Anon Brúðv 19VII
Valgerður Erna Þorvaldsdóttir (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Brúðkaupsvísur 19’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 542.
Hvess ‘What’
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hvat (pron.): what
kunnið ‘blame’
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kunna (verb): know, can, be able
notes
[1] *ier ‘you’: Jón Sigurðsson and the scribe of 2166ˣ emended to ier. Jón Helgason followed their example, emending to ér to provide the necessary alliteration.
oss ‘us [me]’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
Aldri ‘Never’
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aldr (noun m.; °aldrs, dat. aldri; aldrar): life, age
hefi ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
gunn ‘of the battle’
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gunnr (noun f.): battle < gunntjald (noun n.): battle-tent
kennings
snyrtir gunntjalds,‘polisher of the battle-awning, ’
= WARRIOR
the battle-awning, → SHIELD
polisher of the SHIELD → WARRIOR
gunn ‘of the battle’
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gunnr (noun f.): battle < gunntjald (noun n.): battle-tent
kennings
snyrtir gunntjalds,‘polisher of the battle-awning, ’
= WARRIOR
the battle-awning, → SHIELD
polisher of the SHIELD → WARRIOR
tjalds ‘awning’
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tjald (noun n.; °-s; *-): tent, awning < gunntjald (noun n.): battle-tent
kennings
snyrtir gunntjalds,‘polisher of the battle-awning, ’
= WARRIOR
the battle-awning, → SHIELD
polisher of the SHIELD → WARRIOR
tjalds ‘awning’
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tjald (noun n.; °-s; *-): tent, awning < gunntjald (noun n.): battle-tent
kennings
snyrtir gunntjalds,‘polisher of the battle-awning, ’
= WARRIOR
the battle-awning, → SHIELD
polisher of the SHIELD → WARRIOR
snyrtir ‘polisher’
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snyrtir (noun m.): polisher
kennings
snyrtir gunntjalds,‘polisher of the battle-awning, ’
= WARRIOR
the battle-awning, → SHIELD
polisher of the SHIELD → WARRIOR
við ‘against’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
þig ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
sakir ‘any offence’
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sǫk (noun f.; °sakar; sakar/sakir): cause, offence
gjört ‘committed’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
siða ‘the faith’
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siðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/-i; -ir, acc. -u): faith, morals
notes
[4] siða (m. gen. pl.) ‘faith’: Jón Helgason emended to sigða ‘sickles’ to get a full rhyme (aðalhending) with afbrigð. He presents it as part of a warrior-kenning, snyrtir sigða gunntjalds ‘polisher of the sickles of the awning of battle’ [SHIELD > SWORDS > WARRIOR] but the emendation is not necessary to make sense of the word in this context, although the rhyme provided makes his suggestion plausible.
nie ‘nor’
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né (conj.): nor
afbrigð ‘a transgression’
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2. afbrigð (noun n.; °; -): transgression, deviation
Ástum ‘loving’
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ást (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): love
vilda ‘wanted’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
all ‘very’
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all- ((prefix)): very < allfastr (adj.)
fast ‘firmly’
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fastr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): firm, fast < allfastr (adj.)
íðvandr ‘meticulous’
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iðvandr (adj.): diligent
kennings
íðvandr hrærir skíðs lagar,‘meticulous mover of the ski of the sea, ’
= SEAFARER
the ski of the sea, → SHIP
meticulous mover of the SHIP → SEAFARER
kennings
íðvandr hrærir skíðs lagar,‘meticulous mover of the ski of the sea, ’
= SEAFARER
the ski of the sea, → SHIP
meticulous mover of the SHIP → SEAFARER
notes
[6] lagar (m. gen. sg. of lögr) ‘sea’: The emendation was suggested by Jón Helgason. The reading of the mss, laga (m. gen. pl.) is also possible, although gen. sg. lagar is very common in kennings (cf. LP: lǫgr); skíð laga ‘ ski of the seas’ would indicate a ship which has sailed across many a sea.
kennings
íðvandr hrærir skíðs lagar,‘meticulous mover of the ski of the sea, ’
= SEAFARER
the ski of the sea, → SHIP
meticulous mover of the SHIP → SEAFARER
notes
[6] lagar (m. gen. sg. of lögr) ‘sea’: The emendation was suggested by Jón Helgason. The reading of the mss, laga (m. gen. pl.) is also possible, although gen. sg. lagar is very common in kennings (cf. LP: lǫgr); skíð laga ‘ ski of the seas’ would indicate a ship which has sailed across many a sea.
skíðs ‘of the ski’
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skíð (noun n.; °; -): ski
kennings
íðvandr hrærir skíðs lagar,‘meticulous mover of the ski of the sea, ’
= SEAFARER
the ski of the sea, → SHIP
meticulous mover of the SHIP → SEAFARER
skíðs ‘of the ski’
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skíð (noun n.; °; -): ski
kennings
íðvandr hrærir skíðs lagar,‘meticulous mover of the ski of the sea, ’
= SEAFARER
the ski of the sea, → SHIP
meticulous mover of the SHIP → SEAFARER
hrærir ‘mover’
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hrœrir (noun m.): [mover, leader]
kennings
íðvandr hrærir skíðs lagar,‘meticulous mover of the ski of the sea, ’
= SEAFARER
the ski of the sea, → SHIP
meticulous mover of the SHIP → SEAFARER
því ‘for’
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því (adv.): therefore, because
að ‘’
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4. at (conj.): that
hugað ‘concerned’
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huga (verb): consider, mind, think
er ‘am’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
mier ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
notes
[8] halda ‘keep’: All mss have the particle at before the inf. verb, but this has to be omitted for metrical reasons. Jón Helgason also omitted it.
halda ‘keep on’
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halda (verb): hold, keep
notes
[8] halda ‘keep’: All mss have the particle at before the inf. verb, but this has to be omitted for metrical reasons. Jón Helgason also omitted it.
við ‘’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
þig ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
um ‘for’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
aldr ‘ever’
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aldr (noun m.; °aldrs, dat. aldri; aldrar): life, age
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