Anon Brúðv 7VII
Valgerður Erna Þorvaldsdóttir (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Brúðkaupsvísur 7’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 534.
Sviftir ‘The hurler’
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sviptir (noun m.; °-s): flinger
kennings
Sviftir Lista linna‘The hurler of the Lista of snakes ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the Lista of snakes → GOLD
The hurler of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
framdi ‘performed’
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fremja (verb): advance, perform
saung ‘a song’
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sǫngr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -vi/-; -var): song
oft ‘often’
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opt (adv.): often
svá ‘so’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
höfum ‘we [I] have heard’
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hafa (verb): have
spurt ‘tell’
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spyrja (verb; spurði): ask; hear, find out
frá ‘’
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frá (prep.): from
linna ‘of snakes’
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linnr (noun m.): snake
kennings
Sviftir Lista linna‘The hurler of the Lista of snakes ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the Lista of snakes → GOLD
The hurler of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
linna ‘of snakes’
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linnr (noun m.): snake
kennings
Sviftir Lista linna‘The hurler of the Lista of snakes ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the Lista of snakes → GOLD
The hurler of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
til ‘in’
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til (prep.): to
lofs ‘praise’
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lof (noun n.; °-s; -): praise, leave, permission
enn ‘still’
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2. enn (adv.): still, yet, again
Lista ‘of the Lista’
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Listi (noun m.): [Lista]
kennings
Sviftir Lista linna‘The hurler of the Lista of snakes ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the Lista of snakes → GOLD
The hurler of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
Lista ‘of the Lista’
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Listi (noun m.): [Lista]
kennings
Sviftir Lista linna‘The hurler of the Lista of snakes ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the Lista of snakes → GOLD
The hurler of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
við ‘of’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
höll ‘the hall’
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1. hǫll (noun f.; °hallar, dat. -u/-; hallir): hall
kennings
höll Krist —‘the hall of Christ — ’
= Mary
the hall of Christ — → Mary
Krist ‘of Christ’
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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ
kennings
höll Krist —‘the hall of Christ — ’
= Mary
the hall of Christ — → Mary
notes
[4] Krist ‘Christ’s’: Both here and at 26/6 the gen. of Kristr occurs without the -s suffix (cf. ANG §358.2, Anm. 3). Emendation is unnecessary, though Jón Helgason emended to Krists in both locations. The kenning höll Krists ‘hall of Christ’ for the Virgin Mary belongs to a type which compares the Virgin to a building, referring to her as the temple of Solomon and the Church itself. See Note to Gamlkan Has 60/5-8.
því ‘because’
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því (adv.): therefore, because
að ‘’
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4. at (conj.): that
tíðir ‘services’
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1. tíð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): time
blik ‘of the gleam’
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blik (noun n.): gleam < blikbjóðr (noun m.)
kennings
fjarðar blikbjóðr‘gleam-giver of the fjord’
= GENEROUS MAN
the gleam of the fjord → GOLD
the giver of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
blik ‘of the gleam’
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blik (noun n.): gleam < blikbjóðr (noun m.)
kennings
fjarðar blikbjóðr‘gleam-giver of the fjord’
= GENEROUS MAN
the gleam of the fjord → GOLD
the giver of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
bjóðr ‘the giver’
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2. bjóðr (noun m.): inviter < blikbjóðr (noun m.)
kennings
fjarðar blikbjóðr‘gleam-giver of the fjord’
= GENEROUS MAN
the gleam of the fjord → GOLD
the giver of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
brúði ‘the bride’
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brúðr (noun f.; °brúðar, dat. & acc. brúði; brúðir): woman, bride
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
ástúð ‘love’
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ásthúð (noun f.; °-ar): love, affection
fira ‘’
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firar (noun m.): men
kennings
fjarðar blikbjóðr‘gleam-giver of the fjord’
= GENEROUS MAN
the gleam of the fjord → GOLD
the giver of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[7] fjarðar ‘fjord’: Jón Helgason suggested emending the reading of 721 and all the transcripts, fira ‘of men’, to fjarðar which makes more sense as the determinant of a gold-kenning, but destroys the hending. It is likely that the text is corrupt here.
kennings
fjarðar blikbjóðr‘gleam-giver of the fjord’
= GENEROUS MAN
the gleam of the fjord → GOLD
the giver of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[7] fjarðar ‘fjord’: Jón Helgason suggested emending the reading of 721 and all the transcripts, fira ‘of men’, to fjarðar which makes more sense as the determinant of a gold-kenning, but destroys the hending. It is likely that the text is corrupt here.
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
fremst ‘the most outstanding’
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framr (adj.; °compar. framari/fremri, superl. framastr/fremstr): outstanding, foremost
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
fagrar ‘beautiful’
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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful
saung ‘sang’
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syngja (verb): sing
hvern ‘each’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
dag ‘day’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
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Sviftir framdi saung oft |
The hurler of the Lista of snakes [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN] still often performed a song in praise of the hall of Christ [= Mary] — so we [I] have heard tell —, because the giver of the gleam of the fjord [(lit. ‘gleam-giver of the fjord’) GOLD > GENEROUS MAN] sang beautiful services with love each day, for the bride who is the most outstanding.
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