Gamlkan Has 23VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Gamli kanóki, Harmsól 23’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 93.
Yðr ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
nam ‘began’
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1. nema (verb): to take
annarr ‘The other’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
kveðja ‘to call on’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
[1] kveðja: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘[...]edia’ B
ill ‘male’
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illr (adj.): bad, evil, unwell < 2. illvirki (noun n.)
virki ‘factor’
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virki (noun n.; °-s; -): stronghold < 2. illvirki (noun n.)
svá ‘thus’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
stillir ‘ruler’
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stillir (noun m.): ruler
kennings
stillir hás nausts hríðar:‘ruler of the high boatshed of the tempest: ’
= God
the high boatshed of the tempest: → SKY/HEAVEN
ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[2-4] stillir hás nausts hríðar ‘ruler of the high boatshed of the tempest [SKY/HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)]’: A similar concept – stillir + ‘abode of the storm’ – also lies behind the God-kennings stillir býrskríns ‘regulator of the shrine of the breeze’ in Pl 3/2-3 and hár stillir hreggtjalda ‘high ruler of the storm-tents’ Has 1/1-2.
hás ‘of the high’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
kennings
stillir hás nausts hríðar:‘ruler of the high boatshed of the tempest: ’
= God
the high boatshed of the tempest: → SKY/HEAVEN
ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[2-4] stillir hás nausts hríðar ‘ruler of the high boatshed of the tempest [SKY/HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)]’: A similar concept – stillir + ‘abode of the storm’ – also lies behind the God-kennings stillir býrskríns ‘regulator of the shrine of the breeze’ in Pl 3/2-3 and hár stillir hreggtjalda ‘high ruler of the storm-tents’ Has 1/1-2.
hás ‘of the high’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
kennings
stillir hás nausts hríðar:‘ruler of the high boatshed of the tempest: ’
= God
the high boatshed of the tempest: → SKY/HEAVEN
ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[2-4] stillir hás nausts hríðar ‘ruler of the high boatshed of the tempest [SKY/HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)]’: A similar concept – stillir + ‘abode of the storm’ – also lies behind the God-kennings stillir býrskríns ‘regulator of the shrine of the breeze’ in Pl 3/2-3 and hár stillir hreggtjalda ‘high ruler of the storm-tents’ Has 1/1-2.
þás ‘when’
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2. þá (adv.): then
hræddisk ‘he dreaded’
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3. hræða (verb): fear, be afraid
píslir ‘torments’
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písl (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(Maurit 650²²)): torture
hríðar ‘of the tempest’
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hríð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): time, storm
kennings
stillir hás nausts hríðar:‘ruler of the high boatshed of the tempest: ’
= God
the high boatshed of the tempest: → SKY/HEAVEN
ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[2-4] stillir hás nausts hríðar ‘ruler of the high boatshed of the tempest [SKY/HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)]’: A similar concept – stillir + ‘abode of the storm’ – also lies behind the God-kennings stillir býrskríns ‘regulator of the shrine of the breeze’ in Pl 3/2-3 and hár stillir hreggtjalda ‘high ruler of the storm-tents’ Has 1/1-2.
hríðar ‘of the tempest’
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hríð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): time, storm
kennings
stillir hás nausts hríðar:‘ruler of the high boatshed of the tempest: ’
= God
the high boatshed of the tempest: → SKY/HEAVEN
ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[2-4] stillir hás nausts hríðar ‘ruler of the high boatshed of the tempest [SKY/HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)]’: A similar concept – stillir + ‘abode of the storm’ – also lies behind the God-kennings stillir býrskríns ‘regulator of the shrine of the breeze’ in Pl 3/2-3 and hár stillir hreggtjalda ‘high ruler of the storm-tents’ Has 1/1-2.
nausts ‘boatshed’
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naust (noun n.; °-s/-(Fær 137¹); -): boathouse
kennings
stillir hás nausts hríðar:‘ruler of the high boatshed of the tempest: ’
= God
the high boatshed of the tempest: → SKY/HEAVEN
ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[2-4] stillir hás nausts hríðar ‘ruler of the high boatshed of the tempest [SKY/HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)]’: A similar concept – stillir + ‘abode of the storm’ – also lies behind the God-kennings stillir býrskríns ‘regulator of the shrine of the breeze’ in Pl 3/2-3 and hár stillir hreggtjalda ‘high ruler of the storm-tents’ Has 1/1-2.
nausts ‘boatshed’
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naust (noun n.; °-s/-(Fær 137¹); -): boathouse
kennings
stillir hás nausts hríðar:‘ruler of the high boatshed of the tempest: ’
= God
the high boatshed of the tempest: → SKY/HEAVEN
ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[2-4] stillir hás nausts hríðar ‘ruler of the high boatshed of the tempest [SKY/HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)]’: A similar concept – stillir + ‘abode of the storm’ – also lies behind the God-kennings stillir býrskríns ‘regulator of the shrine of the breeze’ in Pl 3/2-3 and hár stillir hreggtjalda ‘high ruler of the storm-tents’ Has 1/1-2.
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
trausti ‘faith’
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traust (noun n.; °-s/-): support, protection
minnsk ‘remember’
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1. minna (verb): remind, remember, recall
þú ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
mildingr ‘prince’
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mildingr (noun m.; °-s): ruler, generous one
[5] mildingr: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘milld[...]r’ B
kennings
‘mildingr sunnu,‘‘prince of the sun, ’
= God
‘prince of the sun, → God
sunnu ‘of the sun’
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sunna (noun f.): sun
kennings
‘mildingr sunnu,‘‘prince of the sun, ’
= God
‘prince of the sun, → God
mín ‘me’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
kvað ‘said’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
bauga ‘of rings’
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baugr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): ring
kennings
tínir bauga,‘the gatherer of rings, ’
= MAN
the gatherer of rings, → MAN
tínir ‘the gatherer’
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tínir (noun m.): gatherer
kennings
tínir bauga,‘the gatherer of rings, ’
= MAN
the gatherer of rings, → MAN
notes
[7] þ*itt ‘your’: Sveinbjörn Egilsson (note to 444ˣ transcript and 1844, 20 n. 29) suggests this emendation, which has been adopted by all subsequent eds. B’s reading þrótt m. acc. sg. is undoubtedly caused by the scribe’s eye-skip forward to hring-Þrótt (where Þróttr is a name for Óðinn) in 25/2 (fol. 12v l. 41), influenced by bauga in l. 6.
ák ‘I am in’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
hag ‘situation’
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1. hagr (noun m.; °-s; -ir): situation, condition
til ‘too’
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til (prep.): to
hættan ‘perilous’
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hættr (adj.; °compar. -ari/-ri, superl. -astr): dangerous
heldr ‘a rather’
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heldr (adv.): rather
es ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
kemr ‘you come’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
í ‘into’
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í (prep.): in, into
veldi ‘kingdom’
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veldi (noun n.): realm
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Yðr nam annarr kveðja |
The other malefactor began to call on you thus with faith, when he dreaded torments, ruler of the high boatshed of the tempest [SKY/HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)]: ‘prince of the sun [= God (= Christ)], remember me,’ said the gatherer of rings [MAN], ‘when you come into your kingdom: I am in a rather too perilous situation’.
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