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Gamlkan Has 5VII

Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Gamli kanóki, Harmsól 5’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 77.

Gamli kanókiHarmsól
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ǫll* ‘all’

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allr (adj.): all

[1] ǫll*: ‘o᷎lld’ B

notes

[1] ǫll*: B reads ‘o᷎lld’. With all previous eds of the text, the present edn adopts Sveinbjörn Egilsson’s correction, which is suggested in a marginal note to the 444ˣ transcript.

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með ‘with’

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með (prep.): with

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iðran ‘repentence’

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iðrun (noun f.; °iðranar/iðrunar): repentance

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Kristr ‘Christ’

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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ

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viðum ‘trees’

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1. viðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -u/-i): wood, tree

kennings

viðum linns Mistar
‘trees of the snake of Mist ’
   = WARRIORS

the snake of Mist → SWORD
trees of the SWORD → WARRIORS
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Mistar ‘of Mist’

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Mist (noun f.): Mist

[2] Mistar: ‘m[...]s[...]’ B, ‘mist(ar)’(?) 399a‑bˣ, ‘mi(st)[...]’(?) BRydberg, ‘mis(tar)’(?) BFJ

kennings

viðum linns Mistar
‘trees of the snake of Mist ’
   = WARRIORS

the snake of Mist → SWORD
trees of the SWORD → WARRIORS
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Mistar ‘of Mist’

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Mist (noun f.): Mist

[2] Mistar: ‘m[...]s[...]’ B, ‘mist(ar)’(?) 399a‑bˣ, ‘mi(st)[...]’(?) BRydberg, ‘mis(tar)’(?) BFJ

kennings

viðum linns Mistar
‘trees of the snake of Mist ’
   = WARRIORS

the snake of Mist → SWORD
trees of the SWORD → WARRIORS
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linns ‘of the snake’

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linnr (noun m.): snake

kennings

viðum linns Mistar
‘trees of the snake of Mist ’
   = WARRIORS

the snake of Mist → SWORD
trees of the SWORD → WARRIORS
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linns ‘of the snake’

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linnr (noun m.): snake

kennings

viðum linns Mistar
‘trees of the snake of Mist ’
   = WARRIORS

the snake of Mist → SWORD
trees of the SWORD → WARRIORS
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fyr ‘before’

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

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lærðum ‘learned’

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2. læra (verb): learned

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mǫnnum ‘men’

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maðr (noun m.): man, person

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lýti ‘faults’

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2. lýti (noun n.; °-s; -): fault, sin

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at ‘to’

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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)

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tína ‘enumerate’

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tína (verb): pick, recount

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ok ‘and’

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

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‘of the high’

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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high < hábraut (noun f.)

[5] brautar heitið: ‘habra[...]ítid’ B, hábrautar heit(ir)(?) 399a‑bˣ, ‘habra[...](hæ)itið’(?) BRydberg, ‘habra(utar h)eitið’(?) BFJ

kennings

snjallr hábrautar hreggvǫrðr,
‘storm-warden of the high path’
   = God

the high path of the storm, → SKY/HEAVEN
excellent warden of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
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‘of the high’

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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high < hábraut (noun f.)

[5] brautar heitið: ‘habra[...]ítid’ B, hábrautar heit(ir)(?) 399a‑bˣ, ‘habra[...](hæ)itið’(?) BRydberg, ‘habra(utar h)eitið’(?) BFJ

kennings

snjallr hábrautar hreggvǫrðr,
‘storm-warden of the high path’
   = God

the high path of the storm, → SKY/HEAVEN
excellent warden of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
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brautar ‘path’

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1. braut (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; -ir): path, way; away < hábraut (noun f.)

[5] brautar heitið: ‘habra[...]ítid’ B, hábrautar heit(ir)(?) 399a‑bˣ, ‘habra[...](hæ)itið’(?) BRydberg, ‘habra(utar h)eitið’(?) BFJ

kennings

snjallr hábrautar hreggvǫrðr,
‘storm-warden of the high path’
   = God

the high path of the storm, → SKY/HEAVEN
excellent warden of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
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brautar ‘path’

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1. braut (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; -ir): path, way; away < hábraut (noun f.)

[5] brautar heitið: ‘habra[...]ítid’ B, hábrautar heit(ir)(?) 399a‑bˣ, ‘habra[...](hæ)itið’(?) BRydberg, ‘habra(utar h)eitið’(?) BFJ

kennings

snjallr hábrautar hreggvǫrðr,
‘storm-warden of the high path’
   = God

the high path of the storm, → SKY/HEAVEN
excellent warden of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
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heitið ‘you promise’

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2. heita (verb): be called, promise

[5] brautar heitið: ‘habra[...]ítid’ B, hábrautar heit(ir)(?) 399a‑bˣ, ‘habra[...](hæ)itið’(?) BRydberg, ‘habra(utar h)eitið’(?) BFJ

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hregg ‘of the storm’

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hregg (noun n.): storm < hreggvǫrðr (noun m.)

kennings

snjallr hábrautar hreggvǫrðr,
‘storm-warden of the high path’
   = God

the high path of the storm, → SKY/HEAVEN
excellent warden of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
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hregg ‘of the storm’

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hregg (noun n.): storm < hreggvǫrðr (noun m.)

kennings

snjallr hábrautar hreggvǫrðr,
‘storm-warden of the high path’
   = God

the high path of the storm, → SKY/HEAVEN
excellent warden of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
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vǫrðr ‘warden’

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vǫrðr (noun m.; °varðar, dat. verði/vǫrð; verðir, acc. vǫrðu): guardian, defender < hreggvǫrðr (noun m.)

kennings

snjallr hábrautar hreggvǫrðr,
‘storm-warden of the high path’
   = God

the high path of the storm, → SKY/HEAVEN
excellent warden of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
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þegar ‘straight away’

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þegar (adv.): at once, then

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seggjum ‘to men’

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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man

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sannri ‘true’

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

[7] sannri: so 399a‑bˣ, BFJ, ‘s[...]nnre’ B, ‘s(annræ)’ BRydberg

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ok ‘and’

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

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syknu ‘acquittal’

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sykna (noun f.; °-u; -ur): [acquittal]

notes

[7] syknu ‘acquittal’: This is the only occurrence of sykna f. ‘freedom from guilt, blamelessness, declared innocence’ in skaldic verse. The adj. sykn ‘acquitted’ occurs only in Líkn 31/4, in the context of a description of the Redemption of mankind through the Crucifixion. In prose, it occurs frequently in legal texts (Fritzner: sykn, sykna; CVC: sykn).

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snjallr ‘excellent’

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snjallr (adj.): quick, resourceful, bold

kennings

snjallr hábrautar hreggvǫrðr,
‘storm-warden of the high path’
   = God

the high path of the storm, → SKY/HEAVEN
excellent warden of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
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vás ‘sinfulness’

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vás (noun n.; °-s; dat. -um): hardship

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ok ‘and’

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

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galla ‘flaws’

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1. galli (noun m.): destruction

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[5-8]: Compare 1 John I.9 si confiteamur peccata nostra fidelis est et iustus ut remittat nobis peccata et emundet nos ab omni iniquitate ‘If we confess our sins he is faithful and just, to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all iniquity’.

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