Anon (SnE) 15III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Stanzas from Snorra Edda 15’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 527.
Eldr ‘fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
brennat ‘does not burn’
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2. brenna (verb; °brennr/brenn; brann, brunnu; brunninn): (strong, intransitive)
[1] brennat sá sjaldan: ‘brenn en sio sannan’ C
notes
[1] brennat sjaldan ‘does not burn seldom’: An example of litotes, meaning that the fire kindled by Magnús burns frequently. Brennat ‘does not burn’ is formed from brenn (3rd pers. sg. pres. indic.) plus the negative suffixed particle -at.
sá ‘That’
[1] brennat sá sjaldan: ‘brenn en sio sannan’ C; sá: svá U
sjaldan ‘seldom’
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sjaldan (adv.): seldom
[1] brennat sá sjaldan: ‘brenn en sio sannan’ C
notes
[1] brennat sjaldan ‘does not burn seldom’: An example of litotes, meaning that the fire kindled by Magnús burns frequently. Brennat ‘does not burn’ is formed from brenn (3rd pers. sg. pres. indic.) plus the negative suffixed particle -at.
svíðr ‘torches’
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1. svíða (verb): cause pain, burn
dyggr ‘the reliable’
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dyggr (adj.; °dyggvan/dyggan; compar. -vari/-ari/-ri, superl. -vastr/-astr/-str): trustworthy
jǫfurr ‘prince’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
byggðir ‘settlements’
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byggð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): dwelling, settlement
[2] byggðir: ‘[…]’ B, ‘ḅygð̣ịr’ 744ˣ
blása ‘belch’
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2. blása (verb; °blǽss; blés, blésu; blásinn): blow
[3] blása rǫnn fyr ræsi: ‘[…]se’ B, ‘blasa ro᷎nn firi re᷎se’ 744ˣ
rǫnn ‘buildings’
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rann (noun n.): house, hall
[3] blása rǫnn fyr ræsi: ‘[…]se’ B, ‘blasa ro᷎nn firi re᷎se’ 744ˣ
fyr ‘before’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
[3] blása rǫnn fyr ræsi: ‘[…]se’ B, ‘blasa ro᷎nn firi re᷎se’ 744ˣ
notes
[3] fyr ‘before’: Or ‘on account of’.
ræsi ‘the ruler’
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ræsir (noun m.): ruler
[3] blása rǫnn fyr ræsi: ‘[…]se’ B, ‘blasa ro᷎nn firi re᷎se’ 744ˣ; ræsi: ‘reisi’ Tˣ
reyk ‘smoke’
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reykr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -i/-; -ir): smoke
es ‘which’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
Magnús ‘Magnús’
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2. Magnús (noun m.): Magnús
kveykvir ‘kindles’
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2. kveykva (verb): [kindles]
[4] kveykvir: kveykir Tˣ, A, B, C, kveikir U
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Eldr ‘fire’ is given in Skm as one of several heiti for ‘fire’.
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