Anon (LaufE) 5III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Stanzas from Laufás Edda 5’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 642.
Ok ‘And’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
óþokkaðr ‘the disliked’
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óþokkaðr (adj./verb p.p.): [disliked]
kennings
óþokkaðr ostmýgir‘the disliked oppressor of cheese ’
= MAN
the disliked oppressor of cheese → MAN
okkar ‘bemoans’
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okka (verb)
ost ‘of cheese’
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ostr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): [cheese] < ostmýgir (noun m.): cheese-oppressor
kennings
óþokkaðr ostmýgir‘the disliked oppressor of cheese ’
= MAN
the disliked oppressor of cheese → MAN
mýgir ‘oppressor’
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mýgir (noun m.): oppressor < ostmýgir (noun m.): cheese-oppressor
kennings
óþokkaðr ostmýgir‘the disliked oppressor of cheese ’
= MAN
the disliked oppressor of cheese → MAN
brauð ‘ of bread’
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brauð (noun n.; °-s; -): bread < brauðgýgr (noun f.)
[2] brauð‑: brodd papp10ˣ, ‘brod’ 2368ˣ, 743ˣ
kennings
brauðgýgi;‘the ogress of bread; ’
= WOMAN
the ogress of bread; → WOMAN
gýgi ‘the ogress’
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gýgr (noun f.): troll-woman < brauðgýgr (noun f.)
kennings
brauðgýgi;‘the ogress of bread; ’
= WOMAN
the ogress of bread; → WOMAN
kennings
bjúgr saupstríðir‘the bent tormentor of buttermilk ’
= MAN
the bent tormentor of buttermilk → MAN
notes
[3] bjúgr (m. nom. sg.) ‘bent’: All mss have bjúgt (n. nom./acc. sg.), which cannot be accommodated syntactically. The emendation is in keeping with earlier eds.
elr ‘harbours’
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ala (verb; °elr; ól, ólu; alinn): to beget, produce, procreate
saurga ‘the filthy’
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saurgr (adj.): unclean, filthy
kennings
saurga flot-Gríði.‘the filthy Gríðr of fat. ’
= WOMAN
the filthy Gríðr of fat. → WOMAN
saup ‘of buttermilk’
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saup (noun n.): °søbemad, ?suppe < saupstríðir (noun m.): tormentor of buttermilk
kennings
bjúgr saupstríðir‘the bent tormentor of buttermilk ’
= MAN
the bent tormentor of buttermilk → MAN
stríðir ‘tormentor’
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stríðir (noun m.): opponent, fighter < saupstríðir (noun m.): tormentor of buttermilk
kennings
bjúgr saupstríðir‘the bent tormentor of buttermilk ’
= MAN
the bent tormentor of buttermilk → MAN
flot ‘of fat’
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flot (noun n.): [fat] < flotgríðr (noun f.)
kennings
saurga flot-Gríði.‘the filthy Gríðr of fat. ’
= WOMAN
the filthy Gríðr of fat. → WOMAN
notes
[4] flot-Gríði ‘Gríðr <giantess> of fat [WOMAN]’: For the giantess Gríðr, see Þul Trollkvenna 1/3.
Gríði ‘Gríðr’
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Gríðr (noun f.; °dat./acc. -i): [Gríðr, Gríður] < flotgríðr (noun f.)
kennings
saurga flot-Gríði.‘the filthy Gríðr of fat. ’
= WOMAN
the filthy Gríðr of fat. → WOMAN
notes
[4] flot-Gríði ‘Gríðr <giantess> of fat [WOMAN]’: For the giantess Gríðr, see Þul Trollkvenna 1/3.
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The helmingr illustrates derogatory kennings for ‘woman’ in which the base-word is a term for ‘troll-woman’ or ‘giantess’ and the determinant a word that refers to household items or female occupations.
For similar derogatory kennings and circumloctions for ‘man’, see SnH Lv 1/8II, Anon 732b 2 and Án Lv 4VIII (Án 4), Note to [All].
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