Gamlkan Has 61VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Gamli kanóki, Harmsól 61’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 127-8.
Verðrat ‘will not’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
blíðr ‘gentle’
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blíðr (adj.; °n. sg. nom. & acc. blítt/blíðt; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): gentle, happy
notes
[1] blíðr ‘blessed’: The m. nom. sg. of the adj. blíðr ‘blessed, happy’, which could be construed as qualifying either brjótr (l. 2) or hǫfðingi snóta ‘chief of women’ (l. 2). It is most plausibly regarded as part of the kenning-like periphrasis for the Virgin Mary, probably modelled on Lat. regina virginum ‘queen of virgins’ (cf. Paasche 1914a, 115; Lange 1958a, 224). Cf. konungr vífa lit. ‘king of women’, Mdr 5/2.
fyr ‘’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
borði ‘be lost’
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borð (noun n.; °-s; -): side, plank, board; table
brjótr ‘The destroyer’
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brjótr (noun m.): breaker
kennings
Brjótr Mistar myrkleygs,‘The destroyer of Mist’s dark flame, ’
= WARRIOR
Mist’s dark flame, → SWORD
The destroyer of the SWORD → WARRIOR
hǫfðingi ‘chief’
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hǫfðingi (noun m.; °-ja; -jar): chieftain
snóta ‘of women’
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snót (noun f.; °; -ir): woman
mjǫk ‘greatly’
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mjǫk (adv.): very, much
treystumk ‘rely’
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treysta (verb): trust, believe in
Mistar ‘of Mist’s’
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Mist (noun f.): Mist
kennings
Brjótr Mistar myrkleygs,‘The destroyer of Mist’s dark flame, ’
= WARRIOR
Mist’s dark flame, → SWORD
The destroyer of the SWORD → WARRIOR
Mistar ‘of Mist’s’
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Mist (noun f.): Mist
kennings
Brjótr Mistar myrkleygs,‘The destroyer of Mist’s dark flame, ’
= WARRIOR
Mist’s dark flame, → SWORD
The destroyer of the SWORD → WARRIOR
myrk ‘dark’
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2. myrkr (adj.; °-an/-jan/-van; compar. -(v)ari/-ri, superl. -(v)astr): dark, murky < myrkleygr (noun m.)
kennings
Brjótr Mistar myrkleygs,‘The destroyer of Mist’s dark flame, ’
= WARRIOR
Mist’s dark flame, → SWORD
The destroyer of the SWORD → WARRIOR
myrk ‘dark’
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2. myrkr (adj.; °-an/-jan/-van; compar. -(v)ari/-ri, superl. -(v)astr): dark, murky < myrkleygr (noun m.)
kennings
Brjótr Mistar myrkleygs,‘The destroyer of Mist’s dark flame, ’
= WARRIOR
Mist’s dark flame, → SWORD
The destroyer of the SWORD → WARRIOR
leygs ‘flame’
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1. leygr (noun m.): flame < myrkleygr (noun m.)
kennings
Brjótr Mistar myrkleygs,‘The destroyer of Mist’s dark flame, ’
= WARRIOR
Mist’s dark flame, → SWORD
The destroyer of the SWORD → WARRIOR
leygs ‘flame’
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1. leygr (noun m.): flame < myrkleygr (noun m.)
kennings
Brjótr Mistar myrkleygs,‘The destroyer of Mist’s dark flame, ’
= WARRIOR
Mist’s dark flame, → SWORD
The destroyer of the SWORD → WARRIOR
s ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
þik ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
dýrkar ‘worships’
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dýrka (verb; °-að-): glorify, worship
þvít ‘because’
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þvít (conj.): because, since
veg ‘in glory’
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2. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -): honour < vegskjótr (adj.)
[5] vegskjótum*: ‘vegskiotumz’ B
skjótum* ‘swift’
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2. skjótr (adj.): quick(ly) < vegskjótr (adj.)
[5] vegskjótum*: ‘vegskiotumz’ B
veita ‘to grant’
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2. veita (verb): grant, give
veðrs ‘of the wind’
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2. veðr (noun n.; °-s; -): weather, wind, storm
kennings
svinn móðir landreka strandar veðrs.‘wise mother of the land-ruler of the shore of the wind.’
= Mary
the shore of the wind. → SKY/HEAVEN
the land-ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
wise mother of GOD → Mary
veðrs ‘of the wind’
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2. veðr (noun n.; °-s; -): weather, wind, storm
kennings
svinn móðir landreka strandar veðrs.‘wise mother of the land-ruler of the shore of the wind.’
= Mary
the shore of the wind. → SKY/HEAVEN
the land-ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
wise mother of GOD → Mary
veðrs ‘of the wind’
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2. veðr (noun n.; °-s; -): weather, wind, storm
kennings
svinn móðir landreka strandar veðrs.‘wise mother of the land-ruler of the shore of the wind.’
= Mary
the shore of the wind. → SKY/HEAVEN
the land-ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
wise mother of GOD → Mary
landreka ‘of the land-ruler’
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landreki (noun m.): land-ruler
kennings
svinn móðir landreka strandar veðrs.‘wise mother of the land-ruler of the shore of the wind.’
= Mary
the shore of the wind. → SKY/HEAVEN
the land-ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
wise mother of GOD → Mary
landreka ‘of the land-ruler’
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landreki (noun m.): land-ruler
kennings
svinn móðir landreka strandar veðrs.‘wise mother of the land-ruler of the shore of the wind.’
= Mary
the shore of the wind. → SKY/HEAVEN
the land-ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
wise mother of GOD → Mary
strandar ‘of the shore’
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strǫnd (noun f.; °strandar, dat. -u/-; strandir/strendr): beach, shore
kennings
svinn móðir landreka strandar veðrs.‘wise mother of the land-ruler of the shore of the wind.’
= Mary
the shore of the wind. → SKY/HEAVEN
the land-ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
wise mother of GOD → Mary
strandar ‘of the shore’
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strǫnd (noun f.; °strandar, dat. -u/-; strandir/strendr): beach, shore
kennings
svinn móðir landreka strandar veðrs.‘wise mother of the land-ruler of the shore of the wind.’
= Mary
the shore of the wind. → SKY/HEAVEN
the land-ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
wise mother of GOD → Mary
strandar ‘of the shore’
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strǫnd (noun f.; °strandar, dat. -u/-; strandir/strendr): beach, shore
kennings
svinn móðir landreka strandar veðrs.‘wise mother of the land-ruler of the shore of the wind.’
= Mary
the shore of the wind. → SKY/HEAVEN
the land-ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
wise mother of GOD → Mary
vilt ‘you are willing’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
svinn ‘wise’
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2. svinnr (adj.): wise
kennings
svinn móðir landreka strandar veðrs.‘wise mother of the land-ruler of the shore of the wind.’
= Mary
the shore of the wind. → SKY/HEAVEN
the land-ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
wise mother of GOD → Mary
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
mátt ‘able’
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mega (verb): may, might
mǫnnum ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
móðir ‘mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
kennings
svinn móðir landreka strandar veðrs.‘wise mother of the land-ruler of the shore of the wind.’
= Mary
the shore of the wind. → SKY/HEAVEN
the land-ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
wise mother of GOD → Mary
notes
[8] móðir allt et góða: The móðir:góða rhyme is also exploited in 59/8, móðir yðvars góða.
allt ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
notes
[8] móðir allt et góða: The móðir:góða rhyme is also exploited in 59/8, móðir yðvars góða.
it ‘that is’
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2. inn (art.): the
notes
[8] móðir allt et góða: The móðir:góða rhyme is also exploited in 59/8, móðir yðvars góða.
góða ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
notes
[8] móðir allt et góða: The móðir:góða rhyme is also exploited in 59/8, móðir yðvars góða.
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Verðrat, blíðr, fyr borði |
The destroyer of Mist’s <valkyrie> dark flame [SWORD > WARRIOR], who worships you, gentle chief of women, will not be lost — we [I] greatly rely on that — because you are willing and able to grant men, swift in glory, all that is good, wise mother of the land-ruler of the shore of the wind [SKY/HEAVEN > = God (= Christ) > = Mary].
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