Anon Leið 28VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Leiðarvísan 28’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 166.
Hátt ‘Far and wide’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
gengr ‘spreads’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
dýrð ‘the glory’
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dýrð (noun f.; °-ar/-a(NoDipl(1279) 44²); -ir): glory
s ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
dróttinn ‘the Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
dáð ‘the deed’
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dáð (noun f.; °; -ir): feat, deed < dáðgladdr (adj.)
gladdan ‘gladdened’
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2. glaðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): cheerful, glad < dáðgladdr (adj.)
her ‘host’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
saddi ‘fed’
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seðja (verb): satisfy, satiate
opt ‘often’
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opt (adv.): often
es ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
kuðr ‘known’
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kunnr (adj.): known (?)
at ‘for’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
krapti ‘strength’
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1. kraftr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/- ; -ar): power
Kristr ‘Christ’
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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ
á ‘with’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
lítlum ‘few’
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lítill (adj.; °lítinn): little
vistum ‘provisions’
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vist (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): abode, lodging, provisions
Tolf ‘twelve’
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tolf (num. cardinal): twelve
notes
[5] segir: B reads ‘segia’, regarded by Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) as the 3rd pers. pl. pres. tense of the verb segja ‘to say’, used in the sense ‘people say’. He emends Ullr (l. 6) to Ull (so also Skald) and translates man fortæller mig, at ... ‘people tell me that ...’. However, segja renders the l. hypermetrical, and here Ullr has been retained as nom. sg., with emendation of segja to the necessary sg. verb, segir ‘says’.
enda ‘’
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endi (noun m.): end
edda ‘’
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2. edda (noun f.): edda
elda ‘of the fires’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
[5] elda: edda B, enda 624
kennings
Ullr elda elfar‘An Ullr of the fires of the river ’
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the fires of the river → GOLD
An Ullr of the GOLD → MAN
notes
[5-6] Ullr elda elfar ‘Ullr <god> of the fires of the river [GOLD > MAN]’: The man-kenning (possibly a reference to the witness of one of the evangelists) relies on an emendation of B’s ‘edda’ to elda ‘of fires’. Finnur Jónsson (Skj A, n.) claimed that B’s <dd> was an alteration, and read ‘ellda’, but this is difficult to ratify from the present state of the ms. Rydberg read <dd> without comment. All previous eds have adopted Sveinbjörn Egilsson’s emendation (1844, 65) to elda elfar, which makes for a conventional gold-kenning.
elda ‘of the fires’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
[5] elda: edda B, enda 624
kennings
Ullr elda elfar‘An Ullr of the fires of the river ’
= MAN
the fires of the river → GOLD
An Ullr of the GOLD → MAN
notes
[5-6] Ullr elda elfar ‘Ullr <god> of the fires of the river [GOLD > MAN]’: The man-kenning (possibly a reference to the witness of one of the evangelists) relies on an emendation of B’s ‘edda’ to elda ‘of fires’. Finnur Jónsson (Skj A, n.) claimed that B’s <dd> was an alteration, and read ‘ellda’, but this is difficult to ratify from the present state of the ms. Rydberg read <dd> without comment. All previous eds have adopted Sveinbjörn Egilsson’s emendation (1844, 65) to elda elfar, which makes for a conventional gold-kenning.
elfar ‘of the river’
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elfr (noun f.): river
kennings
Ullr elda elfar‘An Ullr of the fires of the river ’
= MAN
the fires of the river → GOLD
An Ullr of the GOLD → MAN
notes
[5-6] Ullr elda elfar ‘Ullr <god> of the fires of the river [GOLD > MAN]’: The man-kenning (possibly a reference to the witness of one of the evangelists) relies on an emendation of B’s ‘edda’ to elda ‘of fires’. Finnur Jónsson (Skj A, n.) claimed that B’s <dd> was an alteration, and read ‘ellda’, but this is difficult to ratify from the present state of the ms. Rydberg read <dd> without comment. All previous eds have adopted Sveinbjörn Egilsson’s emendation (1844, 65) to elda elfar, which makes for a conventional gold-kenning.
elfar ‘of the river’
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elfr (noun f.): river
kennings
Ullr elda elfar‘An Ullr of the fires of the river ’
= MAN
the fires of the river → GOLD
An Ullr of the GOLD → MAN
notes
[5-6] Ullr elda elfar ‘Ullr <god> of the fires of the river [GOLD > MAN]’: The man-kenning (possibly a reference to the witness of one of the evangelists) relies on an emendation of B’s ‘edda’ to elda ‘of fires’. Finnur Jónsson (Skj A, n.) claimed that B’s <dd> was an alteration, and read ‘ellda’, but this is difficult to ratify from the present state of the ms. Rydberg read <dd> without comment. All previous eds have adopted Sveinbjörn Egilsson’s emendation (1844, 65) to elda elfar, which makes for a conventional gold-kenning.
kennings
Ullr elda elfar‘An Ullr of the fires of the river ’
= MAN
the fires of the river → GOLD
An Ullr of the GOLD → MAN
notes
[5] segir: B reads ‘segia’, regarded by Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) as the 3rd pers. pl. pres. tense of the verb segja ‘to say’, used in the sense ‘people say’. He emends Ullr (l. 6) to Ull (so also Skald) and translates man fortæller mig, at ... ‘people tell me that ...’. However, segja renders the l. hypermetrical, and here Ullr has been retained as nom. sg., with emendation of segja to the necessary sg. verb, segir ‘says’. — [5-6] Ullr elda elfar ‘Ullr <god> of the fires of the river [GOLD > MAN]’: The man-kenning (possibly a reference to the witness of one of the evangelists) relies on an emendation of B’s ‘edda’ to elda ‘of fires’. Finnur Jónsson (Skj A, n.) claimed that B’s <dd> was an alteration, and read ‘ellda’, but this is difficult to ratify from the present state of the ms. Rydberg read <dd> without comment. All previous eds have adopted Sveinbjörn Egilsson’s emendation (1844, 65) to elda elfar, which makes for a conventional gold-kenning. — [6] Ullr: Named in Gylf as sonr Sifjar, stjúpsonr Þórs ‘Sif’s son, stepson of Þórr’ (SnE 1982, 26), he appears frequently in man-kennings (see LP: Ullr).
kennings
Ullr elda elfar‘An Ullr of the fires of the river ’
= MAN
the fires of the river → GOLD
An Ullr of the GOLD → MAN
notes
[5] segir: B reads ‘segia’, regarded by Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) as the 3rd pers. pl. pres. tense of the verb segja ‘to say’, used in the sense ‘people say’. He emends Ullr (l. 6) to Ull (so also Skald) and translates man fortæller mig, at ... ‘people tell me that ...’. However, segja renders the l. hypermetrical, and here Ullr has been retained as nom. sg., with emendation of segja to the necessary sg. verb, segir ‘says’. — [5-6] Ullr elda elfar ‘Ullr <god> of the fires of the river [GOLD > MAN]’: The man-kenning (possibly a reference to the witness of one of the evangelists) relies on an emendation of B’s ‘edda’ to elda ‘of fires’. Finnur Jónsson (Skj A, n.) claimed that B’s <dd> was an alteration, and read ‘ellda’, but this is difficult to ratify from the present state of the ms. Rydberg read <dd> without comment. All previous eds have adopted Sveinbjörn Egilsson’s emendation (1844, 65) to elda elfar, which makes for a conventional gold-kenning. — [6] Ullr: Named in Gylf as sonr Sifjar, stjúpsonr Þórs ‘Sif’s son, stepson of Þórr’ (SnE 1982, 26), he appears frequently in man-kennings (see LP: Ullr).
kennings
Ullr elda elfar‘An Ullr of the fires of the river ’
= MAN
the fires of the river → GOLD
An Ullr of the GOLD → MAN
notes
[5] segir: B reads ‘segia’, regarded by Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) as the 3rd pers. pl. pres. tense of the verb segja ‘to say’, used in the sense ‘people say’. He emends Ullr (l. 6) to Ull (so also Skald) and translates man fortæller mig, at ... ‘people tell me that ...’. However, segja renders the l. hypermetrical, and here Ullr has been retained as nom. sg., with emendation of segja to the necessary sg. verb, segir ‘says’. — [5-6] Ullr elda elfar ‘Ullr <god> of the fires of the river [GOLD > MAN]’: The man-kenning (possibly a reference to the witness of one of the evangelists) relies on an emendation of B’s ‘edda’ to elda ‘of fires’. Finnur Jónsson (Skj A, n.) claimed that B’s <dd> was an alteration, and read ‘ellda’, but this is difficult to ratify from the present state of the ms. Rydberg read <dd> without comment. All previous eds have adopted Sveinbjörn Egilsson’s emendation (1844, 65) to elda elfar, which makes for a conventional gold-kenning. — [6] Ullr: Named in Gylf as sonr Sifjar, stjúpsonr Þórs ‘Sif’s son, stepson of Þórr’ (SnE 1982, 26), he appears frequently in man-kennings (see LP: Ullr).
laupar ‘baskets’
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laupr (noun m.; °; -ar): [baskets] < vandlaupr (noun m.)
fullir ‘full’
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2. fullr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): full, complete
matr ‘the food’
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matr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir): food
vannsk ‘sufficed’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
mǫnnum ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
snotrum ‘for the wise’
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snotr (adj.): wise
mikill ‘a huge’
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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large
fengr ‘catch’
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1. fanga (verb; °præt. part. fanginn): capture
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
af ‘over’
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af (prep.): from
gengi ‘was left’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
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