Kolb Jónv 5VII
Beatrice La Farge (ed.) 2007, ‘Kolbeinn Tumason, Jónsvísur 5’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 226-7.
Frami ‘That distinction’
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frami (noun m.): success
gengr ‘rises’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
hátt ‘high’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
s ‘which’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
himna ‘of the heavens’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
kennings
himna her teitir‘host-gladdener of the heavens’
= God
the host of the heavens → ANGELS
the gladdener of ANGELS → God
notes
[1] himna: For the ms. spelling hifna, see note to Ník Jóndr 2/3. — [1-2] himna herteitir ‘gladdener of the host of heaven [(lit. host-gladdener of heaven) ANGELS > = Christ]’: The first element of the cpd herteitir (herr ‘army, host’) is the base-word of a kenning for ANGELS, himna herr ‘host of heaven’; this kenning for ANGELS is the determinant of a kenning for Christ whose base-word is the second element of the cpd., teitir ‘gladdener’.
himna ‘of the heavens’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
kennings
himna her teitir‘host-gladdener of the heavens’
= God
the host of the heavens → ANGELS
the gladdener of ANGELS → God
notes
[1] himna: For the ms. spelling hifna, see note to Ník Jóndr 2/3. — [1-2] himna herteitir ‘gladdener of the host of heaven [(lit. host-gladdener of heaven) ANGELS > = Christ]’: The first element of the cpd herteitir (herr ‘army, host’) is the base-word of a kenning for ANGELS, himna herr ‘host of heaven’; this kenning for ANGELS is the determinant of a kenning for Christ whose base-word is the second element of the cpd., teitir ‘gladdener’.
himna ‘of the heavens’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
kennings
himna her teitir‘host-gladdener of the heavens’
= God
the host of the heavens → ANGELS
the gladdener of ANGELS → God
notes
[1] himna: For the ms. spelling hifna, see note to Ník Jóndr 2/3. — [1-2] himna herteitir ‘gladdener of the host of heaven [(lit. host-gladdener of heaven) ANGELS > = Christ]’: The first element of the cpd herteitir (herr ‘army, host’) is the base-word of a kenning for ANGELS, himna herr ‘host of heaven’; this kenning for ANGELS is the determinant of a kenning for Christ whose base-word is the second element of the cpd., teitir ‘gladdener’.
himna ‘of the heavens’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
kennings
himna her teitir‘host-gladdener of the heavens’
= God
the host of the heavens → ANGELS
the gladdener of ANGELS → God
notes
[1] himna: For the ms. spelling hifna, see note to Ník Jóndr 2/3. — [1-2] himna herteitir ‘gladdener of the host of heaven [(lit. host-gladdener of heaven) ANGELS > = Christ]’: The first element of the cpd herteitir (herr ‘army, host’) is the base-word of a kenning for ANGELS, himna herr ‘host of heaven’; this kenning for ANGELS is the determinant of a kenning for Christ whose base-word is the second element of the cpd., teitir ‘gladdener’.
her ‘of the host’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host < herteitir (noun m.)
kennings
himna her teitir‘host-gladdener of the heavens’
= God
the host of the heavens → ANGELS
the gladdener of ANGELS → God
notes
[1-2] himna herteitir ‘gladdener of the host of heaven [(lit. host-gladdener of heaven) ANGELS > = Christ]’: The first element of the cpd herteitir (herr ‘army, host’) is the base-word of a kenning for ANGELS, himna herr ‘host of heaven’; this kenning for ANGELS is the determinant of a kenning for Christ whose base-word is the second element of the cpd., teitir ‘gladdener’.
her ‘of the host’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host < herteitir (noun m.)
kennings
himna her teitir‘host-gladdener of the heavens’
= God
the host of the heavens → ANGELS
the gladdener of ANGELS → God
notes
[1-2] himna herteitir ‘gladdener of the host of heaven [(lit. host-gladdener of heaven) ANGELS > = Christ]’: The first element of the cpd herteitir (herr ‘army, host’) is the base-word of a kenning for ANGELS, himna herr ‘host of heaven’; this kenning for ANGELS is the determinant of a kenning for Christ whose base-word is the second element of the cpd., teitir ‘gladdener’.
teitir ‘the gladdener’
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teitir (noun m.): gladdener < herteitir (noun m.)
kennings
himna her teitir‘host-gladdener of the heavens’
= God
the host of the heavens → ANGELS
the gladdener of ANGELS → God
notes
[1-2] himna herteitir ‘gladdener of the host of heaven [(lit. host-gladdener of heaven) ANGELS > = Christ]’: The first element of the cpd herteitir (herr ‘army, host’) is the base-word of a kenning for ANGELS, himna herr ‘host of heaven’; this kenning for ANGELS is the determinant of a kenning for Christ whose base-word is the second element of the cpd., teitir ‘gladdener’.
þér ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
veitir ‘grants’
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2. veita (verb): grant, give
snar ‘speedy’
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snarr (adj.): gallant, bold < snardeilandi (noun m.)
kennings
snardeilandi sólar sunds.‘speedy distributer of the sun of the sound. ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the sun of the sound. → GOLD
speedy distributer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
deilandi ‘distributer’
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deilandi (noun m.): [distributer] < snardeilandi (noun m.)
kennings
snardeilandi sólar sunds.‘speedy distributer of the sun of the sound. ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the sun of the sound. → GOLD
speedy distributer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
sólar ‘of the sun’
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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun
kennings
snardeilandi sólar sunds.‘speedy distributer of the sun of the sound. ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the sun of the sound. → GOLD
speedy distributer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
sólar ‘of the sun’
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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun
kennings
snardeilandi sólar sunds.‘speedy distributer of the sun of the sound. ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the sun of the sound. → GOLD
speedy distributer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
sunds ‘of the sound’
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sund (noun n.; °-s; -): sound, strait; swimming
kennings
snardeilandi sólar sunds.‘speedy distributer of the sun of the sound. ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the sun of the sound. → GOLD
speedy distributer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
sunds ‘of the sound’
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sund (noun n.; °-s; -): sound, strait; swimming
kennings
snardeilandi sólar sunds.‘speedy distributer of the sun of the sound. ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the sun of the sound. → GOLD
speedy distributer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
margar ‘many’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
lundir ‘ways’
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lund (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(Rém 301³¹)): mind, way
Hár ‘The high’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
[5] Hárs: ‘hárr er’ 649a
kennings
Hár Alda garðs hyrbjóðr‘high fire-offerer of the Alden-fence’
= GENEROUS MAN
the fence of Alden → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The high offerer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[6-7] hárs: The ms. reading is ‘háʀ er’. The reading ‘háʀ’ could be normalised to hárr ‘hoary, grey-haired’ (m. nom. sg.) or to hár ‘high’ (m. nom. sg.; <ʀ> appears in mss as a grapheme for [rr] or for [r], cf. Lindblad 1954, 73, 206-7). Since the adj. is part of an honorific term for S. John, all previous interpreters take ‘háʀ’ to be hár ‘high’. The reading er is evidently the predicate in the main cl., the 3rd pers. sg. indic. of vera ‘to be’. Since hár er produces a seven-syllable l., Skj B normalises to hárs. Kock (NN §2165) argues that it is implausible that John should be spoken of in the 3rd pers. in a sentence containing a subordinate cl. which addresses him in the 2nd pers. pl. (yðra dýrð ‘your glory’ 5/8) and in a st. whose first helmingr also addresses him in the 2nd pers. (þér ‘to you’ 5/2). He therefore emends the verb form to est/ert ‘you are’ (cf. the translation in Lange 1958b, 19). He indicates that the problem of the seven-syllable l. could be solved by the omission of the prep. á, which is not required by the syntax of the construction á hvern veg ‘in every way’.
notes
[6-7] hárs: The ms. reading is ‘háʀ er’. The reading ‘háʀ’ could be normalised to hárr ‘hoary, grey-haired’ (m. nom. sg.) or to hár ‘high’ (m. nom. sg.; <ʀ> appears in mss as a grapheme for [rr] or for [r], cf. Lindblad 1954, 73, 206-7). Since the adj. is part of an honorific term for S. John, all previous interpreters take ‘háʀ’ to be hár ‘high’. The reading er is evidently the predicate in the main cl., the 3rd pers. sg. indic. of vera ‘to be’. Since hár er produces a seven-syllable l., Skj B normalises to hárs. Kock (NN §2165) argues that it is implausible that John should be spoken of in the 3rd pers. in a sentence containing a subordinate cl. which addresses him in the 2nd pers. pl. (yðra dýrð ‘your glory’ 5/8) and in a st. whose first helmingr also addresses him in the 2nd pers. (þér ‘to you’ 5/2). He therefore emends the verb form to est/ert ‘you are’ (cf. the translation in Lange 1958b, 19). He indicates that the problem of the seven-syllable l. could be solved by the omission of the prep. á, which is not required by the syntax of the construction á hvern veg ‘in every way’.
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
hvern ‘every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
veg ‘way’
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1. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-; -ar/-ir, gen. -a/-na, acc. -a/-i/-u): way, path, side
meiri ‘greater’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
hyr ‘of the fire’
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hyrr (noun m.): fire < hyrbjóðr (noun m.)
kennings
Hár Alda garðs hyrbjóðr‘high fire-offerer of the Alden-fence’
= GENEROUS MAN
the fence of Alden → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The high offerer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
hyr ‘of the fire’
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hyrr (noun m.): fire < hyrbjóðr (noun m.)
kennings
Hár Alda garðs hyrbjóðr‘high fire-offerer of the Alden-fence’
= GENEROUS MAN
the fence of Alden → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The high offerer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
bjóðr ‘offerer’
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2. bjóðr (noun m.): inviter < hyrbjóðr (noun m.)
kennings
Hár Alda garðs hyrbjóðr‘high fire-offerer of the Alden-fence’
= GENEROUS MAN
the fence of Alden → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The high offerer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
an ‘than’
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2. an (conj.): than
kyn ‘the family’
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1. kyn (noun n.; °-s; -): kin
kennings
kyn þjóðar‘the family of people ’
= MANKIND
the family of people → MANKIND
þjóðar ‘of people’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
kennings
kyn þjóðar‘the family of people ’
= MANKIND
the family of people → MANKIND
Alda ‘of Alden’
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Aldi (noun m.): [Alden]
kennings
Hár Alda garðs hyrbjóðr‘high fire-offerer of the Alden-fence’
= GENEROUS MAN
the fence of Alden → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The high offerer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[7] Alda: Interpreted as an island-heiti, the gen. sg. of a Norw. island named Aldi, Alden in Søndfjord (cf. LP: Aldi); the ‘fence of Aldi’ (garðr Alda) designates the surrounding sea.
Alda ‘of Alden’
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Aldi (noun m.): [Alden]
kennings
Hár Alda garðs hyrbjóðr‘high fire-offerer of the Alden-fence’
= GENEROUS MAN
the fence of Alden → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The high offerer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[7] Alda: Interpreted as an island-heiti, the gen. sg. of a Norw. island named Aldi, Alden in Søndfjord (cf. LP: Aldi); the ‘fence of Aldi’ (garðr Alda) designates the surrounding sea.
Alda ‘of Alden’
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Aldi (noun m.): [Alden]
kennings
Hár Alda garðs hyrbjóðr‘high fire-offerer of the Alden-fence’
= GENEROUS MAN
the fence of Alden → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The high offerer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[7] Alda: Interpreted as an island-heiti, the gen. sg. of a Norw. island named Aldi, Alden in Søndfjord (cf. LP: Aldi); the ‘fence of Aldi’ (garðr Alda) designates the surrounding sea.
garðs ‘of the fence’
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garðr (noun m.): enclosure, yard
kennings
Hár Alda garðs hyrbjóðr‘high fire-offerer of the Alden-fence’
= GENEROUS MAN
the fence of Alden → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The high offerer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
garðs ‘of the fence’
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garðr (noun m.): enclosure, yard
kennings
Hár Alda garðs hyrbjóðr‘high fire-offerer of the Alden-fence’
= GENEROUS MAN
the fence of Alden → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The high offerer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
garðs ‘of the fence’
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garðr (noun m.): enclosure, yard
kennings
Hár Alda garðs hyrbjóðr‘high fire-offerer of the Alden-fence’
= GENEROUS MAN
the fence of Alden → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The high offerer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
orðum ‘words’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
yðra ‘your’
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yðvarr (pron.; °f. yður; pl. yðrir): your
dýrð ‘glory’
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dýrð (noun f.; °-ar/-a(NoDipl(1279) 44²); -ir): glory
geti ‘are able to’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
skýrða ‘expound’
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1. skýra (verb): explain, interpret
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Frami gengr hátt, sás himna |
That distinction which the gladdener of the host of the heavens [(lit. ‘host-gladdener of the heavens’) ANGELS > = God (= Christ)] grants you rises high in many ways, speedy distributer of the sun of the sound [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]. The high offerer of the fire of the fence of Alden <island> [(lit. ‘high fire-offerer of the Alden-fence’) SEA > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN] is greater in every way than the family of people [MANKIND] are able to expound your glory with words.
In Jón4 1874, 512 this st. is prefaced with the remark: Nærr enda sins verks setr Ko[l]beinn þessa visu af guðligum veitzlum ok verðleikum sęls Johannis; hann segir sva ‘Near the end of his poem Kolbeinn places this st. about the divine gifts and merits of blessed John; he says as follows’.
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