Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Gamli kanóki, Harmsól 2’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 74-5.
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
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mega (verb): may, might
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
[1-2] sløngvir elda Mistar ‘slinger of the fires of Mist [SWORDS > WARRIOR]’: Mist is named as a valkyrie in Grí 36/1, and her name is often used as a battle-heiti in man-kennings such as runnr Mistar ‘bush of Mist’ (Anon Nkt 69/4II). Viðir linns Mistar ‘trees of the snake of Mist’ in 5/2-3 recalls both this kenning and the rekit man-kenning in the second helmingr.
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
[1-2] sløngvir elda Mistar ‘slinger of the fires of Mist [SWORDS > WARRIOR]’: Mist is named as a valkyrie in Grí 36/1, and her name is often used as a battle-heiti in man-kennings such as runnr Mistar ‘bush of Mist’ (Anon Nkt 69/4II). Viðir linns Mistar ‘trees of the snake of Mist’ in 5/2-3 recalls both this kenning and the rekit man-kenning in the second helmingr.
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sløngvir (noun m.): slinger
[1-2] sløngvir elda Mistar ‘slinger of the fires of Mist [SWORDS > WARRIOR]’: Mist is named as a valkyrie in Grí 36/1, and her name is often used as a battle-heiti in man-kennings such as runnr Mistar ‘bush of Mist’ (Anon Nkt 69/4II). Viðir linns Mistar ‘trees of the snake of Mist’ in 5/2-3 recalls both this kenning and the rekit man-kenning in the second helmingr.
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allvíss (adj.): [altogether true]
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
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Mist (noun f.): Mist
[1-2] sløngvir elda Mistar ‘slinger of the fires of Mist [SWORDS > WARRIOR]’: Mist is named as a valkyrie in Grí 36/1, and her name is often used as a battle-heiti in man-kennings such as runnr Mistar ‘bush of Mist’ (Anon Nkt 69/4II). Viðir linns Mistar ‘trees of the snake of Mist’ in 5/2-3 recalls both this kenning and the rekit man-kenning in the second helmingr.
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Mist (noun f.): Mist
[1-2] sløngvir elda Mistar ‘slinger of the fires of Mist [SWORDS > WARRIOR]’: Mist is named as a valkyrie in Grí 36/1, and her name is often used as a battle-heiti in man-kennings such as runnr Mistar ‘bush of Mist’ (Anon Nkt 69/4II). Viðir linns Mistar ‘trees of the snake of Mist’ in 5/2-3 recalls both this kenning and the rekit man-kenning in the second helmingr.
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makligr (adj.): deserving
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
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til (prep.): to
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mærð (noun f.): praise
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
[4] dróttinn: ‘[...]’ B, ‘ḍṛọṭṭịṇṇ’ 399a‑bˣ, ‘d[...]’ BRydberg
[4] dróttinn ‘Lord’: No traces of this word are visible in B. 399a-bˣ reads dróttinn, but indicates uncertainty. All other eds adopt this reading.
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
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2. finna (verb): find, meet
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þar (adv.): there
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
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él (noun n.; °; dat. -um): storm < élhǫll (noun f.)
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él (noun n.; °; dat. -um): storm < élhǫll (noun f.)
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1. hǫll (noun f.; °hallar, dat. -u/-; hallir): hall < élhǫll (noun f.)
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1. hǫll (noun f.; °hallar, dat. -u/-; hallir): hall < élhǫll (noun f.)
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allr (adj.): all
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[6] est ‘you are’: Kock (NN §2070D) points out that it is the verb, rather than, as is more usual, a noun, which carries the alliteration and stress here (see also Black 1971, 139).
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skýrr (adj.): clear
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
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dýrr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -str/-astr): precious
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róma (noun f.): battle
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róma (noun f.): battle
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róma (noun f.): battle
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linnr (noun m.): snake
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linnr (noun m.): snake
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linnr (noun m.): snake
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
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runnr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): bush, tree
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rammr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): mighty < rammglygg (noun n.)
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rammr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): mighty < rammglygg (noun n.)
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glygg (noun n.; °-s; -): storm < rammglygg (noun n.)
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glygg (noun n.; °-s; -): storm < rammglygg (noun n.)
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mega (verb): may, might
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4. of (particle): (before verb)
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2. hyggja (verb): think, consider
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Engr má elda sløngvir |
No slinger of the fires of Mist <valkyrie> [SWORDS > WARRIOR] can find fitting words in praise of you, my Lord — that is altogether true — because you are, pure king of the storm-hall [SKY/HEAVEN > = God], more precious than all that which bushes of the strong storm of the snake of battle [SWORD > BATTLE > WARRIORS] may imagine.
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