Anon Brúðv 25VII
Valgerður Erna Þorvaldsdóttir (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Brúðkaupsvísur 25’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 547.
Byskup ‘The bishop’
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1. byskup (noun m.; °-s/-(cf. [$489$]), dat. -i/-; -ar): bishop
frietti ‘asked’
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frétta (verb): ask, enquire
brim ‘the surf’
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brim (noun n.): surf < brimlog (noun n.)brim (noun n.): surf < brimlag (noun n.)
[1] brimlogs: ‘brimlags’ 721, br⸜i⸝nlags 1032ˣ, 399a‑bˣ, brullaups corrected from ‘brinlags’ 2166ˣ
kennings
brimlogs‘the surf-flame ’
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the surf-flame → GOLD
of the GOLD → ?
notes
[1] brimlogs ‘surf-flame’: In his edn Jón Helgason read the word in 721 as ‘brinlags’. The scribe of 721 seems to write <r> after <b> in the shape of ‘ꝛ’ as can be seen on fol. 14v, 5 ‘brynsuellz’, 14v, 21 ‘a⸌f⸍brígd’, 14v, 25 ‘bra’ and 14v, 27 ‘ladbríotur’, so this cannot be read as ‘brin-’ because the following letter begins with a straight stroke and is obviously an ‘m’. The scribe of 1032ˣ seems to have misread ‘bim’ as ‘brin’, which Jón Sigurðsson copied in the main text in 399a-bˣ, while suggesting the reading brimlogs in the margin. His suggestion has been adopted into the main text in this edn, emending ‘-lags’ to -logs ‘flame’. The scribe of 2166ˣ wrote ‘brinlags’, but changed it to ‘brullaups’. It seems clear that brimlogs is the determinant of a kenning, probably a man-kenning, but the base-word is missing. It seems that the poet failed to create a proper man-kenning or that the text is so corrupt that the original kenning has not been preserved.
brim ‘the surf’
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brim (noun n.): surf < brimlog (noun n.)brim (noun n.): surf < brimlag (noun n.)
[1] brimlogs: ‘brimlags’ 721, br⸜i⸝nlags 1032ˣ, 399a‑bˣ, brullaups corrected from ‘brinlags’ 2166ˣ
kennings
brimlogs‘the surf-flame ’
= ?
the surf-flame → GOLD
of the GOLD → ?
notes
[1] brimlogs ‘surf-flame’: In his edn Jón Helgason read the word in 721 as ‘brinlags’. The scribe of 721 seems to write <r> after <b> in the shape of ‘ꝛ’ as can be seen on fol. 14v, 5 ‘brynsuellz’, 14v, 21 ‘a⸌f⸍brígd’, 14v, 25 ‘bra’ and 14v, 27 ‘ladbríotur’, so this cannot be read as ‘brin-’ because the following letter begins with a straight stroke and is obviously an ‘m’. The scribe of 1032ˣ seems to have misread ‘bim’ as ‘brin’, which Jón Sigurðsson copied in the main text in 399a-bˣ, while suggesting the reading brimlogs in the margin. His suggestion has been adopted into the main text in this edn, emending ‘-lags’ to -logs ‘flame’. The scribe of 2166ˣ wrote ‘brinlags’, but changed it to ‘brullaups’. It seems clear that brimlogs is the determinant of a kenning, probably a man-kenning, but the base-word is missing. It seems that the poet failed to create a proper man-kenning or that the text is so corrupt that the original kenning has not been preserved.
lags ‘’
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lag (noun n.; °-s; *-): layer; (pl.) law < brimlag (noun n.)
logs ‘flame’
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log (noun n.; °; -): flame < brimlog (noun n.)
[1] brimlogs: ‘brimlags’ 721, br⸜i⸝nlags 1032ˣ, 399a‑bˣ, brullaups corrected from ‘brinlags’ 2166ˣ
kennings
brimlogs‘the surf-flame ’
= ?
the surf-flame → GOLD
of the GOLD → ?
notes
[1] brimlogs ‘surf-flame’: In his edn Jón Helgason read the word in 721 as ‘brinlags’. The scribe of 721 seems to write <r> after <b> in the shape of ‘ꝛ’ as can be seen on fol. 14v, 5 ‘brynsuellz’, 14v, 21 ‘a⸌f⸍brígd’, 14v, 25 ‘bra’ and 14v, 27 ‘ladbríotur’, so this cannot be read as ‘brin-’ because the following letter begins with a straight stroke and is obviously an ‘m’. The scribe of 1032ˣ seems to have misread ‘bim’ as ‘brin’, which Jón Sigurðsson copied in the main text in 399a-bˣ, while suggesting the reading brimlogs in the margin. His suggestion has been adopted into the main text in this edn, emending ‘-lags’ to -logs ‘flame’. The scribe of 2166ˣ wrote ‘brinlags’, but changed it to ‘brullaups’. It seems clear that brimlogs is the determinant of a kenning, probably a man-kenning, but the base-word is missing. It seems that the poet failed to create a proper man-kenning or that the text is so corrupt that the original kenning has not been preserved.
logs ‘flame’
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log (noun n.; °; -): flame < brimlog (noun n.)
[1] brimlogs: ‘brimlags’ 721, br⸜i⸝nlags 1032ˣ, 399a‑bˣ, brullaups corrected from ‘brinlags’ 2166ˣ
kennings
brimlogs‘the surf-flame ’
= ?
the surf-flame → GOLD
of the GOLD → ?
notes
[1] brimlogs ‘surf-flame’: In his edn Jón Helgason read the word in 721 as ‘brinlags’. The scribe of 721 seems to write <r> after <b> in the shape of ‘ꝛ’ as can be seen on fol. 14v, 5 ‘brynsuellz’, 14v, 21 ‘a⸌f⸍brígd’, 14v, 25 ‘bra’ and 14v, 27 ‘ladbríotur’, so this cannot be read as ‘brin-’ because the following letter begins with a straight stroke and is obviously an ‘m’. The scribe of 1032ˣ seems to have misread ‘bim’ as ‘brin’, which Jón Sigurðsson copied in the main text in 399a-bˣ, while suggesting the reading brimlogs in the margin. His suggestion has been adopted into the main text in this edn, emending ‘-lags’ to -logs ‘flame’. The scribe of 2166ˣ wrote ‘brinlags’, but changed it to ‘brullaups’. It seems clear that brimlogs is the determinant of a kenning, probably a man-kenning, but the base-word is missing. It seems that the poet failed to create a proper man-kenning or that the text is so corrupt that the original kenning has not been preserved.
megin ‘very ’
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megin- ((prefix)): [very ] < meginbráðr (adj.)megin- ((prefix)): [very ] < 1. meginháttr (noun m.)
brátt ‘soon’
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bráðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): quick(ly) < meginbráðr (adj.)
[2] ‑brátt: hátt 2166ˣ
notes
[2] -brátt ‘soon’: Jón Sigurðsson suggested the reading hátt in the margin in 399a-bˣ.
Hví ‘Why’
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hví (adv.): why
ertu ‘are you’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
hlynr ‘maple’
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hlynr (noun m.; °-s): maple
kennings
hlynr láðs góins?’‘maple of the land of the snake?’ ’
= MAN
the land of the snake?’ → GOLD
maple of the GOLD → MAN
svá ‘so’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
kveif ‘’
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kveif (noun f.): °hætte, hue; (I) bispehue, mitra < kveifráðr (adj.)
hverf ‘fickle’
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2. hverfr (adj.): changeable, fickle < hverforðr (noun m.)
[4] hverforðr: kveifráðr 2166ˣ
notes
[4] hverforðr ‘fickle in words’: The scribe of 2166ˣ writes kveifráðr in the main text, but ‘-orðr’ in the margin. Jón Helgason emended to huerfradr.
ráðr ‘’
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-ráðr (adj.): -ful < kveifráðr (adj.)
orðr ‘in words’
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1. -orðr (noun m.): [in words] < hverforðr (noun m.)
[4] hverforðr: kveifráðr 2166ˣ
notes
[4] hverforðr ‘fickle in words’: The scribe of 2166ˣ writes kveifráðr in the main text, but ‘-orðr’ in the margin. Jón Helgason emended to huerfradr.
góins ‘of the snake’
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góinn (noun m.): Góinn, snake
[4] góins: so 2166ˣ, ‘gois’ 721, 1032ˣ, 399a‑bˣ
kennings
hlynr láðs góins?’‘maple of the land of the snake?’ ’
= MAN
the land of the snake?’ → GOLD
maple of the GOLD → MAN
notes
[4] góins ‘of the snake’: Jón Sigurðsson suggested this reading in the margin in 399a-bˣ.
góins ‘of the snake’
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góinn (noun m.): Góinn, snake
[4] góins: so 2166ˣ, ‘gois’ 721, 1032ˣ, 399a‑bˣ
kennings
hlynr láðs góins?’‘maple of the land of the snake?’ ’
= MAN
the land of the snake?’ → GOLD
maple of the GOLD → MAN
notes
[4] góins ‘of the snake’: Jón Sigurðsson suggested this reading in the margin in 399a-bˣ.
láðs ‘of the land’
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2. láð (noun n.): earth, land
[4] láðs: so 399a‑bˣ, 2166ˣ, laðr 721, 1032ˣ
kennings
hlynr láðs góins?’‘maple of the land of the snake?’ ’
= MAN
the land of the snake?’ → GOLD
maple of the GOLD → MAN
láðs ‘of the land’
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2. láð (noun n.): earth, land
[4] láðs: so 399a‑bˣ, 2166ˣ, laðr 721, 1032ˣ
kennings
hlynr láðs góins?’‘maple of the land of the snake?’ ’
= MAN
the land of the snake?’ → GOLD
maple of the GOLD → MAN
Seggr ‘The man’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
liet ‘was’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
eigi ‘not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
seinn ‘slow’
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seinn (adj.; °seinan; compar. seinni, superl. seinstr/seinastr): slow, late
notes
[5] seinn ‘late’: Jón Sigurðsson suggests seint in the margin in 399a-bˣ.
að ‘in’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
svara ‘answering’
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svara (verb): answer
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
spurt ‘asked’
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spyrja (verb; spurði): ask; hear, find out
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
Einglum ‘than angels’
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1. engill (noun m.; °engils; englar): angel
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
drós ‘lady’
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drós (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): lady
dreingr ‘sir’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior
notes
[7] dreingr ‘sir’: While dreingr often means ‘young man’ in a somewhat disrespectful sense, in Christian poetry it frequently seems to have a neutral or even a positive meaning, and so could possibly be an appropriate form of address to a bishop (see LP: drengr).
dýrri ‘more precious’
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dýrr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -str/-astr): precious
er ‘whom’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
gat ‘mentioned’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
fyrr ‘before’
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fyrr (adv.): before, sooner
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[1-2]: As Jón Helgason pointed out in his edn, the first two ll. of the st. are severely corrupted.
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