Kolb Jónv 1VII
Beatrice La Farge (ed.) 2007, ‘Kolbeinn Tumason, Jónsvísur 1’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 224.
Angr ‘sorrow’
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1. angr (noun m.; °angrs, dat. angri/angr): grief < angrfellir (noun m.)
kennings
Happskeytr angrfellir,‘Lucky-shooting sorrow-feller, ’
= APOSTLE
Lucky-shooting sorrow-feller, → APOSTLE
fellir ‘feller’
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fellir (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i): slayer, feller < angrfellir (noun m.)
kennings
Happskeytr angrfellir,‘Lucky-shooting sorrow-feller, ’
= APOSTLE
Lucky-shooting sorrow-feller, → APOSTLE
vast ‘you were’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
notes
[1] vast ‘you were’: The ms. reading is vartu (= vart + enclitic 2 pers. pron. þú). Since this produces a seven-syllable l., Finnur Jónsson and Kock normalise to vast and vart respectively.
ǫllum ‘than all’
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allr (adj.): all
einn ‘alone’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
postolum ‘the Apostles’
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postuli (noun m.; °-a; -ar): apostle
hreinni ‘purer’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure
heilags ‘of holy’
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
Krists ‘Christ’
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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
hæstu ‘the highest’
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hœgri (adj. comp.): higher, highest
happskeytr ‘Lucky-shooting’
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happskeytr (adj.)
kennings
Happskeytr angrfellir,‘Lucky-shooting sorrow-feller, ’
= APOSTLE
Lucky-shooting sorrow-feller, → APOSTLE
fǫru ‘’
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fǫr (noun f.): journey, fate; movement < fǫruneyti (noun n.)
neyti ‘company’
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neyti (noun n.): company < fǫruneyti (noun n.)
Unni ‘loved’
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1. unna (verb): love
engum ‘no’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
manni ‘one’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
jafn ‘’
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jafn (adj.; °comp. -ari, superl. -astr): even, just < jafnheitr (adj.)
heitt ‘as ardently’
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heitr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): hot, ardent < jafnheitr (adj.)
friðar ‘of peace’
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friðr (noun m.): peace
kennings
Þýðr veitir friðar‘The friendly granter of peace ’
= God
The friendly granter of peace → God
veitir ‘granter’
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veitir (noun m.): giver
kennings
Þýðr veitir friðar‘The friendly granter of peace ’
= God
The friendly granter of peace → God
þýðr ‘The friendly’
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þýðr (adj.): kind
kennings
Þýðr veitir friðar‘The friendly granter of peace ’
= God
The friendly granter of peace → God
sem ‘as’
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sem (conj.): as, which
þér ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
móður ‘mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
minni ‘worthy of remembrance’
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1. minni (noun n.; °-s; -): memory < minniligr (adj.): memorable
ligt ‘’
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-ligr (adj.): -ly < minniligr (adj.): memorable
sinni ‘his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
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See Introduction.
[5-8]: Kolbeinn here makes the traditional identification of John with the unnamed ‘disciple whom Jesus loved’ (cf. John XIII.23, XXI.7, 20; Anon Alpost 4).
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