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Kolb Jónv 3^VII

Beatrice La Farge (ed.) 2007, ‘Kolbeinn Tumason, Jónsvísur 3’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 225-6.

Kolbeinn Tumason Jónsvísur

Sjalfr ‘himself’

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sjalfr (adj.): self

kennings

Sjalfr harri sólknarrar
‘The lord of the sun-ship himself, ’
= God
The lord of the sun-ship himself, → God

kallaði ‘called’

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kalla (verb): call

sællar ‘of the blessed’

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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed

sól ‘of the sun’

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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun < sólknǫrr (noun m.)

[2] sólknarrar: sólknarri 649a

kennings

Sjalfr harri sólknarrar
‘The lord of the sun-ship himself, ’
= God
The lord of the sun-ship himself, → God

sól ‘of the sun’

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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun < sólknǫrr (noun m.)

[2] sólknarrar: sólknarri 649a

kennings

Sjalfr harri sólknarrar
‘The lord of the sun-ship himself, ’
= God
The lord of the sun-ship himself, → God

knarrar ‘ship’

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knǫrr (noun m.; °knarrar, dat. knerri; knerrir, acc. knǫrru/knerri): (a kind of) ship < sólknǫrr (noun m.)

[2] sólknarrar: sólknarri 649a

kennings

Sjalfr harri sólknarrar
‘The lord of the sun-ship himself, ’
= God
The lord of the sun-ship himself, → God

knarrar ‘ship’

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knǫrr (noun m.; °knarrar, dat. knerri; knerrir, acc. knǫrru/knerri): (a kind of) ship < sólknǫrr (noun m.)

[2] sólknarrar: sólknarri 649a

kennings

Sjalfr harri sólknarrar
‘The lord of the sun-ship himself, ’
= God
The lord of the sun-ship himself, → God

þik ‘you’

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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you

harri ‘The lord’

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1. harri (noun m.; °-a): lord

kennings

Sjalfr harri sólknarrar
‘The lord of the sun-ship himself, ’
= God
The lord of the sun-ship himself, → God

son ‘the son’

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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son

Máríe ‘Mary’

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María (noun f.): Mary

særir ‘wounder’

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særir (noun m.): wounder

[3] særir: ‘sęrar’ 649a

kennings

særir sundhyrs.
‘wounder of strait-fire. ’
= GENEROUS MAN
strait-fire. → GOLD
wounder of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN

sund ‘of strait’

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sund (noun n.; °-s; -): sound, strait; swimming < sundhyrr (noun m.)

kennings

særir sundhyrs.
‘wounder of strait-fire. ’
= GENEROUS MAN
strait-fire. → GOLD
wounder of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN

sund ‘of strait’

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sund (noun n.; °-s; -): sound, strait; swimming < sundhyrr (noun m.)

kennings

særir sundhyrs.
‘wounder of strait-fire. ’
= GENEROUS MAN
strait-fire. → GOLD
wounder of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN

hyrs ‘fire’

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hyrr (noun m.): fire < sundhyrr (noun m.)

kennings

særir sundhyrs.
‘wounder of strait-fire. ’
= GENEROUS MAN
strait-fire. → GOLD
wounder of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN

hyrs ‘fire’

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hyrr (noun m.): fire < sundhyrr (noun m.)

kennings

særir sundhyrs.
‘wounder of strait-fire. ’
= GENEROUS MAN
strait-fire. → GOLD
wounder of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN

í ‘in’

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í (prep.): in, into

kvǫl ‘torment’

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kvǫl (noun f.; °-ar; -ar/-ir): torment, torture

bundinn ‘bound’

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binda (verb; °bindr; batt/bant(cf. [$332$]), bundu; bundinn): bind, tie

Ráð ‘wellbeing’

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ráð (noun n.; °-s; -): advice, plan, control, power

fal ‘placed’

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2. fela (verb): hide

ræsir ‘The impeller’

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ræsir (noun m.): ruler

kennings

Ræsir lýða,
‘The impeller of peoples, ’
= God
The impeller of peoples, → God

lýða ‘of peoples’

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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people

kennings

Ræsir lýða,
‘The impeller of peoples, ’
= God
The impeller of peoples, → God

risnu ‘for his munificence’

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risna (noun f.; °-u): munificence

kendr ‘known’

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kenna (verb): know, teach

á ‘in’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

hendi ‘hands’

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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand

díks ‘of the ditch’

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dík (noun n.): [ditch]

kennings

díks dagrennir.
‘day-mover of the ditch’
= GENEROUS MAN
the day of the ditch. → GOLD
mover of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN

notes

[7-8] díks ... dagrennir ‘mover of the day of the water-ditch [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: The first element of the cpd dagrennir (dagr ‘day’) is the base-word of a kenning for GOLD: díks ... dagr ‘day of the water-ditch’; this kenning for GOLD is the determinant of a kenning for MAN whose base-word is rennir ‘one who makes run’, the second element of the cpd dagrennir: díks dagrennir ‘one who makes the day of the water-ditch run’, ‘one who distributes gold’ [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN].

díks ‘of the ditch’

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dík (noun n.): [ditch]

kennings

díks dagrennir.
‘day-mover of the ditch’
= GENEROUS MAN
the day of the ditch. → GOLD
mover of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN

notes

[7-8] díks ... dagrennir ‘mover of the day of the water-ditch [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: The first element of the cpd dagrennir (dagr ‘day’) is the base-word of a kenning for GOLD: díks ... dagr ‘day of the water-ditch’; this kenning for GOLD is the determinant of a kenning for MAN whose base-word is rennir ‘one who makes run’, the second element of the cpd dagrennir: díks dagrennir ‘one who makes the day of the water-ditch run’, ‘one who distributes gold’ [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN].

áðr ‘before’

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áðr (adv.; °//): before

notes

[7] áðr dauðann tœki ‘before he took death, died’: Skj B and Skald omit the enclitic art. and normalise dauðann to dauða (acc. sg. of dauði ‘death’). The use of the subj. after the conj. áðr is very common (NS §§301-2B, Anm., 304).

dauðann ‘death’

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dauði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death

notes

[7] áðr dauðann tœki ‘before he took death, died’: Skj B and Skald omit the enclitic art. and normalise dauðann to dauða (acc. sg. of dauði ‘death’). The use of the subj. after the conj. áðr is very common (NS §§301-2B, Anm., 304).

tœki ‘he took’

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2. taka (verb): take

notes

[7] áðr dauðann tœki ‘before he took death, died’: Skj B and Skald omit the enclitic art. and normalise dauðann to dauða (acc. sg. of dauði ‘death’). The use of the subj. after the conj. áðr is very common (NS §§301-2B, Anm., 304).

dag ‘of the day’

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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day < dagrennir (noun m.)

kennings

díks dagrennir.
‘day-mover of the ditch’
= GENEROUS MAN
the day of the ditch. → GOLD
mover of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN

notes

[7-8] díks ... dagrennir ‘mover of the day of the water-ditch [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: The first element of the cpd dagrennir (dagr ‘day’) is the base-word of a kenning for GOLD: díks ... dagr ‘day of the water-ditch’; this kenning for GOLD is the determinant of a kenning for MAN whose base-word is rennir ‘one who makes run’, the second element of the cpd dagrennir: díks dagrennir ‘one who makes the day of the water-ditch run’, ‘one who distributes gold’ [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN].

dag ‘of the day’

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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day < dagrennir (noun m.)

kennings

díks dagrennir.
‘day-mover of the ditch’
= GENEROUS MAN
the day of the ditch. → GOLD
mover of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN

notes

[7-8] díks ... dagrennir ‘mover of the day of the water-ditch [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: The first element of the cpd dagrennir (dagr ‘day’) is the base-word of a kenning for GOLD: díks ... dagr ‘day of the water-ditch’; this kenning for GOLD is the determinant of a kenning for MAN whose base-word is rennir ‘one who makes run’, the second element of the cpd dagrennir: díks dagrennir ‘one who makes the day of the water-ditch run’, ‘one who distributes gold’ [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN].

rennir ‘mover’

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rennir (noun m.): impeller < dagrennir (noun m.)

kennings

díks dagrennir.
‘day-mover of the ditch’
= GENEROUS MAN
the day of the ditch. → GOLD
mover of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN

notes

[7-8] díks ... dagrennir ‘mover of the day of the water-ditch [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: The first element of the cpd dagrennir (dagr ‘day’) is the base-word of a kenning for GOLD: díks ... dagr ‘day of the water-ditch’; this kenning for GOLD is the determinant of a kenning for MAN whose base-word is rennir ‘one who makes run’, the second element of the cpd dagrennir: díks dagrennir ‘one who makes the day of the water-ditch run’, ‘one who distributes gold’ [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN].

þér ‘your’

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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you

hennar ‘her’

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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...

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