Skapti Frag 1^III

Máttr ‘The power’

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máttr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. mǽtti/mátt; mǽttir, dat. -um): power

es ‘is’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

munka ‘of monks’

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munkr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): monk

kennings

notes

[1] dróttins munka ‘of the lord of monks [= God]’: Meissner (Meissner 369) comments that early kennings for God or Christ such as this, konungr Róms ‘king of Rome’ (Eil Frag 1/3, 4) and gramr Jórðánar ‘prince of the Jordan’ (Sigv ErfÓl 28/2^I) register a sense of the strangeness (das fremdartige) of the idea of the Christian god, which however soon phases out.

dróttins ‘of the lord’

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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master

kennings

notes

[1] dróttins munka ‘of the lord of monks [= God]’: Meissner (Meissner 369) comments that early kennings for God or Christ such as this, konungr Róms ‘king of Rome’ (Eil Frag 1/3, 4) and gramr Jórðánar ‘prince of the Jordan’ (Sigv ErfÓl 28/2^I) register a sense of the strangeness (das fremdartige) of the idea of the Christian god, which however soon phases out.

mestr ‘greatest’

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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most

aflar ‘brings’

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afla (verb; °-að-): to gain, earn, procure, acquire

goð ‘God’

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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God

flestu ‘everything’

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fleiri (adj. comp.; °superl. flestr): more, most

Kristr ‘Christ’

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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ

skóp ‘created’

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2. skapa (verb): form

notes

[3-4] skóp alla verǫld ok reisti hǫll Róms ‘created the whole world and raised up the hall of Rome’: The alternative pairing of verbs and objects, skóp hǫll Róms ok reisti alla verǫld ‘created the hall of Rome and raised up the whole world’, is also possible but is less convincing in terms of meaning and theology.

ríkr ‘the mighty’

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ríkr (adj.): mighty, powerful, rich

ok ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

notes

[3-4] skóp alla verǫld ok reisti hǫll Róms ‘created the whole world and raised up the hall of Rome’: The alternative pairing of verbs and objects, skóp hǫll Róms ok reisti alla verǫld ‘created the hall of Rome and raised up the whole world’, is also possible but is less convincing in terms of meaning and theology.

reisti ‘raised up’

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rísta (verb): carve, raise

notes

[3-4] skóp alla verǫld ok reisti hǫll Róms ‘created the whole world and raised up the hall of Rome’: The alternative pairing of verbs and objects, skóp hǫll Róms ok reisti alla verǫld ‘created the hall of Rome and raised up the whole world’, is also possible but is less convincing in terms of meaning and theology.

Róms ‘of Rome’

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Róm (noun n.): Rome

[4] Róms (‘rvms’): ‘rums’ Tˣ, ‘rvms’ W, ‘roms’ U, A

notes

[3-4] skóp alla verǫld ok reisti hǫll Róms ‘created the whole world and raised up the hall of Rome’: The alternative pairing of verbs and objects, skóp hǫll Róms ok reisti alla verǫld ‘created the hall of Rome and raised up the whole world’, is also possible but is less convincing in terms of meaning and theology. — [4] Róms ‘of Rome’: Clearly a reference to the papal see. Another early reference to papal authority is Sigv Knútdr 10/8^I, where Knútr is described as klúss Pétrúsi ‘close to Peter’. The quality of the vowel in the p. n. is uncertain. The ms. spellings vary between <u/v> and <o> (see Readings above), and the evidence of skaldic rhymes elsewhere is ambivalent. The aðalhending dóma : Rómi (Mark Eirdr 10/2^II) would favour Róm, adopted here, while the skothending Rúms : rómu (Anon Pl 57/5^VII) and perhaps the imperfect aðalhending Rúms : suman (in the tøglag line Sigv Knútr 10/6^II) would favour Rúm.

Róms ‘of Rome’

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Róm (noun n.): Rome

[4] Róms (‘rvms’): ‘rums’ Tˣ, ‘rvms’ W, ‘roms’ U, A

notes

[3-4] skóp alla verǫld ok reisti hǫll Róms ‘created the whole world and raised up the hall of Rome’: The alternative pairing of verbs and objects, skóp hǫll Róms ok reisti alla verǫld ‘created the hall of Rome and raised up the whole world’, is also possible but is less convincing in terms of meaning and theology. — [4] Róms ‘of Rome’: Clearly a reference to the papal see. Another early reference to papal authority is Sigv Knútdr 10/8^I, where Knútr is described as klúss Pétrúsi ‘close to Peter’. The quality of the vowel in the p. n. is uncertain. The ms. spellings vary between <u/v> and <o> (see Readings above), and the evidence of skaldic rhymes elsewhere is ambivalent. The aðalhending dóma : Rómi (Mark Eirdr 10/2^II) would favour Róm, adopted here, while the skothending Rúms : rómu (Anon Pl 57/5^VII) and perhaps the imperfect aðalhending Rúms : suman (in the tøglag line Sigv Knútr 10/6^II) would favour Rúm.

hǫll ‘the hall’

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1. hǫll (noun f.; °hallar, dat. -u/-; hallir): hall

notes

[3-4] skóp alla verǫld ok reisti hǫll Róms ‘created the whole world and raised up the hall of Rome’: The alternative pairing of verbs and objects, skóp hǫll Róms ok reisti alla verǫld ‘created the hall of Rome and raised up the whole world’, is also possible but is less convincing in terms of meaning and theology.

verǫld ‘world’

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verǫld (noun f.; °-aldar, dat. -/-u; -aldir): world, age

notes

[3-4] skóp alla verǫld ok reisti hǫll Róms ‘created the whole world and raised up the hall of Rome’: The alternative pairing of verbs and objects, skóp hǫll Róms ok reisti alla verǫld ‘created the hall of Rome and raised up the whole world’, is also possible but is less convincing in terms of meaning and theology.

alla ‘the whole’

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allr (adj.): all

notes

[3-4] skóp alla verǫld ok reisti hǫll Róms ‘created the whole world and raised up the hall of Rome’: The alternative pairing of verbs and objects, skóp hǫll Róms ok reisti alla verǫld ‘created the hall of Rome and raised up the whole world’, is also possible but is less convincing in terms of meaning and theology.