Anon Brúðv 28^VII

Oftar ‘more often’

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opt (adv.): often

vil ‘want’

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vilja (verb): want, intend

eg ‘I’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

yðarn ‘of your’

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yðvarr (pron.; °f. yður; pl. yðrir): your

kraft ‘power’

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1. kraftr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/- ; -ar): power

inna ‘to tell’

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inna (verb): to pay, discharge, relate, tell; to announce, confirm

það ‘that’

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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

er ‘is’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

vili ‘will’

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vilja (verb): want, intend

minn ‘my’

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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my

vita ‘know’

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1. vita (verb): know

notes

[3] kát víf skulu vita ‘cheerful women shall know’: The cl. here is construed as an intercalary. The verb skulu (3rd pers. pl.) is abbreviated in 721 and 1032ˣ as ‘sk̄u’ which could be expanded as skaltu (2nd pers. sg.). Both readings make sense, but if the abbreviation is expanded as skaltu, it is necessary to follow Jón Helgason’s emendation þat for kát; þat skaltu vita, víf ‘you shall know that, woman’. Kát ‘cheerful’ can either be f. sg. or n. pl. The latter can stand with víf (n. pl.) ‘cheerful women’. The poet seems to be addressing a group of women, probably his intended audience. Given the poem’s subject matter, it is possible that these women were religious.

skulu ‘shall’

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skulu (verb): shall, should, must

notes

[3] kát víf skulu vita ‘cheerful women shall know’: The cl. here is construed as an intercalary. The verb skulu (3rd pers. pl.) is abbreviated in 721 and 1032ˣ as ‘sk̄u’ which could be expanded as skaltu (2nd pers. sg.). Both readings make sense, but if the abbreviation is expanded as skaltu, it is necessary to follow Jón Helgason’s emendation þat for kát; þat skaltu vita, víf ‘you shall know that, woman’. Kát ‘cheerful’ can either be f. sg. or n. pl. The latter can stand with víf (n. pl.) ‘cheerful women’. The poet seems to be addressing a group of women, probably his intended audience. Given the poem’s subject matter, it is possible that these women were religious.

víf ‘women’

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víf (noun n.): woman, wife

notes

[3] kát víf skulu vita ‘cheerful women shall know’: The cl. here is construed as an intercalary. The verb skulu (3rd pers. pl.) is abbreviated in 721 and 1032ˣ as ‘sk̄u’ which could be expanded as skaltu (2nd pers. sg.). Both readings make sense, but if the abbreviation is expanded as skaltu, it is necessary to follow Jón Helgason’s emendation þat for kát; þat skaltu vita, víf ‘you shall know that, woman’. Kát ‘cheerful’ can either be f. sg. or n. pl. The latter can stand with víf (n. pl.) ‘cheerful women’. The poet seems to be addressing a group of women, probably his intended audience. Given the poem’s subject matter, it is possible that these women were religious.

kát ‘cheerful’

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kátr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): cheerful, glad

[3] kát: so 399a‑bˣ, 2166ˣ, ‘[...]’ 721, ‘k..’ 1032ˣ

notes

[3] kát víf skulu vita ‘cheerful women shall know’: The cl. here is construed as an intercalary. The verb skulu (3rd pers. pl.) is abbreviated in 721 and 1032ˣ as ‘sk̄u’ which could be expanded as skaltu (2nd pers. sg.). Both readings make sense, but if the abbreviation is expanded as skaltu, it is necessary to follow Jón Helgason’s emendation þat for kát; þat skaltu vita, víf ‘you shall know that, woman’. Kát ‘cheerful’ can either be f. sg. or n. pl. The latter can stand with víf (n. pl.) ‘cheerful women’. The poet seems to be addressing a group of women, probably his intended audience. Given the poem’s subject matter, it is possible that these women were religious.

víða ‘far and wide’

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1. víða (adv.): widely

í ‘in’

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í (prep.): in, into

brag ‘of poetry’

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bragr (noun m.; °-ar): poem, poetry < bragsmíð (noun f.)

smíð ‘a work’

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smíð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar): well-made, -crafted < bragsmíð (noun f.)

ef ‘if’

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3. ef (conj.): if

landa ‘of lands’

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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land

kennings

líf ‘the life’

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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life

stund ‘time’

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stund (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): time, hour

ljóss ‘’

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ljóss (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright

ljós ‘clear’

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ljóss (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright

[6] ljós: ljóss 399a‑bˣ, 2166ˣ

notes

[6, 7] ljós málsgnótt ‘clear eloquence’: There is a rather awkward w.o. required for this collocation. 399a-bˣ and 2166ˣ read ljóss ‘clear, radiant’ (m. nom. sg.), which could qualify gramr ‘king’ (l. 6).

veitir ‘grants’

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2. veita (verb): grant, give

gramr ‘king’

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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler

kennings

oss ‘us [me]’

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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our

máttugr ‘the mighty’

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máttigr (adj.; °compar. -ari/-ri, superl. -astr): mighty

kennings

eða ‘or’

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eða (conj.): or

máls ‘eloquence’

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1. mál (noun n.; °-s; -): speech, matter < málsgnótt (noun f.): eloquence, loquacity

notes

[6, 7] ljós málsgnótt ‘clear eloquence’: There is a rather awkward w.o. required for this collocation. 399a-bˣ and 2166ˣ read ljóss ‘clear, radiant’ (m. nom. sg.), which could qualify gramr ‘king’ (l. 6). — [7] málsgnótt ‘eloquence’: Jón Helgason chose the reading mals nogt in his edn.

máls ‘eloquence’

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1. mál (noun n.; °-s; -): speech, matter < málsgnótt (noun f.): eloquence, loquacity

notes

[6, 7] ljós málsgnótt ‘clear eloquence’: There is a rather awkward w.o. required for this collocation. 399a-bˣ and 2166ˣ read ljóss ‘clear, radiant’ (m. nom. sg.), which could qualify gramr ‘king’ (l. 6). — [7] málsgnótt ‘eloquence’: Jón Helgason chose the reading mals nogt in his edn.

gnótt ‘’

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gnótt (noun f.): abundance < málsgnótt (noun f.): eloquence, loquacity

[7] ‑gnótt: so 399a‑bˣ, 2166ˣ, ‘nógt’ 721, om. 1032ˣ

notes

[6, 7] ljós málsgnótt ‘clear eloquence’: There is a rather awkward w.o. required for this collocation. 399a-bˣ and 2166ˣ read ljóss ‘clear, radiant’ (m. nom. sg.), which could qualify gramr ‘king’ (l. 6). — [7] málsgnótt ‘eloquence’: Jón Helgason chose the reading mals nogt in his edn.

gnótt ‘’

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gnótt (noun f.): abundance < málsgnótt (noun f.): eloquence, loquacity

[7] ‑gnótt: so 399a‑bˣ, 2166ˣ, ‘nógt’ 721, om. 1032ˣ

notes

[6, 7] ljós málsgnótt ‘clear eloquence’: There is a rather awkward w.o. required for this collocation. 399a-bˣ and 2166ˣ read ljóss ‘clear, radiant’ (m. nom. sg.), which could qualify gramr ‘king’ (l. 6). — [7] málsgnótt ‘eloquence’: Jón Helgason chose the reading mals nogt in his edn.

mín ‘my’

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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my

notes

[8] mín ‘my’: The first letter is smudged and almost illegible in 721, but all the other mss read mín and the word obviously starts with an <m> because of the alliteration. The last two letters, ‘ín’, are clear and easy to read.

tjár ‘relates’

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tjá (verb): to put in order, prepare

[8] tjár: ‘tiꜳr’ 721, ‘t[...]ar’ 1032ˣ, ‘l[...]ar’ 399a‑bˣ, 2166ˣ

notes

[8] tjár (3rd pers. pres., inf. tjá) ‘relates’: This word is seriously damaged in 721, and the other mss offer no good reading either. Jón Helgason reads ‘tair’ but the letter before <r> does not seem to be <i>, but <a>. There seems to be a letter straight after <t>, most likely <i>. The word then reads ‘tiar’ or even ‘tiꜳr’. The best reading is therefore tjár ‘relates’, which makes good sense in this context.

sonar ‘son’

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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son

þín ‘of your’

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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your

notes

[8] þín ‘your’: According to Björn K. Þórólfsson (1925, 44), undeclined poss. pronouns in a shortened form can be found, mainly in poetry from C14th, usually after the nouns to which they refer. Þín could be an example of this phenomenon; the usual form would be þíns (gen.).