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Anon Brúðv 4VII

Valgerður Erna Þorvaldsdóttir (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Brúðkaupsvísur 4’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 531-2.

Anonymous PoemsBrúðkaupsvísur
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óx ‘grew’

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vaxa (verb): grow, increase

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þar ‘there’

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þar (adv.): there

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upp ‘up’

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upp (adv.): up

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maðr ‘man’

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maðr (noun m.): man, person

notes

[2] maðr ‘man’: Jón Helgason suggested that ‘mr’ in 721 might be a misreading of ‘mic’, mjök ‘very’, to be taken with ágætr ‘fine’. The emendation is not necessary.

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sjá ‘that’

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1. sjá (pron.; °gen. þessa dat. þessum/þeima, acc. þenna; f. sjá/þessi; n. þetta, dat. þessu/þvísa; pl. þessir): this

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sjá hittir hringa
‘that finder of rings ’
   = MAN

that finder of rings → MAN
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er ‘’

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2. er (conj.): who, which, when

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hittir ‘finder’

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hittir (noun m.): finder

[3] hittir: hitt er 721

kennings

sjá hittir hringa
‘that finder of rings ’
   = MAN

that finder of rings → MAN

notes

[3] hittir (m.) ‘finder’: hitt er in 721 and all transcripts. Jón Helgason suggested emending to hittir to provide a base-word for the man-kenning hittir hringa ‘finder of rings’.

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um ‘’

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1. um (prep.): about, around

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og ‘as was’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

[3] og: um 721

notes

[3] og ‘and’: um in all mss. Jón Helgason suggested emending to ok.

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ætt ‘family’

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1. ætt (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): family

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hringa ‘of rings’

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1. hringr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): ring; sword

kennings

sjá hittir hringa
‘that finder of rings ’
   = MAN

that finder of rings → MAN
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með ‘with’

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með (prep.): with

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virðing ‘honour’

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virðing (noun f.; °-ar): honour

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Ærir ‘messengers’

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1. árr (noun m.; °dat. ár; ǽrir/árar, acc. áru): messenger

[5] Ærir: Ærin 721

kennings

Þeir ærir atgeirs,
‘Those messengers of the halberd, ’
   = WARRIORS

Those messengers of the halberd, → WARRIORS

notes

[5] Ærir: Emendation suggested by Jón Helgason.

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fjár ‘of money’

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fé (noun n.; °fjár/féar; -): cattle, money

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atgeirs ‘of the halberd’

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atgeirr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): [halberd]

kennings

Þeir ærir atgeirs,
‘Those messengers of the halberd, ’
   = WARRIORS

Those messengers of the halberd, → WARRIORS
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mikinn ‘great’

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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large

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þeir ‘Those’

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1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

kennings

Þeir ærir atgeirs,
‘Those messengers of the halberd, ’
   = WARRIORS

Those messengers of the halberd, → WARRIORS
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og ‘’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

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er ‘who’

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2. er (conj.): who, which, when

[7] er: og 721

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rauða ‘’

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rauðr (adj.; °compar. -ari): red

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reyðar ‘of the rorqual’

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reyðr (noun f.; °; -ar): whale, rorqual

[7] reyðar: rauða 721

kennings

reyðar rannskíðs rennis,
‘propeller of the house-ski of the rorqual’
   = SEAFARER

the house of the rorqual, → SEA
the ski of the SEA → SHIP
the propeller of the SHIP → SEAFARER

notes

[7] reyðar ‘of the rorqual’: The mss read ‘rauða’, but the kenning requires a word for an inhabitant of the sea. Jón Helgason proposed reyðar, gen. sg. of reyðr, f. a rorqual or finner whale (cf. LP: reyðr).

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reyðar ‘of the rorqual’

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reyðr (noun f.; °; -ar): whale, rorqual

[7] reyðar: rauða 721

kennings

reyðar rannskíðs rennis,
‘propeller of the house-ski of the rorqual’
   = SEAFARER

the house of the rorqual, → SEA
the ski of the SEA → SHIP
the propeller of the SHIP → SEAFARER

notes

[7] reyðar ‘of the rorqual’: The mss read ‘rauða’, but the kenning requires a word for an inhabitant of the sea. Jón Helgason proposed reyðar, gen. sg. of reyðr, f. a rorqual or finner whale (cf. LP: reyðr).

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reyðar ‘of the rorqual’

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reyðr (noun f.; °; -ar): whale, rorqual

[7] reyðar: rauða 721

kennings

reyðar rannskíðs rennis,
‘propeller of the house-ski of the rorqual’
   = SEAFARER

the house of the rorqual, → SEA
the ski of the SEA → SHIP
the propeller of the SHIP → SEAFARER

notes

[7] reyðar ‘of the rorqual’: The mss read ‘rauða’, but the kenning requires a word for an inhabitant of the sea. Jón Helgason proposed reyðar, gen. sg. of reyðr, f. a rorqual or finner whale (cf. LP: reyðr).

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rann ‘of the house’

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rann (noun n.): house, hall < rannskíð (noun n.)

kennings

reyðar rannskíðs rennis,
‘propeller of the house-ski of the rorqual’
   = SEAFARER

the house of the rorqual, → SEA
the ski of the SEA → SHIP
the propeller of the SHIP → SEAFARER
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rann ‘of the house’

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rann (noun n.): house, hall < rannskíð (noun n.)

kennings

reyðar rannskíðs rennis,
‘propeller of the house-ski of the rorqual’
   = SEAFARER

the house of the rorqual, → SEA
the ski of the SEA → SHIP
the propeller of the SHIP → SEAFARER
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rann ‘of the house’

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rann (noun n.): house, hall < rannskíð (noun n.)

kennings

reyðar rannskíðs rennis,
‘propeller of the house-ski of the rorqual’
   = SEAFARER

the house of the rorqual, → SEA
the ski of the SEA → SHIP
the propeller of the SHIP → SEAFARER
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skíðs ‘of the ski’

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skíð (noun n.; °; -): ski < rannskíð (noun n.)

kennings

reyðar rannskíðs rennis,
‘propeller of the house-ski of the rorqual’
   = SEAFARER

the house of the rorqual, → SEA
the ski of the SEA → SHIP
the propeller of the SHIP → SEAFARER
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skíðs ‘of the ski’

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skíð (noun n.; °; -): ski < rannskíð (noun n.)

kennings

reyðar rannskíðs rennis,
‘propeller of the house-ski of the rorqual’
   = SEAFARER

the house of the rorqual, → SEA
the ski of the SEA → SHIP
the propeller of the SHIP → SEAFARER
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rennis ‘of the propeller’

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rennir (noun m.): impeller

kennings

reyðar rannskíðs rennis,
‘propeller of the house-ski of the rorqual’
   = SEAFARER

the house of the rorqual, → SEA
the ski of the SEA → SHIP
the propeller of the SHIP → SEAFARER

notes

[8] rennis (m. nom. sg. rennir) ‘one that causes something to run’: ‘Propeller’, ‘driver’ are possible translations.

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