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Gamlkan Has 15^VII

Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Gamli kanóki, Harmsól 15’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 87.

Gamli kanóki Harmsól

Hétk ‘promised’

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2. heita (verb): be called, promise

opt ‘often’

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opt (adv.): often

fyr ‘’

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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.

notes

[1] láta fyr lið ‘to lay aside’: Kock (NN §3242) cites several examples of this phrase in Fritzner: hlið 2, and compares the German and English equivalents ‘beseitigen’ and ‘to put aside’. He concludes that lið here is likely to be a variant of hlið ‘side’ (on the loss of initial <h>, see ANG §289). Finnur Jónsson’s interpretative translation at opgive lastefulde gærninger ‘to give up sinful deeds’ seems to anticipate Kock here.

lið ‘aside’

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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop

notes

[1] láta fyr lið ‘to lay aside’: Kock (NN §3242) cites several examples of this phrase in Fritzner: hlið 2, and compares the German and English equivalents ‘beseitigen’ and ‘to put aside’. He concludes that lið here is likely to be a variant of hlið ‘side’ (on the loss of initial <h>, see ANG §289). Finnur Jónsson’s interpretative translation at opgive lastefulde gærninger ‘to give up sinful deeds’ seems to anticipate Kock here.

láta ‘lay’

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láta (verb): let, have sth done

notes

[1] láta fyr lið ‘to lay aside’: Kock (NN §3242) cites several examples of this phrase in Fritzner: hlið 2, and compares the German and English equivalents ‘beseitigen’ and ‘to put aside’. He concludes that lið here is likely to be a variant of hlið ‘side’ (on the loss of initial <h>, see ANG §289). Finnur Jónsson’s interpretative translation at opgive lastefulde gærninger ‘to give up sinful deeds’ seems to anticipate Kock here.

lasta ‘sinful’

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lǫstr (noun m.; °lastar, dat. lesti/lǫst; lestir, acc. lǫstu/lasta(Mar655XXXII 462)): fault, sin

[2] lasta: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘l[...]sta’ B

verk ‘acts’

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verk (noun n.; °-s; -): deed

til ‘to’

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til (prep.): to

fasta ‘firmly’

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2. fasta (adv.): complete, firm, firmly

þér ‘you’

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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you

en ‘and’

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2. en (conj.): but, and

þekkjask ‘be content’

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1. þekkja (verb): perceive, know

[3] þekkjask: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘þ[...]’ B

dýrar ‘with good’

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dýrr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -str/-astr): precious

þey ‘of the thawing wind’s’

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þeyr (noun m.; °; -jar/-ir): breeze, thawing wind < þeyláð (noun n.)

kennings

konungr þeyláðs.
‘king of the thawing wind’s land. ’
= God
the thawing wind’s land. → SKY/HEAVEN
king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

þey ‘of the thawing wind’s’

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þeyr (noun m.; °; -jar/-ir): breeze, thawing wind < þeyláð (noun n.)

kennings

konungr þeyláðs.
‘king of the thawing wind’s land. ’
= God
the thawing wind’s land. → SKY/HEAVEN
king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

láðs ‘land’

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2. láð (noun n.): earth, land < þeyláð (noun n.)

kennings

konungr þeyláðs.
‘king of the thawing wind’s land. ’
= God
the thawing wind’s land. → SKY/HEAVEN
king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

láðs ‘land’

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2. láð (noun n.): earth, land < þeyláð (noun n.)

kennings

konungr þeyláðs.
‘king of the thawing wind’s land. ’
= God
the thawing wind’s land. → SKY/HEAVEN
king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

konungr ‘king’

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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king

kennings

konungr þeyláðs.
‘king of the thawing wind’s land. ’
= God
the thawing wind’s land. → SKY/HEAVEN
king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

dáðir ‘deeds’

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dáð (noun f.; °; -ir): feat, deed

Enn ‘again’

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2. enn (adv.): still, yet, again

snørumk ‘turned’

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snúa (verb): turn

ey ‘always’

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4. ey (adv.): always

til ‘to’

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til (prep.): to

minna ‘my’

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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my

aptr ‘back’

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aptr (adv.; °compar. -ar): back

landreki ‘land-governor’

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landreki (noun m.): land-ruler

kennings

landreki krapta;
‘land-governor of powers; ’
= God
land-governor of powers; → God

krapta ‘of powers’

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

kennings

landreki krapta;
‘land-governor of powers; ’
= God
land-governor of powers; → God

esa ‘is not’

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

vanði ‘custom’

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vanði (noun m.; °-a): custom, habit

sá ‘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

synða ‘sins’

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synð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sin

[7] synða: ‘sy[...]’ B, ‘synnḍạ’ 399a‑bˣ, ‘sy(nn)[...]’(?) BRydberg, ‘syn(da)’(?) BFJ

sjald ‘infrequently’

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sjaldan (adv.): seldom < sjaldreyndr (adj./verb p.p.)

reyndr ‘tested’

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reyna (verb): test, try, experience < sjaldreyndr (adj./verb p.p.)

kyni ‘by the kinsfolk’

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1. kyn (noun n.; °-s; -): kin

kennings

kyni aldar.
‘by the kinsfolk of men.’
= MANKIND
by the kinsfolk of men. → MANKIND

aldar ‘of men’

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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age

kennings

kyni aldar.
‘by the kinsfolk of men.’
= MANKIND
by the kinsfolk of men. → MANKIND

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