Anon Leið 11VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Leiðarvísan 11’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 150.
Fár ‘The misfortune’
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2. fár (noun n.; °-s): harm, danger < fárskerðir (noun m.)
[1] Fárskerðir: so 624, 399a‑bˣ, ‘Fár[...]kerðir’ B
kennings
Fárskerðir,‘The misfortune-diminisher, ’
= God
The misfortune-diminisher, → God
skerðir ‘diminisher’
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skerðir (noun m.): diminisher < fárskerðir (noun m.)
[1] Fárskerðir: so 624, 399a‑bˣ, ‘Fár[...]kerðir’ B
kennings
Fárskerðir,‘The misfortune-diminisher, ’
= God
The misfortune-diminisher, → God
býðr ‘commands’
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bjóða (verb; °býðr; bauð, buðu; boðinn (buð- Thom¹ 5²n.)): offer, order, invite
fyrðum ‘men’
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2. fyrðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): man
frið ‘the peace-’
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friðr (noun m.): peace < friðkunnr (adj.)
[2] frið‑: friðan 624, friðar 399a‑bˣ
notes
[2] friðkunnan ‘peace-known’: Sveinbjörn Egilsson (1844, 60), Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) and Kock follow the 399a-bˣ transcriber in reading friðar kunnan, while B reads frið. Interestingly, st. 63/8 in Geisl begins with the cpd friðarsyn ‘vision of peace’.
kunnan ‘known’
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kunnr (adj.): known (?) < friðkunnr (adj.)
[2] ‑kunnan: so 624, ‘kunna[...]’ B, kunna(n)(?) 399a‑bˣ
notes
[2] friðkunnan ‘peace-known’: Sveinbjörn Egilsson (1844, 60), Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) and Kock follow the 399a-bˣ transcriber in reading friðar kunnan, while B reads frið. Interestingly, st. 63/8 in Geisl begins with the cpd friðarsyn ‘vision of peace’.
dag ‘day’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
sunnu ‘of the sun’
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sunna (noun f.): sun
ýtum ‘to men’
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ýtr (noun m.): man; launcher
hollr ‘gracious’
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hollr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): loyal
of ‘thoughout’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
allan ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
aldr ‘ages’
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aldr (noun m.; °aldrs, dat. aldri; aldrar): life, age
dýrliga ‘ceremoniously’
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dýrliga (adv.; °superl. -ast): [ceremoniously]
halda ‘observe’
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halda (verb): hold, keep
Gefa ‘he will give’
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gefa (verb): give
kvezk ‘says’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
mætr ‘The worthy’
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mætr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): honoured, respected
kennings
Mætr meinhrjóðandi‘The worthy harm-destroyer ’
= God
The worthy harm-destroyer → God
móti ‘return’
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1. mót (noun n.; °; -): meeting
mein ‘harm’
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mein (noun n.; °-s; -): harm, injury < meinhrjóðandi (noun m.)
[6] meinhrjóðandi: so 624, 399a‑bˣ, ‘mei[...]hrjoðannde’ B
kennings
Mætr meinhrjóðandi‘The worthy harm-destroyer ’
= God
The worthy harm-destroyer → God
hrjóðandi ‘destroyer’
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hrjóðandi (noun m.): destroyer < meinhrjóðandi (noun m.)
[6] meinhrjóðandi: so 624, 399a‑bˣ, ‘mei[...]hrjoðannde’ B
kennings
Mætr meinhrjóðandi‘The worthy harm-destroyer ’
= God
The worthy harm-destroyer → God
þjóðum ‘the peoples’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
ár ‘abundance’
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2. ár (noun n.; °-s; -): year, year’s abundance
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
tíri ‘glory’
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tírr (noun m.; °-s): glory, honour
[7] tíri: so 624, ‘tír[...]’ B, tír(i)(?) 399a‑bˣ
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
frið ‘peace’
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friðr (noun m.): peace
hreinan ‘pure’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure
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