Anon Leið 27VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Leiðarvísan 27’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 165-6.
Sinn ‘his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
notes
[1]: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B), followed by Kock (Skald), emends to Sín veitti dag dróttins, construing sín with dýr tkn (l. 2) ‘his precious tokens’. Dróttins is construed with dag, to give himins stýrir veitti dag dróttins sín dýr tkn ‘the steerer of heaven granted his precious tokens on the day of the Lord’.
veitti ‘granted’
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2. veita (verb): grant, give
notes
[1]: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B), followed by Kock (Skald), emends to Sín veitti dag dróttins, construing sín with dýr tkn (l. 2) ‘his precious tokens’. Dróttins is construed with dag, to give himins stýrir veitti dag dróttins sín dýr tkn ‘the steerer of heaven granted his precious tokens on the day of the Lord’.
dag ‘day’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
notes
[1]: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B), followed by Kock (Skald), emends to Sín veitti dag dróttins, construing sín with dýr tkn (l. 2) ‘his precious tokens’. Dróttins is construed with dag, to give himins stýrir veitti dag dróttins sín dýr tkn ‘the steerer of heaven granted his precious tokens on the day of the Lord’.
dróttinn ‘The Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
notes
[1]: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B), followed by Kock (Skald), emends to Sín veitti dag dróttins, construing sín with dýr tkn (l. 2) ‘his precious tokens’. Dróttins is construed with dag, to give himins stýrir veitti dag dróttins sín dýr tkn ‘the steerer of heaven granted his precious tokens on the day of the Lord’.
dýr ‘precious’
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dýrr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -str/-astr): precious
tôkn ‘tokens’
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tákn (noun n.; °-s; -): token
himins ‘of heaven’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
kennings
stýrir himins,‘steerer of heaven, ’
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steerer of heaven, → God
notes
[2] stýrir himins ‘steerer of heaven [= God]’: God-kennings involving stýrir m. ‘steerer’ are a common feature of the image-structure of Leið. Cf. stýrir aldar ‘steerer of men’ 3/5; stýrir alls tírar ‘steerer of all glory’ 24/3-4; stýrir heims ‘steerer of the world’ 14/5.
stýrir ‘steerer’
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stýrir (noun m.): ruler, controller
kennings
stýrir himins,‘steerer of heaven, ’
= God
steerer of heaven, → God
notes
[2] stýrir himins ‘steerer of heaven [= God]’: God-kennings involving stýrir m. ‘steerer’ are a common feature of the image-structure of Leið. Cf. stýrir aldar ‘steerer of men’ 3/5; stýrir alls tírar ‘steerer of all glory’ 24/3-4; stýrir heims ‘steerer of the world’ 14/5.
lýð ‘multitude’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
þás ‘when’
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2. þá (adv.): then
lítlu ‘with little’
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lítill (adj.; °lítinn): little
brauði ‘bread’
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brauð (noun n.; °-s; -): bread
lof ‘the famous’
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lof (noun n.; °-s; -): praise, leave, permission < lofkvaddr (adj./verb p.p.)
kvaddan ‘’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet < lofkvaddr (adj./verb p.p.)
[4] ‑kvaddan: so 624, 399a‑bˣ, ‘‑[...]ddan’ B
goð ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
saddi ‘fed’
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seðja (verb): satisfy, satiate
Rǫskr ‘The valiant’
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rǫskr (adj.): brave
kennings
Rǫskr friðkennandi‘The valiant peace-bringer ’
= God
The valiant peace-bringer → God
vann ‘made’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
fljótt ‘quickly’
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2. fljótr (adj.): quick
af ‘with’
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af (prep.): from
fiskum ‘fishes’
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fiskr (noun m.): fish
frið ‘peace’
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friðr (noun m.): peace < friðkennandi (noun m.)
kennings
Rǫskr friðkennandi‘The valiant peace-bringer ’
= God
The valiant peace-bringer → God
kennandi ‘bringer’
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kennandi (noun m.; °-a; kennendr): bringer, conveyor, tester < friðkennandi (noun m.)
kennings
Rǫskr friðkennandi‘The valiant peace-bringer ’
= God
The valiant peace-bringer → God
tvennum ‘two’
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tvennr (adj.): two
fjǫlða ‘a multitude’
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fjǫlði (noun m.): multitude
lýðs ‘of people’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
fríðum ‘beautiful’
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fríðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): beautiful, fair
[7] fríðum: ‘fyrdum’ 624
fimm ‘five’
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fimm (num. cardinal): five
vel ‘very’
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vel (adv.): well, very
reifa ‘’
notes
[8] reifan: Finnur Jónsson emended B’s reifa ‘to enrich, present with’ to reifan, m. acc. sg. of reifr ‘glad, cheerful’, agreeing with fjǫlða (l. 7) and this emendation is accepted here. Kock (NN §2142) construed B’s reifa with vann (l. 5), to give the sense ‘succeeded in enriching’, but vinna is nowhere attested with the inf., other than in Kock’s own readings proposed in this note.
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