Anon Brúðv 11VII
Valgerður Erna Þorvaldsdóttir (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Brúðkaupsvísur 11’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 537.
Rekka ‘of men’
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rekkr (noun m.; °; -ar): man, champion
fúss ‘The eager’
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fúss (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): eager, willing
flokkr ‘party’
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flokkr (noun m.): group, flock
fara ‘to go’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
boðið ‘invited’
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bjóða (verb; °býðr; bauð, buðu; boðinn (buð- Thom¹ 5²n.)): offer, order, invite
var ‘were’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
brullaups ‘the wedding feast’
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brúðhlaup (noun n.; °-s; -): wedding feast
notes
[3] brullaups ‘wedding feast’: As Jón Helgason pointed out, the form brullaups in 399a-bˣ and 2166ˣ is required to form a skothending with brynsvells (-ull- : -ell-) and is adopted here. 721 has the form ‘brvd laups’. The variants brúðhlaup and brullaup existed in ON from an early date (ANG §§268.4, 294).
bryn ‘of the mail-coat’
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1. brynja (noun f.; °-u (dat. brynnoni Gibb 38⁹); -ur): mailcoat < brynsvell (noun n.)
kennings
beiðis brynsvells‘of the demander of the mail-coat ice ’
= WARRIOR
the mail-coat ice → SWORD
the demander of the SWORD → WARRIOR
bryn ‘of the mail-coat’
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1. brynja (noun f.; °-u (dat. brynnoni Gibb 38⁹); -ur): mailcoat < brynsvell (noun n.)
kennings
beiðis brynsvells‘of the demander of the mail-coat ice ’
= WARRIOR
the mail-coat ice → SWORD
the demander of the SWORD → WARRIOR
svells ‘ice’
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svell (noun n.; °; -): ice < brynsvell (noun n.)
kennings
beiðis brynsvells‘of the demander of the mail-coat ice ’
= WARRIOR
the mail-coat ice → SWORD
the demander of the SWORD → WARRIOR
svells ‘ice’
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svell (noun n.; °; -): ice < brynsvell (noun n.)
kennings
beiðis brynsvells‘of the demander of the mail-coat ice ’
= WARRIOR
the mail-coat ice → SWORD
the demander of the SWORD → WARRIOR
kennings
beiðis brynsvells‘of the demander of the mail-coat ice ’
= WARRIOR
the mail-coat ice → SWORD
the demander of the SWORD → WARRIOR
notes
[4] beiðis ‘of the demander’: Beiðir in all mss, emendation on syntactical grounds suggested by Jón Helgason.
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
kom ‘set off’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
leið ‘way’
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leið (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir/-ar): path, way
Enn ‘still’
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2. enn (adv.): still, yet, again
kunni ‘performed’
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kunna (verb): know, can, be able
hann ‘He’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
saung ‘chanting’
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sǫngr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -vi/-; -var): song
sinn ‘his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
seima ‘of gold’
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2. seimr (noun m.; °dat. -i): gold
kennings
mætr gætir seima‘the excellent guardian of gold ’
= MAN
the excellent guardian of gold → MAN
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
degi ‘day’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
tíða ‘his devotions’
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1. tíð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): time
notes
[7] tíða var ei greitt gáð ‘his devotions were not readily heeded’: The significance of this cl. is explained as the story continues in the following st., when the groom-to-be falls asleep during his devotions, paying no heed to the prayer.
var ‘were [lit. was]’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
notes
[7] tíða var ei greitt gáð ‘his devotions were not readily heeded’: The significance of this cl. is explained as the story continues in the following st., when the groom-to-be falls asleep during his devotions, paying no heed to the prayer.
ei ‘not’
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3. ei (adv.): not
notes
[7] tíða var ei greitt gáð ‘his devotions were not readily heeded’: The significance of this cl. is explained as the story continues in the following st., when the groom-to-be falls asleep during his devotions, paying no heed to the prayer.
greitt ‘readily’
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greiðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. greiðastr/greiztr): smooth, easy
notes
[7] tíða var ei greitt gáð ‘his devotions were not readily heeded’: The significance of this cl. is explained as the story continues in the following st., when the groom-to-be falls asleep during his devotions, paying no heed to the prayer.
gáð ‘heeded’
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4. gá (verb): to heed
notes
[7] tíða var ei greitt gáð ‘his devotions were not readily heeded’: The significance of this cl. is explained as the story continues in the following st., when the groom-to-be falls asleep during his devotions, paying no heed to the prayer.
gætir ‘guardian’
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gætir (noun m.): guardian
kennings
mætr gætir seima‘the excellent guardian of gold ’
= MAN
the excellent guardian of gold → MAN
hafði ‘had’
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hafa (verb): have
dvalið ‘tarried’
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dvelja (verb; °dvalði; dvalðr/dvalinn (præs. sg. 3. pers. dvel [$1138$], [$1140$])): delay, stay, dwell
mætr ‘the excellent’
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mætr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): honoured, respected
kennings
mætr gætir seima‘the excellent guardian of gold ’
= MAN
the excellent guardian of gold → MAN
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The eager party of men who were invited prepared to go to the wedding feast of the demander of the mail-coat ice [SWORD > WARRIOR] and set off on their way. He still performed his chanting on that day; the excellent guardian of gold [MAN] had tarried; his devotions were [lit. was] not readily heeded.
Thanks are due to Ólafur Halldórsson for helping making sense of this st.
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