Anon Heildr 4VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilags anda drápa 4’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 454-5.
Afl ‘The strength’
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2. afl (noun n.; °-s; *-): strength < aflnœgir (noun m.)
nægir ‘granter’
seðr ‘satisfies’
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seðja (verb): satisfy, satiate
öflgu ‘with the powerful’
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ǫflugr (adj.): mighty, strong
jóð ‘children’
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jóð (noun n.): child, offspring
huggari ‘comforter’
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huggari (noun m.; °-a): comforter
notes
[2] huggari þjóðar ‘comforter of people’: Another kenning-like reference to the Holy Spirit. The figure of the Holy Spirit as ‘comforter’ is a commonplace of medieval hymnody and exegesis. Its origin seems to reside in the post-Vulgate, C7th Lat. translation of the Greek παράκλητως in John XIV.16 and XXVI.15 as consolator ‘comforter’ (Cross and Livingstone 1983: Comforter, the). Cf. st. 12/2 huggari.
þjóðar ‘of people’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
notes
[2] huggari þjóðar ‘comforter of people’: Another kenning-like reference to the Holy Spirit. The figure of the Holy Spirit as ‘comforter’ is a commonplace of medieval hymnody and exegesis. Its origin seems to reside in the post-Vulgate, C7th Lat. translation of the Greek παράκλητως in John XIV.16 and XXVI.15 as consolator ‘comforter’ (Cross and Livingstone 1983: Comforter, the). Cf. st. 12/2 huggari.
átt ‘have’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
er ‘that’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
aldri ‘never’
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aldri (adv.): never
fættisk ‘diminishes’
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fæta (verb): diminish
auð ‘the wealth’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth
[4] auð: so 399a‑bˣ, BRydberg, BFJ, ‘[...]uð’ B
skilningar ‘of understanding’
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skilning (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ar): [understanding]
brauði ‘bread’
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brauð (noun n.; °-s; -): bread
[4] brauði: so 399a‑bˣ, BRydberg, BFJ, ‘bra[...]ðe’ B
er ‘which’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
oss ‘in us’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
með ‘along with’
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með (prep.): with
hug ‘thought’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage
hvössum ‘keen’
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hvass (adj.; °-an; -ari, -astr): keen, sharp
hrein ‘pure’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure
brjóst ‘hearts [lit. breasts]’
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brjóst (noun n.; °-s; -): breast, chest
[6] brjóst: so 399a‑bˣ, BRydberg, BFJ, ‘[...]riost’ B
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
trú ‘faith’
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trú (noun f.; °-ar): faith, belief
fóstrar ‘fosters’
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2. fóstra (verb): [fosters]
glöð ‘the cheerful’
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2. glaðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): cheerful, glad
kennings
glöð kyn guma‘the cheerful race of men ’
= MANKIND
the cheerful race of men → MANKIND
lætr ‘allows’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
guð ‘the divine’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God < guðdómr (noun m.): God’s dominion
notes
[6] guðdóms eðli ‘the divine nature’: Lit. ‘nature of divinity’. This edn follows Finnur Jónsson and Rydberg in adopting Sveinbjörn Egilsson’s reconstruction of eðli, acc. sg. of n. eðli ‘nature, character’, here. Although Rydberg’s tentative reading ‘(æ…læ) (?)’ (i.e. e…le) cannot be taken on trust, since neither Skj A nor 399a-bˣ is able to make out more than the initial letter, ðl is required for skothending with glöð lætr ‘cheerful race’ (l. 7).
dóms ‘’
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dómr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): judgement; court; -dom, -ness (suffix) < guðdómr (noun m.): God’s dominion
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[6] guðdóms eðli ‘the divine nature’: Lit. ‘nature of divinity’. This edn follows Finnur Jónsson and Rydberg in adopting Sveinbjörn Egilsson’s reconstruction of eðli, acc. sg. of n. eðli ‘nature, character’, here. Although Rydberg’s tentative reading ‘(æ…læ) (?)’ (i.e. e…le) cannot be taken on trust, since neither Skj A nor 399a-bˣ is able to make out more than the initial letter, ðl is required for skothending with glöð lætr ‘cheerful race’ (l. 7).
eðli ‘nature’
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eðli (noun n.; °-s; dat. -um): nature
[7] eðli: ‘e[...]’ B, BFJ, ‘(æ[...]læ)’(?) BRydberg
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[6] guðdóms eðli ‘the divine nature’: Lit. ‘nature of divinity’. This edn follows Finnur Jónsson and Rydberg in adopting Sveinbjörn Egilsson’s reconstruction of eðli, acc. sg. of n. eðli ‘nature, character’, here. Although Rydberg’s tentative reading ‘(æ…læ) (?)’ (i.e. e…le) cannot be taken on trust, since neither Skj A nor 399a-bˣ is able to make out more than the initial letter, ðl is required for skothending with glöð lætr ‘cheerful race’ (l. 7).
guma ‘of men’
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gumi (noun m.; °-a; gumar/gumnar): man
kennings
glöð kyn guma‘the cheerful race of men ’
= MANKIND
the cheerful race of men → MANKIND
kyn ‘race’
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1. kyn (noun n.; °-s; -): kin
kennings
glöð kyn guma‘the cheerful race of men ’
= MANKIND
the cheerful race of men → MANKIND
föður ‘of the Father’
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faðir (noun m.): father
skynja ‘to comprehend’
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skynja (verb): learn, understand
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The strength-granter satisfies his children with the powerful bread of understanding — you, comforter of people, have the wealth that never diminishes — which fosters in us pure hearts [lit. breasts] along with keen thought and faith; it allows the cheerful race of men [MANKIND] to comprehend the divine nature of the Father.
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