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Anon Leið 29VII

Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Leiðarvísan 29’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 166-7.

Anonymous PoemsLeiðarvísan
282930

Ó ‘in’

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ó- ((prefix)): un- < ótrauðla (adv.)

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[1] ótraulla ‘indefatigably, with perseverance’: A variant of ótrauðla, used to provide skothending with ǫllu.

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traulla ‘defatigably’

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trauðla (adv.): hardly < ótrauðla (adv.)

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[1] ótraulla ‘indefatigably, with perseverance’: A variant of ótrauðla, used to provide skothending with ǫllu.

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‘is able’

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mega (verb): may, might

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ǫllu ‘everything’

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allr (adj.): all

[1] ǫllu: so 624, ‘o᷎ll[...]’ B

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al ‘The altogether’

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al- ((prefix)): very < aldýrr (adj.): very precious

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faðir ‘father’

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faðir (noun m.): father

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stýra ‘to govern’

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stýra (verb): steer, control

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sterkr ‘strong’

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sterkr (adj.): strong

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engi ‘’

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2. engi (pron.): no, none

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engr ‘no one’

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2. engi (pron.): no, none

[3] engr: engi 624

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svá ‘so’

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svá (adv.): so, thus

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t ‘that’

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4. at (conj.): that

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orki ‘is able’

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2. orka (verb): manage, achieve

[3] orki: so 624, 399a‑bˣ, ‘or[...]í’ B

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aptrat ‘to impede’

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aftra (verb; °-að-): [to impede]

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krapti ‘power’

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1. kraftr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/- ; -ar): power

[4] krapti: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘k[...]apti’ B, kraptr 624

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Gramr ‘The king’

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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Gramr skop h.’ B, ‘gramr skop haudr’ 624

kennings

Gramr hreggranns
‘The king of the storm-house ’
   = God

the storm-house → SKY/HEAVEN
The king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
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skóp ‘made’

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2. skapa (verb): form

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Gramr skop h.’ B, ‘gramr skop haudr’ 624

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hauðr ‘land’

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hauðr (noun n.): earth, ground

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Gramr skop h.’ B, ‘gramr skop haudr’ 624

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ok ‘and’

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

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Gramr skop h.’ B, ‘gramr skop haudr’ 624

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himna ‘heavens’

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

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Gramr skop h.’ B, ‘gramr skop haudr’ 624

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hregg ‘of the storm’

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hregg (noun n.): storm < hreggrann (noun m.): storm-house

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Gramr skop h.’ B, ‘gramr skop haudr’ 624

kennings

Gramr hreggranns
‘The king of the storm-house ’
   = God

the storm-house → SKY/HEAVEN
The king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
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hregg ‘of the storm’

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hregg (noun n.): storm < hreggrann (noun m.): storm-house

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Gramr skop h.’ B, ‘gramr skop haudr’ 624

kennings

Gramr hreggranns
‘The king of the storm-house ’
   = God

the storm-house → SKY/HEAVEN
The king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
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ranns ‘house’

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rann (noun n.): house, hall < hreggrann (noun m.): storm-house

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Gramr skop h.’ B, ‘gramr skop haudr’ 624

kennings

Gramr hreggranns
‘The king of the storm-house ’
   = God

the storm-house → SKY/HEAVEN
The king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
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ranns ‘house’

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rann (noun n.): house, hall < hreggrann (noun m.): storm-house

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Gramr skop h.’ B, ‘gramr skop haudr’ 624

kennings

Gramr hreggranns
‘The king of the storm-house ’
   = God

the storm-house → SKY/HEAVEN
The king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
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sem ‘as well as’

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sem (conj.): as, which

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Gramr skop h.’ B, ‘gramr skop haudr’ 624

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kyn ‘the race’

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1. kyn (noun n.; °-s; -): kin

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Gramr skop h.’ B, ‘gramr skop haudr’ 624

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seggja ‘of men’

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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Gramr skop h.’ B, ‘gramr skop haudr’ 624

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einn ‘alone’

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

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Gramr skop h.’ B, ‘gramr skop haudr’ 624

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s ‘is’

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

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Gramr skop h.’ B, ‘gramr skop haudr’ 624

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sal ‘of the hall’

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1. salr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; dat. sǫlum): hall < salkonungr (noun m.): hall-king

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Gramr skop h.’ B, ‘gramr skop haudr’ 624

kennings

snjallr sólar salkonungr
‘hall-king of the sun’
   = God

the hall of the sun → SKY/HEAVEN
the excellent king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
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sal ‘of the hall’

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1. salr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; dat. sǫlum): hall < salkonungr (noun m.): hall-king

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Gramr skop h.’ B, ‘gramr skop haudr’ 624

kennings

snjallr sólar salkonungr
‘hall-king of the sun’
   = God

the hall of the sun → SKY/HEAVEN
the excellent king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
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konungr ‘king’

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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king < salkonungr (noun m.): hall-king

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Gramr skop h.’ B, ‘gramr skop haudr’ 624

kennings

snjallr sólar salkonungr
‘hall-king of the sun’
   = God

the hall of the sun → SKY/HEAVEN
the excellent king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
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sólar ‘of the sun’

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

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Gramr skop h.’ B, ‘gramr skop haudr’ 624

kennings

snjallr sólar salkonungr
‘hall-king of the sun’
   = God

the hall of the sun → SKY/HEAVEN
the excellent king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
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sólar ‘of the sun’

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

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Gramr skop h.’ B, ‘gramr skop haudr’ 624

kennings

snjallr sólar salkonungr
‘hall-king of the sun’
   = God

the hall of the sun → SKY/HEAVEN
the excellent king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
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snjallr ‘the excellent’

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snjallr (adj.): quick, resourceful, bold

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Gramr skop h.’ B, ‘gramr skop haudr’ 624

kennings

snjallr sólar salkonungr
‘hall-king of the sun’
   = God

the hall of the sun → SKY/HEAVEN
the excellent king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
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hjalpari ‘the helper’

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hjalpari (noun m.; °-a; dat. -um): helper

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Gramr skop h.’ B, ‘gramr skop haudr’ 624

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allra ‘of all’

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allr (adj.): all

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Gramr skop h.’ B, ‘gramr skop haudr’ 624

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[5-8]: The first repeat of the second refrain, indicated in B by an obelos in the right-hand margin.

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