Anon Leið 3VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Leiðarvísan 3’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 143.
Fǫður ‘the Father’
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faðir (noun m.): father
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
son ‘Son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
síðan ‘Then’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
slétt ‘a smooth’
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sléttr (adj.): level, smooth
óðar ‘poem’
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1. óðr (noun m.): poem < óðarlag (noun n.)
lag ‘form’
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lag (noun n.; °-s; *-): layer; (pl.) law < óðarlag (noun n.)
rétta ‘to straighten out’
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4. rétta (verb): set right
minn ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
styrki ‘strengthen’
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styrkja (verb): strengthen, assist
vel ‘well’
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vel (adv.): well, very
verka ‘work’
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verki (noun m.; °-a): deed, work
vandan ‘awkward’
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vandr (adj.): difficult
notes
[4] vandan ‘awkward’: Finnur Jónsson translates vanskelige ‘difficult, awkward’, but Kock (NN §3137) objects to the interpretation of this term as pejorative, on the grounds that the poet speaks positively of his creation elsewhere (see, for example, 4/2, 43/7, 44). He suggests the meaning ‘wearisome, exhausting’ for vandan. That the poet does find his work wearisome is clear from 44/1-4, but Finnur’s interpretation is preferable here, as it seems to capture the parallelism between the slétt óðarlag ‘smooth poem-form’ that the Father and Son are asked to create in l. 2 and the vandan verk ‘awkward work’ for which the Holy Spirit is asked for help in the second cl.
heilagr ‘the Holy’
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
andi ‘Spirit’
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andi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): spirit, soul
Ór ‘Our [my]’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
munu ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
aldar ‘of men’
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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age
kennings
frægjum stýri aldar,‘to the famous steerer of men, ’
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to the famous steerer of men, → God
stýri ‘steerer’
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stýrir (noun m.): ruler, controller
kennings
frægjum stýri aldar,‘to the famous steerer of men, ’
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to the famous steerer of men, → God
ó ‘dis’
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ó- ((prefix)): un- < óþægiligr (adj.)
þægilig ‘pleasing’
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þægiligr (adj.): [pleasing] < óþægiligr (adj.)
frægjum ‘to the famous’
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frægr (adj.; °-jan/-an; compar. -ri, superl. -jastr/-astr/-str): famous, renowned
kennings
frægjum stýri aldar,‘to the famous steerer of men, ’
= God
to the famous steerer of men, → God
orð ‘words’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
nema ‘unless’
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2. nema (conj.): unless
mér ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
til ‘for’
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til (prep.): to
mærðar ‘the praise-poem’
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mærð (noun f.): praise
máls ‘of language’
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1. mál (noun n.; °-s; -): speech, matter < málsgnótt (noun f.): eloquence, loquacity
gnótt ‘an abundance’
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gnótt (noun f.): abundance < málsgnótt (noun f.): eloquence, loquacity
fái ‘gives’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
dróttinn ‘the Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
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