Gamlkan Has 57VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Gamli kanóki, Harmsól 57’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 124-5.
Heldr ‘rather’
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heldr (adv.): rather
dœmðu ‘judge’
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dœma (verb; °-mð-): judge
mik ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
hǫlða ‘of men’
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hǫlðr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): man
kennings
Mætastr happvinnandi hǫlða,‘Most illustrious luck-worker of men, ’
= God
Most illustrious luck-worker of men, → God
happ ‘luck’
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happ (noun n.; °-s; *-): fortune, luck < happvinnandi (noun m.)
[2] happvinnandi þinni: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘h[...]pvin[...]e[...]’ B
kennings
Mætastr happvinnandi hǫlða,‘Most illustrious luck-worker of men, ’
= God
Most illustrious luck-worker of men, → God
vinnandi ‘worker’
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vinnandi (noun m.; °; vinnendr): worker, winner < happvinnandi (noun m.)
[2] happvinnandi þinni: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘h[...]pvin[...]e[...]’ B
kennings
Mætastr happvinnandi hǫlða,‘Most illustrious luck-worker of men, ’
= God
Most illustrious luck-worker of men, → God
þinni ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
[2] happvinnandi þinni: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘h[...]pvin[...]e[...]’ B
meir ‘more’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
[3] meir af miskunn: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘meirr[...]iskunn’ B
miskunn ‘mercy’
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miskunn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): forgiveness, mercy, grace
[3] meir af miskunn: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘meirr[...]iskunn’ B
dýrri ‘precious’
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dýrr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -str/-astr): precious
mætastr ‘Most illustrious’
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mætr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): honoured, respected
[4] mætastr an réttlæti: ‘[...]ętaz[...]ettlęti’ B, ‘mętaz e(n) réttlęti’(?) 399a‑bˣ
kennings
Mætastr happvinnandi hǫlða,‘Most illustrious luck-worker of men, ’
= God
Most illustrious luck-worker of men, → God
an ‘than’
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2. an (conj.): than
[4] mætastr an réttlæti: ‘[...]ętaz[...]ettlęti’ B, ‘mętaz e(n) réttlęti’(?) 399a‑bˣ
réttlæti ‘justice’
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réttlæti (noun n.): justice
[4] mætastr an réttlæti: ‘[...]ętaz[...]ettlęti’ B, ‘mętaz e(n) réttlęti’(?) 399a‑bˣ
Lít ‘Consider’
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líta (verb): look, see; appear
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
virð ‘evaluate’
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2. virða (verb): value, appraise
sem ‘which’
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sem (conj.): as, which
vættik ‘I expect’
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vætta (verb): expect
valdr ‘ruler’
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valdr (noun m.): ruler
kennings
hár valdr blásinna tjalda hreggs.‘high ruler of the windswept tents of the storm.’
= God
the windswept tents of the storm. → SKY/HEAVEN
high ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[6-7] valdr blásinna tjalda hreggs ‘ruler of the windswept tents of the storm [SKY/HEAVEN > = God]’: Cf. Geisl 7/5-6, where heaven is described as hríðblásinn salr heiða ‘storm-blown hall of the heaths’. On the frequency of heaven-kennings involving hár and hreggr in C12th drápur, see Notes to 1/1-2 and 45/1-4.
blásinna ‘of the windswept’
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blásinn (adj.): [blown]
kennings
hár valdr blásinna tjalda hreggs.‘high ruler of the windswept tents of the storm.’
= God
the windswept tents of the storm. → SKY/HEAVEN
high ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[6-7] valdr blásinna tjalda hreggs ‘ruler of the windswept tents of the storm [SKY/HEAVEN > = God]’: Cf. Geisl 7/5-6, where heaven is described as hríðblásinn salr heiða ‘storm-blown hall of the heaths’. On the frequency of heaven-kennings involving hár and hreggr in C12th drápur, see Notes to 1/1-2 and 45/1-4.
blásinna ‘of the windswept’
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blásinn (adj.): [blown]
kennings
hár valdr blásinna tjalda hreggs.‘high ruler of the windswept tents of the storm.’
= God
the windswept tents of the storm. → SKY/HEAVEN
high ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[6-7] valdr blásinna tjalda hreggs ‘ruler of the windswept tents of the storm [SKY/HEAVEN > = God]’: Cf. Geisl 7/5-6, where heaven is described as hríðblásinn salr heiða ‘storm-blown hall of the heaths’. On the frequency of heaven-kennings involving hár and hreggr in C12th drápur, see Notes to 1/1-2 and 45/1-4.
tjalda ‘tents’
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tjald (noun n.; °-s; *-): tent, awning
kennings
hár valdr blásinna tjalda hreggs.‘high ruler of the windswept tents of the storm.’
= God
the windswept tents of the storm. → SKY/HEAVEN
high ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[6-7] valdr blásinna tjalda hreggs ‘ruler of the windswept tents of the storm [SKY/HEAVEN > = God]’: Cf. Geisl 7/5-6, where heaven is described as hríðblásinn salr heiða ‘storm-blown hall of the heaths’. On the frequency of heaven-kennings involving hár and hreggr in C12th drápur, see Notes to 1/1-2 and 45/1-4.
tjalda ‘tents’
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tjald (noun n.; °-s; *-): tent, awning
kennings
hár valdr blásinna tjalda hreggs.‘high ruler of the windswept tents of the storm.’
= God
the windswept tents of the storm. → SKY/HEAVEN
high ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[6-7] valdr blásinna tjalda hreggs ‘ruler of the windswept tents of the storm [SKY/HEAVEN > = God]’: Cf. Geisl 7/5-6, where heaven is described as hríðblásinn salr heiða ‘storm-blown hall of the heaths’. On the frequency of heaven-kennings involving hár and hreggr in C12th drápur, see Notes to 1/1-2 and 45/1-4.
hreggs ‘of the storm’
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hregg (noun n.): storm
kennings
hár valdr blásinna tjalda hreggs.‘high ruler of the windswept tents of the storm.’
= God
the windswept tents of the storm. → SKY/HEAVEN
high ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[6-7] valdr blásinna tjalda hreggs ‘ruler of the windswept tents of the storm [SKY/HEAVEN > = God]’: Cf. Geisl 7/5-6, where heaven is described as hríðblásinn salr heiða ‘storm-blown hall of the heaths’. On the frequency of heaven-kennings involving hár and hreggr in C12th drápur, see Notes to 1/1-2 and 45/1-4.
hreggs ‘of the storm’
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hregg (noun n.): storm
kennings
hár valdr blásinna tjalda hreggs.‘high ruler of the windswept tents of the storm.’
= God
the windswept tents of the storm. → SKY/HEAVEN
high ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[6-7] valdr blásinna tjalda hreggs ‘ruler of the windswept tents of the storm [SKY/HEAVEN > = God]’: Cf. Geisl 7/5-6, where heaven is described as hríðblásinn salr heiða ‘storm-blown hall of the heaths’. On the frequency of heaven-kennings involving hár and hreggr in C12th drápur, see Notes to 1/1-2 and 45/1-4.
at ‘’
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4. at (conj.): that
hjǫlp ‘help’
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hjǫlp (noun f.; °hjalpar; hjalpir/hjalpar): help, salvation
of ‘’
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4. of (particle): (before verb)
þiggi ‘may receive’
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þiggja (verb): receive, get
hár ‘high’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
[8] hár: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘h[...]r’ B
kennings
hár valdr blásinna tjalda hreggs.‘high ruler of the windswept tents of the storm.’
= God
the windswept tents of the storm. → SKY/HEAVEN
high ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
ó ‘frailties’
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ó- ((prefix)): un- < óstyrkð (noun f.): weakness
notes
[8] óstyrkðir várar ‘our frailties’: The edn follows Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) and Kempff (1907, 56) in adopting Sveinbjörn Egilsson’s suggestion (note to 444ˣ transcript) that this phrase is the object of Lít ok virð ‘consider and evaluate’ (l. 5). Kock (NN §1213) objects that this sense is rather unlikely, since God’s nature is not to look upon sin, and thereby to destroy it, but rather to avert his eyes from it (cf. Exod. XXXIII.20, Ps. LI.9). Kock therefore takes óstyrkðir várar as part of the at-cl., construing the entire cl. at óstyrkðir várar hjǫlp of þiggi ‘that our frailties may receive help’ as the object of Lít ok virð.
styrkðir ‘’
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styrkð (noun f.; °-ar): [nesses] < óstyrkð (noun f.): weakness
notes
[8] óstyrkðir várar ‘our frailties’: The edn follows Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) and Kempff (1907, 56) in adopting Sveinbjörn Egilsson’s suggestion (note to 444ˣ transcript) that this phrase is the object of Lít ok virð ‘consider and evaluate’ (l. 5). Kock (NN §1213) objects that this sense is rather unlikely, since God’s nature is not to look upon sin, and thereby to destroy it, but rather to avert his eyes from it (cf. Exod. XXXIII.20, Ps. LI.9). Kock therefore takes óstyrkðir várar as part of the at-cl., construing the entire cl. at óstyrkðir várar hjǫlp of þiggi ‘that our frailties may receive help’ as the object of Lít ok virð.
várar ‘our [my]’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
notes
[8] óstyrkðir várar ‘our frailties’: The edn follows Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) and Kempff (1907, 56) in adopting Sveinbjörn Egilsson’s suggestion (note to 444ˣ transcript) that this phrase is the object of Lít ok virð ‘consider and evaluate’ (l. 5). Kock (NN §1213) objects that this sense is rather unlikely, since God’s nature is not to look upon sin, and thereby to destroy it, but rather to avert his eyes from it (cf. Exod. XXXIII.20, Ps. LI.9). Kock therefore takes óstyrkðir várar as part of the at-cl., construing the entire cl. at óstyrkðir várar hjǫlp of þiggi ‘that our frailties may receive help’ as the object of Lít ok virð.
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