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Anon Leið 26^VII

Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Leiðarvísan 26’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 164-5.

Anonymous Poems Leiðarvísan

Sýndi ‘showed’

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sýna (verb): show, seem

sólar ‘of the sun’

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

kennings

Hreinn siklingr landa sólar
‘The pure prince of the lands of the sun ’
= God
the lands of the sun → SKY/HEAVEN
The pure prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

sólar ‘of the sun’

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

kennings

Hreinn siklingr landa sólar
‘The pure prince of the lands of the sun ’
= God
the lands of the sun → SKY/HEAVEN
The pure prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

landa ‘of the lands’

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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land

kennings

Hreinn siklingr landa sólar
‘The pure prince of the lands of the sun ’
= God
the lands of the sun → SKY/HEAVEN
The pure prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

landa ‘of the lands’

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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land

kennings

Hreinn siklingr landa sólar
‘The pure prince of the lands of the sun ’
= God
the lands of the sun → SKY/HEAVEN
The pure prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

siklingr ‘prince’

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siklingr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, ruler

kennings

Hreinn siklingr landa sólar
‘The pure prince of the lands of the sun ’
= God
the lands of the sun → SKY/HEAVEN
The pure prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

með ‘with’

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með (prep.): with

trú ‘faith’

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trú (noun f.; °-ar): faith, belief

mikla ‘great’

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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large

horskum ‘wise’

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horskr (adj.; °compar. -ari): wise

lýð ‘people’

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

á ‘on’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

hauðri ‘earth’

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hauðr (noun n.): earth, ground

hreinn ‘The pure’

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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure

kennings

Hreinn siklingr landa sólar
‘The pure prince of the lands of the sun ’
= God
the lands of the sun → SKY/HEAVEN
The pure prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

skjótar ‘swift’

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2. skjótr (adj.): quick(ly)

jarteinir ‘miracles’

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jarteign (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): miracle

notes

[4] jarteinir ‘miracles’: B’s <ei> spelling is required here to preserve the rhyme with hreinn, but cf. 6/2, where the <gn> spelling is used, to rhyme with alfegnar. The <gn> form also occurs in Geisl 67/2, where the rhyme is with friðgegn. It appears likely that the <ei> form is the younger (see ANG §§292.3, 318.5; LP: jartegn, jartein).

Frítt ‘beautiful’

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fríðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): beautiful, fair

gerði ‘made’

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1. gera (verb): do, make

dag ‘day’

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

dróttins ‘on the Lord’s’

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

[5] dróttins: dróttinn 399a‑bˣ

notes

[5] dróttins ‘the Lord’s’: Brynjólfur Snorrason, the writer of the 444ˣ transcript, miscopied this word as dróttinn. This error was carried over into Jón Sigurðsson’s copy of 444ˣ, 399a-bˣ, which was used by Sveinbjörn Egilsson as the basis of his 1844 edn. Sveinbjörn corrected to dróttins in a marginal n. to 444ˣ, though he notes drottinn as the ‘MS reading’ in 1844, 64 n. 13.

dáð ‘The deed-’

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dáð (noun f.; °; -ir): feat, deed < dáðfimr (adj.)

kennings

Dáðfimr jǫfurr himna
‘The deed-agile prince of the heavens ’
= God
The deed-agile prince of the heavens → God

fimr ‘agile’

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fimr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): agile, deft < dáðfimr (adj.)

kennings

Dáðfimr jǫfurr himna
‘The deed-agile prince of the heavens ’
= God
The deed-agile prince of the heavens → God

jǫfurr ‘prince’

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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince

kennings

Dáðfimr jǫfurr himna
‘The deed-agile prince of the heavens ’
= God
The deed-agile prince of the heavens → God

himna ‘of the heavens’

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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky

kennings

Dáðfimr jǫfurr himna
‘The deed-agile prince of the heavens ’
= God
The deed-agile prince of the heavens → God

vín ‘wine’

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vín (noun n.; °-s; -): wine

ór ‘out of’

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3. ór (prep.): out of

vatni ‘water’

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vatn (noun n.; °-s; -*): water, lake

einu ‘alone’

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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone

varð ‘became’

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1. verða (verb): become, be

þjóð ‘people’

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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people

[8] þjóð: om. 624

fegin ‘happy’

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2. feginn (adj.; °compar. fegnari, superl. fegnastr): glad, happy

harðla ‘very’

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harðla (adv.): very, highly, greatly

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Sts 26-8 treat two of Christ’s miracles; the wedding at Cana, where he turned water into wine (st. 26), and the feeding of the Five Thousand (sts 27-8). — [5-8]: The reference here is to Christ’s turning water into wine at the wedding at Cana, recounted in John II.1-10. The miracle is also the subject of a sermon preserved in HómÍsl 1872, 187-91, and occurs in texts from all three recensions of the Sunday Letter and the MHG sermons.

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