Gamlkan Has 62VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Gamli kanóki, Harmsól 62’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 128-9.
Hvern ‘every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
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[1-2] hvern helgan mann ‘every holy man’: That is, every saint.
hald ‘support’
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hald (noun n.; °-s; *-): support
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
árnan ‘intercession’
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árnun (noun f.): [intercession]
helgan ‘holy’
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
[2] helgan: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘h[...]lgan’ B
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[1-2] hvern helgan mann ‘every holy man’: That is, every saint.
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[1-2] hvern helgan mann ‘every holy man’: That is, every saint.
ins ‘of the’
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2. inn (art.): the
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[2-3] við ræsi ens sanna tírar ‘with the king of true glory’: A kenning-like periphrasis for Christ, probably based on Lat. rex gloriae ‘king of glory’.
sanna ‘true’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
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[2-3] við ræsi ens sanna tírar ‘with the king of true glory’: A kenning-like periphrasis for Christ, probably based on Lat. rex gloriae ‘king of glory’.
trús ‘certain’
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trúr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): faithful
við ‘with’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
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[2-3] við ræsi ens sanna tírar ‘with the king of true glory’: A kenning-like periphrasis for Christ, probably based on Lat. rex gloriae ‘king of glory’.
tírar ‘glory’
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tírr (noun m.; °-s): glory, honour
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[2-3] við ræsi ens sanna tírar ‘with the king of true glory’: A kenning-like periphrasis for Christ, probably based on Lat. rex gloriae ‘king of glory’.
ræsi ‘the king’
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ræsir (noun m.): ruler
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[2-3] við ræsi ens sanna tírar ‘with the king of true glory’: A kenning-like periphrasis for Christ, probably based on Lat. rex gloriae ‘king of glory’.
trausts ‘protection’
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traust (noun n.; °-s/-): support, protection
leitak ‘I am seeking’
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leita (verb): seek, look for, attack
mér ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
veita ‘to grant’
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2. veita (verb): grant, give
svát ‘so that’
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svát (conj.): so that, so as
ó ‘un’
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ó- ((prefix)): un- < óbœttr (adj./verb p.p.)
bœttan ‘atoned for’
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bœta (verb; °-tt-): better, emend, compensate < óbœttr (adj./verb p.p.)
ættim ‘we [I] might have’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
engi ‘no’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
[6] engi: ‘ein[...]’ B, ‘eịṇgị’ 399a‑bˣ, ‘æin[...](i)’(?) BRydberg, ‘ein(gi)’(?) BFJ
kost ‘circumstance’
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1. kostr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -i/-u): choice, food, goods, good quality
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[6] kost ‘circumstance’: Jón Helgason (1935-6, 262) objects to the ms. reading here, on the ground that kostr ‘condition, circumstance’ is usually only used of positive circumstances. He suggests an emendation to lǫst, acc. sing. of lǫstr m. ‘fault, flaw’. However, as Black (1971, 295) notes, Fritzner: kostr gives examples of the morally neutral meaning ‘situation, circumstance’, which is followed in the translation here.
þás ‘when’
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2. þá (adv.): then
[6] þás: ‘þa[...]’ B, 399a‑bˣ, þá (er)(?) BRydberg, þá (e)r(?) BFJ
drengja ‘of men’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior
kennings
ástnenninn jǫfurr drengja‘the love-disposed prince of men ’
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the love-disposed prince of men → God
jǫfurr ‘prince’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
kennings
ástnenninn jǫfurr drengja‘the love-disposed prince of men ’
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the love-disposed prince of men → God
vill ‘will’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
andar ‘for his soul’
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2. ǫnd (noun f.; °andar, dat. ǫnd/ǫndu; andir): soul, breath
krefja ‘ask’
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krefja (verb): request
ást ‘the love’
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ást (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): love < ástnenninn (adj.)
kennings
ástnenninn jǫfurr drengja‘the love-disposed prince of men ’
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the love-disposed prince of men → God
nenninn ‘disposed’
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nenninn (adj.): vigorous < ástnenninn (adj.)
kennings
ástnenninn jǫfurr drengja‘the love-disposed prince of men ’
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the love-disposed prince of men → God
hal ‘man’
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halr (noun m.; °-s): man
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