘it is a victory and an honour to that one (i.e. God)’.
sigr ‘a victory’
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sigr (noun m.; °sigrs/sigrar, dat. sigri; sigrar): victory
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
sómi ‘an honour’
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sómi (noun m.; °-a): honour
sólar ‘of the sun’
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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun
kennings
Ríkr rakkr dróttinn fróns sólar‘The mighty, bold lord of the land of the sun ’
= God
the land of the sun → SKY/HEAVEN
The mighty, bold lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[4] fróns sólar ‘of the land of the sun’: Although the sky- or heaven-kenning frón sólar occurs elsewhere only in an anonymous helmingr on the Crucifixion quoted in Anon (FoGT) 6/2III to illustrate the figure of chronographia (SnE 1848-87, II, 196; TGT 1884-6, 123), heaven-kennings on the same model occur very frequently in Christian verse. Cf. land sólar ‘land of the sun’ (Leið 26/1-2); dags reitr ‘day’s patch of land’ (Líkn 32/6); sólar reitr ‘sun’s patch of land’ (Anon Lil 11/4).
sólar ‘of the sun’
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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun
kennings
Ríkr rakkr dróttinn fróns sólar‘The mighty, bold lord of the land of the sun ’
= God
the land of the sun → SKY/HEAVEN
The mighty, bold lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[4] fróns sólar ‘of the land of the sun’: Although the sky- or heaven-kenning frón sólar occurs elsewhere only in an anonymous helmingr on the Crucifixion quoted in Anon (FoGT) 6/2III to illustrate the figure of chronographia (SnE 1848-87, II, 196; TGT 1884-6, 123), heaven-kennings on the same model occur very frequently in Christian verse. Cf. land sólar ‘land of the sun’ (Leið 26/1-2); dags reitr ‘day’s patch of land’ (Líkn 32/6); sólar reitr ‘sun’s patch of land’ (Anon Lil 11/4).
fróns ‘of the land’
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2. frón (noun n.): earth, land
kennings
Ríkr rakkr dróttinn fróns sólar‘The mighty, bold lord of the land of the sun ’
= God
the land of the sun → SKY/HEAVEN
The mighty, bold lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[4] fróns sólar ‘of the land of the sun’: Although the sky- or heaven-kenning frón sólar occurs elsewhere only in an anonymous helmingr on the Crucifixion quoted in Anon (FoGT) 6/2III to illustrate the figure of chronographia (SnE 1848-87, II, 196; TGT 1884-6, 123), heaven-kennings on the same model occur very frequently in Christian verse. Cf. land sólar ‘land of the sun’ (Leið 26/1-2); dags reitr ‘day’s patch of land’ (Líkn 32/6); sólar reitr ‘sun’s patch of land’ (Anon Lil 11/4).
fróns ‘of the land’
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2. frón (noun n.): earth, land
kennings
Ríkr rakkr dróttinn fróns sólar‘The mighty, bold lord of the land of the sun ’
= God
the land of the sun → SKY/HEAVEN
The mighty, bold lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[4] fróns sólar ‘of the land of the sun’: Although the sky- or heaven-kenning frón sólar occurs elsewhere only in an anonymous helmingr on the Crucifixion quoted in Anon (FoGT) 6/2III to illustrate the figure of chronographia (SnE 1848-87, II, 196; TGT 1884-6, 123), heaven-kennings on the same model occur very frequently in Christian verse. Cf. land sólar ‘land of the sun’ (Leið 26/1-2); dags reitr ‘day’s patch of land’ (Líkn 32/6); sólar reitr ‘sun’s patch of land’ (Anon Lil 11/4).
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
þjóna ‘gain’
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þjóna (verb): serve
Syngr ‘sings’
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syngja (verb): sing
óska ‘wished for’
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ósk (noun f.; °-ar; dat. -um): wish, desire < óskalof (noun n.)
lof ‘praise’
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lof (noun n.; °-s; -): praise, leave, permission < óskalof (noun n.)
lengi ‘for a long time’
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lengi (adv.): for a long time
land ‘on earth’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land < landherr (noun m.): land’s people, land’s army
[6-8] abbrev. as ‘lannd herr spo᷎kum a. l.’ B
herr ‘The army’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host < landherr (noun m.): land’s people, land’s army
[6-8] abbrev. as ‘lannd herr spo᷎kum a. l.’ B
spökum ‘to the wise’
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spakr (adj.): quiet, gentle, wise
anda ‘spirit’
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andi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): spirit, soul
notes
[6] anda ‘spirit’: B abbreviates this and the following words a. l. This edn follows Finnur Jónsson, Kock and Rydberg in adopting Sveinbjörn Egilsson’s reconstruction to anda, acc. sing. of m. andi ‘spirit’, the recipient of the Christians’ hymnsinging.
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[5-8]: Repetition of a second stef, the two last ll. of which are not preserved, is indicated by the obelos symbol in the right-hand margin beside fol. 10r, l. 20.
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