Anon (SnE) 17III
Matthew Townend (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Stanzas from Snorra Edda 17’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 529.
Allvalda ‘mighty rulers’
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allvaldr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): mighty ruler
kannk ‘I know’
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3. kanna (verb): know, be able
alla ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
austr ‘east’
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3. austr (adv.; °compar. -ar, superl. -ast): east, in the east
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
suðr ‘south’
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2. suðr (adv.): south, in the south
flausta ‘of ships’
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flaust (noun n.): ship
kennings
setr flausta;‘the abode of ships; ’
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the abode of ships; → SEA
Sveins ‘Sveinn’s’
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2. Sveinn (noun m.): Sveinn
kennings
sonr Sveins‘Sveinn’s son ’
= Knútr
Sveinn’s son → Knútr
notes
[2] sonr Sveins ‘Sveinn’s son [= Knútr]’: See Introduction above, as well as Knútr Sveinsson’s Biography in Introduction to SkP I.
sonr ‘son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
[3] es sonr (‘er sonr’): ok suðr C
kennings
sonr Sveins‘Sveinn’s son ’
= Knútr
Sveinn’s son → Knútr
notes
[2] sonr Sveins ‘Sveinn’s son [= Knútr]’: See Introduction above, as well as Knútr Sveinsson’s Biography in Introduction to SkP I.
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
reyna ‘deal with’
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reyna (verb): test, try, experience
kennings
setr flausta;‘the abode of ships; ’
= SEA
the abode of ships; → SEA
hverjum ‘than any other’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
gram ‘ruler’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
betri ‘better’
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betri (adj. comp.; °superl. beztr/baztr; pos. góðr adj.): better, best
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This stanza is quoted in Skm to illustrate the use of allvaldr as a nafn ókent ‘non-periphrastic term’ for ‘man’, and introduced with svá sem hér er kveðit ‘as is said here’.
[1]: This line has aðalhending (all : all) rather than the expected skothending.
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