Anon Ól 7I
Kate Heslop (ed.) 2012, ‘Anonymous Poems, Poem about Óláfr Tryggvason 7’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1068.
Giekk ‘approached’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
að ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
guð ‘of sumptuous’
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góðr (adj.): good < guðvefr (noun m.): precious fabric
notes
[1] guðvefs ‘of sumptuous fabric’: The precise nature of guðvefr is not clear, though the word and its Gmc cognates probably derive ultimately from the Arabic for ‘cotton’ (AEW, ÍO: guðvefr), and it is often translated ‘velvet’ (LP: goðvefr). It was a splendid, expensive, coloured material, used, e.g., for vestments and altar-cloths (Falk 1919, 65). The word is frequent in poetry, especially in woman-kennings. Cf. Anon Vǫlsa 3/2 ok guðvefjar skikkjur ‘and cloaks of precious material’, where guðvefjar is the alternative form of the gen. sg.
vefs ‘fabric’
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vefr (noun m.; °-jar; -ir): cloth, sail, weaving < guðvefr (noun m.): precious fabric
notes
[1] guðvefs ‘of sumptuous fabric’: The precise nature of guðvefr is not clear, though the word and its Gmc cognates probably derive ultimately from the Arabic for ‘cotton’ (AEW, ÍO: guðvefr), and it is often translated ‘velvet’ (LP: goðvefr). It was a splendid, expensive, coloured material, used, e.g., for vestments and altar-cloths (Falk 1919, 65). The word is frequent in poetry, especially in woman-kennings. Cf. Anon Vǫlsa 3/2 ok guðvefjar skikkjur ‘and cloaks of precious material’, where guðvefjar is the alternative form of the gen. sg.
skikkju ‘the cloak’
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1. skikkja (noun f.; °-u; -ur): cloak
notes
[1] guðvefs ‘of sumptuous fabric’: The precise nature of guðvefr is not clear, though the word and its Gmc cognates probably derive ultimately from the Arabic for ‘cotton’ (AEW, ÍO: guðvefr), and it is often translated ‘velvet’ (LP: goðvefr). It was a splendid, expensive, coloured material, used, e.g., for vestments and altar-cloths (Falk 1919, 65). The word is frequent in poetry, especially in woman-kennings. Cf. Anon Vǫlsa 3/2 ok guðvefjar skikkjur ‘and cloaks of precious material’, where guðvefjar is the alternative form of the gen. sg.
góður ‘The good’
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góðr (adj.): good
kennings
Góður skjöldungr þjóðar‘The good ruler of the people ’
= KING
The good ruler of the people → KING
notes
[1] guðvefs ‘of sumptuous fabric’: The precise nature of guðvefr is not clear, though the word and its Gmc cognates probably derive ultimately from the Arabic for ‘cotton’ (AEW, ÍO: guðvefr), and it is often translated ‘velvet’ (LP: goðvefr). It was a splendid, expensive, coloured material, used, e.g., for vestments and altar-cloths (Falk 1919, 65). The word is frequent in poetry, especially in woman-kennings. Cf. Anon Vǫlsa 3/2 ok guðvefjar skikkjur ‘and cloaks of precious material’, where guðvefjar is the alternative form of the gen. sg. — [2] góður ‘good’: The metre of l. 2 requires a late, desyllabified form: either góður (giving a Type A-line) or skjöldungur (giving a Type D-line); see Note to st. 1/1.
góður ‘The good’
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góðr (adj.): good
kennings
Góður skjöldungr þjóðar‘The good ruler of the people ’
= KING
The good ruler of the people → KING
notes
[1] guðvefs ‘of sumptuous fabric’: The precise nature of guðvefr is not clear, though the word and its Gmc cognates probably derive ultimately from the Arabic for ‘cotton’ (AEW, ÍO: guðvefr), and it is often translated ‘velvet’ (LP: goðvefr). It was a splendid, expensive, coloured material, used, e.g., for vestments and altar-cloths (Falk 1919, 65). The word is frequent in poetry, especially in woman-kennings. Cf. Anon Vǫlsa 3/2 ok guðvefjar skikkjur ‘and cloaks of precious material’, where guðvefjar is the alternative form of the gen. sg. — [2] góður ‘good’: The metre of l. 2 requires a late, desyllabified form: either góður (giving a Type A-line) or skjöldungur (giving a Type D-line); see Note to st. 1/1.
skjöldungr ‘ruler’
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skjǫldungr (noun m.): king
kennings
Góður skjöldungr þjóðar‘The good ruler of the people ’
= KING
The good ruler of the people → KING
þjóðar ‘of the people’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
kennings
Góður skjöldungr þjóðar‘The good ruler of the people ’
= KING
The good ruler of the people → KING
skinn ‘fur’
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skinn (noun n.; °-s; -): skin, fur, leather
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
skrúði ‘decoration’
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skrúði (noun m.; °-a): decoration, apparel
hennar ‘its’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
skemt ‘spoilt’
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2. skemmta (verb): [entertain, spoilt]
var ‘were’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
alt ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
af ‘by’
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af (prep.): from
salti ‘salt’
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salt (noun n.; °-s): sea, salt
Glaðr ‘The cheerful’
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2. glaðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): cheerful, glad
tók ‘picked’
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2. taka (verb): take
gramr ‘prince’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
á ‘up’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
klæði ‘the garment’
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klæði (noun n.; °-s; -): clothes
... ‘...’
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ÓT and HSt Rst 30 describe how Óláfr miraculously makes Þorkell’s water-damaged cloak better than new, (ÓT only) by laying his hands on it. According to Rst this is the fourth of Óláfr’s miracles. ÓTOdd does not have this episode.
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