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Gamlkan Has 27VII

Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Gamli kanóki, Harmsól 27’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 96-7.

Gamli kanókiHarmsól
262728

Sæll ‘Blessed’

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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed

kennings

Sæll sannstýrandi sólhauðrs,
‘Blessed true-steerer of the sun-land, ’
   = God

the sun-land, → SKY/HEAVEN
Blessed true-steerer of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
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tókt ‘you took’

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2. taka (verb): take

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allar ‘all’

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allr (adj.): all

kennings

allar ferðir guma,
‘all the hosts of men, ’
   = MANKIND

all the hosts of men, → MANKIND
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guma ‘of men’

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Guma (noun f.): [Guma, men]

kennings

allar ferðir guma,
‘all the hosts of men, ’
   = MANKIND

all the hosts of men, → MANKIND
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ferðir ‘the hosts’

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ferð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-arMork 196¹²)): host, journey

kennings

allar ferðir guma,
‘all the hosts of men, ’
   = MANKIND

all the hosts of men, → MANKIND
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sann ‘true’

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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true < sannstýrandi (noun m.)

kennings

Sæll sannstýrandi sólhauðrs,
‘Blessed true-steerer of the sun-land, ’
   = God

the sun-land, → SKY/HEAVEN
Blessed true-steerer of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
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stýrandi ‘steerer’

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stýrandi (noun m.; °-a; -endr): ruler, steerer < sannstýrandi (noun m.)

kennings

Sæll sannstýrandi sólhauðrs,
‘Blessed true-steerer of the sun-land, ’
   = God

the sun-land, → SKY/HEAVEN
Blessed true-steerer of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
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sól ‘of the sun’

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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun < sólhauðr (noun n.)

kennings

Sæll sannstýrandi sólhauðrs,
‘Blessed true-steerer of the sun-land, ’
   = God

the sun-land, → SKY/HEAVEN
Blessed true-steerer of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
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sól ‘of the sun’

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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun < sólhauðr (noun n.)

kennings

Sæll sannstýrandi sólhauðrs,
‘Blessed true-steerer of the sun-land, ’
   = God

the sun-land, → SKY/HEAVEN
Blessed true-steerer of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
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hauðrs ‘land’

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hauðr (noun n.): earth, ground < sólhauðr (noun n.)

kennings

Sæll sannstýrandi sólhauðrs,
‘Blessed true-steerer of the sun-land, ’
   = God

the sun-land, → SKY/HEAVEN
Blessed true-steerer of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
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hauðrs ‘land’

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hauðr (noun n.): earth, ground < sólhauðr (noun n.)

kennings

Sæll sannstýrandi sólhauðrs,
‘Blessed true-steerer of the sun-land, ’
   = God

the sun-land, → SKY/HEAVEN
Blessed true-steerer of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
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á ‘upon’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

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dauða ‘death’

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1. dauðr (noun m.; °-s): death

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ok ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

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lið ‘of arm’

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liðr (noun m.; °-ar/-s, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. liðu): joint, limb < liðfastr (adj.): staunch

kennings

runnum liðfasta
‘to bushes of arm-fires, ’
   = MEN

arm-fires, → GOLD RINGS
to bushes of GOLD RINGS → MEN
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lið ‘of arm’

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liðr (noun m.; °-ar/-s, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. liðu): joint, limb < liðfastr (adj.): staunch

kennings

runnum liðfasta
‘to bushes of arm-fires, ’
   = MEN

arm-fires, → GOLD RINGS
to bushes of GOLD RINGS → MEN
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fasta ‘fires’

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fasti (noun m.; °; -ar): flame, fire < liðfastr (adj.): staunch

kennings

runnum liðfasta
‘to bushes of arm-fires, ’
   = MEN

arm-fires, → GOLD RINGS
to bushes of GOLD RINGS → MEN
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fasta ‘fires’

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fasti (noun m.; °; -ar): flame, fire < liðfastr (adj.): staunch

kennings

runnum liðfasta
‘to bushes of arm-fires, ’
   = MEN

arm-fires, → GOLD RINGS
to bushes of GOLD RINGS → MEN
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leystir ‘you freed’

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leysa (verb): release, loosen, redeem

[5] leystir: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘le[...]st[...]’ B

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lífs ‘life’

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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life

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unnir ‘granted’

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1. unna (verb): love

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runnum ‘to bushes’

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runnr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): bush, tree

kennings

runnum liðfasta
‘to bushes of arm-fires, ’
   = MEN

arm-fires, → GOLD RINGS
to bushes of GOLD RINGS → MEN
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hǫlða ‘of men’

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hǫlðr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): man

[7] hǫlða: ‘h[...]’ B, ‘ḥọ᷎ḷda’(?) 399a‑bˣ, ‘h(o᷎lda)’(?) BRydberg, ‘h(old)a’(?) BFJ

kennings

ferð hǫlða
‘the host of men ’
   = MANKIND

the host of men → MANKIND
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ferð ‘the host’

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ferð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-arMork 196¹²)): host, journey

kennings

ferð hǫlða
‘the host of men ’
   = MANKIND

the host of men → MANKIND
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ór ‘from’

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3. ór (prep.): out of

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harms ‘of grief’

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1. harmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sorrow, grief

notes

[8] harms gnótt fira dróttinn: Cf. 37/6 unaðs-gnótt fira dróttinn. Gnótt:drótt is a popular rhyming pair: of the three occurrences of orðgnótt in Leið, two (at 1/8 and 2/6) rhyme with dróttinn, as does málsgnótt (3/8).

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gnótt ‘abundance’

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gnótt (noun f.): abundance

notes

[8] harms gnótt fira dróttinn: Cf. 37/6 unaðs-gnótt fira dróttinn. Gnótt:drótt is a popular rhyming pair: of the three occurrences of orðgnótt in Leið, two (at 1/8 and 2/6) rhyme with dróttinn, as does málsgnótt (3/8).

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fira ‘of men’

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firar (noun m.): men

kennings

dróttinn fira;
‘lord of men; ’
   = God

lord of men; → God

notes

[8] harms gnótt fira dróttinn: Cf. 37/6 unaðs-gnótt fira dróttinn. Gnótt:drótt is a popular rhyming pair: of the three occurrences of orðgnótt in Leið, two (at 1/8 and 2/6) rhyme with dróttinn, as does málsgnótt (3/8).

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dróttinn ‘lord’

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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master

kennings

dróttinn fira;
‘lord of men; ’
   = God

lord of men; → God

notes

[8] harms gnótt fira dróttinn: Cf. 37/6 unaðs-gnótt fira dróttinn. Gnótt:drótt is a popular rhyming pair: of the three occurrences of orðgnótt in Leið, two (at 1/8 and 2/6) rhyme with dróttinn, as does málsgnótt (3/8).

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